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


The men's freestyle javelin throw was one of six throwing events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The javelin could be held anywhere, as opposed to the standard javelin throw which required the javelin to be held by a grip in the middle. This was the only time such a "freestyle" event was held at the Olympics. The competition was held on July 15, 1908. 33 throwers from nine nations competed. NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.

Results

set a new world and Olympic record with 54.44 metres. He threw the javelin in a conventional manner.
RankAthleteNationDistanceNotes
Eric Lemming54.44
Michalis Dorizas51.36
Arne Halse49.73
4Charalambos Zouras48.61
5Hugo Wieslander47.56
6Armas Pesonen46.04
7Imre Mudin45.96
8Jalmari Sauli43.30
9Juho Halme39.88
10–33Ferenc Jesina36.82
10–33Edward BarrettUnknown
10–33Emilio BrambillaUnknown
10–33Conrad CarlsrudUnknown
10–33Alfred FlaxmanUnknown
10–33Nikolaos GeorgantasUnknown
10–33György LuntzerUnknown
10–33Walter HendersonUnknown
10–33István MudinUnknown
10–33Evert JakobssonUnknown
10–33Jarl JakobssonUnknown
10–33Verner JärvinenUnknown
10–33John JohansenUnknown
10–33Johan KempUnknown
10–33Henry LeekeUnknown
10–33Knut LindbergUnknown
10–33Ernest MayUnknown
10–33Mór KóczánUnknown
10–33Otto NilssonUnknown
10–33Aarne SalovaaraUnknown
10–33Bruno SöderströmUnknown
10–33František SoučekUnknown
10–33Ludwig UettwillerUnknown
10–33Emil WelzUnknown