Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 4. The final was won by Tapio Rautavaara from Finland.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record78.70 mKotka, Finland16 October 1938Olympic record72.71 mLos Angeles, United States4 August 1932

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1) Date Time RoundWednesday, 4 August 1948 11:00QualificationsWednesday, 4 August 1948 14:30Finals

Results

Qualifying round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 64.00m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes 1 Martin Biles 67.68 2 Per-Arne Berglund 67.02 3 Tapio Rautavaara 64.68 4 Gunnar Petersson 64.04 5 Steve Seymour 63.83 6 Lumír Kiesewetter 63.25 7 Odd Mæhlum 63.00 8 Mirko Vujačić 62.53 9 Pauli Vesterinen 61.67 10 József Várszegi 61.63 11 Soini Nikkinen 61.21 12 Bob Likins 61.00 13 Ricardo Héber 60.82 14 Raymond Tissot 58.19 15 Dušan Vujačić 57.62 16 Nico Lutkeveld 56.25 17 Jóel Sigurðsson 55.69 18 Pedro Apellániz 54.93 19 Morville Chote 54.84 20 Leo Roininen 53.92 21 Malcolm Dalrymple 53.17 22 Halil Zıraman 53.30 23 Pierre Sprécher 52.30

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality123456 Result Notes Tapio Rautavaara 69.7757.59 59.43 61.86 58.95 69.77 Steve Seymour 62.37 67.56 61.72 63.58 61.00 67.56 József Várszegi 67.03 58.14 60.29 57.53 59.71 58.35 67.03 4 Pauli Vesterinen 65.44 60.96 63.01 61.76 65.89 65.79 65.89 5 Odd Mæhlum 65.32 62.00 61.67 59.23 60.59 59.33 65.32 6 Martin Biles 58.70 65.09 65.17 59.09 64.10 65.17 65.17 7 Mirko Vujačić 64.89 8 Bob Likins 64.51 9 Gunnar Petersson 62.80 10 Per-Arne Berglund 62.62 11 Lumír Kiesewetter 60.25 12 Soini Nikkinen 58.05

References

Sources Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 5 September 2016.