Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

Men's javelin throw at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Date	July 6
Competitors	29 from 15 nations
Medalists
Jonni Myyrä  Finland Gunnar Lindström  Sweden Eugene Oberst  United States

Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics
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
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
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 1924 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Sunday, July 6, 1924.

29 javelin throwers from 15 nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.

World Record	66.10	Jonni Myyrä	Stockholm (SWE)	August 25, 1919
Olympic Record	65.78	Jonni Myyrä	Antwerp (BEL)	August 15, 1920

Results

Qualification

The qualification started at about 3 p.m. The best six throwers, both groups counted together, qualified for the final. The throwing order is not available and not all throwing series are available.

Group 1

Place	Athlete	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1	Gunnar Lindström (SWE)	~59	~58	60.81	60.81	1	Q
2	Jonni Myyrä (FIN)	X (~52)	59.30	~56	59.30	2	Q
3	Eugene Oberst (USA)		~53	57.98	57.98	3	Q
4	Yrjö Ekqvist (FIN)		~56	56.15	56.15	5	Q
5	Lajos Csejthey (HUN)		54.86		54.86	9
6	Lee Priester (USA)	54.51	~52		54.51	11
7	Hugo Lilliér (SWE)	52.95	~51	~45	52.95	13
8	Georgios Zacharopoulos (GRE)	51.17			51.17	15
9	Willy Seewald (BRA)	49.39			49.39	18
10	Taki N'Dio (FRA)	48.92			48.92	19
11	Ciré Samba (FRA)	48.65			48.65	20
12	Jock Dalrymple (GBR)	46.92			46.92	24
13	Willi Moser (SUI)	46.80			46.80	25
14	Sławosz Szydłowski (POL)	46.00			46.00	26
—	Jiří Svoboda (TCH)				NM

Group 2

Place	Athlete	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1	William Neufeld (USA)		56.96		56.96	4	Q
2	Erik Blomqvist (SWE)	X (~54)	~56	56.15	56.15	5	Q
3	Urho Peltonen (FIN)	X (~56)	X (~56)	55.67	55.67	7
4	Pekka Johansson (FIN)	55.10			55.10	8
5	Taka Gangué (FRA)	54.65			54.65	10
6	Homer Welchel (USA)	52.98			52.98	12
7	Carlo Clemente (ITA)	52.75			52.75	14
8	Arvīds Ķibilds (LAT)	50.15			50.15	16
9	Aleksander Klumberg (EST)	~50	~50	49.61	49.61	17
10	Hans Wipf (SUI)	48.57			48.57	21
11	Emmanuel Degland (FRA)	48.57			48.57	21
12	Mór Kóczán (TCH)	48.39			48.39	23
13	Henri Dauban de Silhouette (GBR)	44.70			44.70	27
14	22x20px Victor Pickard (CAN)	44.69			44.69	28

Final

The final was held on the same day and started at about 4.30 p.m.

Place	Athlete	Qual. Width	1.	2.	3.	Distance
1	Jonni Myyrä (FIN)	59.30	~60	62.96	~58	62.96
2	Gunnar Lindström (SWE)	60.81	~60	60.92		60.92
3	Eugene Oberst (USA)	57.98				57.98
4	Yrjö Ekqvist (FIN)	56.15	57.56			57.56
5	William Neufeld (USA)	56.96				56.96
6	Erik Blomqvist (SWE)	56.15				56.15

References

• sports-reference.com
• Olympic Report