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

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]

Men's javelin throw
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Three best men javelin thrower of Berlin 1936 Olympics
VenueOlympiastadion: Berlin, Germany
DatesAugust 6
Competitors28 from 19 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gerhard Stöck
 Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yrjo Nikkanen
 Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kalervo Toivonen
 Finland
← 1932
1948 →

Results

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Qualifying

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Rank Athlete Nationality 1 2 3 Result Notes
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

Final

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Rank Athlete Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 6 Result Notes
  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

References

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  1. ^ "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.