Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's two handed javelin throw
The men's two handed javelin throw was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the only appearance of the event at the Olympics, along with the other two handed throws. The format of the event was such that each thrower threw the javelin three times with his right hand and three times with his left hand. The best distance with each hand was summed to give a total. The three finalists received three more throws with each hand.[1] NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.[2]
| Men's two handed javelin throw at the Games of the V Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Stockholm Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Date | July 9 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 14 from 4 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics | |
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| Track events | |
| 100 m | men |
| 200 m | men |
| 400 m | men |
| 800 m | men |
| 1500 m | men |
| 5000 m | men |
| 10,000 m | men |
| 110 m hurdles | men |
| 4×100 m relay | men |
| 4×400 m relay | men |
| 3000 m team race | men |
| 10 km walk | men |
| Road events | |
| Marathon | men |
| Field events | |
| Long jump | men |
| Triple jump | men |
| High jump | men |
| Pole vault | men |
| Standing long jump | men |
| Standing high jump | men |
| Shot put | men |
| Discus throw | men |
| Hammer throw | men |
| Javelin throw | men |
| 2-hand shot put | men |
| 2-hand discus | men |
| 2-hand javelin | men |
| Combined events | |
| Pentathlon | men |
| Decathlon | men |
| Cross-country events | |
| Individual | men |
| Team | men |
Results
Saaristo, who had taken the silver medal in the one-handed event, won the two-handed event, leading a Finnish medal sweep. When the three Finnish throwers made the final, the three agreed to scratch the final and let the results stand, which Olympic officials accepted.
| Place | Athlete | Preliminary | Final | Best mark total | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | Rank | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
 |  Julius Saaristo (FIN) |
57.64 | 59.88 | 61.00 | 109.42 | 1st | Not held | 109.42 | |||
| — | — | 48.42 | |||||||||
 | Väinö Siikaniemi (FIN) |
54.09 | — | — | 101.13 | 2nd | 101.13 | ||||
| 43.76 | 45.09 | 47.04 | |||||||||
 | Urho Peltonen (FIN) |
— | 53.22 | 53.58 | 100.24 | 3rd | 100.24 | ||||
| 46.30 | 46.63 | 46.66 | |||||||||
| 4 |  Eric Lemming (SWE) |
52.23 | 58.33 | — | 98.59 | 4th | 98.59 | ||||
| 35.78 | 40.26 | — | |||||||||
| 5 |  Arne Halse (NOR) |
52.05 | 55.05 | — | 96.92 | 5th | 96.92 | ||||
| 41.48 | — | 41.87 | |||||||||
| 6 | Richard Åbrink (SWE) |
48.78 | 50.04 | — | 93.12 | 6th | 93.12 | ||||
| 41.71 | 43.08 | — | |||||||||
| 7 | Daniel Johansen (NOR) |
48.38 | — | 48.78 | 92.82 | 7th | 92.82 | ||||
| 40.99 | 43.19 | 44.04 | |||||||||
| 8 | Otto Nilsson (SWE) |
48.24 | 50.21 | — | 88.90 | 8th | 88.90 | ||||
| 38.69 | — | — | |||||||||
| 9 | Juho Halme (FIN) |
— | 52.76 | 54.90 | 88.54 | 9th | 88.54 | ||||
| 33.64 | — | — | |||||||||
| 10 | Arvid Ohrling (SWE) |
46.51 | — | — | 87.17 | 10th | 87.17 | ||||
| 40.66 | — | — | |||||||||
| 11 | Sten Hagander (SWE) |
42.58 | 46.39 | — | 86.80 | 11th | 86.80 | ||||
| 37.68 | 40.41 | — | |||||||||
| 12 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Mór Kóczán (HUN) |
55.74 | — | — | 86.39 | 12th | 66.69 | ||||
| 29.23 | 30.65 | — | |||||||||
| 13 | Anders Krigsman (SWE) |
43.78 | 46.85 | — | 85.80 | 13th | 85.80 | ||||
| 36.09 | 38.95 | — | |||||||||
| 14 | Karl Sonne (SWE) |
— | 49.48 | — | 84.96 | 14th | 84.96 | ||||
| 33.52 | 36.00 | 36.48 | |||||||||
References
- "Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Javelin Throw, Both Hands". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- Official report, p. 61.
Sources
- Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 6 January 2007.