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Javelin Throw, Men

Date	23 July 1952
Status	Olympic
Location	Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Participants	26 from 16 countries

This event was considered open, with no favorite going into Helsinki. The Finns were always formidable, led by Toivo Hyytiäinen, the 1950 European Champion. The United States was surprisingly good, with three medal contenders in Cy Young, Bill Miller, and Franklin “Bud” Held. Held would later set several world records, but he placed only ninth in Helsinki. On the other hand, Young and Miller won gold and silver, respectively, pushing Hyytiäinen back to the bronze medal. Young won the gold with his second throw of 73.78 (242-0¾). He was no relation to Cy Young, the baseball pitcher, though both were great throwers.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	1029	Cy Young	USA	67.26 (6)	73.78 (1)	Gold	OR
2	1028	Bill Miller	USA	64.81 (13)	72.46 (2)	Silver
3	812	Toivo Hyytiäinen	FIN	71.29 (1)	71.89 (3)	Bronze
4	458	Viktor Tsybulenko	URS	69.42 (3)	71.72 (4)
5	336	Branko Dangubić	YUG	66.58 (9)	70.55 (5)
6	456	Vladimir Kuznetsov	URS	64.38 (17)	70.37 (6)
7	705	Ragnar Ericzon	SWE	66.68 (10)	69.04 (7)
8	813	Soini Nikkinen	FIN	67.15 (8)	68.80 (8)
9	1027	Bud Held	USA	68.62 (4)	68.42 (9)
10	704	Per-Arne Berglund	SWE	71.28 (2)	67.47 (10)
11	703	Otto Bengtsson	SWE	67.58 (5)	65.50 (11)
12	748	Herbert Koschel	GER	67.22 (7)	64.54 (12)
13	457	Yury Shcherbakov	URS	64.39 (16)	64.52 (13)
14	208	Dick Miller	GBR	65.21 (11)	63.75 (14)
15	10	Ricardo Héber	ARG	64.82 (12)	62.82 (15)
16	814	Eino Leppänen	FIN	64.47 (15)	62.61 (16)
17	258	Amos Matteucci	ITA	64.50 (14)	61.67 (17)
18 QR	579	Janusz Sidło	POL	62.16 (18)	–
19 QR	207	Mike Denley	GBR	61.58 (19)	–
20 QR	580	Zbigniew Radziwonowicz	POL	61.56 (20)	–
21 QR	926	Halil Zıraman	TUR	61.19 (21)	–
22 QR	384	Aristidis Roumpanis	GRE	60.55 (22)	–
23 QR	953	József Várszegi	HUN	56.82 (23)	–
24 QR	535	Jalal Khan	PAK	55.56 (24)	–
25 QR	550	Reynaldo Oliver	PUR	52.40 (25)	–
26 QR	977	Brígido Iriarte	VEN	52.13 (26)	–
DNS	102	Pedro Apellániz	ESP	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	23 July 1952 — 10:00
Format	All those reaching 64.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance	2nd-Best Mark Distance
1	812	Toivo Hyytiäinen	FIN	71.29	–	Q
2	704	Per-Arne Berglund	SWE	71.28	–	Q
3	458	Viktor Tsybulenko	URS	69.42	–	Q
4	1027	Bud Held	USA	68.62	–	Q
5	703	Otto Bengtsson	SWE	67.58	–	Q
6	1029	Cy Young	USA	67.26	–	Q
7	748	Herbert Koschel	GER	67.22	–	Q
8	813	Soini Nikkinen	FIN	67.15	–	Q
9	336	Branko Dangubić	YUG	66.58	53.19	Q
10	705	Ragnar Ericzon	SWE	66.68	–	Q
11	208	Dick Miller	GBR	65.21	–	Q
12	10	Ricardo Héber	ARG	64.82	–	Q
13	1028	Bill Miller	USA	64.81	–	Q
14	258	Amos Matteucci	ITA	64.50	–	Q
15	814	Eino Leppänen	FIN	64.47	–	Q
16	457	Yury Shcherbakov	URS	64.39	–	Q
17	456	Vladimir Kuznetsov	URS	64.38	–	Q
18	579	Janusz Sidło	POL	62.16	–
19	207	Mike Denley	GBR	61.58	–
20	580	Zbigniew Radziwonowicz	POL	61.56	–		1
21	926	Halil Zıraman	TUR	61.19	–
22	384	Aristidis Roumpanis	GRE	60.55	–
23	953	József Várszegi	HUN	56.82	–
24	535	Jalal Khan	PAK	55.56	–
25	550	Reynaldo Oliver	PUR	52.40	–
26	977	Brígido Iriarte	VEN	52.13	–
DNS	102	Pedro Apellániz	ESP	–	–

