Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place August 4.

Rank	Name	Distance	Notes
	Matti Järvinen	72.71	OR
	Matti Sippala Matti Sippala Matti Kalervo Sippala was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw. He was born in Hollola....	69.80
	Eino Penttilä Eino Penttilä Eino Penttilä was a Finnish athlete who mainly competed in the men's javelin throw during his career....	68.70
4	Gottfried Weimann	68.18
5	Lee Bartlett Lee Bartlett Lee Bartlett was one of America's top performers in the javelin throw during the 1920s and 30s. The Hillsdale, Michigan native was a three-time Olympian; representing the United States at the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympic Games....	64.46
6	Ken Churchill	63.24
7	Malcolm Metcalf	61.89
8	Kosaku Sumiyoshi	61.14
9	Olav Sunde Olav Sunde Olav Sunde was a javelin thrower from Oslo, Norway. He represented IK Tjalve.He won the bronze medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics with a throw of 63.97 metres. At the 1932 Summer Olympics he finished ninth with 60.81 metres. In addition he won nine Norwegian championships between 1927 and 1937...	60.81
10	Saburo Nagao	59.83
11	Heitor Medina	58.00
12	Adolfo Clouthier	46.38
13	Miguel Camberos	41.71

Key: OR = Olympic record

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