Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw explained

The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place on 24 July at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.^[1]

Medalists

Gold
Silver
Bronze

Records

Standing records prior to the 1952 Summer Olympics
		78.70 m	October 16, 1938
		72.71 m	August 4, 1932	Los Angeles, United States

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 64.00 advance to the Final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	A			71.29
2	A			71.28
3	B			69.42
4	A			68.62
5	A			67.58
6	B			67.26
7	A			67.22
8	B			67.15
9	A			66.58
10	A			66.68
11	B			64.81
12	A			64.82
13	B			64.81
14	B			64.50
15	A			64.47
16	B			64.39
17	A			64.38
18	B			62.16
19	A			61.58
20	B			61.50
21	B			61.19
22	B			60.55
23	B			56.82
24	A			55.56
25	B			52.40
26	A			52.13

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			68.45	73.78	72.80	65.73	71.73		73.78	OR
			72.46	71.65	63.95	65.41	66.97	70.45	72.46
			71.89	71.24	70.25	70.00	69.55	71.16	71.89
4			71.72	70.44	66.48	71.37	66.49		71.72
5			66.21	61.09	70.55	58.94			70.55
6			70.37	65.71	64.81	56.16	58.08	60.10	70.37
7			69.04	64.55	68.02				69.04
8			68.80	64.08	61.58				68.80
9			68.42						68.42
10			58.93	67.47	64.13				67.47
11			65.50	63.92	64.58				65.50
12				64.54	64.06				64.54
13			64.52	60.09	60.79				64.52
14				63.75	59.64				63.75
15			60.43	62.70	62.82				62.82
16			58.28	62.61					62.61
17			59.75	61.67	61.38				61.67

External links

• Official Olympic Report, la84.org.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Javelin Throw . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175057/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/ATH/mens-javelin-throw.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 17 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.