Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's javelin throw
Final

Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's javelin throw

Section Title: Final
Table Section Text: None

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes

Mitchell, AlfAlf Mitchell	Australia	256 ft 3 in (78.11 m)	GR

Smith, ColinColin Smith	England	255 ft 8 1⁄2 in (77.94 m)

Birks, NickNick Birks	Australia	246 ft 3 1⁄2 in (75.07 m)

4	Nawaz, MohamadMohamad Nawaz	Pakistan	241 ft 8 in (73.66 m)

5	Spiers, RegReg Spiers	Australia	228 ft 8 in (69.70 m)

6	Liga, WilliamWilliam Liga	Fiji	211 ft 5 in (64.44 m)

7	Miller, DickDick Miller	Northern Ireland	208 ft 5 1⁄2 in (63.54 m)

8	Oe, IvahariaIvaharia Oe	Papua New Guinea	200 ft 6 1⁄2 in (61.13 m)

9	McSorley, JohnJohn McSorley	England	190 ft 2 1⁄2 in (57.98 m)

10	Hart, JosephJoseph Hart	Australia	189 ft 8 1⁄2 in (57.82 m)

11	Heriot, GeorgeGeorge Heriot	Papua New Guinea	175 ft 11 1⁄2 in (53.63 m)

12	Hollingsworth, RoyRoy Hollingsworth	England	0	DNS

Sentence(s)

Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's javelin throw was won by Australian Alf Mitchell with a throw of 256 ft 3 in or 78.11 m.

final_sentence: Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's javelin throw was won by Australian Alf Mitchell with a throw of 256 ft 3 in or 78.11 m.