Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw was one of six throwing events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The javelin was required to be held in the middle. The competition was held on 17 July 1908. 16 throwers from six nations competed. NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.Official report, p. 32.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to this competition. Two days earlier in the freestyle javelin throw event Eric Lemming improved his own world and Olympic record set at the 1906 Summer Olympics with 53.90 m (he threw the javelin in a conventional manner).

World record 54.44(*) Eric Lemming London (GBR) 15 July 1908 Olympic record 54.44 Eric Lemming London (GBR) 15 July 1908

(*) unofficial

Eric Lemming set a new world and Olympic record with 54.83 m.

Results

Place Name Nation Distance 1 Eric Lemming 54.83 metres WR 2 Arne Halse 50.57 metres 3 Otto Nilsson 47.11 metres 4 Aarne Salovaara 45.89 metres 5 Armas Pesonen 45.18 metres 6 Juho Halme 44.96 metres 7 Jalmari Sauli Unknown 8-16 Carl Bechler Unknown Evert Jakobsson Unknown Jarl Jakobsson Unknown John Johansen Unknown Henry Leeke Unknown Ernest May Unknown Jimmy Tremeer Unknown Hugo Wieslander Unknown Charalambos Zouras Unknown

References

Sources Official Report of the Games of the IV Olympiad (1908). De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1908". Accessed 7 April 2006. Available electronically at .