London 1948 - Athletics - Men: Javelin Throw

Date: 4 August 1948

Rank	Name	Nation	Distance
1	Tapio Rautavaara	FIN	69.77m [228' 10 ¾"]
2	Steve Seymour	USA	67.56m [221' 7 ¾"]
3	Jozsef Varszegi	HUN	67.03m [219' 11"]
4	Pauli Vesterinen	FIN	65.89m [216' 2"]
5	Odd Mahlum	NOR	65.32m [214' 3 ¾"]
6	Martin Biles	USA	65.17m [213' 9 ¾"]
7	Mirko Vujacic	YUG	64.89m [212' 10 ¾"]
8	Robert Likens	USA	64.51m [211' 7 ¾"]
9	Gunnar Pettersson	SWE	62.80m [206' ½"]
10	Per-Arne Berglund	SWE	62.62m [205' 5 ¼"]
11	Lubomir Kiesewetter	TCH	60.25m [197' 8"]
12	Soini Nikkinen	FIN	58.05m [190' 5 ½"]
Did not qualify for final (Mark unknown)
	Pedro Apellaniz	ESP
	Morville Chote	GBR
	Malcolm Dalrymple	GBR
	Ricardo Heber	ARG
	Nicolaas Lutkeveld	NED
	Leo Roininen	CAN
	Joel Sigurdsson	ISL
	Raymond Tissot	FRA
	Dusan Vujacic	YUG
	Halil Ziraman	TUR

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