Helsinki 1952 - Athletics - Men: Javelin Throw

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Date: 23 July 1952

Rank Name Nation Distance
1 Cy Young USA 73.78m [242' ¾"]
2 William Miller USA 72.46m [237' 8 ¾"]
3 Toivo Hyytiainen FIN 71.89m [235' 10 ¼"]
4 Viktor Tsybulenko URS 71.72m [235' 3 ½"]
5 Branko Dangubic YUG 70.55m [231' 5 ½"]
6 Vladimir Kuznetsov URS 70.37m [230' 10 ½"]
7 Ragnar Ericzon SWE 69.04m [226' 6"]
8 Soini Nikkinen FIN 68.80m [225' 8 ¾"]
9 Franklin "Bud" Held USA 68.42m [224' 5 ¾"]
10 Per-Arne Berglund SWE 67.47m [221' 4 ¼"]
11 Otto Bengtsson SWE 65.50m [214' 10 ¾"]
12 Herbert Koschel GER 64.54m [211' 9"]
13 Yury Shcherbakov URS 64.52m [211' 8 ¼"]
14 Richard Miller GBR 63.75m [209' 1 ¾"]
15 Ricardo Heber ARG 62.82m [206' 1 ¼"]
16 Eino Leppanen FIN 62.61m [205' 5"]
17 Amos Matteucci ITA 61.67m [202' 4"]
Qualifying
18 Janusz Sidlo POL 62.16m [203' 11 ¼"]
19 Michael Denley GBR 61.58m [202' ½"]
20 Zbigniew Radziwonowicz POL 61.50m [201' 9 ¼"]
21 Halil Ziraman TUR 61.19m [200' 9"]
22 Aristidis Roubanis GRE 60.55m [198' 7 ¾"]
23 Jozsef Varszegi HUN 56.82m [186' 5"]
24 Jalal Khan PAK 55.56m [182' 3 ½"]
25 Reinaldo Oliver PUR 52.40m [171' 11"]
26 Brigido Iriarte VEN 52.13m [171' ¼"]