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

Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men		women
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		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
Field events
Long jump		men
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

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.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Erik Lundqvist  Sweden	Béla Szepes  Hungary	Olav Sunde  Norway

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

Qualification

The qualification started at 2 p.m. The best six throwers, all four groups counted together, qualified for the final.

Group 1

Place	Athlete	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1	Erik Lundqvist (SWE)	66.60	~58	~60.5	66.60 OR	1	Q
2	Johan Meimer (EST)	~58	61.46	X	61.46	8
3	Erich Stoschek (GER)	59.86			59.86	11
4	Kosaku Sumiyoshi (JPN)	~58	59.05		59.05	13
5	Vilho Rinne (FIN)	~55	58.04	~57	58.04	15
6	Charles Harlow (USA)	55.85			55.85	19
7	Otto Rottman (ROU)	50.93			50.93	27

Group 2

Place	Athlete	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1	Béla Szepes (HUN)	~62.5	65.26	~56	65.26	2	Q
2	Stan Lay (NZL)	~60.5	62.89	~56	62.89	7
3	Albert Lamppu (FIN)	~58.5	~56	61.45	61.45	9
4	Gunnar Lindström (SWE)	X (~60)	~58	58.69	58.69	14
5	Lee Bartlett (USA)	X	~56	57.57	57.57	16
6	Gaston Étienne (FRA)	54.34			54.34	22
7	Jaap Knol (NED)	52.68			52.68	25

Group 3

Place	Athlete	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1	Olav Sunde (NOR)	~62.5	63.97	~63.8	63.97	3	Q
2	Paavo Liettu (FIN)	~62	63.86	~63.7	63.86	4	Q
3	Arthur Sager (USA)	60.50	~58	~58	60.50	10
4	Jules Herremans (BEL)	56.33			56.33	18
5	22x20px George Weightman-Smith (RSA)	54.37			54.37	21
6	Viktoras Ražaitis (LTU)	51.16			51.16	26
7	Joop van der Leij (NED)	~46	47.73		47.73	28

Group 4

Place	Athlete	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1	Bruno Schlokat (GER)	~58	~62	63.40	63.40	5	Q
2	Eino Penttilä (FIN)	~56	63.20	~62	63.20	6	Q
3	22x20px Doral Pilling (CAN)	59.16			59.16	12
4	Creth Hines (USA)	~56	X (~60.2)	57.17	57.17	17
5	Georgios Zakharopoulos (GRE)	55.50			55.50	20
6	Vilim Messner (YUG)	53.70			53.70	23
7	Emmanuel Degland (FRA)	52.82			52.82	24

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	Erik Lundqvist (SWE)	66.60	~61	61.58	~54	66.60
2	Béla Szepes (HUN)	65.26	X	62.50	~54	65.26
3	Olav Sunde (NOR)	63.97	X	59.50	~55	63.97
4	Paavo Liettu (FIN)	63.86	~55	~61	63.76	63.86
5	Bruno Schlokat (GER)	63.40	~60	~57.5	63.26	63.40
6	Eino Penttilä (FIN)	63.20	58.35	~56	X (~64.5)	63.20

References

• Official Olympic Report