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

Men's javelin throw at the Games of the IV Olympiad
The winner Eric Lemming
Venue	White City Stadium
Date	July 17
Competitors	16 from 6 nations
Medalists
Eric Lemming   Sweden   Arne Halse   Norway   Otto Nilsson   Sweden

Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men
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5 miles		men
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
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3 mile team race		men
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Greek discus	men
Freestyle javelin	men

The men's javelin throw was one of six throwing events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The javelin was required to be held in the middle. The competition was held on July 17, 1908.

16 throwers from six nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to this competition. Two days earlier in the freestyle javelin throw event Eric Lemming improved his own world and Olympic record set at the 1906 Summer Olympics with 53.90 m (he threw the javelin in a conventional manner).

World Record	54.44(*)	Eric Lemming	London (GBR)	July 15, 1908
Olympic Record	54.44	Eric Lemming	London (GBR)	July 15, 1908

(*) unofficial

Eric Lemming set a new world and Olympic record with 54.83 m.

Results

Place	Name	Nation	Distance
1	Eric Lemming	Sweden	54.83 metres WR
2	Arne Halse	Norway	50.57 metres
3	Otto Nilsson	Sweden	47.11 metres
4	Aarne Salovaara	Finland	45.89 metres
5	Armas Pesonen	Finland	45.18 metres
6	Juho Halme	Finland	44.96 metres
7	Jalmari Sauli	Finland	Unknown
8-16	Carl Bechler	Germany	Unknown
	Evert Jakobsson	Finland	Unknown
	Jarl Jakobsson	Finland	Unknown
	John Johansen	Norway	Unknown
	Henry Leeke	Great Britain	Unknown
	Ernest May	Great Britain	Unknown
	Jimmy Tremeer	Great Britain	Unknown
	Hugo Wieslander	Sweden	Unknown
	Charalambos Zouras	Greece	Unknown

Sources

• 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 .