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Host City: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Format: Top six (and ties) advanced to the final.

Date Started: August 2, 1928

Date Finished: August 2, 1928

(Competitors: 28; Countries: 18; Finalists: 20)

Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam

Overview by IAAF

Lundqvist had a great season, winning 18 of 19 competitions, and just after the Games he became the first man to throw further than 70m. In Amsterdam he won the competition with his first throw, which was only his seventh best of the year. Curiously all but one of his six better throws occurred after the Games. The then world record holder Eino Penttilä had a miserable day, with a best of only 63.20. By contrast his next two competitions saw him average 67.26. Stanley Lay, who had won the AAA with a world leading 67.89, was exactly 5m down on his best. In contrast, Béla Szepes set a national record with his second round throw of 65.26.

Summary by Sports-reference.com

Erik Lundqvist (SWE) was the dominant thrower in 1928, winning all but one of his meets. The world record holder was Eino Penttilä, but he performed poorly at the Olympics, finishing only sixth. In Amsterdam Lundqvist won with his first-round throw of 66.60 (218-6). Thirteen days later, he broke the world record with 71.01 (232-11¾), the first-ever throw over 70 metres.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record	69.88	Eino Penttilä	Viipuri (FIN)	October 1, 1927
Olympic Record	65.78	Jonni Myyrä	Antwerp (BEL)	August 15, 1920

Erik Lundqvist set a new Olympic record in the qualification with 66.60 metres.

			Results

*Javelin Throw*	Men		Final	2 August

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	66.60		Erik Lundqvist	Sweden	SWE	19	OR
2	65.26		Béla Szepes	Hungary	HUN	24
3	63.97		Olav Sunde	Norway	NOR	24
4	63.86		Paavo Liettu	Finland	FIN	23
5	63.40		Bruno Schlokat	Germany	GER	29
6	63.20		Eino Penttilä	Finland	FIN	21
*Javelin Throw*	Men		Qualifying Round	2 August

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	66.60	Q	Erik Lundqvist	Sweden	SWE	19
2	65.26	Q	Béla Szepes	Hungary	HUN	24
3	63.97	Q	Olav Sunde	Norway	NOR	24
4	63.86	Q	Paavo Liettu	Finland	FIN	23
5	63.40	Q	Bruno Schlokat	Germany	GER	29
6	63.20	Q	Eino Penttilä	Finland	FIN	21
7	62.89		Stan Lay	New Zealand	NZL	21
8	61.46		Johan Meimer	Estonia	EST	23
9	61.45		Albert Lamppu	Finland	FIN	29
10	60.46		Arthur Sager	United States	USA	23
11	59.86		Erich Stoschek	Germany	GER	25
12	59.16		Doral Pilling	Canada	CAN	22
13	59.05		Kosaku Sumiyoshi	Japan	JPN	20
14	58.69		Gunnar Lindström	Sweden	SWE	32
15	58.04		Vilho Rinne	Finland	FIN	33
16	57.57		Lee Bartlett	United States	USA	21
17	57.17		Creth Hines	United States	USA	22
18	56.33		Jules Herremans	Belgium	BEL	23
19	55.85		Charles Harlow	United States	USA	25
20	55.50		Georgios Zakharopoulos	Greece	GRE	30
21	54.37		George Weightman-Smith	South Africa	RSA	22
22	54.34		Gaston Étienne	Belgium	BEL	26
23	53.70		Vilim Messner	Yugoslavia	YUG	24
24	52.82		Emmanuel Degland	France	FRA	28
25	52.68		Jaap Knol	Netherlands	NED	31
26	51.16		Viktoras Ražaitis	Lithuania	LTU	20
27	50.93		Otto Rottman	Romania	ROU
28	47.73		Joop van der Leij	Netherlands	NED	29

Detailed View

Qualification

The qualification started at 2 p.m. The best six throwers, all four groups counted together, qualified for the final.

Group 1

Place	Athlete	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1	Erik Lundqvist (SWE)	66.60	~58	~60.5	66.60 OR	1	Q
2	Johan Meimer (EST)	~58	61.46	X	61.46	8
3	Erich Stoschek (GER)	59.86			59.86	11
4	Kosaku Sumiyoshi (JPN)	~58	59.05		59.05	13
5	Vilho Rinne (FIN)	~55	58.04	~57	58.04	15
6	Charles Harlow (USA)	55.85			55.85	19
7	Otto Rottman (ROU)	50.93			50.93	27

Group 2

Place	Athlete	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1	Béla Szepes (HUN)	~62.5	65.26	~56	65.26	2	Q
2	Stan Lay (NZL)	~60.5	62.89	~56	62.89	7
3	Albert Lamppu (FIN)	~58.5	~56	61.45	61.45	9
4	Gunnar Lindström (SWE)	X (~60)	~58	58.69	58.69	14
5	Lee Bartlett (USA)	X	~56	57.57	57.57	16
6	Gaston Étienne (FRA)	54.34			54.34	22
7	Jaap Knol (NED)	52.68			52.68	25

Group 3

Place	Athlete	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1	Olav Sunde (NOR)	~62.5	63.97	~63.8	63.97	3	Q
2	Paavo Liettu (FIN)	~62	63.86	~63.7	63.86	4	Q
3	Arthur Sager (USA)	60.50	~58	~58	60.50	10
4	Jules Herremans (BEL)	56.33			56.33	18
5	George Weightman-Smith (RSA)	54.37			54.37	21
6	Viktoras Ražaitis (LTU)	51.16			51.16	26
7	Joop van der Leij (NED)	~46	47.73		47.73	28

Group 4

Place	Athlete	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1	Bruno Schlokat (GER)	~58	~62	63.40	63.40	5	Q
2	Eino Penttilä (FIN)	~56	63.20	~62	63.20	6	Q
3	Doral Pilling (CAN)	59.16			59.16	12
4	Creth Hines (USA)	~56	X (~60.2)	57.17	57.17	17
5	Georgios Zakharopoulos (GRE)	55.50			55.50	20
6	Vilim Messner (YUG)	53.70			53.70	23
7	Emmanuel Degland (FRA)	52.82			52.82	24

Final

The final was held on the same day and started at about 4.30 p.m.

Place	Athlete	Qual. Width	1.	2.	3.	Distance
1	Erik Lundqvist (SWE)	66.60	~61	61.58	~54	66.60
2	Béla Szepes (HUN)	65.26	X	62.50	~54	65.26
3	Olav Sunde (NOR)	63.97	X	59.50	~55	63.97
4	Paavo Liettu (FIN)	63.86	~55	~61	63.76	63.86
5	Bruno Schlokat (GER)	63.40	~60	~57.5	63.26	63.40
6	Eino Penttilä (FIN)	63.20	58.35	~56	X (~64.5)	63.20