1912 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Javelin Throw (Men)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | Javelin throw | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 25 athletes from 7 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Stockholm Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | July 14, 1912 | ||||||||
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The men's javelin throw at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm was held on July 14, 1912 in the Stockholm Olympic Stadium. 25 athletes took part.
The Olympic champion was the Swede Eric Lemming ahead of the Finn Juho Saaristo and the Hungarian Mór Kóczán .
The German-speaking participants placed themselves at the end of the ranking list. Josef Waitzer was the best of them 19th, Karl von Halt 22nd and Paul Willführ 23rd. The Austrian Gustav Krojer did not make a valid distance and was not placed. Swiss athletes did not take part.
Existing records
World record | Juho Saaristo ( Grand Duchy of Finland ) | 61.45 m | Helsinki | May 25, 1912 |
Olympic record | Eric Lemming ( Sweden ) | 54.83 m | London | July 17, 1908 |
Conducting the competition
All 25 athletes had three attempts. The best three throwers then completed another three attempts, whereby the results of the first three rounds were included in the evaluation.
Note: The best widths are shown in bold.
Result
space | Surname | nation | result | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | 4th attempt | 5th attempt | 6th attempt | annotation |
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1 | Eric Lemming | Sweden | 60.64 m | 53.02 | 54.78 | 57.42 | 60.64 m | - | 59.00 | OR - before already OR in the 3rd attempt |
2 | Juho Saaristo | Grand Duchy of Finland | 58.66 m | 54.75 | 55.37 | - | 56.21 | - | 58.66 | OR in the 2nd attempt |
3 | Mór Kóczán | Hungary | 55.50 m | 54.06 | - | 54.99 | - | - | 55.50 | |
4th | Juho Halme | Grand Duchy of Finland | 54.65 m | 53.81 | 54.65 | - | ||||
5 | Väinö Siikaniemi | Grand Duchy of Finland | 52.43 m | 52.19 | - | 52.43 | ||||
6th | Richard Åbrink | Sweden | 52.20 m | 46.56 | 48.25 | 52.20 | ||||
7th | Arne Halse | Norway | 51.98 m | 51.98 | - | - | ||||
8th | Jonni Myyra | Grand Duchy of Finland | 51.33 m | 48.77 | 51.33 | - | ||||
9 | Urho Peltonen | Grand Duchy of Finland | 49.20 m | 49.20 | - | - | ||||
10 | Otto Nilsson | Sweden | 49.18 m | 47.59 | 48.01 | 49.18 | ||||
11 | Karl Sun | Sweden | 47.85 m | - | 47.85 | - | ||||
12 | Daniel Johansen | Norway | 47.61 m | 46.18 | 46.87 | 47.61 | ||||
13 | Svante Olsson | Sweden | 46.94 m | 46.94 | - | - | ||||
14th | Not so Krigsman | Sweden | 46.71 m | 45.14 | 45.48 | 46.71 | ||||
15th | Janne Dahl | Sweden | 45.67 m | - | 44.09 | 45.67 | ||||
16 | Arvid Ohrling | Sweden | 45.32 m | 45.00 | 45.32 | - | ||||
17th | Nikolai Neklapayev | Russia | 44.98 m | - | 44.78 | 44.98 | ||||
18th | Emil Kukko | Grand Duchy of Finland | 44.66 m | 44.50 | - | 44.66 | ||||
19th | Josef Waitzer | German Empire | 43.71 m | 41.99 | 43.20 | 43.71 | ||||
20th | Nikolajs Švedrēvics | Russia | 43.21 m | - | 43.21 | - | ||||
21st | Algot Larsson | Sweden | 43.18 m | 43.18 | - | - | ||||
22nd | Karl von Halt | German Empire | 41.99 m | - | 41.99 | - | ||||
23 | Paul Willführ | German Empire | 41.05 m | 41.05 | - | - | ||||
ogV | Eskil Falk | Sweden | - | - | - | - | ||||
Gustav Krojer | Austria | - | - | - |
Date: July 14, 1912
In the javelin throw , there was a duel between the Finnish world record holder Juho Saaristo, who had achieved the world record distance of 61.45 m in June 1912 , and the Swedish Olympic champion from 1908 , Eric Lemming, whose annual best before these Olympic Games was 57.45 m . In the first attempt Saaristo took the lead in front of the Hungarian Mór Kóczán and the Finn Juho Halme, Lemming was fourth. In the second attempt, Lemming moved up to second place, Halme pushed the Hungarian to fourth. Saaristo extended its lead with a new Olympic record . In the third attempt, Lemming then took the lead. Kóczán also improved and pushed Halme to fourth.
In the final, Lemming started with another Olympic record. Saaristo was also able to improve by more than three meters in the fourth and sixth attempts, but it was not enough for victory. Kóczán was also able to gain another half a meter, but stayed on the bronze rank.
14 starters from the top 15 - the only exception being the Hungarian Kóczán - came from Scandinavia: seven from Sweden, five from Finland and two from Norway.
In the second Olympic javelin competition, Eric Lemming was able to repeat his Olympic victory in 1908.
Three days later, Saaristo improved the Olympic record with a two-armed javelin throw to a distance of 61.00 m.
Picture gallery
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 122f
Web links
- SportsReference Javelin , accessed August 29, 2017
- Official report , engl. (PDF), accessed on August 29, 2017
Video
- Eric Lemming Wins First Olympic Javelin Gold - Stockholm 1912 Olympics on YouTube , accessed February 18, 2019.
Individual evidence
- ↑ description in the official report, page 403 (Engl.) ( Memento of the original on February 7, 2014 Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.