Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's freestyle javelin

The men's freestyle javelin throw was one of six throwing events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics

At the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London, England, 26 athletics events were contested, all for men only.Each nation was allowed to enter up to 12 competitors in most of the events. In the team races , each nation entered one team. The medley relay was run by four athletes, with four alternates...

programme in London

London

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. The javelin could be held anywhere. The competition was held on July 15, 1908.

33 throwers from nine nations competed.

Results

Eric Lemming

Eric Valdemar Lemming was a Swedish athlete who competed in a wide variety of events.Lemming won a total of 7 Olympic medals over three Olympics including 4 golds....

set a new world and Olympic record with 54.44 metres. He threw the javelin in a conventional manner.

Place	Name	Nation	Distance
1	Eric Lemming Eric Lemming Eric Valdemar Lemming was a Swedish athlete who competed in a wide variety of events.Lemming won a total of 7 Olympic medals over three Olympics including 4 golds....		54.44 metres WR
2	Michalis Dorizas Michalis Dorizas Michalis Dorizas was a bronze medal winner for stone throw and javelin throw in the 1906 Summer Olympics. He was a graduate of Robert College....		51.36 metres
3	Arne Halse Arne Halse Arne Halse was a Norwegian athlete who specialized in the different forms of javelin throw. He represented Trondhjems IF and later SK Brage, both in Trondheim....		49.73 metres
4	Charalambos Zouras Charalambos Zouras Kharalambos Zouras was a Greek athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was born in Vourvoura, Arcadia.In 1908 he finished fourth in the freestyle javelin competition. He also participated in the javelin throw event but he result is unknown....		48.61 metres
5	Hugo Wieslander Hugo Wieslander Karl Hugo Wieslander was a Swedish athlete, who competed in combined events. He set the inaugural world record in the pentathlon in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1911 with a score of 5516 points. He was born in Ljuder....		47.56 metres
6	Armas Pesonen Armas Pesonen Armas Pesonen was a Finnish track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics....		46.04 metres
7	Imre Mudin Imre Mudin Imre Mudin was a Hungarian track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was born in Kétegyháza and died in the battle of Mount Grappa, Italy....		45.96 metres
8	Jalmari Sauli Jalmari Sauli Jalmari Sauli was a Finnish writer and track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was born in Hämeenlinna and died in Tampere....		43.30 metres
9	Juho Halme Juho Halme Juho Halme was a Finnish track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was born in Helsinki and died in Helsinki....		39.88 metres
10-33	Ferenc Jesina Ferenc Jesina Ferenc Jesina was a Slovak track and field athlete who competed for Hungary in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was born in Trnava.In 1908 he participated in the discus throw competition as well as in the freestyle javelin throw event but in both competitions his final ranking is unknown.-External...		36.82 metres
	Edward Barrett		Unknown
	Emilio Brambilla Emilio Brambilla Emilio Brambilla was an Italian athlete who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics in Athens and in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.He was born in Milan....		Unknown
	Conrad Carlsrud Conrad Carlsrud Conrad Maurentius Carlsrud was a Norwegian gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics and in the 1908 Summer Olympics....		Unknown
	Alfred Flaxman Alfred Flaxman Alfred Edward Flaxman was a British track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was born in Wombwell, South Yorkshire and was killed in action in Gommecourt, Pas-de-Calais, France....		Unknown
	Nikolaos Georgantas Nikolaos Georgantas Nikolaos Georgantas /March 12, 1880 – November 23, 1958) was a Greek athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw.He was born in Steno, Arcadia.He competed for a Greece in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St...		Unknown
	György Luntzer György Luntzer György Luntzer was a Slovak track and field athlete and sport wrestler who competed for Hungary in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was born in Bratislava and died in Transylvania, Romania....		Unknown
	Walter Henderson		Unknown
	István Mudin István Mudin István Mudin was a Hungarian athlete who competed mainly in the Pentathlon.He competed for a Hungary in the 1906 Summer Olympics held in Athens, Greece in the Pentathlon where he won the Silver medal. This added to the bronze medal he won in the Greek style discus throw competition....		Unknown
	Evert Jakobsson Evert Jakobsson Evert Brynolf Jakobsson was a Finnish track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics....		Unknown
	Jarl Jakobsson Jarl Jakobsson Jarl Gustav Anian Jakobsson was a Finnish track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics....		Unknown
	Verner Järvinen Verner Järvinen Venne "Verner" Järvinen was a Finnish athlete who competed mostly in the throwing events. A gold medalist in the Greek-style discus from the 1906 Intercalated Games, he went on to win a bronze in the same event at the 1908 Summer Olympics.-Career:Originally one of Finland's leading wrestlers, he...		Unknown
	John Johansen		Unknown
	Johan Kemp Johan Kemp Johan Valdemar Kemp was a Finnish gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Finnish team that won the bronze medal in the gymnastics men's team event in 1908.-External links:*...		Unknown
	Henry Leeke		Unknown
	Knut Lindberg Knut Lindberg Knut Lindberg was a Swedish athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm....		Unknown
	Ernest May Ernest May (athlete) Ernest Edmund Bedford May was a British track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was born in Bartlow and died in Chathill....		Unknown
	Mór Kóczán Mór Kóczán Mór Kóczán was a Hungarian athlete who competed for Hungary in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was Jewish, was born in Kocs, and died in Alsógöd.In 1908 he competed in the discus throw event but his final place is unknown...		Unknown
	Otto Nilsson Otto Nilsson Sven Otto Nilsson was a Swedish athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.In 1908 he won the bronze medal in the javelin throw event...		Unknown
	Aarne Salovaara Aarne Salovaara Aarne Salovaara was a Finnish gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics....		Unknown
	Bruno Söderström Bruno Söderström Bruno Söderström was a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the Javelin throw free style and pole vault....		Unknown
	František Souček		Unknown
	Ludwig Uettwiller Ludwig Uettwiller Octav Lucian Uettwiller was a German track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.In 1908 he finished 17th in the standing high jump competition...		Unknown
	Emil Welz Emil Welz Emil Welz was a German track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.In 1908 he finished eleventh in the discus throw competition...		Unknown

Sources

Official Report of the Games of the IV Olympiad (1908).
De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1908". Accessed 7 April 2006. Available electronically at .

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