Men's Javelin Olympic Medalists

The gold, silver, and bronze medal winners in the men’s javelin throw from the Summer Olympic games.

• 1908
  GOLD Eric Lemming, SWE 54.825
  SILVER Arne Halse, NOR 50.57
  BRONZE Otto Nilsson, SWE 47.10

• 1912
  GOLD Eric Lemming, SWE 60.64
  SILVER Juho Saaristo, FIN 58.66
  BRONZE Mόr Kόvács, HUN 55.50

• 1920
  GOLD Jonni Myyrä, FIN 65.78
  SILVER Urho Peltonen, FIN 63.605
  BRONZE Pekko Johansson, FIN 63.095

• 1924
  GOLD Jonni Myyrä, FIN 62.96
  SILVER Gunnar Lindström, SWE 60.92
  BRONZE Eugene Oberst, USA 58.35

• 1928
  GOLD Erik Lundqvist, SWE 66.60
  SILVER Béla Szepes, HUN 65.26
  BRONZE Olav Sunde, NOR 63.97

• 1932
  GOLD Matti Järvinen, FIN 72.71
  SILVER Matti Sippala, FIN 69.80
  BRONZE Eino Penttilä, FIN 68.70

• 1936
  GOLD Gerhard Stöck, GER 71.84
  SILVER Yrjö Nikkanen, FIN 70.77
  BRONZE Kalervo Toivonen, FIN 70.72

• 1948
  GOLD Tapio Rautavaara, FIN 69.77
  SILVER Steve Seymour, USA 67.56
  BRONZE Jόzsef Várszegi, HUN 67.03

• 1952
  GOLD Cyrus Young, USA 73.78
  SILVER Bill Miller, USA 72.46
  BRONZE Toivo Hyytiainen, FIN 71.89

• 1956
  GOLD Egil Danielsen, NOR 85.71
  SILVER Janusz Sidlo, POL 79.98
  BRONZE Viktor Tsybulenko, URS 79.50

• 1960
  GOLD Viktor Tsybulenko, URS 84.64
  SILVER Walter Krϋger, GER 79.36
  BRONZE Gergely Kulcsár, HUN 78.57

• 1964
  GOLD Pauli Nevala, FIN 82.66
  SILVER Gergely Kulcsár, HUN 82.32
  BRONZE Janis Lusis, URS 80.57

• 1968
  GOLD Janis Lusis, URS 90.10
  SILVER Jorma Kinnunen, FIN 88.58
  BRONZE Gergely Kulcsár, HUN 87.06

• 1972
  GOLD Klaus Wolfermann, FRG 90.48
  SILVER Janis Lusis, URS 90.46
  BRONZE Bill Schmidt, USA 84.42

• 1976
  GOLD Miklόs Németh, HUN 94.58
  SILVER Hannu Siitonen, FIN 87.92
  BRONZE Gheorghe Megelea, ROM 87.16

• 1980
  GOLD Dainis Kula, URS 91.20
  SILVER Aleksandr Makarov, URS 89.64
  BRONZE Wolfgang Hanisch, GDR 86.72

• 1984
  GOLD Arto Härkönen, FIN 86.76
  SILVER David Ottley, GBR 85.74
  BRONZE Kenth Eldebrink, SWE 83.72

• 1988
  GOLD Tapio Korjus, FIN 84.28
  SILVER Jan Zelezny, CZE 84.12
  BRONZE Seppo Räty, FIN 83.26

• 1992
  GOLD Jan Zelezny, CZE 89.66
  SILVER Seppo Räty, FIN 86.60
  BRONZE Steve Backley, GBR 83.38

• 1996
  GOLD Jan Zelezny, CZE 88.16
  SILVER Steve Backley, GBR 87.44
  BRONZE Seppo Räty, FIN 86.98

• 2000
  GOLD Jan Zelezny, CZE 90.17
  SILVER Steve Backley, GBR 89.85
  BRONZE Sergey Makarov, RUS 88.67

• 2004
  GOLD Andreas Thorkildsen, NOR 86.50
  SILVER Vadims Vasilevskis, LAT 84.95
  BRONZE Sergey Makarov, RUS 84.84

• 2008
  GOLD Andreas Thorkildsen, NOR 90.57
  SILVER Ainars Kovals, LAT 86.64
  BRONZE Tero Pitkämäki, FIN 86.16



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