Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

The men's javelin throw was one of four men's throwing events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 14 October 1964. 27 athletes from 17 nations entered, with 2 not starting in the qualification round.

Men's javelin throw at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Men's javelin throw at the 1964 Olympics on a stamp of Japan
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	14 October
Competitors	27 from 17 nations
Winning distance	82.66
Medalists
Pauli Nevala  Finland Gergely Kulcsár  Hungary Jānis Lūsis  Soviet Union

1964 Olympics javelin stamp of Japan.

Results

Qualification

The qualification standard was 77.00 metres. Each thrower had three attempts to reach that standard. Since only one thrower made the mark the next eleven farthest-throwing athletes also advanced to meet the minimum 12 in the final.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Best mark		Throw 1	Throw 2	Throw 3
1	Urs von Wartburg	Switzerland	79.92 metres		74.55	79.92	—
2	Janusz Sidlo	Poland	76.93 metres		75.33	74.45	76.93
3	Jorma Kinnunen	Finland	75.52 metres		68.13	73.20	75.52
4	Vladimir Kuznetsov	Soviet Union	75.01 metres		X	68.98	75.01
5	Gergely Kulcsár	Hungary	74.32 metres		74.32	72.62	X
6	Pauli Nevala	Finland	74.19 metres		71.49	72.72	74.19
7	Jānis Lūsis	Soviet Union	73.48 metres		72.79	X	73.48
8	Władysław Nikiciuk	Poland	73.45 metres		73.45	67.56	71.17
9	Christos Pierrakos	Greece	72.91 metres		X	72.91	68.98
10	Hans Schenk	United Team of Germany	72.55 metres		72.55	66.97	X
11	Rolf Herings	United Team of Germany	72.47 metres		72.47	68.02	71.74
12	Ed Red	United States	72.31 metres		X	72.31	66.24
13	Terje Pedersen	Norway	72.10 metres		61.39	66.78	72.10
14	Hermann Salomon	United Team of Germany	71.92 metres		67.82	69.84	71.92
15	Carlo Lievore	Italy	70.88 metres		70.71	68.04	70.88
16	Les Tipton	United States	70.74 metres		65.95	70.74	70.03
17	Viktor Aksonov	Soviet Union	69.46 metres		68.30	X	69.46
18	Michel Macquet	France	69.35 metres		63.34	65.36	69.35
19	Takashi Miki	Japan	68.70 metres		68.70	63.56	62.80
20	Willy Rasmussen	Norway	68.43 metres		68.43	67.37	63.88
21	Frank Covelli	United States	68.08 metres		X	68.08	X
22	Hideta Kanai	Japan	65.85 metres		63.40	X	65.85
23	Park Su-gwon	South Korea	62.50 metres		58.51	X	62.50
24	Patricio Etcheverry	Chile	60.77 metres		59.35	60.77	54.19
25	Nashatar Singh Sidhu	Malaysia	51.63 metres		45.49	51.63	49.49
—	Lennart Hedmark	Sweden	Did not start		-
	Yang Chuan-kwang	Taiwan	Did not start		-

Final

Pauli Nevala throwing

The scores from the qualification round were ignored in the final. Each thrower received three more attempts. The six best threw an additional three times, keeping the scores from all six throws.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Best mark		Throw 1	Throw 2	Throw 3	Throw 4	Throw 5	Throw 6
1	Pauli Nevala	Finland	82.66 metres		76.42	78.39	X	82.66	X	X
2	Gergely Kulcsár	Hungary	82.32 metres		75.00	77.28	78.28	82.32	78.57	79.78
3	Jānis Lūsis	Soviet Union	80.57 metres		72.51	80.57	79.85	78.94	78.07	X
4	Janusz Sidlo	Poland	80.17 metres		80.17	X	X	X	76.97	78.17
5	Urs von Wartburg	Switzerland	78.72 metres		78.72	76.84	76.36	73.08	73.12	X
6	Jorma Kinnunen	Finland	76.94 metres		72.32	76.36	71.81	76.94	X	72.45
7	Rolf Herings	United Team of Germany	74.72 metres		66.22	X	74.72
8	Vladimir Kuznetsov	Soviet Union	74.26 metres		73.90	68.89	74.26
9	Władysław Nikiciuk	Poland	73.11 metres		71.01	X	73.11
10	Christos Pierrakos	Greece	72.65 metres		70.24	72.65	72.02
11	Ed Red	United States	71.52 metres		69.39	68.15	71.52
12	Hans Schenk	United Team of Germany	69.82 metres		69.82	66.44	68.51