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Javelin Throw, Men

Date	6 July 1924
Status	Olympic
Location	Stade Olympique de Colombes, Colombes
Participants	29 from 15 countries

Finland’s Jonni Myyrä was defending champion and world record holder with 66.10 (216-10½). He trailed Gunnar Lindström (SWE) after the qualifying but improved in the final rounds to 62.96 (206-6¾) to win the gold medal. Lindstrom broke Myyrä’s world record with 66.62 (218-7) in October 1924. Myyrä later emigrated to the United States, having some financial problems in Finland and may have left the country with a large amount of money from his local bank. He never returned to Finland, dying in San Francisco in 1955.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	–	Jonni Myyrä	FIN	59.30 (2)	62.96 (1)	Gold
2	–	Gunnar Lindström	SWE	60.81 (1)	60.92 (2)	Silver
3	–	Gene Oberst	USA	57.98 (3)	58.35 (3)	Bronze
4	–	Yrjö Ekqvist	FIN	56.15 (=5)	57.56 (4)
5	–	William Neufeld	USA	56.96 (4)	56.96 (5)
6	–	Erik Blomqvist	SWE	56.15 (=5)	56.85 (6)
7	–	Urho Peltonen	FIN	55.67 (7)	–
8	–	Paavo Johansson	FIN	55.10 (8)	–
9	–	Lajos Csejthey	HUN	54.86 (9)	–		1
10	–	Taka N'Gangué	FRA	54.65 (10)	–
11	–	Lee Priester	USA	54.51 (11)	–
12	–	Homer Whelchel	USA	52.98 (12)	–
13	–	Hugo Lilliér	SWE	52.95 (13)	–
14	–	Carlo Clemente	ITA	52.74 (14)	–
15	–	Georgios Zacharopoulos	GRE	51.17 (15)	–
16	–	Arvīds Ķibilds	LAT	50.15 (16)	–
17	–	Aleksander Klumberg	EST	49.61 (17)	–
18	–	Willy Seewald	BRA	49.39 (18)	–
19	–	Taki N'Dio	FRA	48.92 (19)	–
20	–	Saidi Ciré	FRA	48.65 (20)	–
=21	–	Hans Wipf	SUI	48.57 (=21)	–
=21	–	Emmanuel Degland	FRA	48.57 (=21)	–
23	–	Miklós Kovács	TCH	48.39 (23)	–
24	–	Jock Dalrymple	GBR	46.92 (24)	–
25	–	Willi Moser	SUI	46.80 (25)	–
26	–	Sławosz Szydłowski	POL	46.00 (26)	–
27	–	Henri Dauban de Silhouette	GBR	44.70 (27)	–
28	–	Vic Pickard	CAN	44.69 (28)	–
NM	–	Jiří Svoboda	TCH	– (NM)	–
DNS	–	Fritz Umfahrer	AUT	–	–
DNS	–	Raniero Laghi	ITA	–	–
DNS	–	Václav Chmelík	TCH	–	–
DNS	–	Christo-Simon Simotta	AUT	–	–
DNS	–	Juan Bilbao	ESP	–	–
DNS	–	László Gyurko	HUN	–	–
DNS	–	P. Spic	TCH	–	–
DNS	–	Oprando Bottura	ITA	–	–
DNS	–	Giuseppe Palmieri	ITA	–	–
DNS	–	Antoni Cejzik	POL	–	–

Qualifying Round (6 July 1924 — 14:00)

Top six (and ties) advanced to the final.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance
1	Gunnar Lindström	SWE	60.81	Q
2	Jonni Myyrä	FIN	59.30	Q
3	Gene Oberst	USA	57.98	Q
4	William Neufeld	USA	56.96	Q
=5	Yrjö Ekqvist	FIN	56.15	Q
=5	Erik Blomqvist	SWE	56.15	Q
7	Urho Peltonen	FIN	55.67
8	Paavo Johansson	FIN	55.10
9	Lajos Csejthey	HUN	54.86
10	Taka N'Gangué	FRA	54.65
11	Lee Priester	USA	54.51
12	Homer Whelchel	USA	52.98
13	Hugo Lilliér	SWE	52.95
14	Carlo Clemente	ITA	52.74
15	Georgios Zacharopoulos	GRE	51.17
16	Arvīds Ķibilds	LAT	50.15
17	Aleksander Klumberg	EST	49.61
18	Willy Seewald	BRA	49.39
19	Taki N'Dio	FRA	48.92
20	Saidi Ciré	FRA	48.65
=21	Hans Wipf	SUI	48.57
=21	Emmanuel Degland	FRA	48.57
23	Miklós Kovács	TCH	48.39
24	Jock Dalrymple	GBR	46.92
25	Willi Moser	SUI	46.80
26	Sławosz Szydłowski	POL	46.00
27	Henri Dauban de Silhouette	GBR	44.70
28	Vic Pickard	CAN	44.69
NM	Jiří Svoboda	TCH	–

Qualifying Round, Group A (6 July 1924)

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance
1	Gunnar Lindström	SWE	60.81
2	Jonni Myyrä	FIN	59.30
3	Gene Oberst	USA	57.98
4	Yrjö Ekqvist	FIN	56.15
5	Lajos Csejthey	HUN	54.86
6	Lee Priester	USA	54.51
7	Hugo Lilliér	SWE	52.95
8	Georgios Zacharopoulos	GRE	51.17
9	Willy Seewald	BRA	49.39
10	Taki N'Dio	FRA	48.92
11	Saidi Ciré	FRA	48.65
12	Jock Dalrymple	GBR	46.92
13	Willi Moser	SUI	46.80
14	Sławosz Szydłowski	POL	46.00
NM	Jiří Svoboda	TCH	–

Qualifying Round, Group B (6 July 1924)

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance
1	William Neufeld	USA	56.96
2	Erik Blomqvist	SWE	56.15
3	Urho Peltonen	FIN	55.67
4	Paavo Johansson	FIN	55.10
5	Taka N'Gangué	FRA	54.65
6	Homer Whelchel	USA	52.98
7	Carlo Clemente	ITA	52.74
8	Arvīds Ķibilds	LAT	50.15
9	Aleksander Klumberg	EST	49.61
10	Hans Wipf	SUI	48.57
11	Emmanuel Degland	FRA	48.57
12	Miklós Kovács	TCH	48.39
13	Henri Dauban de Silhouette	GBR	44.70
14	Vic Pickard	CAN	44.69

Final Round2 (6 July 1924 — 14:00)

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance
1	Jonni Myyrä	FIN	62.96
2	Gunnar Lindström	SWE	60.92
3	Gene Oberst	USA	58.35
4	Yrjö Ekqvist	FIN	57.56
5	William Neufeld	USA	56.96
6	Erik Blomqvist	SWE	56.85