Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle javelin throw

Men's freestyle javelin throw

at the Games of the IV Olympiad

Venue

Date

July 15

Competitors

33 from 9 nations

Medalists

Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics
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The men's freestyle javelin throw was one of six throwing events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The javelin could be held anywhere. The competition was held on July 15, 1908.

33 throwers from nine nations competed.

Results

Eric Lemming set a new world and Olympic record with 54.44 metres. He threw the javelin in a conventional manner.

Place	Name	Nation	Distance
1	Eric Lemming	Sweden	54.44 metres WR
2	Michalis Dorizas	Greece	51.36 metres
3	Arne Halse	Norway	49.73 metres
4	Charalambos Zouras	Greece	48.61 metres
5	Hugo Wieslander	Sweden	47.56 metres
6	Armas Pesonen	Finland	46.04 metres
7	Imre Mudin	Hungary	45.96 metres
8	Jalmari Sauli	Finland	43.30 metres
9	Juho Halme	Finland	39.88 metres
10-33	Ferenc Jesina	Hungary	36.82 metres
	Edward Barrett	Great Britain	Unknown
	Emilio Brambilla	Italy	Unknown
	Conrad Carlsrud	Norway	Unknown
	Alfred Flaxman	Great Britain	Unknown
	Nikolaos Georgantas	Greece	Unknown
	György Luntzer	Hungary	Unknown
	Walter Henderson	Great Britain	Unknown
	István Mudin	Hungary	Unknown
	Evert Jakobsson	Finland	Unknown
	Jarl Jakobsson	Finland	Unknown
	Verner Järvinen	Finland	Unknown
	John Johansen	Norway	Unknown
	Johan Kemp	Finland	Unknown
	Henry Leeke	Great Britain	Unknown
	Knut Lindberg	Sweden	Unknown
	Ernest May	Great Britain	Unknown
	Mór Kóczán	Hungary	Unknown
	Otto Nilsson	Sweden	Unknown
	Aarne Salovaara	Finland	Unknown
	Bruno Söderström	Sweden	Unknown
	František Souček	Bohemia	Unknown
	Ludwig Uettwiller	Germany	Unknown
	Emil Welz	Germany	Unknown

Official Report of the Games of the IV Olympiad (1908).
De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1908". Accessed 7 April 2006. Available electronically at .

Javelin throw at the Olympic Games

Summary

Men	1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Women	1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

See also: 1908 Men's freestyle javelin throw • 1912 Men's two handed javelin throw

Olympic champions in men's throws (defunct events)

Two handed shot put	1912: Ralph Rose

Greek style discus throw	1906: Verner Järvinen 1908: Martin Sheridan

Two handed discus throw	1912: Armas Taipale

Stone throw	1906: Nikolaos Georgantas

56 pounds weight throw	1904: Étienne Desmarteau 1920: Pat McDonald

Freestyle javelin throw	1908: Eric Lemming

Two handed javelin throw	1912: Julius Saaristo

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