Group A

Date	23 July 1952

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	9	Toivo Hyytiäinen	FIN	71.29	71.29	-	-
2	3	Per-Arne Berglund	SWE	71.28	71.28	-	-
3	8	Bud Held	USA	68.62	60.42	68.62	-
4	2	Otto Bengtsson	SWE	67.58	67.58	-	-
5	12	Herbert Koschel	GER	67.22	67.22	-	-
6	6	Ragnar Ericzon	SWE	66.68	66.68	-	-
7	4	Branko Dangubić	YUG	66.58	53.19	66.58	-
8	7	Ricardo Héber	ARG	64.82	60.41	64.82	-
9	14	Eino Leppänen	FIN	64.47	63.32	64.47	-
10	13	Vladimir Kuznetsov	URS	64.38	63.50	64.38	-
11	5	Mike Denley	GBR	61.58	x	55.15	61.58
12	11	Jalal Khan	PAK	55.56	53.34	51.00	55.56
13	10	Brígido Iriarte	VEN	52.13	52.13	52.10	47.84
DNS	1	Pedro Apellániz	ESP	–	–	–	–

Group B

Date	23 July 1952

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	12	Viktor Tsybulenko	URS	69.42	69.42	-	-
2	11	Cy Young	USA	67.26	58.52	67.26	-
3	4	Soini Nikkinen	FIN	67.15	67.15	-	-
4	2	Dick Miller	GBR	65.21	62.30	60.69	65.21
5	3	Bill Miller	USA	64.81	64.81	-	-
6	1	Amos Matteucci	ITA	64.50	62.19	64.50	-
7	8	Yury Shcherbakov	URS	64.39	59.79	64.39	-
8	9	Janusz Sidło	POL	62.16	59.52	62.16	59.33
9	6	Zbigniew Radziwonowicz	POL	61.56	x	61.56	56.74	2
10	13	Halil Zıraman	TUR	61.19	59.68	x	61.19
11	7	Aristidis Roumpanis	GRE	60.55	60.55	40.85	-
12	10	József Várszegi	HUN	56.82	54.18	56.59	56.82
13	5	Reynaldo Oliver	PUR	52.40	x	x	52.40

Final Round

Date	23 July 1952 — 16:00

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance	Round #4 Distance	Round #5 Distance	Round #6 Distance
1	10	Cy Young	USA	73.78	68.45	73.78	72.80	65.73	71.73	x	OR
2	12	Bill Miller	USA	72.46	72.46	71.65	63.95	65.41	66.97	70.45
3	5	Toivo Hyytiäinen	FIN	71.89	71.89	71.24	70.25	70.00	69.55	71.16
4	8	Viktor Tsybulenko	URS	71.72	71.72	70.44	66.48	71.37	66.49	x
5	2	Branko Dangubić	YUG	70.55	66.21	61.09	70.55	58.94	x	x
6	3	Vladimir Kuznetsov	URS	70.37	70.37	65.71	64.81	56.16	58.08	60.10
7	16	Ragnar Ericzon	SWE	69.04	69.04	64.55	68.02	–	–	–
8	9	Soini Nikkinen	FIN	68.80	68.80	64.08	61.58	–	–	–
9	4	Bud Held	USA	68.42	68.42	x	x	–	–	–
10	14	Per-Arne Berglund	SWE	67.47	58.93	67.47	64.13	–	–	–
11	15	Otto Bengtsson	SWE	65.50	65.50	63.92	64.58	–	–	–
12	13	Herbert Koschel	GER	64.54	x	64.54	64.06	–	–	–
13	17	Yury Shcherbakov	URS	64.52	64.52	60.09	60.79	–	–	–
14	11	Dick Miller	GBR	63.75	x	63.75	59.64	–	–	–
15	7	Ricardo Héber	ARG	62.82	60.43	62.70	62.82	–	–	–
16	6	Eino Leppänen	FIN	62.61	58.28	62.61	x	–	–	–
17	1	Amos Matteucci	ITA	61.67	59.75	61.67	61.38	–	–	–