1924 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Javelin Throw (Men)
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sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | Javelin throw | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 29 athletes from 15 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Stade de Colombes | ||||||||
Competition phase | July 6, 1924 | ||||||||
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The men's javelin at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris was held on July 6, 1924. 29 athletes took part.
As in the last games in 1920 , the Finn Jonni Myyrä won the gold medal. Second and thus silver medalist went to Swede Gunnar Lindström , bronze went to US athlete Eugene Oberst .
Existing records
- World record : 66.10 m - Jonni Myyrä ( Finland ), Stockholm , June 19, 1919
- Olympic record : 65.78 m - Jonni Myyrä ( Finland ), Olympic javelin final in Antwerp , August 15, 1920
Conducting the competition
The athletes completed a qualifying round in two groups on July 6th. For the final, which took place on the same day, the six best throwers from these two groups qualified. The distances achieved in the preliminary fight were included in the final result.
Note: The qualified throwers are highlighted in light blue.
qualification
Date: July 6, 1924
Group 1
space | Surname | nation | Expanse | annotation |
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1 | Gunnar Lindström |
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60.81 m | |
2 | Jonni Myyra |
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59.30 m | |
3 | Eugene Colonel |
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57.98 m | |
4th | Yrjö Ekqvist |
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56.15 m | |
5 | Lajos Csejthey |
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54.86 m | |
6th | Lee priest |
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54.51 m | |
7th | Hugo Lilliér |
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52.95 m | |
8th | Georgios Zacharopoulos |
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51.17 m | |
9 | Willy Seewald |
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49.39 m | |
10 | Taki N'Dio |
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48.92 m | |
11 | Ciré Samba |
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48.65 m | |
12 | Jock Dalrymple |
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46.92 m | |
13 | Willi Moser |
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46.80 m | |
14th | Sławosz Szydłowski |
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46.00 m | |
k. A. | Jiří Svoboda |
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Group 2
space | Surname | nation | Expanse | annotation |
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1 | William Neufeld |
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56.96 m | |
2 | Erik Blomqvist |
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56.15 m | |
3 | Urho Peltonen |
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55.66 m | |
4th | Pekka Johansson |
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55.10 m | |
5 | Taka Gangué |
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54.65 m | |
6th | Homer Whelchel |
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52.98 m | |
7th | Carlo Clemente |
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52.95 m | |
8th | Arvīds Ķibilds |
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50.15 m | |
9 | Aleksander Klumberg |
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49.61 m | |
10 | Hans Wipf |
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48.57 m | |
11 | Emmanuel Degland |
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48.57 m | |
12 | Mór Kóczán |
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48.39 m | |
13 | Henri Dauban de Silhouette |
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44.70 m | |
14th | Victor Pickard |
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46.59 m |
final
space | Surname | nation | Qualification range | Final width | result | annotation |
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1 | Jonni Myyra |
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59.30 m | 62.96 m | 62.96 m | |
2 | Gunnar Lindström |
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60.81 m | 60.92 m | 60.92 m | |
3 | Eugene Colonel |
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57.98 m | 58.35 m | 58.35 m | |
4th | Yrjö Ekqvist |
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56.15 m | 57.56 m | 57.56 m | |
5 | William Neufeld |
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56.96 m | no improvement in the final | 56.96 m | |
6th | Erik Blomqvist |
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56.15 m | 56.85 m | 56.85 m | |
7th | Urho Peltonen |
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55.66 m | not in the final | 55.66 m | |
8th | Pekka Johansson |
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55.10 m | not in the final | 55.10 m |
Date: July 6, 1924
The performance in the javelin did not reach the level of the last Olympic Games . Six throwers had exceeded the 60-meter mark in Antwerp , here in Paris there were only two. In the final, two Americans, two Finns and two Swedes competed against each other. Jonni Myyrä repeated his Olympic victory in 1920 with 62.96 m, defeating fellow favorite Gunnar Lindström, who achieved 60.92 m and then set a new world record with 66.62 m in October of the Olympic year . The bronze medal went to the American Eugene Oberst.
Eugene Oberst won the first US medal in the javelin throw.
Picture gallery
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 171
Web links
- SportsReference Javelin , accessed September 10, 2017
Video
- Jonni Myyra Wins Another Scandinavian Javelin Gold - Paris 1924 Olympics , published January 31, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed September 10, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 171
- ↑ Official report ( Memento of the original from April 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Pp. 138-139, fr. (PDF)