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Javelin Throw, Men

Date	14 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Kokuritsu Kyogijo, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Participants	25 from 15 countries

Just before the Olympics, Norway’s Terje Pedersen threw 91.72 (300-11), which was a world record and was the first throw ever over 90 metres, and over 300 feet. But the favorites were Janusz Sidło, 1954 and 1958 European Champion, and the 1962 European Champ, Soviet Jānis Lūsis. Pedersen disappointed in the qualifying and did not make the final. Sidło led in round one with 80.17 (263-0¼), but Lūsis moved ahead in round two with 80.57 (264-4), which would be his best mark. Hungary’s Gergely Kulcsár opened round four with 82.32 (270-1) to take the lead, but Finland’s Pauli Nevala surpassed that in the round with 82.66 (271-2½), winning the gold medal, as nobody got over 80 metres in the final two rounds.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	111	Pauli Nevala	FIN	74.19 (6)	82.66 (1)	Gold
2	300	Gergely Kulcsár	HUN	74.32 (5)	82.32 (2)	Silver
3	684	Jānis Lūsis	URS	73.48 (7)	80.57 (3)	Bronze
4	514	Janusz Sidło	POL	76.93 (2)	80.17 (4)
5	588	Urs von Wartburg	SUI	79.92 (1)	78.72 (5)
6	112	Jorma Kinnunen	FIN	75.52 (3)	76.94 (6)
7	247	Rolf Herings	GER	72.47 (11)	74.72 (7)
8	686	Vladimir Kuznetsov	URS	75.01 (4)	74.26 (8)
9	515	Władysław Nikiciuk	POL	73.45 (8)	73.11 (9)
10	281	Christos Pierrakos	GRE	72.91 (9)	72.65 (10)
11	753	Ed Red	USA	72.31 (12)	71.52 (11)
12	249	Hans Schenk	GER	72.55 (10)	69.82 (12)
13 r1/2	460	Terje Pedersen	NOR	72.10 (13)	–
14 r1/2	248	Hermann Salomon	GER	71.92 (14)	–
15 r1/2	361	Carlo Lievore	ITA	70.88 (15)	–
16 r1/2	754	Les Tipton	USA	70.74 (16)	–
17 r1/2	685	Viktor Aksyonov	URS	69.46 (17)	–
18 r1/2	145	Michel Macquet	FRA	69.35 (18)	–
19 r1/2	824	Takashi Miki	JPN	68.70 (19)	–
20 r1/2	459	Willy Rasmussen	NOR	68.43 (20)	–
21 r1/2	752	Frank Covelli	USA	68.08 (21)	–
22 r1/2	825	Hideta Kanai	JPN	65.85 (22)	–
23 r1/2	400	Park Su-Gwon	KOR	62.50 (23)	–
24 r1/2	73	Patricio Etcheverry	CHI	60.77 (24)	–
25 r1/2	425	Nashatar Singh Sidhu	MAS	51.63 (25)	–
DNS	572	Lennart Hedmark	SWE	– (DNS)	–
DNS	628	Yang C. K.	TPE	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round (14 October 1964 — 10:00)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 77.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	22	Urs von Wartburg	SUI	79.92	74.55	79.92	-	Q
2	16	Janusz Sidło	POL	76.93	76.93	75.33	74.45	q
3	15	Jorma Kinnunen	FIN	75.52	68.13	73.20	75.52	q
4	13	Vladimir Kuznetsov	URS	75.01	×	68.98	75.01	q
5	7	Gergely Kulcsár	HUN	74.32	74.32	72.62	×	q
6	23	Pauli Nevala	FIN	74.19	71.49	72.72	74.19	q
7	8	Jānis Lūsis	URS	73.48	72.79	×	73.48	q
8	14	Władysław Nikiciuk	POL	73.45	73.45	67.56	71.17	q
9	20	Christos Pierrakos	GRE	72.91	×	72.91	68.98	q
10	25	Hans Schenk	GER	72.55	72.55	66.97	×	q
11	2	Rolf Herings	GER	72.47	72.47	68.02	71.74	q
12	4	Ed Red	USA	72.31	×	72.31	66.24	q
13	12	Terje Pedersen	NOR	72.10	61.39	66.78	72.10
14	11	Hermann Salomon	GER	71.92	67.82	69.84	71.92
15	1	Carlo Lievore	ITA	70.88	70.71	68.04	70.88
16	24	Les Tipton	USA	70.74	65.95	70.74	70.03
17	10	Viktor Aksyonov	URS	69.46	68.30	×	69.46
18	5	Michel Macquet	FRA	69.35	63.34	65.36	69.35
19	3	Takashi Miki	JPN	68.70	68.70	63.56	62.80
20	27	Willy Rasmussen	NOR	68.43	68.43	67.37	63.88
21	26	Frank Covelli	USA	68.08	×	68.08	×
22	9	Hideta Kanai	JPN	65.85	63.40	×	65.85
23	18	Park Su-Gwon	KOR	62.50	58.51	×	62.50
24	17	Patricio Etcheverry	CHI	60.77	59.35	60.77	54.19
25	21	Nashatar Singh Sidhu	MAS	51.63	45.49	51.63	49.49
DNS	6	Lennart Hedmark	SWE	–	–	–	–
DNS	19	Yang C. K.	TPE	–	–	–	–

Final Round (14 October 1964 — 14:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	7	Pauli Nevala	FIN	82.66	76.42	78.39	×	82.66	×	×
2	12	Gergely Kulcsár	HUN	82.32	75.00	77.28	78.28	82.32	78.57	79.78
3	1	Jānis Lūsis	URS	80.57	72.51	80.57	79.85	78.94	78.07	×
4	3	Janusz Sidło	POL	80.17	80.17	×	×	×	76.97	78.17
5	11	Urs von Wartburg	SUI	78.72	78.72	76.84	76.36	73.08	73.12	×
6	5	Jorma Kinnunen	FIN	76.94	72.32	76.36	71.81	76.94	×	72.45
7	10	Rolf Herings	GER	74.72	66.22	×	74.72	–	–	–
8	8	Vladimir Kuznetsov	URS	74.26	73.90	68.89	74.26	–	–	–
9	9	Władysław Nikiciuk	POL	73.11	71.01	×	73.11	–	–	–
10	4	Christos Pierrakos	GRE	72.65	70.24	72.65	72.02	–	–	–
11	2	Ed Red	USA	71.52	69.39	68.15	71.52	–	–	–
12	6	Hans Schenk	GER	69.82	69.82	66.44	68.51	–	–	–