1958 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw explained

Event:	Men's javelin throw
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The men's javelin throw at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 23 and 24 August 1958.

Medalists

Gold	Janusz Sidło
Silver	Egil Danielsen
Bronze	Gergely Kulcsár

Results

Final

24 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	align=left		align=left		80.18	CR
	align=left		align=left		78.27
	align=left		align=left		75.26
4	align=left		align=left		75.18
5	align=left		align=left		74.90
6	align=left		align=left		73.89
7	align=left		align=left		73.43
8	align=left		align=left		73.38
9	align=left		align=left		73.25
10	align=left		align=left		71.20
11	align=left		align=left		68.88
12	align=left		align=left		68.63
13	align=left		align=left		67.26
14	align=left		align=left		62.37
15	align=left		align=left		61.99

Qualification

23 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		73.90	Q
2	align=left		align=left		73.41	Q
3	align=left		align=left		72.70	Q
4	align=left		align=left		71.76	Q
5	align=left		align=left		70.57	Q
6	align=left		align=left		70.30	Q
7	align=left		align=left		70.22	Q
8	align=left		align=left		69.95	Q
9	align=left		align=left		69.80	Q
10	align=left		align=left		69.54	Q
11	align=left		align=left		69.48	Q
12	align=left		align=left		68.54	Q
13	align=left		align=left		67.79	Q
14	align=left		align=left		67.40	Q
15	align=left		align=left		67.35	Q
16	align=left		align=left		66.58
17	align=left		align=left		65.36
18	align=left		align=left		65.35
19	align=left		align=left		59.43

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

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