Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw explained

Event:	Men's javelin throw
Games:	1936 Summer
Venue:	Olympiastadion Berlin, Germany
Dates:	August 6
Competitors:	28
Nations:	19
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Gerhard Stöck
Goldnoc:	GER
Silver:	Yrjo Nikkanen
Silvernoc:	FIN
Bronze:	Kalervo Toivonen
Bronzenoc:	FIN
Prev:	1932
Next:	1948

The men's javelin throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 6, 1936. The final was won by Gerhard Stöck of Germany.^[1]

Results

Qualifying

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1			58.5	69.7		69.7
2			59.6	67.0		67.0
3			66.0			66.0
4			65.5			65.5
5			59.0	64.9		64.9
5			64.9			64.9
7			64.4			64.4
8			63.5			63.5
9			63.2			63.2
10			59.0	foul	63.1	63.1
11			58.0	59.8	61.9	61.9
12			58.0	61.7		61.7
13			61.5			61.5
14			60.8			60.8
15			foul	60.3		60.3
15			foul	60.3		60.3
17			60.2			60.2
18			50.0	foul	58.0	58.0
19			50.0	56.0	56.0	56.0
20			54.0	55.0	48.0	55.0
20			50.0	55.0	50.0	55.0
22			52.0	50.0	47.0	52.0
22			46.0	52.0	45.0	52.0
22			50.0	52.0	52.0	52.0
25			50.0	foul	50.0	50.0
26			48.0	40.0	40.0	48.0
26			foul	48.0	48.0	48.0
28			31.1	35.0	foul	35.0

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
				68.11	65.50	66.00	71.84	65.00	71.84
				70.77		62.00	62.00	63.00	70.77
			62.00	67.00	68.76		70.72		70.72
4			67.15	69.20		65.00	61.00	62.00	69.20
5			68.30	69.18		64.00		66.00	69.18
6			67.10	67.15		64.00	65.00	62.00	67.15
7									66.39
8									65.30
9									63.58
10									63.36
11									63.26
12									61.15
13									60.71
14									60.54
15									58.20
16									56.25
17									55.93

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's Javelin Throw . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175112/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1936/ATH/mens-javelin-throw.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 16 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.