Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

Men's javelin throw
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Men's javelin throw; at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	August 2
Competitors	28 from 18 nations
Winning distance	66.60 m
Medalists
	← 1924 1932 →

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]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record	69.88	Eino Penttilä	Viipuri (FIN)	October 1, 1927
Olympic Record	65.78	Jonni Myyrä	Antwerp (BEL)	August 15, 1920

Erik Lundqvist set a new Olympic record in the qualification with 66.60 metres.

Results

The qualification started at 2 p.m. The best six throwers qualified for the final. The final was held on the same day and started at about 4.30 p.m.

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Qualification				Final
Rank	Athlete	Nation	#1	#2	#3	Result	#4	#5	#6	Result
	Erik Lundqvist	Sweden	66.60 OR	58 (~)	60.5 (~)	66.60	61 (~)	61.58	54 (~)	66.60
	Béla Szepes	Hungary	62.5 (~)	65.26	56 (~)	65.26	X	62.50	54 (~)	65.26
	Olav Sunde	Norway	62.5 (~)	63.97	63.8 (~)	63.97	X	59.50	55 (~)	63.97
4	Paavo Liettu	Finland	62 (~)	63.86	63.7 (~)	63.86	55 (~)	61 (~)	63.76	63.86
5	Bruno Schlokat	Germany	58 (~)	62 (~)	63.40	63.40	60 (~)	57.5 (~)	63.26	63.40
6	Eino Penttilä	Finland	56 (~)	63.20	62 (~)	63.20	58.35	56 (~)	X	63.20
7	Stan Lay	New Zealand	60.5 (~)	62.89	56 (~)	62.89	did not advance
8	Johan Meimer	Estonia	58 (~)	61.46	X	61.46	did not advance
9	Albert Lamppu	Finland	58.5 (~)	56 (~)	61.45	61.45	did not advance
10	Arthur Sager	United States	60.50	58 (~)	58 (~)	60.50	did not advance
11	Erich Stoschek	Germany	59.86	?	?	59.86	did not advance
12	Doral Pilling	Canada	59.16			59.16	did not advance
13	Kosaku Sumiyoshi	Japan	58 (~)	59.05	?	59.05	did not advance
14	Gunnar Lindström	Sweden	X	58 (~)	58.69	58.69	did not advance
15	Vilho Rinne	Finland	55 (~)	58.04	57 (~)	58.04	did not advance
16	Lee Bartlett	United States	X	56 (~)	57.57	57.57	did not advance
17	Creth Hines	United States	56 (~)	X	57.17	57.17	did not advance
18	Jules Herremans	Belgium	56.33			56.33	did not advance
19	Charles Harlow	United States	55.85			55.85	did not advance
20	Georgios Zakharopoulos	Greece	55.50			55.50	did not advance
21	George Weightman-Smith	South Africa	54.37			54.37	did not advance
22	Gaston Étienne	Belgium	54.34			54.34	did not advance
23	Vilim Messner	Yugoslavia	53.70			53.70	did not advance
24	Emmanuel Degland	France	52.82			52.82	did not advance
25	Jaap Knol	Netherlands	52.68			52.68	did not advance
26	Viktoras Ražaitis	Lithuania	51.16			51.16	did not advance
27	Otto Rottman	Romania	50.93			50.93	did not advance
28	Joop van der Leij	Netherlands	46 (~)	47.73	?	47.73	did not advance