1960 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Javelin Throw (Men)

sport	athletics
discipline	Javelin throw
gender	Men
Attendees	28 athletes from 18 countries
Competition location	Stadio Olimpico
Competition phase	September 7, 1960 (qualification) September 8, 1960 (final)
Medalist Viktor Zybulenko ( URS )   Walter Krüger ( GER )   Gergely Kulcsár ( HUN )

The men's javelin throw at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome was held on September 7th and 8th, 1960 at the Stadio Olimpico . 28 athletes took part.

Olympic champion was Viktor Zybulenko from the Soviet Union. He won ahead of the German Walter Krüger and the Hungarian Gergely Kulcsár .

In addition to silver medalist Krüger, Erich Ahrendt and Hermann Salomon also competed for Germany . Ahrendt failed, like Urs von Wartburg , the only Swiss in the field, already in the qualification. Salomon qualified for the final and reached twelfth place there. Javelin throwers from Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Existing records

World record	86.04 m	Al Cantello ( USA )	Compton, Illinois , USA	5th June 1959
Olympic record	85.71 m	Egil Danielsen ( Norway )	Melbourne finals	November 26, 1956

Conducting the competition

The athletes competed in two groups for a qualifying round on September 7th. The required qualification width was 74.00 m. The final for all qualified throwers took place on September 8th. Each participant was initially entitled to three attempts. The best six athletes could then complete three more attempts.

Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.

Time schedule

September 7th, from 9.00 a.m .: Qualification

September 8, 3:30 p.m .: Final

qualification

Date: September 7, 1960, from 9:00 a.m.

The best widths are printed in bold. With the same distance, the second best distance decided the placement.

Group A

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	result	annotation
1	Janusz Sidło	Poland	85.14 m	-	-	85.14 m
2	Viktor Zybulenko	Soviet Union	67.50 m	79.70 m	-	79.70 m
3	Walter Kruger	Germany	63.93 m	78.81 m	-	78.81 m
4th	Willy Rasmussen	Norway	73.80 m	77.95 m	-	77.95 m
5	Knut Fredriksson	Sweden	67.21 m	75.28 m	-	75.28 m
6th	Zbigniew Radziwonowicz	Poland	74.86 m	-	-	74.86 m
7th	Terje Pedersen	Norway	74.67 m	-	-	74.67 m
8th	Erich Ahrendt	Germany	72.99 m	73.29 m	71.60 m	73.29 m
9	Egil Danielsen	Norway	69.26 m	72.66 m	72.93 m	72.93 m
10	Myron Anyfantakis	Greece	59.40 m	69.53 m	x	69.53 m
11	Alexandru Bizim	Romania	68.92 m	67.10 m	57.90 m	68.92 m
12	William Alley	United States	62.02 m	67.36 m	68.66 m	68.66 m
13	Alfonso de Andrés	Spain	59.84 m	60.84 m	54.70 m	60.84 m
14th	Abdul Wardak	Afghanistan	53.64 m	64.20 m	x	64.20 m

Group B

The Swiss Urs von Wartburg failed in the qualification

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	result	annotation
1	Al Cantello	United States	x	69.69 m	79.72 m	79.72 m
2	Mart Paama	Soviet Union	68.69 m	76.36 m	-	76.36 m
3	Väinö Kuisma	Finland	75.93 m	-	-	75.93 m
4th	Hermann Salomon	Germany	69.57 m	75.12 m	-	75.12 m
5	Carlo Lievore	Italy	74.82 m	-	-	74.82 m
6th	Gergely Kulcsár	Hungary	74.70 m	-	-	74.70 m
7th	Ivan Sivopliasov	Soviet Union	65.65 m	73.85 m	71.93	73.85 m
8th	Michel Macquet	France	73.74 m	x	69.15 m	73.74 m
9	Léon Syrovatski	France	67.81 m	71.59 m	71.54 m	71.59 m
10	Urs von Wartburg	Switzerland	71.56 m	x	68.92 m	71.56 m
11	Muhammad Nawaz	Pakistan	x	70.05 m	67.40 m	70.05 m
12	Baruch Feinberg	Israel	68.24 m	62.81 m	65.94 m	68.24 m
13	Terry Beucher	United States	x	61.59 m	68.11 m	68.11 m
14th	Salah Majid	Iraq	57.52 m	54.18 m	52.25 m	57.52 m

final

Date: September 8, 1960, 3:30 p.m.

