The men's javelin throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 6, 1936. The final was won by Gerhard Stöck of Germany.
Results
Qualifying
Rank Athlete Nationality123 Result Notes 1 József Várszegi 58.5 69.7 69.7 2 Yrjo Nikkanen 59.6 67.0 67.0 3 Matti Järvinen 66.0 66.0 4 Eugeniusz Lokajski 65.5 65.5 5 Kalervo Toivonen 59.0 64.9 64.9 5 Gustav Sule 64.9 64.9 7 Lennart Atterwall 64.4 64.4 8 Gerhard Stöck 63.5 63.5 9 Gottfried Weimann 63.2 63.2 10 Walter Turczyk 59.0 foul 63.1 63.1 11 Oto Jurģis 58.0 59.8 61.9 61.9 12 Jaap van der Poll 58.0 61.7 61.7 13 Alton Terry 61.5 61.5 14 Lee Bartlett 60.8 60.8 15 Jim Courtright foul 60.3 60.3 15 Friedrich Gerdes foul 60.3 60.3 17 Malcolm Metcalf 60.2 60.2 18 Ibrahim Okasha 50.0 foul 58.0 58.0 19 Konstantinos Metaxas 50.0 56.0 56.0 56.0 20 Noboru Ueno 54.0 55.0 48.0 55.0 20 Rudolf Markušić 50.0 55.0 50.0 55.0 22 Josef Neumann 52.0 50.0 47.0 52.0 22 Kristján Vattnes 46.0 52.0 45.0 52.0 22 Napoleon Papageorgiou 50.0 52.0 52.0 52.0 25 Josef Klein 50.0 foul 50.0 50.0 26 Hoh Chunde 48.0 40.0 40.0 48.0 26 Pavol Mal'a foul 48.0 48.0 48.0 28 Elias Gutiérrez 31.1 35.0 foul 35.0
Final
Rank Athlete Nationality123456 Result Notes Gerhard Stöck 68.11 65.50 66.00 71.84 65.00 71.84 Yrjo Nikkanen 70.77 62.00 62.00 63.00 70.77 Kalervo Toivonen 62.00 67.00 68.76 70.72 70.72 4 Lennart Atterwall 67.15 69.20 65.00 61.00 62.00 69.20 5 Matti Järvinen 68.30 69.18 64.00 66.00 69.18 6 Alton Terry 67.10 67.15 64.00 65.00 62.00 67.15 7 Eugeniusz Lokajski 66.39 8 József Várszegi 65.30 9 Gottfried Weimann 63.58 10 Walter Turczyk 63.36 11 Gustav Sule 63.26 12 Lee Bartlett 61.15 13 Oto Jurģis 60.71 14 Jim Courtright 60.54 15 Malcolm Metcalf 58.20 16 Jaap van der Poll 56.25 17 Friedrich Gerdes 55.93
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