1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 28 and 29 August 1954.[1]

Medalists edit

Gold Janusz Sidło
  Poland
Silver Vladimir Kuznetsov
  Soviet Union
Bronze Soini Nikkinen
  Finland

Results edit

Final edit

29 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Janusz Sidło   Poland 76.35
  Vladimir Kuznetsov   Soviet Union 74.61
  Soini Nikkinen   Finland 73.38
4 Viktor Tsybulenko   Soviet Union 72.39
5 Otto Bengtsson   Sweden 72.38
6 Gullbrand Sjöström   Sweden 71.98
7 Zbigniew Radziwonowicz   Poland 69.84
8 Sándor Krasznai   Hungary 68.45
9 Toivo Hyytiäinen   Finland 68.24
10 Egil Danielsen   Norway 67.78
11 Mirko Vujačić   Yugoslavia 66.53
12 Herbert Koschel   West Germany 66.28
13 Francesco Ziggiotti   Italy 65.66
14 Joop Fikkert   Netherlands 64.70
15 Gerhard Keller   West Germany 63.89
16 Milisav Pavlović   Yugoslavia 58.21

Qualification edit

28 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Soini Nikkinen   Finland 75.06 Q
2 Janusz Sidło   Poland 74.36 Q
3 Gullbrand Sjöström   Sweden 73.49 Q
4 Viktor Tsybulenko   Soviet Union 70.79 Q
5 Vladimir Kuznetsov   Soviet Union 69.86 Q
6 Mirko Vujačić   Yugoslavia 68.98 Q
7 Zbigniew Radziwonowicz   Poland 68.23 Q
8 Egil Danielsen   Norway 68.04 Q
9 Sándor Krasznai   Hungary 66.90 Q
10 Toivo Hyytiäinen   Finland 66.24 Q
11 Gerhard Keller   West Germany 65.85 Q
12 Herbert Koschel   West Germany 65.64 Q
13 Joop Fikkert   Netherlands 64.14 Q
14 Milisav Pavlović   Yugoslavia 63.83 Q
15 Otto Bengtsson   Sweden 63.73 Q
16 Francesco Ziggiotti   Italy 63.00 Q
17 Halil Zıraman   Turkey 59.36
18 Albert Brunner    Switzerland 57.63
19 Andrei Demeter   Romania 57.15
20 Alec Syrowatsky   France 54.48
21 Gebhard Büchel   Liechtenstein 54.10

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014