1948 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Javelin Throw (Men)
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sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | Javelin throw | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 23 athletes from 14 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Wembley Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | 4th August 1948 | ||||||||
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The javelin men in the 1948 Olympic Games in London was on August 4, 1948 in Wembley Stadium discharged. 22 athletes took part.
The Olympic champion was Tapio Rautavaara from Finland, ahead of Steve Seymour from the United States . Bronze went to the Hungarian József Várszegi .
Existing records
- World record : 78.70 m - Yrjö Nikkanen ( Finland ), Kotka , October 16, 1938
- Olympic record : 72.71 m - Matti Järvinen ( Finland ), Los Angeles final , August 4, 1932
Conducting the competition
Participants competed in a qualifying round on August 4th. The qualification distance required was 64.00 meters. All athletes who managed this distance qualified for the final on the same day. If fewer than 12 athletes have made the distance, the final field was filled on the basis of the distances. In the final, all participants had three attempts. The best six throwers then had another three attempts, the other six were eliminated.
qualification
space | Surname | nation | Expanse | annotation |
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1 | Martin Biles |
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67.68 m | |
2 | Per-Arne Berglund |
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67.02 m | |
3 | Tapio Rautavaara |
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64.68 m | |
4th | Gunnar Petersson |
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64.04 m | |
5 | Steve Seymour |
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63.83 m | |
6th | Lumír Kiesewetter |
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63.25 m | |
7th | Odd Mæhlum |
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63.00 m | |
8th | Mirko Vujačić |
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62.53 m | |
9 | Pauli Vesterinen |
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61.67 m | |
10 | József Várszegi |
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61.63 m | |
11 | Soini Nikkinen |
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61.21 m | |
12 | Bob Likins |
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61.00 m | |
13 | Ricardo Héber |
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60.82 m | |
14th | Raymond Tissot |
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58.19 m | |
15th | Dušan Vujačić |
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57.62 m | |
16 | Nico Lutkeveld |
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56.25 m | |
17th | Jóel Sigurðsson |
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55.69 m | |
18th | Pedro Apellániz |
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54.93 m | |
19th | Morville Chote |
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54.84 m | |
20th | Leo Roininen |
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53.92 m | |
21st | Malcolm Dalrymple |
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53.17 m | |
22nd | Halil Zıraman |
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53.30 m | |
23 | Pierre Sprécher |
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52.30 m |
August 4, 1948, 11 a.m.
Note: The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue, those who qualify for the following best distance are highlighted in light green. Only the best is recorded. The order and length of further attempts in qualification are unknown.
final
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | 4th attempt | 5th attempt | 6th attempt | Best | annotation |
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1 | Tapio Rautavaara |
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69.77 m | x | 57.59 m | 59.43 m | 61.86 m | 58.95 m | 69.77 m | |
2 | Steve Seymour |
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x | 62.37 m | 67.56 m | 61.72 m | 63.58 m | 61.00 m | 67.56 m | |
3 | József Várszegi |
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67.03 m | 58.14 m | 60.29 m | 57.53 m | 59.71 m | 58.35 m | 67.03 m | |
4th | Pauli Vesterinen |
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65.44 m | 60.69 m | 63.01 m | 61.76 m | 65.89 m | 65.79 m | 65.89 m | |
5 | Odd Mæhlum |
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65.32 m | 62.00 m | 61.67 m | 59.23 m | 60.59 m | 59.33 m | 65.32 m | |
6th | Martin Biles |
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58.70 m | 65.09 m | 65.17 m | 59.09 m | 64.10 m | 65.17 m | 65.17 m | |
7th | Mirko Vujačić |
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64.89 m | |||||||
8th | Bob Likins |
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64.51 m | |||||||
9 | Gunnar Petersson |
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62.80 m | |||||||
10 | Per-Arne Berglund |
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62.62 m | |||||||
11 | Lumír Kiesewetter |
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60.25 m | |||||||
12 | Soini Nikkinen |
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58.05 m |
August 4, 1948, 2:30 p.m.
Note: The trial series are only known for the best six throwers. For the other finalists, only the best scores are submitted.
Tapio Rautavaara, who won the competition with a long throw in the first attempt, was an all-rounder. He was also successful as an archer - national champion and team world champion - and later known as an actor and singer.
The other two medal winners, Steve Seymour (USA) and the Hungarian József Várszegi, had not made it through the qualifying distance, but still reached the final in fifth - Seymour - and tenth - Várszegi. Seymour reached second place in the final with the third attempt, Várszegi threw the distance for the bronze medal in the first round. With its soft run-up, the facility offered no conditions for better widths. So the world record remained a long way off and the Olympic record continued to exist.
In the eighth Olympic competition, Rautavaara threw the spear to the fourth Finnish victory.
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, p. 39f
Web links
- SportsReference Javelin , accessed August 23, 2017
- Official report p. 272, engl. (PDF), accessed on August 23, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009, page 559 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b Official report "Athletic Timetable" p. 241, engl. (PDF)
- ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)
- ↑ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, p. 40