1958 European Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw

Events at the 1958 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's javelin throw at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 23 and 24 August 1958.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Janusz Sidło  Poland
Silver	Egil Danielsen  Norway
Bronze	Gergely Kulcsár  Hungary

Results

Final

24 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Janusz Sidło	Poland	80.18	CR
	Egil Danielsen	Norway	78.27
	Gergely Kulcsár	Hungary	75.26
4	Michel Macquet	France	75.18
5	Väinö Kuisma	Finland	74.90
6	Vladimir Kuznetsov	Soviet Union	73.89
7	Hans Schenk	West Germany	73.43
8	Giovanni Lievore	Italy	73.38
9	Knut Fredriksson	Sweden	73.25
10	Zbigniew Radziwonowicz	Poland	71.20
11	Carlo Lievore	Italy	68.88
12	Willy Rasmussen	Norway	68.63
13	Charles Vallman	Soviet Union	67.26
14	Leif Hellgren	Sweden	62.37
15	Alec Syrowatsky	France	61.99

Qualification

23 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Knut Fredriksson	Sweden	73.90	Q
2	Janusz Sidło	Poland	73.41	Q
3	Hans Schenk	West Germany	72.70	Q
4	Väinö Kuisma	Finland	71.76	Q
5	Egil Danielsen	Norway	70.57	Q
6	Carlo Lievore	Italy	70.30	Q
7	Giovanni Lievore	Italy	70.22	Q
8	Gergely Kulcsár	Hungary	69.95	Q
9	Charles Vallman	Soviet Union	69.80	Q
10	Zbigniew Radziwonowicz	Poland	69.54	Q
11	Alec Syrowatsky	France	69.48	Q
12	Vladimir Kuznetsov	Soviet Union	68.54	Q
13	Michel Macquet	France	67.79	Q
14	Leif Hellgren	Sweden	67.40	Q
15	Willy Rasmussen	Norway	67.35	Q
16	Veikko Laine	Finland	66.58
17	Heiner Will	West Germany	65.36
18	Colin Smith	United Kingdom	65.35
19	Guy Van Zeune	Belgium	59.43

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

Belgium (1)  Finland (2)  France (2)

Hungary (1)  Italy (2)  Norway (2)

Poland (2)  Soviet Union (2)  Sweden (2)

United Kingdom (1)  West Germany (2)

References

1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 384–390, retrieved 13 August 2014