Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme

Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, 33 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 9 for women. Three events made their Olympic debut at these Games: women's 200 metres, women's long jump and women's shot put...

at the 1948 Summer Olympics

1948 Summer Olympics

The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in London, England, United Kingdom. After a 12-year hiatus because of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics since the 1936 Games in Berlin...

. The competition was held on August 4. The final was won by Finn Tapio Rautavaara.

Final

Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result
	Tapio Rautavaara Tapio Rautavaara Kaj Tapio Rautavaara was a Finnish athlete, singer and movie actor.-Early life:...	69.77		57.59	59.43	61.86	58.95	69.77
	Steve Seymour Steve Seymour Stephen Andrew Seymour was an American athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw....		62.37	67.56	61.72	63.58	61.00	67.56
	József Várszegi József Várszegi Competitor for HungaryJózsef Várszegi was a Hungarian athlete who competed in javelin throw. He won an Olympic bronze medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics....	67.03	58.14	60.29	57.53	59.71	58.35	67.03
4	Pauli Vesterinen	65.44	60.96	63.01	61.76	65.89	65.79	65.89
5	Odd Mæhlum Odd Mæhlum Odd Mæhlum is a former Norwegian javelin thrower. He represented Hamar IL.At the 1948 Summer Olympics he finished fifth in the javelin final with a throw of 65.32 metres. He finished fourth at the 1946 European Championships in Athletics. He became Norwegian champion from 1946-1949...	65.32	62.00	61.67	59.23	60.59	59.33	65.32
6	Martin Biles	58.70	65.09	65.17	59.09	64.10	65.17	65.17
7	Mirko Vujačić							64.89
8	Bob Likens							64.51
9	Gunnar Petersson							62.80
10	Per-Arne Berglund							62.62
11	Lumír Kiesewetter							60.25
12	Soini Nikkinen Soini Nikkinen Soini Mikael Nikkinen is a Finnish javelin thrower.Nikkinen won bronze in javelin in the 1954 European Championships in Athletics...							58.05

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