Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw
Results
The best ten javelin throwers qualified for the final.

Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: The best ten javelin throwers qualified for the final.

Place	Athlete	Qual.	Final

Distance	Rank

1	Jonni Myyrä (FIN)	60.63	3	65.78 OR

2	Urho Peltonen (FIN)	63.605 OR	1	63.605

3	Paavo Johansson (FIN)	63.095	2	63.095

4	Julius Saaristo (FIN)	60.045	5	62.395

5	Aleksander Klumberg (EST)	59.03	6	62.39

6	Gunnar Lindström (SWE)	60.52	4	60.52

7	Milton Angier (USA)	57.58	9	59.275

8	Erik Blomqvist (SWE)	58.18	7	58.18

9	James Lincoln (USA)	57.86	8	57.86

10	Hugo Lilliér (SWE)	56.77	10	56.77

11	Arthur Tuck (USA)	53.78

12	Jack Mahan (USA)	53.52

13	Elof Lindström (SWE)	51.53

14	Pierre Grany (FRA)	47.90

15	Arthur Picard (FRA)	47.09

16	Arturo Medina (CHI)	43.90

17	Oprando Bottura (ITA)	42.70

18	Adolphe Hauman (BEL)	42.58

19	Frederik Petersen (DEN)	42.13

20	Émile Muller (BEL)	40.24

21	Alex Servais (LUX)	40.08

22	Jean Lefèvre (BEL)	39.00

23	Ignacio Izaguirre (ESP)	38.92

24	Otakar Vydra (TCH)	37.75

25	Arthur Delaender (BEL)	36.25

Sentence(s)

Urho Peltonen was first and set a new Olympic record in the qualification with 63.605.
In Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw, at first Urho Peltonen set an Olympic record in the qualification with 63.605 m.
Urho Peltonen set an Olympic record in the qualification with 63.605 m.

final_sentence: Urho Peltonen was first and set a new Olympic record in the qualification with 63.605.
final_sentence: In Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw, at first Urho Peltonen set an Olympic record in the qualification with 63.605 m.
final_sentence: Urho Peltonen set an Olympic record in the qualification with 63.605 m.