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Track and field Almanac
Men's javelin
Olympics Medal Athlete Country Distance
Atlanta 1996Gold
Silver
Bronze
Jan Zelezny
Steve Backley
Seppo Raty
Czech Republic
Britain
Finland
88.16
87.44
86.98
Barcelona 1992Gold
Silver
Bronze
Jan Zelezny
Seppo Raty
Steve Backley
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Great Britain
89.66
86.60
83.38
Seoul 1988Gold
Silver
Bronze
Tapio Korjus
Jan Zelezny
Seppo Raty
Finland
Czechoslovakia
Finland
84.28
84.12
83.26
Los Angeles 1984Gold
Silver
Bronze
Arto Harkonen
David Ottley
Kenth Eldebrink
Finland
Great Britain
Sweden
86.76
85.74
83.72
Moscow 1980Gold
Silver
Bronze
Dainis Kula
Aleksandr Makarov
Wolfgang Hanisch
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
East Germany
91.20
89.64
86.72
Montreal 1976Gold
Silver
Bronze
Miklos Nemeth
Hannu Siltonen
Gheorghe Megelea
Hungary
Finland
Romania
94.58
87.92
87.16
Munich 1972Gold
Silver
Bronze
Klaus Wolfermann
Janis Lusis
William Schmidt
West Germany
Soviet Union
United States
90.48
90.46
84.42
Mexico City 1968Gold
Silver
Bronze
Janis Lusis
Jorma Kinnuen
Gergely Kulcsar
Soviet Union
Finland
Hungary
90.10
88.58
87.06
Tokyo 1964Gold
Silver
Bronze
Pauli Nevala
Gergely Kulcsar
Janis Lusis
Finland
Hungary
Soviet Union
82.66
82.32
80.57
Rome 1960Gold
Silver
Bronze
Viktor Tsibulenko
Walter Kruger
Gergely Kulcsar
Soviet Union
West Germany
Hungary
84.64
79.36
78.57
Melbourne 1956Gold
Silver
Bronze
Egil Danielson
Janusz Sidlo
Viktor Tsibulenko
Norway
Poland
Soviet Union
85.71
79.98
79.50
Helsinki 1952Gold
Silver
Bronze
Cyrus Young
William Miller
Tolvo Hyytiainen
United States
United States
Finland
73.78
72.46
71.89
London 1948Gold
Silver
Bronze
Tapio Rautavaara
Steve Seymour
Jozsef Varszegi
Finland
United States
Hungary
69.77
67.56
67.03
Berlin 1936Gold
Silver
Bronze
Gerhard Stock
Yrjo Nikkanen
Kalervo Toivonen
Germany
Finland
Finland
71.84
70.77
70.72
Los Angeles 1932Gold
Silver
Bronze
Matti Jarvinen
Matti Sippala
Eino Penttila
Finland
Finland
Finland
72.71
69.80
68.70
Amsterdam 1928Gold
Silver
Bronze
Erik Lundkvist
Bela Szepes
Olav Sunde
Sweden
Hungary
Norway
66.60
65.26
63.97
Paris 1924Gold
Silver
Bronze
Jonni Myyra
Gunnar Lindstrom
Eugene Oberst
Finland
Sweden
United States
62.96
60.92
58.35
Antwerp 1920Gold
Silver
Bronze
Jonni Myyra
Urho Peltonen
P. Jaale-Johansson
Finland
Finland
Finland
65.78
63.50
63.09
Stockholm 1912Gold
Silver
Bronze
Eric Lemming
Julius Saaristo
Mor Koczan
Sweden
Finland
Hungary
60.64
58.66
55.50
London 1908Gold
Silver
Bronze
Eric Lemming
Arne Halse
Otto Nilsson
Sweden
Norway
Sweden
54.82
50.57
47.10


 



 
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