I just tried to do javelin toss in the summer games, but nothing seems to work. From way back when I still played this game on DOS it was to hold spacebar and let it go when you reached desired throwing angle. Now whatever I do the angle always goes to the max.
Anyone encountered this?
Any solutions?

same

I have the same issue. It works when walking slowly though. It's a bit weird.

Hopefully someone will find a solution.

Same, what I have found out so far:

I have tried some sports - enter key behaves correctly, spacebar behaved oddly - for pole vault and javelin throw I press it once and the game interprets as if I don't let go of it. For high jump or kayaking it pretty much never registers the press.

What is interesting - if I don't mash Enter key and only hit it once, it allows me in high jump to press it and in javelin throw to press it as long as I want.

Yes, same here. I'm very disappointed.

Same problem. It's almost impossible to play that game this way.

I have the same situation. I have mechanical keyboard, maybe this is problem? Someone solve this problem?

It seems the issue is coming from how fast you run, I've tested 30 odd attempts at javelin, some successful, some not. I noticed that anytime I was running 18km/h or more at the the final approach, it acted as though I never let go. At less than 17km/h, it always worked as intended.

I tested it with my controller and it has the same problem. So it's not just the keyboard. Has anyone found a solution yet? I can't find anything.

I contacted support and with some back and forth messages spanning days, I tried everything I could think of. From uninstalling programs, disconnecting and removal of drivers of all controllers on my system, different install locations, different permissions, adding to firewall, installed in safe mode and clean boot mode, created a Windows 10 Virtual Machine to install to make sure nothing was affecting the games install, I tried a different keyboard, unplugging the keyboard and plugging back in after the game loaded, dropping the summers exe directly on to the dosbox exe, windowed, full screen, different resolutions, different refresh rates, replacing my config files with the config files the gog support representative provided me, and a few more different things that didn't work. I also installed on laptop we have but that also had the issue.

It's a very weird issue, support was unable to recreate the issue when they tried, and on a handful of times when I reinstalled the game (like 4 in a total of many many many more) I was able to have the game work as intended upon first load, but as soon as I close the game and load it back up again, the issue is back. And each time it worked, it seemed random.

In the end we couldn't find the resolution but they was going to forward all the information on to the QA team, so I'm hoping they can replicate the issue and find a fix.

It would be nice if they could jump in this thread though to let us know they are looking into it.

dude I have tried all of this as well.. even changed the keyboard itself.. nothing seems to work.. the worst part is nobody knows what's causing this.. if anybody here knows how to fix this, please post here.

Still nothing? Look, I bought it for 1,5 euros so I'm fine but still. Don't we as customers deserve WORKING CONTROLS??? I'd expect to be able to play the game at least. 30 years old game that worked just fine during Its time.

I've just installed it and I noticed this. Barely playable...

I'd recommend everyone contact support as it's clearly not being looked at or worked on.

Can you please tell me what kind of system are you using?