13 participants had reached the qualification range. The favorites of the competition, world record holder Al Cantello from the USA and the Pole Janusz Sidło did not manage in the final. Cantello was only tenth, Sidło eighth. Sidło, who had repeatedly presented himself as a consistent and reliable thrower in the past, achieved an excellent 85.14 m in qualification, which would have been enough for the gold medal in the final. The US American Bill Alley, who threw 86.46 m in an exhibition match, could not find his form and was already stuck in the qualification. The same fate befell the 1956 Olympic champion Egil Danielsen from Norway.

The medals were awarded after the first attempt, none of the athletes in the first four places could improve their distance. The majority of the other throwers also achieved the best result in the first round. This was due to the wind conditions on that day. Immediately after the first round, gusty winds came up that made throwing difficult for the athletes. So if you, like co-favorite Sidło, couldn't show off with the first litter, you hardly had a chance to move forward later. The sometimes very surprising placements are understandable. The Soviet athlete Wiktor Zybulenko won by over five meters over the silver medalist Walter Krüger from Germany. A little more than a meter further back, the Hungarian Gergely Kulcsár won bronze.

Viktor Zybulenko achieved the first Soviet Olympic victory in the javelin throw .

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	4th attempt	5th attempt	6th attempt	Bottom line	annotation
1	Viktor Zybulenko	Soviet Union	84.64 m	76.59 m	76.46 m	x	67.73 m	x	84.64 m
2	Walter Kruger	Germany	79.36 m	66.51 m	71.29 m	75.23 m	72.62 m	x	79.36 m
3	Gergely Kulcsár	Hungary	78.57 m	77.60 m	68.56 m	73.20 m	x	x	78.57 m
4th	Väinö Kuisma	Finland	78.40 m	74.04 m	74.45 m	67.75 m	76.38 m	74.69 m	78.40 m
5	Willy Rasmussen	Norway	x	67.62 m	78.36 m	x	x	69.55 m	78.36 m
6th	Knut Fredriksson	Sweden	69.70 m	78.33 m	64.29 m	72.53 m	78.01 m	68.51 m	78.33 m
7th	Zbigniew Radziwonowicz	Poland	73.58 m	77.31 m	74.47 m	not in the final of the six best throwers			77.31 m
8th	Janusz Sidło	Poland	76.46 m	76.43 m	71.93 m				76.46 m
9	Carlo Lievore	Italy	64.43 m	72.47 m	75.21 m				75.21 m
10	Al Cantello	United States	74.70 m	71.00 m	71.10 m				74.70 m
11	Mart Paama	Soviet Union	74.56 m	72.59 m	70.43 m				74.56 m
12	Hermann Salomon	Germany	74.11 m	x	72.95 m				74.11 m
ogV	Terje Pedersen	Norway	x	x	x					without space

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, pp. 213–215

Web links

• SportsReference Javelin , accessed October 21, 2017
• Official report pp. 156–159, engl. (PDF), accessed on October 21, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 Page 559 (Engl.) ( Memento of 29 June 2011 at the Internet Archive ), accessed on 21 October 2017
2. ↑ Official Report of the 1960 Olympic Games , p. 64 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 21, 2017
3. ↑ Official Report of the 1960 Olympic Games , p. 156/158 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 21, 2017
4. ^ Official report of the 1960 Olympic Games , p. 159 (English) on library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 21, 2017
5. ↑ SportsReference , accessed October 21, 2017