Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw
The men's javelin throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 6, 1936. The final was won by Gerhard Stöck of Germany.Results
Qualifying
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | József Várszegi | | 58.5 | 69.7 | | 69.7 | |
| 2 | Yrjo Nikkanen | | 59.6 | 67.0 | | 67.0 | |
| 3 | Matti Järvinen | | 66.0 | | | 66.0 | |
| 4 | Eugeniusz Lokajski | | 65.5 | | | 65.5 | |
| 5 | Kalervo Toivonen | | 59.0 | 64.9 | | 64.9 | |
| 5 | Gustav Sule | | 64.9 | | | 64.9 | |
| 7 | Lennart Atterwall | | 64.4 | | | 64.4 | |
| 8 | Gerhard Stöck | | 63.5 | | | 63.5 | |
| 9 | Gottfried Weimann | | 63.2 | | | 63.2 | |
| 10 | Walter Turczyk | | 59.0 | foul | 63.1 | 63.1 | |
| 11 | Oto Jurģis | | 58.0 | 59.8 | 61.9 | 61.9 | |
| 12 | Jaap van der Poll | | 58.0 | 61.7 | | 61.7 | |
| 13 | Alton Terry | | 61.5 | | | 61.5 | |
| 14 | Lee Bartlett | | 60.8 | | | 60.8 | |
| 15 | Jim Courtright | | foul | 60.3 | | 60.3 | |
| 15 | Friedrich Gerdes | | foul | 60.3 | | 60.3 | |
| 17 | Malcolm Metcalf | | 60.2 | | | 60.2 | |
| 18 | Ibrahim Okasha | | 50.0 | foul | 58.0 | 58.0 | |
| 19 | Konstantinos Metaxas | | 50.0 | 56.0 | 56.0 | 56.0 | |
| 20 | Noboru Ueno | | 54.0 | 55.0 | 48.0 | 55.0 | |
| 20 | Rudolf Markušić | | 50.0 | 55.0 | 50.0 | 55.0 | |
| 22 | Josef Neumann | | 52.0 | 50.0 | 47.0 | 52.0 | |
| 22 | Kristján Vattnes | | 46.0 | 52.0 | 45.0 | 52.0 | |
| 22 | Napoleon Papageorgiou | | 50.0 | 52.0 | 52.0 | 52.0 | |
| 25 | Josef Klein | | 50.0 | foul | 50.0 | 50.0 | |
| 26 | Hoh Chunde | | 48.0 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 48.0 | |
| 26 | Pavol Mal'a | | foul | 48.0 | 48.0 | 48.0 | |
| 28 | Elias Gutiérrez | | 31.1 | 35.0 | foul | 35.0 | |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
| Gerhard Stöck | | | 68.11 | 65.50 | 66.00 | 71.84 | 65.00 | 71.84 | |
| Yrjo Nikkanen | | | 70.77 | | 62.00 | 62.00 | 63.00 | 70.77 | |
| Kalervo Toivonen | | 62.00 | 67.00 | 68.76 | | 70.72 | | 70.72 | |
| 4 | Lennart Atterwall | | 67.15 | 69.20 | | 65.00 | 61.00 | 62.00 | 69.20 | |
| 5 | Matti Järvinen | | 68.30 | 69.18 | | 64.00 | | 66.00 | 69.18 | |
| 6 | Alton Terry | | 67.10 | 67.15 | | 64.00 | 65.00 | 62.00 | 67.15 | |
| 7 | Eugeniusz Lokajski | | | | | | | | 66.39 | |
| 8 | József Várszegi | | | | | | | | 65.30 | |
| 9 | Gottfried Weimann | | | | | | | | 63.58 | |
| 10 | Walter Turczyk | | | | | | | | 63.36 | |
| 11 | Gustav Sule | | | | | | | | 63.26 | |
| 12 | Lee Bartlett | | | | | | | | 61.15 | |
| 13 | Oto Jurģis | | | | | | | | 60.71 | |
| 14 | Jim Courtright | | | | | | | | 60.54 | |
| 15 | Malcolm Metcalf | | | | | | | | 58.20 | |
| 16 | Jaap van der Poll | | | | | | | | 56.25 | |
| 17 | Friedrich Gerdes | | | | | | | | 55.93 | |
