Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's javelin throw

Men's javelin throw at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Perry Lakes Stadium
Date	24 November 1962 (1962-11-24)
Competitors	12 from 6 nations
Winning distance	256 ft 3 in (78.11 m) GR
Medalists
Alf Mitchell   Australia   Colin Smith   England   Nick Birks   Australia

Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 yd		men		women
220 yd		men		women
440 yd		men
880 yd		men		women
1 mile		men
3 miles		men
6 miles		men
80 m hurdles				women
120 yd hurdles		men
440 yd hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×110 yd relay		men		women
4×440 yd relay		men
Road events
Marathon		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

The men's javelin throw at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Saturday 24 November 1962.

The event was won by Australian Alf Mitchell with a throw of 256 ft 3 in (78.11 m), breaking his personal best by over a foot. Mitchell won by 6 ¹⁄₂ in (17 cm) ahead of the defending champion, Englishmen Colin Smith and fellow countryman Nick Birks who won the bronze medal. Mitchell throw also set a new Games record, eclipsing the mark that Smith had set in Cardiff four years earlier. The previous distance of 233 ft 10 ¹⁄₂ in (71.29 m) was also bettered by Smith, Birks and Pakistan's Mohamad Nawaz who finished in fourth position.^[1]

Records

World record	Carlo Lievore (ITA)	284 ft 7 in (86.74 m)	Milan, Italy	1 June 1961	[2]
Games record	Colin Smith (ENG)	233 ft 10 1⁄2 in (71.29 m)	Cardiff, Wales	20 July 1958	[3]
Commonwealth record		'

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
01 !	Mitchell, AlfAlf Mitchell	Australia	256 ft 3 in (78.11 m)	GR
02 !	Smith, ColinColin Smith	England	255 ft 8 1⁄2 in (77.94 m)
03 !	Birks, NickNick Birks	Australia	246 ft 3 1⁄2 in (75.07 m)
04 !4	Nawaz, MohamadMohamad Nawaz	Pakistan	241 ft 8 in (73.66 m)
05 !5	Spiers, RegReg Spiers	Australia	228 ft 8 in (69.70 m)
06 !6	Liga, WilliamWilliam Liga	Fiji	211 ft 5 in (64.44 m)
07 !7	Miller, DickDick Miller	Northern Ireland	208 ft 5 1⁄2 in (63.54 m)
08 !8	Oe, IvahariaIvaharia Oe	Papua and New Guinea	200 ft 6 1⁄2 in (61.13 m)
09 !9	McSorley, JohnJohn McSorley	England	190 ft 2 1⁄2 in (57.98 m)
10	Hart, JosephJoseph Hart	Australia	189 ft 8 1⁄2 in (57.82 m)
11	Heriot, GeorgeGeorge Heriot	Papua and New Guinea	175 ft 11 1⁄2 in (53.63 m)
12	Hollingsworth, RoyRoy Hollingsworth	England	0	DNS

References