1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

A competitor has the right to use his own poles. These may have bindingsround them, but no further support for the hands is allowed.A wooden bar shall be used for the cross-piece. All measurements shall bemade perpendicularly from the ground to the upper side of the bar where it islowest.Throwing.I. GENERAL RULES.a) Only implements provided by the Swedish Olympic Committee shall be usedin the throwing competitions.b) Each competitor shall be allowed three throws, and the best three shall throwagain three times (with either hand, according to the class of competition); thefarthest throw of the six throws (with the right and the left hand) shall decidethe order between the three. In the case of a tie, another, deciding throw mustbe made. (In competitions with the right and the left hand, such additional throwsshall be made with both hands.) The result of the additional throwing shall determinethe position only of those who have thrown again.c) A throw is counted as a trial, but without being measured, when the competitortouches the ground outside the outer part of the throwing circle, withany part of his body before the throw has been marked by the proper official,or if the competitor passes over the taking-off limit with any part of his body.(By the taking-off limit is meant the inner edge of the marked scratch-line.)II. SPECIAL RULES.Javelin Throwing.The javelin shall be of wood with a sharp iron point. It shall be 800 grammes(1.6 lbs.) in weight, and 2.6 metres (8.5 feet) in length.About the centre of gravity of the javelin there shall be a binding 16 cm. (6.3inches) broad. No thongs or notches, nor any other hold than the above mentionedbinding shall be permitted on the javelin or the hand, and the javelin shallbe gripped round the binding with the whole hand.The throw shall take place from behind a scratch line consisting of a woodenbar of at least 10 cm. (3,9 inches) in width and c:a 3 cm. (1,18 inch) in thickness,securely fastened to the ground. The run is unlimited in length.The throw must be executed with the hand gripping round the binding, andno other method of holding is permitted.No throw shall be scored from, in which the point of the javelin does notstrike the ground before any part of the shaft does.The throw shall be measured at right angles from the spot at which the point ofthe javelin struck the ground first, to the scratch-line, or to the scratch-line produced.In the competition in throwing the javelin with both right and left hand, theright-hand throw shall be made first.The competitors shall be divided into groups of 15 men each.No trial throw shall be allowed.As “past the line” shall be reckoned when a competitor, touches the groundin front of the scratch line with any part of his body, before the throw has beenmarked; but a fault is also committed if a competitor steps on the outer edge ofthe scratch line, or if, the competitor touches the outer edge of the scratch linewith his fingers or hands, etc., after the cast has been made.As soon as a throw is completed, the orderly (“ordningsman”) shall warn thenext competitor to be ready when the judge calls his name. If the competitor isnot present when the judge calls his name in the order in which it stands on theprogramme, his name shall be once more called by the judge. Should the competitornot present himself at this second call, he has lost his right to take partin that turn.64 Fifth Olympiad. 1009