Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon
Javelin throw
Columns: Rank | Athlete | Country | Distance (metres) | Points | Adjusted Points
1 | Johan Meimer | Estonia | 56.88 | 886.70 | 691 | 2 | Ken Doherty | United States | 56.56 | 877.90 | 686 | 3 | Paavo Yrjölä | Finland | 55.70 | 854.25 | 673 | 4 | Akilles Järvinen | Finland | 55.58 | 850.95 | 672 | 5 | Gaston Étienne | Belgium | 54.85 | 830.875 | 661 | 6 | Hugo Barth | Germany | 52.73 | 772.575 | 629 | 7 | Tom Churchill | United States | 50.93 | 723.075 | 602 | 8 | Henry Lindblad | Sweden | 49.61 | 686.775 | 583 | 9 | Barney Berlinger | United States | 48.27 | 649.925 | 563 | 10 | James Stewart | United States | 48.07 | 644.425 | 560 | 11 | Ludwig Vesely | Austria | 47.44 | 627.10 | 551 | 12 | Wilhelm Ladewig | Germany | 46.10 | 590.25 | 531 | 13 | Tatsuo Toki | Japan | 45.83 | 582.825 | 527 | 14 | Albert Andersson | Sweden | 45.81 | 582.275 | 527 | 15 | Martti Tolamo | Finland | 45.79 | 581.725 | 527 | 16 | Sven Lundgren | Sweden | 45.71 | 579.525 | 525 | 17 | Erwin Huber | Germany | 45.42 | 571.550 | 521 | 18 | Stelios Benardis | Greece | 44.48 | 545.70 | 507 | 19 | Branko Kallay | Yugoslavia | 43.98 | 531.95 | 500 | 20 | Antoni Cejzik | Poland | 43.96 | 531.40 | 500 | 21 | Mátyás Farkas | Hungary | 43.13 | 508.575 | 488 | 22 | Helge Jansson | Sweden | 41.73 | 470.075 | 467 | 23 | Hermann Lemperle | Germany | 41.05 | 451.375 | 457 | 24 | Yonetaro Nakazawa | Japan | 40.33 | 431.575 | 447 | 25 | Gérard Noël | Belgium | 32.64 | 220.10 | 337 | 26 | René Joannes-Powell | Belgium | 32.56 | 217.90 | 335