1928 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Javelin Throw (Men)

sport	athletics
discipline	Javelin throw
gender	Men
Attendees	28 athletes from 18 countries
Competition location	Olympic Stadium Amsterdam
Competition phase	August 2, 1928
Medalist Erik Lundqvist ( SWE )   Béla Szepes ( HUN )   Olav Sunde ( NOR )

The men's javelin throw at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam was held on August 2, 1928 in the Amsterdam Olympic Stadium. 28 athletes took part.

The Olympic champion was the Swede Erik Lundqvist ahead of the Hungarian Béla Szepes . Bronze went to the Norwegian Olav Sunde .

Existing records

• World record : 69.88 m - Eino Penttilä ( Finland ), Viipuri , October 1, 1927
• Olympic record : 65.78 m - Jonni Myyrä ( Finland ), final of the Antwerp Olympic competition , August 15, 1920

Conducting the competition

On August 2nd there was a qualifying round in four groups. For the final, which took place on the same day, the six best throwers from the four groups qualified. The result of the qualification was included in the final result.

Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.

qualification

Date: August 2, 1928

The test series of the individual starters have not been handed down.

Group 1

space	Surname	nation	Expanse	annotation
1	Erik Lundqvist	Sweden	66.60 m	OR
2	Johan Meimer	Estonia	61.46 m
3	Erich Stoschek	United States	59.86 m
4th	Kosaku Sumiyoshi	Japan	59.05 m
5	Vilho gutter	Finland	58.04 m
6th	Charles Harlow	United States	55.85 m
7th	Otto Rottman	Romania	50.93 m

Group 2

space	Surname	nation	Expanse	annotation
1	Béla Szepes	Hungary	65.26 m
2	Stanley Lay	New Zealand	62.89 m
3	Albert Lamppu	Finland	61.45 m
4th	Gunnar Lindström	Sweden	58.69 m
5	Lee Bartlett	United States	57.57 m
6th	Gaston Etienne	France	54.34 m
7th	Jaap Knol	Netherlands	52.68 m

Group 3

space	Surname	nation	Expanse	annotation
1	Olav Sunde	Norway	63.97 m
2	Paavo Liettu	Finland	63.86 m
3	Arthur Sager	United States	60.50 m
4th	Jules Herremans	Belgium	56.33 m
5	George Weightman-Smith	South African Union	54.37 m
6th	Viktoras Ražaitis	Lithuania	51.16 m
7th	Joop van der Leij	Netherlands	47.73 m

Group 4

space	Surname	nation	Expanse	annotation
1	Bruno Schlokat	German Empire	63.40 m
2	Eino Penttila	Finland	63.20 m
3	Doral pilling	Canada	59.16 m
4th	Creth Hines	United States	57.17 m
5	Georgios Zacharopoulos	Greece	55.50 m
6th	Vilim Messner	Yugoslavia	53.70 m
7th	Emmanuel Degland	France	52.82 m

Bottom line

space	Surname	nation	Qualification range	Final width	result	annotation
1	Erik Lundqvist	Sweden	66.60 m	61.58 m	66.60 m	OR
2	Béla Szepes	Hungary	65.26 m	62.50 m	65.26 m
3	Olav Sunde	Norway	63.97 m	59.50 m	63.97 m
4th	Paavo Liettu	Finland	63.86 m	63.76 m	63.86 m
5	Bruno Schlokat	German Empire	63.40 m	63.26 m	63.40 m
6th	Eino Penttila	Finland	63.20 m	58.35 m	63.20 m
7th	Stanley Lay	New Zealand	62.89 m	not in the final	62.89 m
8th	Johan Meimer	Estonia	61.46 m		61.46 m

Date: August 2, 1928

World record holder Eino Penttilä, who had achieved the width of 69.88 m in October 1927, had to compete in the Olympic Games with a foot injury. He threw 63.20 m almost from a standing start, which is still enough for sixth place. But the Olympic champion was the Swede Erik Lundqvist. His 66.60 m from the preliminary fight also meant an Olympic record . The Hungarian Béla Szepes came second with a good 65.26 m. Bronze went to the Norwegian Olav Sunde with 63.97 m.

Picture gallery

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  Olympic champion Erik Lundqvist (SWE)

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  The German Bruno Schlokat reached fifth place.

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  After silver in 1924 , Gunnar Lindström (SWE) failed in the qualification.

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 209

Video

• Youngster Erik Lundqvist Wins Javelin Gold - Amsterdam 1928 Olympics Youngster Erik Lundqvist Wins Javelin Gold - Amsterdam 1928 Olympics , published on May 23, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed on September 14, 2017

Web links

• SportsReference Javelin , accessed September 14, 2017
• Official report pp. 451–452, engl. (PDF), accessed on September 14, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009, page 559 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Official Report, pp. 451–452 (Eng.)