Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw
The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place on 24 July at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.Medalists
Records
Results
Qualifying round
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 64.00 advance to the Final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Toivo Hyytiäinen | | 71.29 | |
| 2 | A | Per-Arne Berglund | | 71.28 | |
| 3 | B | Viktor Tsybulenko | | 69.42 | |
| 4 | A | Bud Held | | 68.62 | |
| 5 | A | Otto Bengtsson | | 67.58 | |
| 6 | B | Cy Young | | 67.26 | |
| 7 | A | Herbert Koschel | | 67.22 | |
| 8 | B | Soini Nikkinen | | 67.15 | |
| 9 | A | Branko Dangubić | | 66.58 | |
| 10 | A | Ragnar Ericzon | | 66.68 | |
| 11 | B | Dick Miller | | 64.81 | |
| 12 | A | Ricardo Héber | | 64.82 | |
| 13 | B | Bill Miller | | 64.81 | |
| 14 | B | Amos Matteucci | | 64.50 | |
| 15 | A | Eino Leppänen | | 64.47 | |
| 16 | B | Yury Shcherbakov | | 64.39 | |
| 17 | A | Vladimir Kuznetsov | | 64.38 | |
| 18 | B | Janusz Sidło | | 62.16 | |
| 19 | A | Michael Denley | | 61.58 | |
| 20 | B | Zbigniew Radziwonowicz | | 61.50 | |
| 21 | B | Halil Zıraman | | 61.19 | |
| 22 | B | Aristidis Roubanis | | 60.55 | |
| 23 | B | József Várszegi | | 56.82 | |
| 24 | A | Jalal Khan | | 55.56 | |
| 25 | B | Reinaldo Oliver | | 52.40 | |
| 26 | A | Brígido Iriarte | | 52.13 | |
Final
