European Athletics Championships 1938 / men's javelin

2. European Athletics Championships
discipline	Men's javelin throw
city	Paris
Stadion	Stade Olympique
Attendees	11 athletes from 8 countries
Competition phase	September 3
Medalist
gold	Matti Järvinen ( FIN )
silver	Yrjö Nikkanen ( FIN )
bronze	József Várszegi ( HUN )

Olympic Stadium in Paris 1924

The men's javelin at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held on September 3, 1938 in the Stade Olympique in the French capital, Paris .

There was a Finnish double victory in this competition. European champion was defending champion Matti Järvinen . He won ahead of world record holder Yrjö Nikkanen . The Hungarian József Várszegi won bronze .

Records

Existing records

World record	77.87 m	Yrjö Nikkanen	Karhula , Finland	August 25, 1938
Championship record	76.66 m	Matti Järvinen	EM Turin , Italy	September 7, 1934

Record improvement

 Matti Järvinen improved his own EM record by 21 centimeters to 76.87 meters.

execution

The eleven participants competed in a joint final. Each thrower was initially given three attempts. The best six athletes were then able to complete another three attempts. For the final result, the best litter of each participant came into the evaluation.

final

September 3, 1938, 4:20 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	4th attempt	5th attempt	6th attempt	Bottom line
1	Matti Järvinen	Finland	71.38 m	71.66 m	74.82 m	75.50 m	76.40 m	76.87 m CR	76.87 m CR
2	Yrjö Nikkanen	Finland	x	66.94 m	x	-	-	75.00 m	75.00 m
3	József Várszegi	Hungary	x	66.81 m	63.12 m	68.90 m	69.09 m	72.78 m NO	72.78 m NO
4th	Gustav Sule	Estonia	x	63.62 m	68.60 m	x	x	70.50 m	70.50 m
5	Friedrich Issak	Estonia	x	63.32 m	70.10 m	-	-	70.23 m SB	70.23 m SB
6th	Lennart Atterwall	Sweden	67.88 m	x	66.63 m	-	-	68.58 m SB	68.58 m SB
7th	Gerhard Stock	German Empire	61.87 m	65.34 m SB	61.77 m	not in the final of the six best throwers			65.34 m SB
8th	Oskar Ospelt	Liechtenstein	57.63 m	54.89 m	58.83 m SB				58.83 m SB
9	Roger Frinot	France	58.40 m SB	54.63 m	x				58.40 m SB
10	Raffaele Three	Italy	x	x	55.98 m SB				55.98 m SB
11	Marc Dore	France	x	x	52.18 m SB				52.18 m SB
DNS	Josef Neumann	Switzerland

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  Award ceremony for the javelin thrower ( from left to right ): Yrjö Nikkanen, Matti Järvinen, József Várszegi

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  European champion Matti Järvinen defended his title with a new EM record

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  World record holder Yrjö Nikkanen saved silver with his last throw

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  Lennart Atterwall finished sixth

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Paris 1938 from the European Athletics homepage , accessed March 12, 2019
• Men Javelin Throw European Championships 1938 Paris (FRA) on todor66.com, accessed March 12, 2019
• II European Championship, Paris 1938 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed March 12, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1938, javelin men on sportschau.de, accessed on March 12, 2019
• 2nd European Men's Athletics Championships 1938 in Paris, France from ifosta.de, accessed on March 12, 2019

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF world records. Men javelin , accessed March 12, 2019
2. ↑ Men Javelin Throw European Championships 1938 Paris , accessed March 12, 2019