Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
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 steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
10 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Decathlon	men

Medalists

Standing records prior to the 1952 Summer Olympics
World Record	Yrjö Nikkanen (FIN)	78.70 m	October 16, 1938	Kotka, Finland
Olympic Record	Matti Järvinen (FIN)	72.71 m	August 4, 1932	Los Angeles, United States

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 64.00 advance to the Final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	Result
1	A	Toivo Hyytiäinen	Finland	71.29
2	A	Per-Arne Berglund	Sweden	71.28
3	B	Viktor Tsybulenko	Soviet Union	69.42
4	A	Bud Held	United States	68.62
5	A	Otto Bengtsson	Sweden	67.58
6	B	Cy Young	United States	67.26
7	A	Herbert Koschel	Germany	67.22
8	B	Soini Nikkinen	Finland	67.15
9	A	Branko Dangubić	Yugoslavia	66.58
10	A	Ragnar Ericzon	Sweden	66.68
11	B	Dick Miller	Great Britain	64.81
12	A	Ricardo Héber	Argentina	64.82
13	B	Bill Miller	United States	64.81
14	B	Amos Matteucci	Italy	64.50
15	A	Eino Leppänen	Finland	64.47
16	B	Yury Shcherbakov	Soviet Union	64.39
17	A	Vladimir Kuznetsov	Soviet Union	64.38
18	B	Janusz Sidło	Poland	62.16
19	A	Michael Denley	Great Britain	61.58
20	B	Zbigniew Radziwonowicz	Poland	61.50
21	B	Halil Zıraman	Turkey	61.19
22	B	Aristidis Roubanis	Greece	60.55
23	B	József Várszegi	Hungary	56.82
24	A	Jalal Khan	Pakistan	55.56
25	B	Reinaldo Oliver	Puerto Rico	52.40
26	A	Brígido Iriarte	Venezuela	52.13

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
01 !	Cy Young	United States	68.45	73.78	72.80	65.73	71.73	00.00 !x	73.78	OR
02 !	Bill Miller	United States	72.46	71.65	63.95	65.41	66.97	70.45	72.46
03 !	Toivo Hyytiäinen	Finland	71.89	71.24	70.25	70.00	69.55	71.16	71.89
4	Viktor Tsybulenko	Soviet Union	71.72	70.44	66.48	71.37	66.49	00.00 !x	71.72
5	Branko Dangubić	Yugoslavia	66.21	61.09	70.55	58.94	00.00 !x		70.55
6	Vladimir Kuznetsov	Soviet Union	70.37	65.71	64.81	56.16	58.08	60.10	70.37

7	Ragnar Ericzon	Sweden	69.04	64.55	68.02				69.04
8	Soini Nikkinen	Finland	68.80	64.08	61.58				68.80
9	Bud Held	United States	68.42	00.00 !x	00.00 !x				68.42
10	Per-Arne Berglund	Sweden	58.93	67.47	64.13				67.47
11	Otto Bengtsson	Sweden	65.50	63.92	64.58				65.50
12	Herbert Koschel	Germany	00.00 !x	64.54	64.06				64.54
13	Yury Shcherbakov	Soviet Union	64.52	60.09	60.79				64.52
14	Dick Miller	Great Britain	00.00 !x	63.75	59.64				63.75
15	Ricardo Héber	Argentina	60.43	62.70	62.82				62.82
16	Eino Leppänen	Finland	58.28	62.61	00.00 !x				62.61
17	Amos Matteucci	Italy	59.75	61.67	61.38				61.67

Javelin throw at the Olympic Games

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

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

See also: 1908 Men's freestyle javelin throw • 1912 Men's two handed javelin throw

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