The men's javelin throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme

Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics

At the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, 27 athletics events were contested, all for men only.-Medal table:-Medal summary:-Participating nations:657 athletes from 40 nations competed. Ten nations competed in athletics for the first time...

 at the 1924 Summer Olympics

1924 Summer Olympics

The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France...

. The competition was held on Sunday, July 6, 1924.

29 javelin throwers from 15 nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.

World Record	66.10	Jonni Myyrä Jonni Myyrä Joonas "Jonni" Myyrä was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw. At his first Olympics, the 1912 Summer Olympics, he took 8th place in the javelin....	Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...  (SWE Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... )	August 25, 1919
Olympic Record	65.78	Jonni Myyrä Jonni Myyrä Joonas "Jonni" Myyrä was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw. At his first Olympics, the 1912 Summer Olympics, he took 8th place in the javelin....	Antwerp (BEL Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... )	August 15, 1920

Qualification

The qualification started at about 3 p.m.

12-hour clock

The 12-hour clock is a time conversion convention in which the 24 hours of the day are divided into two periods called ante meridiem and post meridiem...

 The best six throwers, both groups counted together, qualified for the final. The throwing order is not available and not all throwing series are available.

Group 1

Place	Athlete	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1		~59	~58	60.81	60.81	1	Q
2		X (~52)	59.30	~56	59.30	2	Q
3			~53	57.98	57.98	3	Q
4			~56	56.15	56.15	5	Q
5			54.86		54.86	9
6		54.51	~52		54.51	11
7		52.95	~51	~45	52.95	13
8		51.17			51.17	15
9		49.39			49.39	18
10		48.92			48.92	19
11		48.65			48.65	20
12		46.92			46.92	24
13		46.80			46.80	25
14		46.00			46.00	26
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Group 2

Place	Athlete	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1			56.96		56.96	4	Q
2		X (~54)	~56	56.15	56.15	5	Q
3		X (~56)	X (~56)	55.67	55.67	7
4		55.10			55.10	8
5		54.65			54.65	10
6		52.98			52.98	12
7		52.75			52.75	14
8		50.15			50.15	16
9		~50	~50	49.61	49.61	17
10		48.57			48.57	21
11		48.57			48.57	21
12		48.39			48.39	23
13		44.70			44.70	27
14		44.69			44.69	28

Final

The final was held on the same day and started at about 4.30 p.m.

12-hour clock

The 12-hour clock is a time conversion convention in which the 24 hours of the day are divided into two periods called ante meridiem and post meridiem...

Place	Athlete	Qual. Width	1.	2.	3.	Distance
1		59.30	~60	62.96	~58	62.96
2		60.81	~60	60.92		60.92
3		57.98				57.98
4		56.15	57.56			57.56
5		56.96				56.96
6		56.15				56.15