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

Event:	Men's javelin throw
Games:	1924 Summer
Venue:	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Date:	July 6
Competitors:	29
Nations:	15
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Jonni Myyrä
Goldnoc:	FIN
Silver:	Gunnar Lindström
Silvernoc:	SWE
Bronze:	Eugene Oberst
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1920
Next:	1928

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.^[1]

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

width=20	Place	width=240	Athlete	width=50	1.	width=50	2.	width=50	3.	width=90	Distance	width=90	Overall Rank	width=50	Qual.
1		~59	~58	60.81	60.81	1	Q
2		X (~52)	59.30	~56	59.30	2	Q
3			~53	57.98	57.98	3	Q
4			~56	56.15	56.15	5	Q
5			54.86		54.86	9
6		54.51	~52		54.51	11
7		52.95	~51	~45	52.95	13
8		51.17			51.17	15
9		49.39			49.39	18
10		48.92			48.92	19
11		48.65			48.65	20
12		46.92			46.92	24
13		46.80			46.80	25
14		46.00			46.00	26
—					NM

Group 2

width=20	Place	width=240	Athlete	width=50	1.	width=50	2.	width=50	3.	width=90	Distance	width=90	Overall Rank	width=50	Qual.
1			56.96		56.96	4	Q
2		X (~54)	~56	56.15	56.15	5	Q
3		X (~56)	X (~56)	55.67	55.67	7
4		55.10			55.10	8
5		54.65			54.65	10
6		52.98			52.98	12
7		52.75			52.75	14
8		50.15			50.15	16
9		~50	~50	49.61	49.61	17
10		48.57			48.57	21
11		48.57			48.57	21
12		48.39			48.39	23
13		44.70			44.70	27
14		44.69			44.69	28

Final

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

width=20	Place	width=240	Athlete	width=90	Qual. Width	width=50	1.	width=50	2.	width=50	3.	width=90	Distance
1		59.30	~60	62.96	~58	62.96
2		60.81	~60	60.92		60.92
3		57.98				57.98
4		56.15	57.56			57.56
5		56.96				56.96
6		56.15				56.15

Sources

• Olympic Report
• Web site: Wudarski . Pawel . 1999 . Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich . 17 March 2008. pl.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Javelin Throw . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175109/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1924/ATH/mens-javelin-throw.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 15 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.