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Men's Javelin throw - Athletics |  | ||||
 Men's Javelin throw 1948
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| Final | |||||||||
 | Kai Tapio Rautavaari |  | FIN | 69,77 | |||||
 | Steve Seymour |  | USA | 67,56 | |||||
 | Jozsef Varszegi |  | HUN | 67,03 | |||||
| 4. | Pauli Vesterinen | | FIN | 65,89 | |||||
| 5. | Odd Mæhlum |  | NOR | 65,32 | |||||
| 6. | Martin Biles | | USA | 65,17 | |||||
| 7. | Mirko Vujacic |  | YUG | 64,89 | |||||
| 8. | Robert Likens | | USA | 64,51 | |||||
| 9. | Karl Gunnar Petersson |  | SWE | 62,80 | |||||
| 10. | Per-Arne Berglund | | SWE | 62,62 | |||||
| 11. | Lumir Kiesewetter |  | TCH | 60,25 | |||||
| 12. | Soini Nikkinen | | FIN | 58,05 | |||||
| Qualification | |||||||||
| 1. | Martin Biles | | USA | 67,68 | Q | ||||
| 2. | Per-Arne Berglund | | SWE | 67,02 | Q | ||||
| 3. | Kai Tapio Rautavaari | | FIN | 64,68 | Q | ||||
| 4. | Karl Gunnar Petersson | | SWE | 64,04 | Q | ||||
| 5. | Steve Seymour | | USA | 63,83 | Q | ||||
| 6. | Lumir Kiesewetter | | TCH | 63,25 | Q | ||||
| 7. | Odd Mæhlum | | NOR | 63,00 | Q | ||||
| 8. | Mirko Vujacic | | YUG | 62,53 | Q | ||||
| 9. | Pauli Vesterinen | | FIN | 61,67 | Q | ||||
| 10. | Jozsef Varszegi | | HUN | 61,63 | Q | ||||
| 11. | Soini Nikkinen | | FIN | 61,21 | Q | ||||
| 12. | Robert Likens | | USA | 31,00 | Q | ||||
| 13. | Ricardo Heber |  | ARG | 60,82 | |||||
| 14. | Raymond Tissot |  | FRA | 58,13 | |||||
| 15. | Dusan Vujacic | | YUG | 57,62 | |||||
| 16. | Nicolaas Lutkeveld |  | NED | 56,25 | |||||
| 17. | Joel Sigurdsson |  | ISL | 55,69 | |||||
| 18. | Pedro Apellaniz |  | ESP | 54,93 | |||||
| 19. | Morville Chote |  | GBR | 54,84 | |||||
| 20. | Leo Roininen |  | CAN | 53,92 | |||||
| 21. | Malcolm Dalrymple | | GBR | 53,17 | |||||
| 22. | Halil Ziraman |  | TUR | 53,30 | |||||
| 23. | Pierre Sprecher | | FRA | 52,30 | |||||
Men's Javelin throw - Athletics - London 1948 Summer Olympics
Event Format: Athletes competed in a qualifying round followed by the final. Top twelve and ties in the qualifying round and all those reaching the announced qualification limit advanced to the final. In the final all finalists were given three tries. The top eight were then given three more. Event facts: Men's Javelin throw competition was held at the Wembley Stadium and 22 athletes participated in the event. |
| These results for Men's Javelin throw - London 1948 Summer Olympics - are based on the official Olympic reports and the Olympian Database |
