1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 14 and 15 September 1962.[1]

Men's javelin throw
at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

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Gold Jānis Lūsis
  Soviet Union
Silver Viktor Tsybulenko
  Soviet Union
Bronze Władysław Nikiciuk
  Poland

Results

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Final

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15 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Jānis Lūsis   Soviet Union 82.04 CR
  Viktor Tsybulenko   Soviet Union 77.92
  Władysław Nikiciuk   Poland 77.66
4 Marian Machowina   Poland 77.15
5 Gergely Kulcsár   Hungary 76.89
6 Carlo Lievore   Italy 76.25
7 Janusz Sidło   Poland 75.01
8 Rolf Herings   West Germany 74.95
9 Willy Rasmussen   Norway 74.25
10 Väinö Kuisma   Finland 73.32
11 Petar Galić   Yugoslavia 73.30
12 Hermann Salomon   West Germany 72.93

Qualification

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14 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Carlo Lievore   Italy 80.20 CR Q
2 Jānis Lūsis   Soviet Union 79.06 Q
3 Viktor Tsybulenko   Soviet Union 78.92 Q
4 Marian Machowina   Poland 77.60 Q
5 Willy Rasmussen   Norway 76.80 Q
6 Gergely Kulcsár   Hungary 74.90 Q
7 Janusz Sidło   Poland 74.77 Q
8 Hermann Salomon   West Germany 73.47 Q
9 Rolf Herings   West Germany 73.34 Q
10 Väinö Kuisma   Finland 73.25 Q
11 Władysław Nikiciuk   Poland 72.90 Q
12 Petar Galić   Yugoslavia 72.80 Q
13 Božidar Miletić   Yugoslavia 72.75
14 Horst Bade   East Germany 72.69
15 Pauli Nevala   Finland 72.15
16 Franco Radman   Italy 71.55
17 Leon Syrowatsky   France 71.01
18 Alexandru Bizim   Romania 70.42
19 Vladimir Kuznetsov   Soviet Union 69.78
20 Michel Macquet   France 69.22
21 Urs von Wartburg    Switzerland 68.71
22 Christos Pierrakos   Greece 67.80
23 Gheorghe Popescu   Romania 65.05
24 John McSorley   Great Britain 64.50
25 Colin Smith   Great Britain 63.85

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 391–397, retrieved 13 August 2014