The qualification standard was 77.00 metres. Each thrower had three attempts to reach that standard. Since only one thrower made the mark the next eleven farthest-throwing athletes also advanced to meet the minimum 12 in the final.
Place | Athlete | Nation | Best mark | | Throw 1 | Throw 2 | Throw 3 |
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1 | Urs von Wartburg | {{flagIOC|SUI|1964 Summer}} | 79.92 metres | | 74.55 | 79.92 | — |
2 | Janusz Sidlo | {{flagIOC|POL|1964 Summer}} | 76.93 metres | 75.33 | 74.45 | 76.93 |
3 | Jorma Kinnunen | {{flagIOC|FIN|1964 Summer}} | 75.52 metres | 68.13 | 73.20 | 75.52 |
4 | Vladimir Kuznetsov | {{flagIOC|URS|1964 Summer}} | 75.01 metres | X | 68.98 | 75.01 |
5 | Gergely Kulcsár | {{flagIOC|HUN|1964 Summer}} | 74.32 metres | 74.32 | 72.62 | X |
6 | Pauli Nevala | {{flagIOC|FIN|1964 Summer}} | 74.19 metres | 71.49 | 72.72 | 74.19 |
7 | Jānis Lūsis | {{flagIOC|URS|1964 Summer}} | 73.48 metres | 72.79 | X | 73.48 |
8 | Wladyslaw Nikiciuk | {{flagIOC|POL|1964 Summer}} | 73.45 metres | 73.45 | 67.56 | 71.17 |
9 | Christos Pierrakos | {{flagIOC|GRE|1964 Summer}} | 72.91 metres | X | 72.91 | 68.98 |
10 | Hans Schenk | {{flagIOC|EUA|1964 Summer}} | 72.55 metres | 72.55 | 66.97 | X |
11 | Rolf Herings | {{flagIOC|EUA|1964 Summer}} | 72.47 metres | 72.47 | 68.02 | 71.74 |
12 | Ed Red | {{flagIOC|USA|1964 Summer}} | 72.31 metres | X | 72.31 | 66.24 |
13 | Terje Pedersen | {{flagIOC|NOR|1964 Summer}} | 72.10 metres | 61.39 | 66.78 | 72.10 |
14 | Hermann Salomon | {{flagIOC|EUA|1964 Summer}} | 71.92 metres | 67.82 | 69.84 | 71.92 |
15 | Carlo Lievore | {{flagIOC|ITA|1964 Summer}} | 70.88 metres | 70.71 | 68.04 | 70.88 |
16 | Les Tipton | {{flagIOC|USA|1964 Summer}} | 70.74 metres | 65.95 | 70.74 | 70.03 |
17 | Viktor Aksonov | {{flagIOC|URS|1964 Summer}} | 69.46 metres | 68.30 | X | 69.46 |
18 | Michel Macquet | {{flagIOC|FRA|1964 Summer}} | 69.35 metres | 63.34 | 65.36 | 69.35 |
19 | Takashi Miki | {{flagIOC|JPN|1964 Summer}} | 68.70 metres | 68.70 | 63.56 | 62.80 |
20 | Willy Rasmussen | {{flagIOC|NOR|1964 Summer}} | 68.43 metres | 68.43 | 67.37 | 63.88 |
21 | Frank Covelli | {{flagIOC|USA|1964 Summer}} | 68.08 metres | X | 68.08 | X |
22 | Hideta Kanai | {{flagIOC|JPN|1964 Summer}} | 65.85 metres | 63.40 | X | 65.85 |
23 | Park Su-gwon | {{flagIOC|KOR|1964 Summer}} | 62.50 metres | 58.51 | X | 62.50 |
24 | Patricio Etcheverry | {{flagIOC|CHI|1964 Summer}} | 60.77 metres | 59.35 | 60.77 | 54.19 |
25 | Nashatar Singh Sidhu | {{flagIOC|MAS|1964 Summer}} | 51.63 metres | 45.49 | 51.63 | 49.49 |
— | Lennart Hedmark | {{flagIOC|SWE|1964 Summer}} | Did not start | - |
Yang Chuan-kwang | {{flagIOC|ROC|1964 Summer|name=Taiwan}} | Did not start | - |
The scores from the qualification round were ignored in the final. Each thrower received three more attempts. The six best threw an additional three times, keeping the scores from all six throws.[1]
Place | Athlete | Nation | Best mark | | Throw 1 | Throw 2 | Throw 3 | Throw 4 | Throw 5 | Throw 6 |
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1 | Pauli Nevala | {{flagIOC|FIN|1964 Summer}} | 82.66 metres | | 76.42 | 78.39 | X | 82.66 | X | X |
2 | Gergely Kulcsár | {{flagIOC|HUN|1964 Summer}} | 82.32 metres | 75.00 | 77.28 | 78.28 | 82.32 | 78.57 | 79.78 |
3 | Jānis Lūsis | {{flagIOC|URS|1964 Summer}} | 80.57 metres | 72.51 | 80.57 | 79.85 | 78.94 | 78.07 | X |
4 | Janusz Sidlo | {{flagIOC|POL|1964 Summer}} | 80.17 metres | 80.17 | X | X | X | 76.97 | 78.17 |
5 | Urs von Wartburg | {{flagIOC|SUI|1964 Summer}} | 78.72 metres | 78.72 | 76.84 | 76.36 | 73.08 | 73.12 | X |
6 | Jorma Kinnunen | {{flagIOC|FIN|1964 Summer}} | 76.94 metres | 72.32 | 76.36 | 71.81 | 76.94 | X | 72.45 |
7 | Rolf Herings | {{flagIOC|EUA|1964 Summer}} | 74.72 metres | 66.22 | X | 74.72 | |
8 | Vladimir Kuznetsov | {{flagIOC|URS|1964 Summer}} | 74.26 metres | 73.90 | 68.89 | 74.26 |
9 | Wladyslaw Nikiciuk | {{flagIOC|POL|1964 Summer}} | 73.11 metres | 71.01 | X | 73.11 |
10 | Christos Pierrakos | {{flagIOC|GRE|1964 Summer}} | 72.65 metres | 70.24 | 72.65 | 72.02 |
11 | Ed Red | {{flagIOC|USA|1964 Summer}} | 71.52 metres | 69.39 | 68.15 | 71.52 |
12 | Hans Schenk | {{flagIOC|EUA|1964 Summer}} | 69.82 metres | 69.82 | 66.44 | 68.51 |
1. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/ATH/mens-javelin-throw.html |title=Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Javelin Throw |accessdate=17 January 2018 |work=sports-reference.com}}
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