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Javelin Throw, Men

Date	23 July 1952
Status	Olympic
Location	Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Participants	26 from 16 countries

This event was considered open, with no favorite going into Helsinki. The Finns were always formidable, led by Toivo Hyytiäinen, the 1950 European Champion. The United States was surprisingly good, with three medal contenders in Cy Young, Bill Miller, and Franklin “Bud” Held. Held would later set several world records, but he placed only ninth in Helsinki. On the other hand, Young and Miller won gold and silver, respectively, pushing Hyytiäinen back to the bronze medal. Young won the gold with his second throw of 73.78 (242-0¾). He was no relation to Cy Young, the baseball pitcher, though both were great throwers.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	1029	Cy Young	👁 Image USA	67.26 (6)	73.78 (1)	Gold
2	1028	Bill Miller	👁 Image USA	64.81 (13)	72.46 (2)	Silver
3	812	Toivo Hyytiäinen	👁 Image FIN	71.29 (1)	71.89 (3)	Bronze
4	458	Viktor Tsybulenko	👁 Image URS	69.42 (3)	71.72 (4)
5	336	Branko Dangubić	👁 Image YUG	66.58 (9)	70.55 (5)
6	456	Vladimir Kuznetsov	👁 Image URS	64.38 (17)	70.37 (6)
7	705	Ragnar Ericzon	👁 Image SWE	66.68 (10)	69.04 (7)
8	813	Soini Nikkinen	👁 Image FIN	67.15 (8)	68.80 (8)
9	1027	Bud Held	👁 Image USA	68.62 (4)	68.42 (9)
10	704	Per-Arne Berglund	👁 Image SWE	71.28 (2)	67.47 (10)
11	703	Otto Bengtsson	👁 Image SWE	67.58 (5)	65.50 (11)
12	748	Herbert Koschel	👁 Image GER	67.22 (7)	64.54 (12)
13	457	Yury Shcherbakov	👁 Image URS	64.39 (16)	64.52 (13)
14	208	Dick Miller	👁 Image GBR	65.21 (11)	63.75 (14)
15	10	Ricardo Héber	👁 Image ARG	64.82 (12)	62.82 (15)
16	814	Eino Leppänen	👁 Image FIN	64.47 (15)	62.61 (16)
17	258	Amos Matteucci	👁 Image ITA	64.50 (14)	61.67 (17)
18 r1/2	579	Janusz Sidło	👁 Image POL	62.16 (18)	–
19 r1/2	207	Mike Denley	👁 Image GBR	61.58 (19)	–
20 r1/2	580	Zbigniew Radziwonowicz	👁 Image POL	61.56 (20)	–
21 r1/2	926	Halil Zıraman	👁 Image TUR	61.19 (21)	–
22 r1/2	384	Aristidis Roumpanis	👁 Image GRE	60.55 (22)	–
23 r1/2	953	József Várszegi	👁 Image HUN	56.82 (23)	–
24 r1/2	535	Jalal Khan	👁 Image PAK	55.56 (24)	–
25 r1/2	550	Reynaldo Oliver	👁 Image PUR	52.40 (25)	–
26 r1/2	977	Brígido Iriarte	👁 Image VEN	52.13 (26)	–
102	Pedro Apellániz	👁 Image ESP	– ()	–

Qualifying Round

Date	23 July 1952 — 10:00
Format	All those reaching 64.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance	2nd-Best Mark Distance
1	812	Toivo Hyytiäinen	👁 Image FIN	71.29	–
2	704	Per-Arne Berglund	👁 Image SWE	71.28	–
3	458	Viktor Tsybulenko	👁 Image URS	69.42	–
4	1027	Bud Held	👁 Image USA	68.62	–
5	703	Otto Bengtsson	👁 Image SWE	67.58	–
6	1029	Cy Young	👁 Image USA	67.26	–
7	748	Herbert Koschel	👁 Image GER	67.22	–
8	813	Soini Nikkinen	👁 Image FIN	67.15	–
9	336	Branko Dangubić	👁 Image YUG	66.58	53.19
10	705	Ragnar Ericzon	👁 Image SWE	66.68	–
11	208	Dick Miller	👁 Image GBR	65.21	–
12	10	Ricardo Héber	👁 Image ARG	64.82	–
13	1028	Bill Miller	👁 Image USA	64.81	–
14	258	Amos Matteucci	👁 Image ITA	64.50	–
15	814	Eino Leppänen	👁 Image FIN	64.47	–
16	457	Yury Shcherbakov	👁 Image URS	64.39	–
17	456	Vladimir Kuznetsov	👁 Image URS	64.38	–
18	579	Janusz Sidło	👁 Image POL	62.16	–
19	207	Mike Denley	👁 Image GBR	61.58	–
20	580	Zbigniew Radziwonowicz	👁 Image POL	61.56	–	1
21	926	Halil Zıraman	👁 Image TUR	61.19	–
22	384	Aristidis Roumpanis	👁 Image GRE	60.55	–
23	953	József Várszegi	👁 Image HUN	56.82	–
24	535	Jalal Khan	👁 Image PAK	55.56	–
25	550	Reynaldo Oliver	👁 Image PUR	52.40	–
26	977	Brígido Iriarte	👁 Image VEN	52.13	–
102	Pedro Apellániz	👁 Image ESP	–	–

