1958 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

Men's javelin throw at the European Athletics Championships

The men's javelin throw at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 23 and 24 August 1958.

Medalists

Gold	Janusz Sidło Poland
Silver	Egil Danielsen Norway
Bronze	Gergely Kulcsár Hungary

Results

Final

24 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Janusz Sidło	Poland	80.18	CR
	Egil Danielsen	Norway	78.27
	Gergely Kulcsár	Hungary	75.26
4	Michel Macquet	France	75.18
5	Väinö Kuisma	Finland	74.90
6	Vladimir Kuznetsov	Soviet Union	73.89
7	Hans Schenk	West Germany	73.43
8	Giovanni Lievore	Italy	73.38
9	Knut Fredriksson	Sweden	73.25
10	Zbigniew Radziwonowicz	Poland	71.20
11	Carlo Lievore	Italy	68.88
12	Willy Rasmussen	Norway	68.63
13	Charles Vallman	Soviet Union	67.26
14	Leif Hellgren	Sweden	62.37
15	Alec Syrowatsky	France	61.99

Qualification

23 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Knut Fredriksson	Sweden	73.90	Q
2	Janusz Sidło	Poland	73.41	Q
3	Hans Schenk	West Germany	72.70	Q
4	Väinö Kuisma	Finland	71.76	Q
5	Egil Danielsen	Norway	70.57	Q
6	Carlo Lievore	Italy	70.30	Q
7	Giovanni Lievore	Italy	70.22	Q
8	Gergely Kulcsár	Hungary	69.95	Q
9	Charles Vallman	Soviet Union	69.80	Q
10	Zbigniew Radziwonowicz	Poland	69.54	Q
11	Alec Syrowatsky	France	69.48	Q
12	Vladimir Kuznetsov	Soviet Union	68.54	Q
13	Michel Macquet	France	67.79	Q
14	Leif Hellgren	Sweden	67.40	Q
15	Willy Rasmussen	Norway	67.35	Q
16	Veikko Laine	Finland	66.58
17	Heiner Will	West Germany	65.36
18	Colin Smith	Great Britain	65.35
19	Guy Van Zeune	Belgium	59.43

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

• Belgium (1)
• Finland (2)
• France (2)
• Hungary (1)
• Italy (2)
• Norway (2)
• Poland (2)
• Soviet Union (2)
• Sweden (2)
• Great Britain (1)
• West Germany (2)