1912 Summer Olympics / Athletics - two-armed javelin throw (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	two-armed javelin throw
gender	Men
Attendees	14 athletes from 4 countries
Competition location	Stockholm Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	July 9, 1912
Medalist Juho Saaristo ( FIN )   Väinö Siikaniemi ( FIN )   Urho Peltonen ( FIN )

The two-armed javelin throw of the men at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm was held on July 9, 1912 in the Stockholm Olympic Stadium. 14 athletes took part. This discipline was only part of the program of the Olympic Games in 1912.

The Finn Juho Saaristo was the Olympic champion ahead of his compatriots Väinö Siikaniemi and Urho Peltonen .

Existing records

• World records were not set in the two-handed javelin throw.
• Olympic record : Since the competition was on the Olympic program for the first time, there was not yet an Olympic record.

Conducting the competition

All athletes had three attempts each with their left and right arms. The final result of the preliminary round was calculated by adding up the best distances. The three best throwers then had another three attempts per arm, whereby the results of the first three rounds were included in the evaluation. However, the final round was canceled because the three leading Finns after the preliminary match agreed to use the existing result as the final result.

Note: The upper width indicates the result with the right arm, the lower one the result with the left arm. The widths that were used to determine the overall stand are shown in bold.

Result

space	Surname	nation	result		1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	annotation
1	Juho Saaristo	Grand Duchy of Finland	109.42 m OR	right arm: left arm:	57.64 -	59.88 -	61.00 48.42	OR javelin throw in the 3rd attempt
2	Väinö Siikaniemi	Grand Duchy of Finland	101.13 m	right arm: left arm:	54.09 43.76	- 45.09	- 47.04
3	Urho Peltonen	Grand Duchy of Finland	100.24 m	right arm: left arm:	- 46.30	53.22 46.63	53.58 46.66
4th	Eric Lemming	Sweden	98.59 m	right arm: left arm:	52.23 35.78	58.33 40.26	- -
5	Arne Halse	Norway	96.92 m	right arm: left arm:	52.05 41.48	55.05 -	- 41.87
6th	Richard Åbrink	Sweden	93.12 m	right arm: left arm:	48.78 41.71	50.04 43.08	- -
7th	Daniel Johansen	Norway	92.82 m	right arm: left arm:	48.38 40.99	- 43.19	48.78 44.04
8th	Otto Nilsson	Sweden	88.90 m	right arm: left arm:	48.24 38.69	50.21 -	- -
9	Juho Halme	Grand Duchy of Finland	88.54 m	right arm: left arm:	- 33.64	52.76 -	54.90 -
10	Arvid Ohrling	Sweden	87.17 m	right arm: left arm:	46.51 40.66	- -	- -
11	Sten Hagander	Sweden	86.80 m	right arm: left arm:	42.58 37.68	46.39 40.41	- -
12	Mór Kóczán	Hungary	86.39 m	right arm: left arm:	55.74 29.23	- 30.65	- -
13	Not so Krigsman	Sweden	85.80 m	right arm: left arm:	43.78 36.09	46.85 38.95	- -
14th	Karl Sun	Sweden	84.96 m	right arm: left arm:	- 33.52	49.48 36.00	- 36.48

Date: July 9, 1912

Of the 14 starters, only one did not come from a Scandinavian country: the Hungarian Mór Kóczán . Seven participants were Swedes, four Finns and two Norwegians.

The three leading Finns after the preliminary fight, Juho Saaristo, Väinö Siikaniemi and Urho Peltonen, agreed not to go through the final and to keep the positions from the preliminary fight. The great Eric Lemming, Olympic champion in the impressive javelin throw of 1908 and also here in Stockholm , this time came away with no medals . The fourth place remained for him. The 61.00 m, which Juho Saaristo reached in the third attempt with his right - his regular - throwing arm, was recognized as the official Olympic record in the javelin throw.

Picture gallery

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  The three finalists from Finland (from left): Peltonen (bronze), Saaristo (gold), Siikaniemi (silver)

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  Eric Lemming (SWE) takes 4th place

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970 p. 123f

Web links

• SportsReference two-armed javelin , accessed August 29, 2017
• Official report , engl. (PDF), accessed on August 29, 2017

Video

• Olympics 1912 Two handed javelin throw on YouTube , accessed February 18, 2019.

Individual evidence

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