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.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Cy Young (USA)
Silver	Bill Miller (USA)
Bronze	Toivo Hyytiäinen (FIN)

Records

Standing records prior to the 1952 Summer Olympics
World Record	Yrjö Nikkanen (FIN)	78.70 m	October 16, 1938	Kotka, Finland
Olympic Record	Matti Järvinen (FIN)	72.71 m	August 4, 1932	Los Angeles, United States

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 64.00 advance to the Final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	A	Toivo Hyytiäinen	Finland	71.29
2	A	Per-Arne Berglund	Sweden	71.28
3	B	Viktor Tsybulenko	Soviet Union	69.42
4	A	Bud Held	United States	68.62
5	A	Otto Bengtsson	Sweden	67.58
6	B	Cy Young	United States	67.26
7	A	Herbert Koschel	Germany	67.22
8	B	Soini Nikkinen	Finland	67.15
9	A	Branko Dangubić	Yugoslavia	66.58
10	A	Ragnar Ericzon	Sweden	66.68
11	B	Dick Miller	Great Britain	64.81
12	A	Ricardo Héber	Argentina	64.82
13	B	Bill Miller	United States	64.81
14	B	Amos Matteucci	Italy	64.50
15	A	Eino Leppänen	Finland	64.47
16	B	Yury Shcherbakov	Soviet Union	64.39
17	A	Vladimir Kuznetsov	Soviet Union	64.38
18	B	Janusz Sidło	Poland	62.16
19	A	Michael Denley	Great Britain	61.58
20	B	Zbigniew Radziwonowicz	Poland	61.50
21	B	Halil Zıraman	Turkey	61.19
22	B	Aristidis Roubanis	Greece	60.55
23	B	József Várszegi	Hungary	56.82
24	A	Jalal Khan	Pakistan	55.56
25	B	Reinaldo Oliver	Puerto Rico	52.40
26	A	Brígido Iriarte	Venezuela	52.13

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Cy Young	United States	68.45	73.78	72.80	65.73	71.73	x	73.78	OR
	Bill Miller	United States	72.46	71.65	63.95	65.41	66.97	70.45	72.46
	Toivo Hyytiäinen	Finland	71.89	71.24	70.25	70.00	69.55	71.16	71.89
4	Viktor Tsybulenko	Soviet Union	71.72	70.44	66.48	71.37	66.49	x	71.72
5	Branko Dangubić	Yugoslavia	66.21	61.09	70.55	58.94	x		70.55
6	Vladimir Kuznetsov	Soviet Union	70.37	65.71	64.81	56.16	58.08	60.10	70.37
7	Ragnar Ericzon	Sweden	69.04	64.55	68.02				69.04
8	Soini Nikkinen	Finland	68.80	64.08	61.58				68.80
9	Bud Held	United States	68.42	x	x				68.42
10	Per-Arne Berglund	Sweden	58.93	67.47	64.13				67.47
11	Otto Bengtsson	Sweden	65.50	63.92	64.58				65.50
12	Herbert Koschel	Germany	x	64.54	64.06				64.54
13	Yury Shcherbakov	Soviet Union	64.52	60.09	60.79				64.52
14	Dick Miller	Great Britain	x	63.75	59.64				63.75
15	Ricardo Héber	Argentina	60.43	62.70	62.82				62.82
16	Eino Leppänen	Finland	58.28	62.61	x				62.61
17	Amos Matteucci	Italy	59.75	61.67	61.38				61.67