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Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

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Men's javelin throw
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
DatesAugust 4 (qualifying and final)
Competitors23 from 14 nations
Winning distance69.77
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tapio Rautavaara
 Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Steve Seymour
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) József Várszegi
 Hungary
← 1936
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]

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Yrjö Nikkanen (FIN) 78.70 m Kotka, Finland 16 October 1938
Olympic record  Matti Järvinen (FIN) 72.71 m Los Angeles, United States 4 August 1932

Schedule

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All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Wednesday, 4 August 1948 11:00 Qualifications
Wednesday, 4 August 1948 14:30 Finals

Results

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Qualifying round

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Qual. rule: qualification standard 64.00m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Martin Biles  United States 67.68 Q
2 Per-Arne Berglund  Sweden 67.02 Q
3 Tapio Rautavaara  Finland 64.68 Q
4 Gunnar Petersson  Sweden 64.04 Q
5 Steve Seymour  United States 63.83 q
6 Lumír Kiesewetter  Czechoslovakia 63.25 q
7 Odd Mæhlum  Norway 63.00 q
8 Mirko Vujačić  Yugoslavia 62.53 q
9 Pauli Vesterinen  Finland 61.67 q
10 József Várszegi  Hungary 61.63 q
11 Soini Nikkinen  Finland 61.21 q
12 Bob Likins  United States 61.00 q
13 Ricardo Héber  Argentina 60.82
14 Raymond Tissot  France 58.19
15 Dušan Vujačić  Yugoslavia 57.62
16 Nico Lutkeveld  Netherlands 56.25
17 Jóel Sigurðsson  Iceland 55.69
18 Pedro Apellániz  Spain 54.93
19 Morville Chote  Great Britain 54.84
20 Leo Roininen  Canada 53.92
21 Malcolm Dalrymple  Great Britain 53.17
22 Halil Zıraman  Turkey 53.30
23 Pierre Sprécher  France 52.30


Final

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Rank Athlete Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tapio Rautavaara  Finland 69.77 x 57.59 59.43 61.86 58.95 69.77
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Steve Seymour  United States x 62.37 67.56 61.72 63.58 61.00 67.56
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) József Várszegi  Hungary 67.03 58.14 60.29 57.53 59.71 58.35 67.03
4 Pauli Vesterinen  Finland 65.44 60.96 63.01 61.76 65.89 65.79 65.89
5 Odd Mæhlum  Norway 65.32 62.00 61.67 59.23 60.59 59.33 65.32
6 Martin Biles  United States 58.70 65.09 65.17 59.09 64.10 65.17 65.17
7 Mirko Vujačić  Yugoslavia 64.89
8 Bob Likins  United States 64.51
9 Gunnar Petersson  Sweden 62.80
10 Per-Arne Berglund  Sweden 62.62
11 Lumír Kiesewetter  Czechoslovakia 60.25
12 Soini Nikkinen  Finland 58.05

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Javelin Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

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