Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw
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| Venue | Olympisch Stadion | ||||||||||||
| Date | August 15 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 25 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics | |
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| Track events | |
| 100 m | men |
| 200 m | men |
| 400 m | men |
| 800 m | men |
| 1500 m | men |
| 5000 m | men |
| 10,000 m | men |
| 110 m hurdles | men |
| 400 m hurdles | men |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men |
| 3000 m team race | men |
| 3 km walk | men |
| 10 km walk | men |
| Road events | |
| Marathon | men |
| Field events | |
| Long jump | men |
| Triple jump | men |
| High jump | men |
| Pole vault | men |
| Shot put | men |
| Discus throw | men |
| Hammer throw | men |
| Javelin throw | men |
| 56 lb weight throw | men |
| Combined events | |
| Pentathlon | men |
| Decathlon | men |
| Cross-country events | |
| Individual | men |
| Team | men |
The men's javelin throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Sunday, August 15, 1920. Twenty-five javelin throwers from twelve nations competed.[1]
Records
[edit]These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 66.10 |  Jonni Myyrä
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Stockholm (SWE) | August 25, 1919 |
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| Olympic Record | 61.00 | Julius Saaristo
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Stockholm (SWE) | July 9, 1912 |
At first Urho Peltonen set a new Olympic record in the qualification with 63.605 m. In the final Jonni Myyrä set the new Olympic record with 65.78 m.
Results
[edit]The best ten javelin throwers qualified for the final.
| Place | Athlete | Qual. | Final | |
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| Distance | Rank | |||
| 1 |  Jonni Myyrä (FIN) |
60.63 | 3 | 65.78 OR |
| 2 | Urho Peltonen (FIN) |
63.605 OR | 1 | 63.605 |
| 3 | Paavo Johansson (FIN) |
63.095 | 2 | 63.095 |
| 4 | Julius Saaristo (FIN) |
60.045 | 5 | 62.395 |
| 5 |  Aleksander Klumberg (EST) |
59.03 | 6 | 62.39 |
| 6 |  Gunnar Lindström (SWE) |
60.52 | 4 | 60.52 |
| 7 |  Milton Angier (USA) |
57.58 | 9 | 59.275 |
| 8 | Erik Blomqvist (SWE) |
58.18 | 7 | 58.18 |
| 9 | James Lincoln (USA) |
57.86 | 8 | 57.86 |
| 10 | Hugo Lilliér (SWE) |
56.77 | 10 | 56.77 |
| 11 | Arthur Tuck (USA) |
53.78 | ||
| 12 | Jack Mahan (USA) |
53.52 | ||
| 13 | Elof Lindström (SWE) |
51.53 | ||
| 14 |  Simon Grany (FRA) |
47.90 | ||
| 15 | Arthur Picard (FRA) |
47.09 | ||
| 16 |  Arturo Medina (CHI) |
43.90 | ||
| 17 |  Oprando Bottura (ITA) |
42.70 | ||
| 18 |  Adolphe Hauman (BEL) |
42.58 | ||
| 19 |  Frederik Petersen (DEN) |
42.13 | ||
| 20 | Émile Muller (BEL) |
40.24 | ||
| 21 |  Alex Servais (LUX) |
40.08 | ||
| 22 | Jean Lefèbvre (BEL) |
39.00 | ||
| 23 |  Ignacio Izaguirre (ESP) |
38.92 | ||
| 24 |  Otakar Vydra (TCH) |
37.75 | ||
| 25 | Arthur Delaender (BEL) |
36.25 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "Athletics at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Men's Javelin Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
Sources
[edit]- Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 24 August 2007.
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