| Final | Distance | 1. | 2. | 3. | Rk. | 4. | 5. | 6. | | 1. Armas Taipale |  Finland | 45.21m OR | 36.94 | 43.91 OR | - | 1. | 44.34 OR | - | 45.21 OR | | 2. Richard Byrd |  United States | 41.09m | 37.48 | 42.32 | - | 2. | 41.09 | - | - | | 3. James Duncan | United States | 41.33m | 41.61 | 42.28 | - | 3. | 41.33 | - | - | | 4. Elmer Niklander | Finland | 42.09m | 42.09 OR | - | - | 4. | | 5. Hans Tronner |  Austria | 41.24m | 39.97 | - | 41.24 | 5. | | 6. Arlie Mucks | United States | 40.93m | 40.54 | 40.93 | - | 6. | | 7. George Philbrook | United States | 40.92m | 38.14 | 38.55 | 40.92 | 7. | | 8. Emil Magnusson |  Sweden | 39.91m | 39.91 | - | - | 8. | | 9. Rezsõ šjlaki |  Hungary | 39.82m | 39.82 | - | - | 9. | | 10.Einar Nilsson | Sweden | 39.69m | 37.26 | 38.77 | 39.69 | 10. | | 11.Ralph Rose | United States | 39.65m | 37.24 | 38.82 | 39.65 | 11. | | 12.Emil Muller | United States | 39.35m | 37.91 | 38.69 | 39.35 | 12. | | 13.Michalis Dorizas |  Greece | 39.28m | - | 39.28 | - | 13. | | 14.Duncan Gillis |  Canada | 39.01m | 39.01 | - | - | 14. | | 15.Verner Järvinen | Finland | 38.60m | 34.15 | 38.60 | - | 15. | | 16.Josef Waitzer |  Germany | 38.44m | 38.44 | - | - | 16. | | 17.František Janda-Suk |  Bohemia | 38.31m | 32.41 | 36.83 | 38.31 | 17. | | 18.Aurelio Lenzi |  Italy | 38.19m | 35.58 | 38.19 | - | 18. | | 19.Károly Kobulszky | Hungary | 38.15m | 37.81 | 38.15 | - | 19. | | 20.Lawrence Whitney | United States | 37.91m | 34.87 | 37.91 | - | 20. | | 21.György Luntzer | Hungary | 37.88m | 37.88 | - | - | 21. | | 22.Avery Brundage | United States | 37.85m | 37.48 | 37.85 | - | 22. | | 23.Gunnar Nilsson | Sweden | 37.44m | - | 37.44 | - | 23. | | 24.Emil Welz |  Germany | 37.24m | 36.16 | 37.24 | - | 24. | | 25.Samu Fóti | Hungary | 36.37m | 35.51 | - | 36.37 | 25. | | 26.Gunnar Bolander | Sweden | 36.22m | - | 36.22 | - | 26. | | 27.Carl Lind | Sweden | 36.07m | - | 35.04 | 36.07 | 27. | | 28.Folke Fleetwood | Sweden | 35.06m | 32.09 | 32.89 | 35.06 | 28. | | 29.Josef Schäffer | Austria | 34.87m | - | 34.87 | - | 29. | | 30.André Tison |  France | 34.73m | 34.73 | - | - | 30. | | 31.Marcel Pelletier |  Luxembourg | 33.73m | 33.73 | - | - | 31. | | 32.Walter Henderson |  Great Britain | 33.61m | - | 33.61 | - | 32. | | 33.Mór Kóczán | Hungary | 33.30m | 33.30 | - | - | 33. | | 34.Mgirdiç Migiryan |  Turkey | 32.98m | - | - | 32.98 | 34. | | 35.Nikolay Neklepayev |  Russia | 32.59m | 32.59 | - | - | 35. | | 36.Charles Lagarde | France | 32.35m | 30.76 | - | 32.35 | 36. | | 37.Henning Möller | Sweden | 32.23m | - | 32.23 | - | 37. | | 38.Miroslav Šustera | Bohemia | 31.83m | 31.83 | - | - | 38. | | 39.Ēriks Vanags | Russia | 31.34m | - | 31.34 | - | 39. | | 40.Otto Nilsson | Sweden | 31.07m | 31.07 | - | - | 40. | | 41.Paul Willführ | Germany | NM | - | - | - | 41. |
| World Record: 47.58m James Duncan, United States New York, United States May 27, 1912 | | Olympic Record: 40.89m Martin Sheridan, United States London, Great Britain July 16, 1908 |
No fewer than seven throwers beat the old Olympic record of 40.89 metres, beginning with Duncan and Niklander's first throws.
Niklander's was the best of the round. The second throw resulted in Mucks joining those who beat the old record, while Taipale, Byrd, and Duncan beat even the new one,
with Taipale's 43.91 metres setting a mark no other thrower would reach. Philbrook and Tronner beat the old record in the third throw,
but neither was able to break into the top three. Niklander, after his first throw, was unable to make another legal mark and fell to fourth, where he finished.In the final,
Byrd and Duncan were unable to improve upon their previous marks, throwing shorter in their first throws and scratching in their second and third throws each. Taipale, on
the other hand, regardless of the safety of his lead, threw even further in his first and then his third throw, finishing at 45.21 metres, nearly 3 metres ahead of Byrd.
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| | | Venue: Stockholm Olympic Stadion 20,000. | | 41 competitors from 15 nations. |
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