The men's javelin throw

Javelin throw

The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...

event was part of the track and field athletics programme

Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics

At the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, 29 athletics events were contested, all for men only. The competitions were held from August 15, 1920 to August 23, 1920.-Medal table:-Medal summary:-Participating nations:...

 at the 1920 Summer Olympics

1920 Summer Olympics

The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium....

. The competition was held on Sunday, August 15, 1920.

Twenty-five javelin throwers from twelve nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.

World Record	66.10	Jonni Myyrä Jonni Myyrä Joonas "Jonni" Myyrä was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw. At his first Olympics, the 1912 Summer Olympics, he took 8th place in the javelin....	Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...  (SWE Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... )	August 25, 1919
Olympic Record	61.00	Julius Saaristo Juho Saaristo Julius Juho Saaristo was a Finnish track and field athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw....	Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...  (SWE Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... )	July 9, 1912

At first Urho Peltonen

Urho Peltonen

Urho Pellervo Peltonen was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw....

 set a new Olympic record in the qualification with 63.605 m. In the final Jonni Myyrä

Jonni Myyrä

Joonas "Jonni" Myyrä was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw. At his first Olympics, the 1912 Summer Olympics, he took 8th place in the javelin....

set the new Olympic record with 65.78 m.

Results

The best ten javelin throwers qualified for the final.

Place	Athlete	Qual.		Final
		Distance	Rank
1		60.63	3	65.78 OR
2		63.605 OR	1	63.605
3		63.095	2	63.095
4		60.045	5	62.395
5		59.03	6	62.39
6		60.52	4	60.52
7		57.58	9	59.275
8		58.18	7	58.18
9		57.86	8	57.86
10		56.77	10	56.77
11		53.78
12		53.52
13		51.53
14		47.90
15		47.09
16		43.90
17		42.70
18		42.58
19		42.13
20		40.24
21		40.08
22		39.00
23		38.92
24		37.75
25		36.25