Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

Men's javelin throw

at the Games of the XI Olympiad

Three best men javelin thrower of Berlin 1936 Olympics

Venue

Dates

August 6

Competitors

28 from 19 nations

Medalists

← 1932

1948 →

Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men
400 m	men
800 m	men
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeple	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Decathlon	men
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The men's javelin throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 6, 1936. The final was won by Gerhard Stöck of Germany.^[1]

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result
1	József Várszegi	Hungary	58.5	69.7		69.7
2	Yrjo Nikkanen	Finland	59.6	67.0		67.0
3	Matti Järvinen	Finland	66.0			66.0
4	Eugeniusz Lokajski	Poland	65.5			65.5
5	Kalervo Toivonen	Finland	59.0	64.9		64.9
5	Gustav Sule	Estonia	64.9			64.9
7	Lennart Atterwall	Sweden	64.4			64.4
8	Gerhard Stöck	Germany	63.5			63.5
9	Gottfried Weimann	Germany	63.2			63.2
10	Walter Turczyk	Poland	59.0	foul	63.1	63.1
11	Oto Jurģis	Latvia	58.0	59.8	61.9	61.9
12	Jaap van der Poll	Netherlands	58.0	61.7		61.7
13	Alton Terry	United States	61.5			61.5
14	Lee Bartlett	United States	60.8			60.8
15	Jim Courtright	Canada	foul	60.3		60.3
15	Friedrich Gerdes	Germany	foul	60.3		60.3
17	Malcolm Metcalf	United States	60.2			60.2
18	Ibrahim Okasha	Egypt	50.0	foul	58.0	58.0
19	Konstantinos Metaxas	Greece	50.0	56.0	56.0	56.0
20	Noboru Ueno	Japan	54.0	55.0	48.0	55.0
20	Rudolf Markušić	Yugoslavia	50.0	55.0	50.0	55.0
22	Josef Neumann	Switzerland	52.0	50.0	47.0	52.0
22	Kristján Vattnes	Iceland	46.0	52.0	45.0	52.0
22	Napoleon Papageorgiou	Greece	50.0	52.0	52.0	52.0
25	Josef Klein	Czechoslovakia	50.0	foul	50.0	50.0
26	Hoh Chunde	Republic of China	48.0	40.0	40.0	48.0
26	Pavol Mal'a	Czechoslovakia	foul	48.0	48.0	48.0
28	Elias Gutiérrez	Colombia	31.1	35.0	foul	35.0

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result
	Gerhard Stöck	Germany	x	68.11	65.50	66.00	71.84	65.00	71.84
	Yrjo Nikkanen	Finland	x	70.77	x	62.00	62.00	63.00	70.77
	Kalervo Toivonen	Finland	62.00	67.00	68.76	x	70.72	x	70.72
4	Lennart Atterwall	Sweden	67.15	69.20	x	65.00	61.00	62.00	69.20
5	Matti Järvinen	Finland	68.30	69.18	x	64.00	x	66.00	69.18
6	Alton Terry	United States	67.10	67.15	x	64.00	65.00	62.00	67.15
7	Eugeniusz Lokajski	Poland							66.39
8	József Várszegi	Hungary							65.30
9	Gottfried Weimann	Germany							63.58
10	Walter Turczyk	Poland							63.36
11	Gustav Sule	Estonia							63.26
12	Lee Bartlett	United States							61.15
13	Oto Jurģis	Latvia							60.71
14	Jim Courtright	Canada							60.54
15	Malcolm Metcalf	United States							58.20
16	Jaap van der Poll	Netherlands							56.25
17	Friedrich Gerdes	Germany							55.93

^ "Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's Javelin Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

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Summary
Men	1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Women	1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
See also: 1908 Men's freestyle javelin throw • 1912 Men's two handed javelin throw

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