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
- 2012
GOLD Keshorn Walcott, TRI 84.58
SILVER Oleksandr Pyatnytsya, UKR 84.51
BRONZE Antii Ruuskanen, FIN 84.12
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