The men's javelin throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Thursday, August 2, 1928. Twenty-eight javelin throwers from 18 nations competed.
Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.
World record 69.88 Eino Penttilä Viipuri (FIN) October 1, 1927 Olympic record 65.78 Jonni Myyrä Antwerp (BEL) August 15, 1920
Erik Lundqvist set a new Olympic record in the qualification with 66.60 metres.
Results
The qualification started at 2 p.m. The best six throwers qualified for the final. The final was held on the same day and started at about 4.30 p.m.
Rank Athlete Nation Qualification Final #1 #2 #3 Result #4 #5 #6 Result 66.60 58 (~) 60.5 (~) 66.60 61 (~) 61.58 54 (~) 66.60 62.5 (~) 65.26 56 (~) 65.26 62.50 54 (~) 65.26 62.5 (~) 63.97 63.8 (~) 63.97 59.50 55 (~) 63.97 4 62 (~) 63.86 63.7 (~) 63.86 55 (~) 61 (~) 63.76 63.86 5 58 (~) 62 (~) 63.40 63.40 60 (~) 57.5 (~) 63.26 63.40 6 56 (~) 63.20 62 (~) 63.20 58.35 56 (~) 63.20 7 60.5 (~) 62.89 56 (~) 62.89 did not advance 8 58 (~) 61.46 61.46 did not advance 9 58.5 (~) 56 (~) 61.45 61.45 did not advance 10 60.50 58 (~) 58 (~) 60.50 did not advance 11 59.86 59.86 did not advance 12 59.16 59.16 did not advance 13 58 (~) 59.05 59.05 did not advance 14 58 (~) 58.69 58.69 did not advance 15 55 (~) 58.04 57 (~) 58.04 did not advance 16 56 (~) 57.57 57.57 did not advance 17 56 (~) 57.17 57.17 did not advance 18 56.33 56.33 did not advance 19 55.85 55.85 did not advance 20 55.50 55.50 did not advance 21 54.37 54.37 did not advance 22 54.34 54.34 did not advance 23 53.70 53.70 did not advance 24 52.82 52.82 did not advance 25 52.68 52.68 did not advance 26 51.16 51.16 did not advance 27 Otto Rottman 50.93 50.93 did not advance 28 46 (~) 47.73 47.73 did not advance
References
Sources Official Olympic Report