Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's javelin throw

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The men's javelin throw was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event.

Contents 1 Medalists 2 Results 3 Notes 4 References

[edit] Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's javelin throw	Eric Lemming Sweden (SWE)	Juho Saaristo Finland (FIN)	Mór Kóczán Hungary (HUN)

[edit] Results

Lemming, the defending Olympic champion, won the event again. His record of 51.92 metres from four years earlier did not last long, as six throwers bested it on their first throws. A seventh was also able to better it before the end of the preliminaries.

Saaristo took the lead after the first throw, and made an even better second throw to stay ahead of Lemming. On the third throw, however, Saaristo scratched and Lemming threw his javelin well over 57 metres to take the lead going into the finals, with Kóczán wresting third place from Halme on the final throw to advance as well. While each of the three finalists made improvements in their marks in the final round, no changes in order were made and Lemming's 60.64 metres stood as the new record.

Place	Athlete	Preliminary				Final			Best mark
		1	2	3	Rank	4	5	6
	Eric Lemming (SWE)	53.02	54.78	57.42 OR	1st	60.64 OR	—	59.00[1]	60.64
	Juho Saaristo (FIN)	54.75 OR	55.37 OR	—	2nd	56.21	—	58.66	58.66
	Mór Kóczán (HUN)	54.06	—	54.99	3rd	—	—	55.50	55.50
4	Johan Halme (FIN)	53.81	54.65	—	4th				54.65
5	Väinö Siikaniemi (FIN)	52.19	—	52.43	5th				52.43
6	Richard Åbrink (SWE)	46.56	48.25	52.20	6th				52.20
7	Arne Halse (NOR)	51.98	—	—	7th				51.98
8	Jonni Myyrä (FIN)	48.77	51.33	—	8th				51.33
9	Urho Peltonen (FIN)	49.20	—	—	9th				49.20
10	Sven Nilsson (SWE)	47.59	48.01	49.18	10th				49.18
11	Karl Sonne (SWE)	—	47.85	—	11th				47.85
12	Daniel Johansen (NOR)	46.18	46.87	47.61	12th				47.61
13	Bror Ohlsson (SWE)	46.94	—	—	13th				46.94
14	Anders Krigsman (SWE)	45.14	45.48	46.71	14th				46.71
15	Janne Dahl (SWE)	—	44.09	45.67	15th				45.67
16	Arvid Ohrling (SWE)	45.00	45.32	—	16th				45.32
17	Nikołaj Nieklepajew (RUS)	—	44.78	44.98	17th				44.98
18	Emil Kukko (FIN)	44.50	—	44.66	18th				44.66
19	Josef Waitzer (GER)	41.99	43.20	43.71	19th				43.71
20	Nikolajs Svedrevits (RUS)	—	43.21	—	20th				43.21
21	Algot Larsson (SWE)	43.18	—	—	21st				43.18
22	Karl von Halt (GER)	—	41.99	—	22nd				41.99
23	Paul Willführ (GER)	41.05	—	—	23rd				41.05
24	Eskil Falk (SWE)	—	—	—	24th				None
	Gustav Kröjer (AUT)	—	—	—	24th				None

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Bergvall, p. 403. The throw is described as "about 59 metres" in a departure from standard precision.

[edit] References

• Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). in Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.).: The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. 
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich. Retrieved on January 6, 2007. (Polish)