Group A

Date	23 July 1952

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	812	Toivo Hyytiäinen	👁 Image FIN	71.29	71.29	-	-
2	704	Per-Arne Berglund	👁 Image SWE	71.28	71.28	-	-
3	1027	Bud Held	👁 Image USA	68.62	60.42	68.62	-
4	703	Otto Bengtsson	👁 Image SWE	67.58	67.58	-	-
5	748	Herbert Koschel	👁 Image GER	67.22	67.22	-	-
6	705	Ragnar Ericzon	👁 Image SWE	66.68	66.68	-	-
7	336	Branko Dangubić	👁 Image YUG	66.58	53.19	66.58	-
8	10	Ricardo Héber	👁 Image ARG	64.82	60.41	64.82	-
9	814	Eino Leppänen	👁 Image FIN	64.47	63.32	64.47	-
10	456	Vladimir Kuznetsov	👁 Image URS	64.38	63.50	64.38	-
11	207	Mike Denley	👁 Image GBR	61.58	x	55.15	61.58
12	535	Jalal Khan	👁 Image PAK	55.56	53.34	51.00	55.56
13	977	Brígido Iriarte	👁 Image VEN	52.13	52.13	52.10	47.84
102	Pedro Apellániz	👁 Image ESP	–	–	–	–

Group B

Date	23 July 1952

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	458	Viktor Tsybulenko	👁 Image URS	69.42	69.42	-	-
2	1029	Cy Young	👁 Image USA	67.26	58.52	67.26	-
3	813	Soini Nikkinen	👁 Image FIN	67.15	67.15	-	-
4	208	Dick Miller	👁 Image GBR	65.21	62.30	60.69	65.21
5	1028	Bill Miller	👁 Image USA	64.81	64.81	-	-
6	258	Amos Matteucci	👁 Image ITA	64.50	62.19	64.50	-
7	457	Yury Shcherbakov	👁 Image URS	64.39	59.79	64.39	-
8	579	Janusz Sidło	👁 Image POL	62.16	59.52	62.16	59.33
9	580	Zbigniew Radziwonowicz	👁 Image POL	61.56	x	61.56	56.74	2
10	926	Halil Zıraman	👁 Image TUR	61.19	59.68	x	61.19
11	384	Aristidis Roumpanis	👁 Image GRE	60.55	60.55	40.85	-
12	953	József Várszegi	👁 Image HUN	56.82	54.18	56.59	56.82
13	550	Reynaldo Oliver	👁 Image PUR	52.40	x	x	52.40

Final Round

Date	23 July 1952 — 16:00

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance	Round #4 Distance	Round #5 Distance	Round #6 Distance
1	1029	Cy Young	👁 Image USA	73.78	68.45	73.78	72.80	65.73	71.73	x
2	1028	Bill Miller	👁 Image USA	72.46	72.46	71.65	63.95	65.41	66.97	70.45
3	812	Toivo Hyytiäinen	👁 Image FIN	71.89	71.89	71.24	70.25	70.00	69.55	71.16
4	458	Viktor Tsybulenko	👁 Image URS	71.72	71.72	70.44	66.48	71.37	66.49	x
5	336	Branko Dangubić	👁 Image YUG	70.55	66.21	61.09	70.55	58.94	x	x
6	456	Vladimir Kuznetsov	👁 Image URS	70.37	70.37	65.71	64.81	56.16	58.08	60.10
7	705	Ragnar Ericzon	👁 Image SWE	69.04	69.04	64.55	68.02	–	–	–
8	813	Soini Nikkinen	👁 Image FIN	68.80	68.80	64.08	61.58	–	–	–
9	1027	Bud Held	👁 Image USA	68.42	68.42	x	x	–	–	–
10	704	Per-Arne Berglund	👁 Image SWE	67.47	58.93	67.47	64.13	–	–	–
11	703	Otto Bengtsson	👁 Image SWE	65.50	65.50	63.92	64.58	–	–	–
12	748	Herbert Koschel	👁 Image GER	64.54	x	64.54	64.06	–	–	–
13	457	Yury Shcherbakov	👁 Image URS	64.52	64.52	60.09	60.79	–	–	–
14	208	Dick Miller	👁 Image GBR	63.75	x	63.75	59.64	–	–	–
15	10	Ricardo Héber	👁 Image ARG	62.82	60.43	62.70	62.82	–	–	–
16	814	Eino Leppänen	👁 Image FIN	62.61	58.28	62.61	x	–	–	–
17	258	Amos Matteucci	👁 Image ITA	61.67	59.75	61.67	61.38	–	–	–

URL: https://www.olympedia.org/results/59072

⇱ Olympedia – Javelin Throw, Men

Javelin Throw, Men

Qualifying Round

Group A

Group B

Final Round