The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place on October 15–16 at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario. The qualifying standard was .

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

Results

Qualifying round Rank Series Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1 A Karl-Åke Nilsson 84.74 84.74 Q 2 A Jānis Lūsis 83.68 83.68 Q 3 A Jorma Kinnunen 74.16 83.16 83.16 Q 4 B Walter Pektor 82.16 82.16 Q 5 A Manfred Stolle 81.88 81.88 Q 6 A Gergely Kulcsár 81.56 81.56 Q 7 A Mark Murro 74.14 81.14 81.14 Q 8 A Władysław Nikiciuk 74.16 78.22 81.00 81.00 Q 9 A Urs von Wartburg 76.58 80.66 80.66 Q 10 A Janusz Sidlo 74.90 80.12 80.12 Q 11 B Aurelio Janet 80.10 80.10 Q 12 A Hermann Salomon 79.48 76.50 79.48 q 13 A Rolf Herings 79.08 77.00 78.70 79.08 14 A Pauli Nevala 77.90 77.90 15 A Mart Paama 74.18 77.26 74.64 77.26 16 B Klaus Wolfermann 75.78 71.40 75.02 75.78 17 B Miklós Németh 74.56 74.82 75.50 75.50 18 B Dave Travis 74.24 74.36 70.84 74.36 19 B Lode Wyns 73.68 73.68 20 B Gary Stenlund 73.52 68.88 71.44 73.52 21 A Frank Covelli 70.30 73.04 73.04 22 B William Heikkila 70.10 71.20 70.78 71.20 23 B Nashatar Singh Sidhu 63.58 70.70 70.70 24 B Rolf Hoppe 68.32 65.82 65.86 68.32 25 B Viliame Liga 61.62 62.32 62.32 26 B Donald Velez 48.92 61.32 61.32 27 B Rolf Bühler 61.06 61.06 B Lahcen Samsam Akka DNS B Christos Pierrakos DNS

Finals The eight highest-ranked competitors after three rounds qualified for the final three throws to decide the medals.

Rank Athlete Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 6 Result Jānis Lūsis 81.74 86.34 82.66 84.40 90.10 90.10 OR Jorma Kinnunen 86.30 79.00 85.82 88.58 88.58 Gergely Kulcsár 83.10 83.82 87.06 85.14 83.40 87.06 Władysław Nikiciuk 85.70 82.24 82.32 80.44 85.70 Manfred Stolle 76.86 81.52 84.42 79.72 84.42 Karl-Ake Nilsson 83.48 76.74 79.76 83.48 Janusz Sidło 80.00 76.36 80.58 75.50 77.86 76.46 80.58 Urs von Wartburg 80.56 77.06 77.22 80.56 Mark Murro 80.06 80.08 80.08 Walter Pektor 75.64 77.40 77.40 Aurelio Janet 74.88 74.88 Hermann Salomon 71.64 73.50 73.50

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