Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle javelin throw

Men's freestyle javelin throw
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Men's freestyle javelin throw; at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue	White City Stadium
Date	July 15
Competitors	33 from 9 nations
Medalists

The men's freestyle javelin throw was one of six throwing events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The javelin could be held anywhere, as opposed to the standard javelin throw which required the javelin to be held by a grip in the middle. This was the only time such a "freestyle" event was held at the Olympics. The competition was held on July 15, 1908. 33 throwers from nine nations competed.^[1] NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.^[2]

Results

Eric Lemming set a new world and Olympic record with 54.44 metres. He threw the javelin in a conventional manner.

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Distance	Notes
	Eric Lemming	Sweden	54.44	WR
	Michalis Dorizas	Greece	51.36
	Arne Halse	Norway	49.73
4	Charalambos Zouras	Greece	48.61
5	Hugo Wieslander	Sweden	47.56
6	Armas Pesonen	Finland	46.04
7	Imre Mudin	Hungary	45.96
8	Jalmari Sauli	Finland	43.30
9	Juho Halme	Finland	39.88
10–33	Ferenc Jesina	Hungary	36.82
	Edward Barrett	Great Britain	Unknown
	Emilio Brambilla	Italy	Unknown
	Conrad Carlsrud	Norway	Unknown
	Alfred Flaxman	Great Britain	Unknown
	Nikolaos Georgantas	Greece	Unknown
	György Luntzer	Hungary	Unknown
	Walter Henderson	Great Britain	Unknown
	István Mudin	Hungary	Unknown
	Evert Jakobsson	Finland	Unknown
	Jarl Jakobsson	Finland	Unknown
	Verner Järvinen	Finland	Unknown
	John Johansen	Norway	Unknown
	Johan Kemp	Finland	Unknown
	Henry Leeke	Great Britain	Unknown
	Knut Lindberg	Sweden	Unknown
	Ernest May	Great Britain	Unknown
	Mór Kóczán	Hungary	Unknown
	Otto Nilsson	Sweden	Unknown
	Aarne Salovaara	Finland	Unknown
	Bruno Söderström	Sweden	Unknown
	František Souček	Bohemia	Unknown
	Ludwig Uettwiller	Germany	Unknown
	Emil Welz	Germany	Unknown

References

^ "Athletics at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Javelin Throw, Freestyle". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
^ Official report, p. 32.

Sources

Official Report of the Games of the IV Olympiad (1908).
De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1908". Accessed 7 April 2006. Available electronically at [1].

[SR-1] "Athletics at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Javelin Throw, Freestyle". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[OR32-2] Official report, p. 32.

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Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Track events
100 m	men
200 m	men
400 m	men
800 m	men
1500 m	men
5 miles	men
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3200 m steeplechase	men
Medley relay	men
3 mile team race	men
Road events
Marathon	men
3500 m walk	men
10 mile walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Standing long jump	men
Standing high jump	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men
Greek discus	men
Freestyle javelin	men
v t e

v t e Javelin throw at the Olympic Games
Summary
Men	1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Women	1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
See also: 1908 Men's freestyle javelin throw • 1912 Men's two handed javelin throw

v t e Olympic champions in men's throws (defunct events)
Two handed shot put	1912: Ralph Rose
Greek style discus throw	1906: Verner Järvinen 1908: Martin Sheridan
Two handed discus throw	1912: Armas Taipale
Stone throw	1906: Nikolaos Georgantas
56 pounds weight throw	1904: Étienne Desmarteau 1920: Pat McDonald
Freestyle javelin throw	1908: Eric Lemming
Two handed javelin throw	1912: Julius Saaristo