1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

Men's javelin throw at the European Athletics Championships

The men's javelin throw at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 25 August 1946.

Medalists

Gold	Lennart Atterwall Sweden
Silver	Yrjö Nikkanen Finland
Bronze	Tapio Rautavaara Finland

Results

Final

25 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Lennart Atterwall	Sweden	68.74
	Yrjö Nikkanen	Finland	67.50
	Tapio Rautavaara	Finland	66.40
4	Odd Mæhlum	Norway	66.37
5	Sven Daleflod	Sweden	64.79
6	Josef Neumann	Switzerland	62.48
7	Lumír Kiesewetter	Czechoslovakia	59.91
8	Nico Lutkeveld	Netherlands	59.50

Qualification

24 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Lennart Atterwall	Sweden	67.21	Q
2	Yrjö Nikkanen	Finland	66.30	Q
3	Tapio Rautavaara	Finland	63.03	Q
4	Sven Daleflod	Sweden	62.93	Q
5	Odd Mæhlum	Norway	62.91	Q
6	Josef Neumann	Switzerland	60.36	Q
7	Nico Lutkeveld	Netherlands	60.07	Q
8	Lumír Kiesewetter	Czechoslovakia	59.80	Q
9	Michael Salomonsen	Norway	58.74
10	Jóel Sigurðsson	Iceland	58.06
11	Raymond Tissot	France	57.63
12	Pierre Sprecher	France	55.22
13	Oskar Ospelt	Liechtenstein	52.73

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 13 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

• Czechoslovakia (1)
• Finland (2)
• France (2)
• Iceland (1)
• Liechtenstein (1)
• Netherlands (1)
• Norway (2)
• Sweden (2)
• Switzerland (1)