# Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1960 Summer Olympics took place on September 7–8 at the Stadio Olimpico. The qualifying standard was 60 m (196 ft 10 in).

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| World record | Al Cantello | 86.04 m | Compton, United States | June 5, 1959 |
| Olympic record | Egil Danielsen (NOR) | 85.71 m | Melbourne, Australia | November 26, 1956 |

## Results
### Qualifying round

| Series | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Egil Danielsen | Norway | 69.26 | 72.66 | 72.93 | 72.93 | |
| 1 | Terje Pedersen | Norway | 74.67 | | | 74.67 | Q |
| 1 | Willy Rasmussen | Norway | 73.80 | 77.95 | | 77.95 | Q |
| 1 | Janusz Sidło | Poland | 85.14 | | | 85.14 | Q |
| 1 | Zbigniew Radziwonowicz | Poland | 74.86 | | | 74.86 | Q |
| 1 | Walter Krüger | United Team of Germany | 63.93 | 78.81 | | 78.81 | Q |
| 1 | Erich Ahrendt | United Team of Germany | 72.99 | 73.29 | 71.60 | 73.29 | |
| 2 | Hermann Salomon | United Team of Germany | 69.57 | 75.12 | | 75.12 | Q |
| 1 | Myron Anyfantakis | Greece | 59.40 | 69.53 | x | 69.53 | |
| 1 | Knut Fredriksson | Sweden | 67.21 | 75.28 | | 75.28 | Q |
| 1 | Abdul Wardak | Afghanistan | 53.64 | 64.20 | x | 64.20 | |
| 1 | Alexandru Bizim | Romania | 68.92 | 67.10 | 57.90 | 68.92 | |
| 1 | Alfonso de Andrés | Spain | 59.84 | 60.84 | 54.70 | 60.84 | |
| 1 | William Alley | United States | 62.02 | 67.36 | 68.66 | 68.66 | |
| 2 | Terence Beucher | United States | x | 61.59 | 68.11 | 68.11 | |
| 2 | Al Cantello | United States | x | 69.69 | 79.72 | 79.72 | Q |
| 1 | Viktor Tsybulenko | Soviet Union | 67.50 | 79.70 | | 79.70 | Q |
| 2 | Mart Paama | Soviet Union | 68.69 | 76.36 | | 76.36 | Q |
| 2 | Ivan Sivoplyasov | Soviet Union | 65.65 | 73.85 | 71.93 | 73.85 | |
| 2 | Väinö Kuisma | Finland | 75.93 | | | 75.93 | Q |
| 2 | Muhammad Nawaz | Pakistan | x | 70.05 | 67.40 | 70.05 | |
| 2 | Salah Majid | Iraq | 57.52 | 54.18 | 52.25 | 57.52 | |
| 2 | Gergely Kulcsár | Hungary | 74.40 | | | 74.40 | Q |
| 2 | Urs von Wartburg | Switzerland | 71.56 | x | 68.92 | 71.56 | |
| 2 | Léon Syrovatski | France | 67.81 | 71.59 | 71.54 | 71.59 | |
| 2 | Michel Macquet | France | 73.74 | x | 69.15 | 73.74 | |
| 2 | Baruch Feinberg | Israel | 68.24 | 62.81 | 65.94 | 68.24 | |
| 2 | Carlo Lievore | Italy | 74.82 | | | 74.82 | Q |

### Finals

The six highest-ranked competitors after three rounds qualified for the final three throws to decide the medals.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result |
| | Viktor Tsybulenko | Soviet Union | 84.64 | 76.59 | 76.46 | x | 67.73 | x | 84.64 |
| | Walter Krüger | United Team of Germany | 79.36 | 66.51 | 71.29 | 75.23 | 72.62 | x | 79.36 |
| | Gergely Kulcsár | Hungary | 78.57 | 77.60 | 68.56 | 73.20 | x | x | 78.57 |
| 4 | Väinö Kuisma | Finland | 78.40 | 74.04 | 74.45 | 67.75 | 76.38 | 74.69 | 78.40 |
| 5 | Willy Rasmussen | Norway | x | 67.62 | 78.36 | x | x | 69.55 | 78.36 |
| 6 | Knut Fredriksson | Sweden | 69.70 | 78.33 | 64.29 | 72.53 | 78.01 | 68.51 | 78.33 |
| 7 | Zbigniew Radziwonowicz | Poland | 73.58 | 77.31 | 74.47 | | | | 77.31 |
| 8 | Janusz Sidło | Poland | 76.46 | 76.43 | 71.93 | | | | 76.46 |
| 9 | Carlo Lievore | Italy | 64.43 | 72.47 | 75.21 | | | | 75.21 |
| 10 | Al Cantello | United States | 74.70 | 71.00 | 71.10 | | | | 74.70 |
| 11 | Mart Paama | Soviet Union | 74.56 | 72.59 | 70.43 | | | | 74.56 |
| 12 | Hermann Salomon | United Team of Germany | 74.11 | x | 72.95 | | | | 74.11 |
| 13 | Terje Pedersen | Norway | x | x | x | | | | NM |