Track and field event
The
javelin throw
at the
Summer Olympics
is one of four
track and field
throwing events held at the
multi-sport event
. The men's javelin throw has been present on the
Olympic athletics programme
since
1908
, being the last of the current throwing events to feature at the Olympics after the
shot put
,
discus throw
and
hammer throw
. The women's event was first contested at the
1932 Olympics
, becoming the second women's throws event after the discus in 1928.
[1]
[2]
Two variants of the javelin have featured on the Olympic programme: a freestyle version was first contested at the
1906 Intercalated Games
and then again the
1908 London Olympics
. A one-off two-handed version was held at the
1912 Stockholm Olympics
.
Medalists
[
edit
]
A YouTube video showcasing all men's javelin throw's Olympic winners can be found
here.
Multiple medalists
[
edit
]
Medals by country
[
edit
]
Women
[
edit
]
A YouTube video showcasing all women's javelin throw's Olympic winners can be found
here.
Multiple medalists
[
edit
]
Medals by country
[
edit
]
Intercalated Games
[
edit
]
The
1906 Intercalated Games
were held in
Athens
and at the time were officially recognised as part of the
Olympic Games
series, with the intention being to hold a games in Greece in two-year intervals between the internationally held Olympics. However, this plan never came to fruition and the
International Olympic Committee
(IOC) later decided not to recognise these games as part of the official Olympic series. Some sports historians continue to treat the results of these games as part of the Olympic canon.
[4]
A men's freestyle javelin event was contested at the 1906 Games ? the first time the javelin featured on the Olympic programme. The competition was dominated by Swedish athletes, who took the first four places.
[5]
Eric Lemming
was a comfortable winner by a margin of over eight metres and he would go on to win the first two Olympic titles proper in 1908 and 1912.
[6]
A
100 metres
finalist,
Knut Lindberg
, was the silver medallist,
[7]
while the third placer,
Bruno Soderstrom
, also won a pole vault medal that year.
[8]
Variants
[
edit
]
1908 freestyle javelin throw
[
edit
]
Following the freestyle javelin contest at the 1906 Intercalated Games, the event was continued at the
1908 London Olympics
in spite of the addition of the
standard style javelin
as well.
Eric Lemming
won his second freestyle title, and his first officially recognised Olympics gold, and also won the standard style event as well.
[6]
The freestyle event was dropped after 1908.
[9]
Two-handed javelin throw
[
edit
]
At the
1912 Stockholm Olympics
a two-handed variant of the standard javelin throw competition took place. Each athlete had three attempts using each hand and their score was calculated by adding their best performances for the left and right hands. It featured two rounds, with the top three after the first round receiving a further three attempts with each arm.
[10]
Finnish athletes completed a podium sweep as
Julius Saaristo
, the runner-up in the
1912 standard javelin event
, took the gold medal. Eric Lemming, champion in the one-handed event, performed poorly with his left hand and finished in fourth place.
[10]
References
[
edit
]
- Participation and athlete data
- Olympic record progressions
- Specific
External links
[
edit
]
|
---|
Editions
| | |
---|
Events
| Track
| |
---|
Field
| |
---|
Others
| |
---|
Defunct
| |
---|
|
---|
|