| Event: | Men's javelin throw |
| Games: | 1948 Summer |
| Dates: | August 4 (qualifying and final) |
| Competitors: | 23 |
| Nations: | 14 |
| Win Value: | 69.77 |
| Win Label: | Winning distance |
| Longnames: | yes |
| Gold: | Tapio Rautavaara |
| Goldnoc: | FIN |
| Silver: | Steve Seymour |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | József Várszegi |
| Bronzenoc: | HUN |
| Prev: | 1936 |
| Next: | 1952 |
The men's javelin throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 4. The final was won by Tapio Rautavaara from Finland.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | 78.70 m | Kotka, Finland | 16 October 1938 | ||
| Olympic record | 72.71 m | Los Angeles, United States | 4 August 1932 |
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
| Date | Time | Round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, 4 August 1948 | 11:00 | Qualifications | |||
| style=background:lemonchiffon | Wednesday, 4 August 1948 | style=background:lemonchiffon | 14:30 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Finals |
Qual. rule: qualification standard 64.00m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 67.68 | ||||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 67.02 | ||||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 64.68 | ||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 64.04 | ||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 63.83 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 63.25 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 63.00 | ||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 62.53 | ||||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | 61.67 | ||||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | 61.63 | ||||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | 61.21 | ||||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | 61.00 | ||||
| 13 | align=left | align=left | 60.82 | ||||
| 14 | align=left | align=left | 58.19 | ||||
| 15 | align=left | align=left | 57.62 | ||||
| 16 | align=left | align=left | 56.25 | ||||
| 17 | align=left | align=left | 55.69 | ||||
| 18 | align=left | align=left | 54.93 | ||||
| 19 | align=left | align=left | 54.84 | ||||
| 20 | align=left | align=left | 53.92 | ||||
| 21 | align=left | align=left | 53.17 | ||||
| 22 | align=left | align=left | 53.30 | ||||
| 23 | align=left | align=left | 52.30 |
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69.77 | 57.59 | 59.43 | 61.86 | 58.95 | 69.77 | ||||||
| 62.37 | 67.56 | 61.72 | 63.58 | 61.00 | 67.56 | ||||||
| 67.03 | 58.14 | 60.29 | 57.53 | 59.71 | 58.35 | 67.03 | |||||
| 4 | 65.44 | 60.96 | 63.01 | 61.76 | 65.89 | 65.79 | 65.89 | ||||
| 5 | 65.32 | 62.00 | 61.67 | 59.23 | 60.59 | 59.33 | 65.32 | ||||
| 6 | 58.70 | 65.09 | 65.17 | 59.09 | 64.10 | 65.17 | 65.17 | ||||
| 7 | 64.89 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 64.51 | ||||||||||
| 9 | 62.80 | ||||||||||
| 10 | 62.62 | ||||||||||
| 11 | 60.25 | ||||||||||
| 12 | 58.05 |