Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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The men's javelin throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Thursday, August 2, 1928.

Twenty-eight javelin throwers from 18 nations competed.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Erik Lundqvist Sweden	Béla Szepes Hungary	Olav Sunde Norway

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record	69.88	Eino Penttilä	Viipuri (FIN)	October 1, 1927
Olympic Record	65.78	Jonni Myyrä	Antwerp (BEL)	August 15, 1920

Erik Lundqvist set a new Olympic record in the qualification with 66.60 metres.

The qualification started at 2 p.m. The best six throwers, all four groups counted together, qualified for the final.

Group 1

Place	Athlete	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1	Erik Lundqvist (SWE)	66.60	~58	~60.5	66.60 OR	1	Q
2	Johan Meimer (EST)	~58	61.46	X	61.46	8
3	Erich Stoschek (GER)	59.86			59.86	11
4	Kosaku Sumiyoshi (JPN)	~58	59.05		59.05	13
5	Vilho Rinne (FIN)	~55	58.04	~57	58.04	15
6	Charles Harlow (USA)	55.85			55.85	19
7	Otto Rottman (ROU)	50.93			50.93	27

Group 2

Place	Athlete	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1	Béla Szepes (HUN)	~62.5	65.26	~56	65.26	2	Q
2	Stan Lay (NZL)	~60.5	62.89	~56	62.89	7
3	Albert Lamppu (FIN)	~58.5	~56	61.45	61.45	9
4	Gunnar Lindström (SWE)	X (~60)	~58	58.69	58.69	14
5	Lee Bartlett (USA)	X	~56	57.57	57.57	16
6	Gaston Étienne (FRA)	54.34			54.34	22
7	Jaap Knol (NED)	52.68			52.68	25

Group 3

Place	Athlete	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1	Olav Sunde (NOR)	~62.5	63.97	~63.8	63.97	3	Q
2	Paavo Liettu (FIN)	~62	63.86	~63.7	63.86	4	Q
3	Arthur Sager (USA)	60.50	~58	~58	60.50	10
4	Jules Herremans (BEL)	56.33			56.33	18
5	George Weightman-Smith (RSA)	54.37			54.37	21
6	Viktoras Ražaitis (LTU)	51.16			51.16	26
7	Joop van der Leij (NED)	~46	47.73		47.73	28

Group 4

Place	Athlete	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1	Bruno Schlokat (GER)	~58	~62	63.40	63.40	5	Q
2	Eino Penttilä (FIN)	~56	63.20	~62	63.20	6	Q
3	Doral Pilling (CAN)	59.16			59.16	12
4	Creth Hines (USA)	~56	X (~60.2)	57.17	57.17	17
5	Georgios Zakharopoulos (GRE)	55.50			55.50	20
6	Vilim Messner (YUG)	53.70			53.70	23
7	Emmanuel Degland (FRA)	52.82			52.82	24

The final was held on the same day and started at about 4.30 p.m.

Place	Athlete	Qual. Width	1.	2.	3.	Distance
1	Erik Lundqvist (SWE)	66.60	~61	61.58	~54	66.60
2	Béla Szepes (HUN)	65.26	X	62.50	~54	65.26
3	Olav Sunde (NOR)	63.97	X	59.50	~55	63.97
4	Paavo Liettu (FIN)	63.86	~55	~61	63.76	63.86
5	Bruno Schlokat (GER)	63.40	~60	~57.5	63.26	63.40
6	Eino Penttilä (FIN)	63.20	58.35	~56	X (~64.5)	63.20

Official Olympic Report
Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 21 July 2008.

Javelin throw at the Olympic Games

Summary

Men	1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Women	1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

See also: 1908 Men's freestyle javelin throw • 1912 Men's two handed javelin throw

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