- Medalists
- Records
- Results Qualification Final
- References
- Sources
{{AthleticsAt1928SummerOlympics}}The men's javelin throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Thursday, August 2, 1928. Twenty-eight javelin throwers from 18 nations competed.[1] Medalists{{flagIOCmedalist|Erik Lundqvist|SWE|1928 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Béla Szepes|HUN|1928 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Olav Sunde|NOR|1928 Summer}} |
RecordsThese were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics. World Record | 69.88 | FIN}} Eino Penttilä | Viipuri (FIN) | October 1, 1927 |
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Olympic Record | 65.78 | FIN}} Jonni Myyrä | Antwerp (BEL) | August 15, 1920 |
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Erik Lundqvist set a new Olympic record in the qualification with 66.60 metres. ResultsQualificationThe qualification started at 2 p.m. The best six throwers, all four groups counted together, qualified for the final. Group 1Place | Athlete | 1. | 2. | 3. | Distance | Overall Rank | Qual. | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Erik Lundqvist|SWE|1928 Summer}} | 66.60 | ~58 | ~60.5 | 66.60 OR | 1 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Johan Meimer|EST|1928 Summer}} | ~58 | 61.46 | X | 61.46 | 8 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Erich Stoschek|GER|1928 Summer}} | 59.86 | 59.86 | 11 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Kosaku Sumiyoshi|JPN|1928 Summer}} | ~58 | 59.05 | 59.05 | 13 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Vilho Rinne|FIN|1928 Summer}} | ~55 | 58.04 | ~57 | 58.04 | 15 | 6 | {{flagIOCathlete|Charles Harlow|USA|1928 Summer}} | 55.85 | 55.85 | 19 | 7 | {{flagIOCathlete|Otto Rottman|ROU|1928 Summer}} | 50.93 | 50.93 | 27 | Group 2Place | Athlete | 1. | 2. | 3. | Distance | Overall Rank | Qual. | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Béla Szepes|HUN|1928 Summer}} | ~62.5 | 65.26 | ~56 | 65.26 | 2 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Stan Lay|NZL|1928 Summer}} | ~60.5 | 62.89 | ~56 | 62.89 | 7 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Albert Lamppu|FIN|1928 Summer}} | ~58.5 | ~56 | 61.45 | 61.45 | 9 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Gunnar Lindström|SWE|1928 Summer}} | X (~60) | ~58 | 58.69 | 58.69 | 14 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Lee Bartlett|USA|1928 Summer}} | X | ~56 | 57.57 | 57.57 | 16 | 6 | {{flagIOCathlete|Gaston Étienne|BEL|1928 Summer}} | 54.34 | 54.34 | 22 | 7 | {{flagIOCathlete|Jaap Knol|NED|1928 Summer}} | 52.68 | 52.68 | 25 | Group 3Place | Athlete | 1. | 2. | 3. | Distance | Overall Rank | Qual. | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Olav Sunde|NOR|1928 Summer}} | ~62.5 | 63.97 | ~63.8 | 63.97 | 3 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Paavo Liettu|FIN|1928 Summer}} | ~62 | 63.86 | ~63.7 | 63.86 | 4 | Q | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Arthur Sager|USA|1928 Summer}} | 60.50 | ~58 | ~58 | 60.50 | 10 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Jules Herremans|BEL|1928 Summer}} | 56.33 | 56.33 | 18 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|George Weightman-Smith|RSA|1928 Summer}} | 54.37 | 54.37 | 21 | 6 | {{flagIOCathlete|Viktoras Ražaitis|LTU|1928 Summer}} | 51.16 | 51.16 | 26 | 7 | {{flagIOCathlete|Joop van der Leij|NED|1928 Summer}} | ~46 | 47.73 | 47.73 | 28 | Group 4Place | Athlete | 1. | 2. | 3. | Distance | Overall Rank | Qual. | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Bruno Schlokat|GER|1928 Summer}} | ~58 | ~62 | 63.40 | 63.40 | 5 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Eino Penttilä|FIN|1928 Summer}} | ~56 | 63.20 | ~62 | 63.20 | 6 | Q | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Doral Pilling|CAN|1928 Summer}} | 59.16 | 59.16 | 12 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Creth Hines|USA|1928 Summer}} | ~56 | X (~60.2) | 57.17 | 57.17 | 17 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Georgios Zakharopoulos|GRE|1928 Summer}} | 55.50 | 55.50 | 20 | 6 | {{flagIOCathlete|Vilim Messner|YUG|1928 Summer}} | 53.70 | 53.70 | 23 | 7 | {{flagIOCathlete|Emmanuel Degland|FRA|1928 Summer}} | 52.82 | 52.82 | 24 |
FinalThe final was held on the same day and started at about 4.30 p.m. Place | Athlete | Qual. Width | 1. | 2. | 3. | Distance | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Erik Lundqvist|SWE|1928 Summer}} | 66.60 | ~61 | 61.58 | ~54 | 66.60 | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Béla Szepes|HUN|1928 Summer}} | 65.26 | X | 62.50 | ~54 | 65.26 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Olav Sunde|NOR|1928 Summer}} | 63.97 | X | 59.50 | ~55 | 63.97 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Paavo Liettu|FIN|1928 Summer}} | 63.86 | ~55 | ~61 | 63.76 | 63.86 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Bruno Schlokat|GER|1928 Summer}} | 63.40 | ~60 | ~57.5 | 63.26 | 63.40 | 6 | {{flagIOCathlete|Eino Penttilä|FIN|1928 Summer}} | 63.20 | 58.35 | ~56 | X (~64.5) | 63.20 |
References1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/ATH/mens-javelin-throw.html |title=Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Javelin Throw |accessdate=15 January 2018 |work=sports-reference.com}}
Sources- Official Olympic Report
- {{cite web | last = Wudarski | first = Pawel | year = 1999 | url = http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ | title = Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich | accessdate = 21 July 2008|language=pl}}
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