The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place on 24 July at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.
Medalists GoldSilverBronze
Records Standing records prior to the 1952 Summer Olympics World Record 78.70 m October 16, 1938 Kotka, Finland Olympic Record 72.71 m August 4, 1932 Los Angeles, United States
Results
Qualifying round
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 64.00 advance to the Final.
Rank Group Athlete Nationality Result Notes 1 A Toivo Hyytiäinen 71.29 2 A Per-Arne Berglund 71.28 3 B Viktor Tsybulenko 69.42 4 A Bud Held 68.62 5 A Otto Bengtsson 67.58 6 B Cy Young 67.26 7 A Herbert Koschel 67.22 8 B Soini Nikkinen 67.15 9 A Branko Dangubić 66.58 10 A Ragnar Ericzon 66.68 11 B Dick Miller 64.81 12 A Ricardo Héber 64.82 13 B Bill Miller 64.81 14 B Amos Matteucci 64.50 15 A Eino Leppänen 64.47 16 B Yury Shcherbakov 64.39 17 A Vladimir Kuznetsov 64.38 18 B Janusz Sidło 62.16 19 A Michael Denley 61.58 20 B Zbigniew Radziwonowicz 61.50 21 B Halil Zıraman 61.19 22 B Aristidis Roubanis 60.55 23 B József Várszegi 56.82 24 A Jalal Khan 55.56 25 B Reinaldo Oliver 52.40 26 A Brígido Iriarte 52.13 A Pedro Apellániz
Final RankAthleteNationality123456ResultNotes Cy Young 68.4573.7872.8065.7371.7373.78OR Bill Miller 72.4671.6563.9565.4166.9770.4572.46 Toivo Hyytiäinen 71.8971.2470.2570.0069.5571.1671.89 4Viktor Tsybulenko 71.7270.4466.4871.3766.4971.72 5Branko Dangubić 66.2161.0970.5558.94 70.55 6Vladimir Kuznetsov 70.3765.7164.8156.1658.0860.1070.377Ragnar Ericzon 69.0464.5568.02 69.048Soini Nikkinen 68.8064.0861.58 68.80 9Bud Held 68.42 68.42 10Per-Arne Berglund 58.9367.4764.13 67.4711Otto Bengtsson 65.5063.9264.58 65.5012Herbert Koschel 64.5464.06 64.5413Yury Shcherbakov 64.5260.0960.79 64.5214Dick Miller 63.7559.64 63.7515Ricardo Héber 60.4362.7062.82 62.8216Eino Leppänen 58.2862.61 62.6117Amos Matteucci 59.7561.6761.38 61.67
References
External links Official Olympic Report, la84.org.