Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's two handed javelin throw

The men's two handed javelin throw was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the only appearance of the event at the Olympics, along with the other two handed throws. The format of the event was such that each thrower threw the javelin three times with his right hand and three times with his left hand. The best distance with each hand was summed to give a total. The three finalists received three more throws with each hand.[1] NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.[2]

Men's two handed javelin throw at the Games of the V Olympiad
Venue	Stockholm Olympic Stadium
Date	July 9
Competitors	14 from 4 nations
Medalists
Julius Saaristo  Finland Väinö Siikaniemi  Finland Urho Peltonen  Finland

Results

Saaristo, who had taken the silver medal in the one-handed event, won the two-handed event, leading a Finnish medal sweep. When the three Finnish throwers made the final, the three agreed to scratch the final and let the results stand, which Olympic officials accepted.

Place	Athlete	Preliminary					Final			Best mark total
		1	2	3	Total	Rank	4	5	6
	Julius Saaristo (FIN)	57.64	59.88	61.00	109.42	1st	Not held			109.42
		—	—	48.42
	Väinö Siikaniemi (FIN)	54.09	—	—	101.13	2nd				101.13
		43.76	45.09	47.04
	Urho Peltonen (FIN)	—	53.22	53.58	100.24	3rd				100.24
		46.30	46.63	46.66
4	Eric Lemming (SWE)	52.23	58.33	—	98.59	4th				98.59
		35.78	40.26	—
5	Arne Halse (NOR)	52.05	55.05	—	96.92	5th				96.92
		41.48	—	41.87
6	Richard Åbrink (SWE)	48.78	50.04	—	93.12	6th				93.12
		41.71	43.08	—
7	Daniel Johansen (NOR)	48.38	—	48.78	92.82	7th				92.82
		40.99	43.19	44.04
8	Otto Nilsson (SWE)	48.24	50.21	—	88.90	8th				88.90
		38.69	—	—
9	Juho Halme (FIN)	—	52.76	54.90	88.54	9th				88.54
		33.64	—	—
10	Arvid Ohrling (SWE)	46.51	—	—	87.17	10th				87.17
		40.66	—	—
11	Sten Hagander (SWE)	42.58	46.39	—	86.80	11th				86.80
		37.68	40.41	—
12	Mór Kóczán (HUN)	55.74	—	—	86.39	12th				66.69
		29.23	30.65	—
13	Anders Krigsman (SWE)	43.78	46.85	—	85.80	13th				85.80
		36.09	38.95	—
14	Karl Sonne (SWE)	—	49.48	—	84.96	14th				84.96
		33.52	36.00	36.48

References

1. "Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Javelin Throw, Both Hands". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
2. Official report, p. 61.

Sources

• Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 6 January 2007.