Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw
Men's hammer throw at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | |||||||
Dates | July 31 (qualifying and final) | ||||||
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Medalists | |||||||
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Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics ![]() | ||||
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Track events | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
400 m | men | |||
800 m | men | |||
1500 m | men | |||
5000 m | men | |||
10,000 m | men | |||
80 m hurdles | women | |||
110 m hurdles | men | |||
400 m hurdles | men | |||
3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
4×400 m relay | men | |||
Road events | ||||
Marathon | men | |||
10 km walk | men | |||
50 km walk | men | |||
Field events | ||||
Long jump | men | women | ||
Triple jump | men | |||
High jump | men | women | ||
Pole vault | men | |||
Shot put | men | women | ||
Discus throw | men | women | ||
Javelin throw | men | women | ||
Hammer throw | men | |||
Combined events | ||||
Decathlon | men |
The men's hammer throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on July 31. The final was won by Hungarian Imre Nemeth.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() |
59.02 m | Stockholm, Sweden | 27 August 1938 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
56.49 m | Berlin, Germany | 3 August 1936 |
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Date | Time | Round |
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Saturday, 31 July 1948 | 10:00 | Qualifications |
Saturday, 31 July 1948 | 15:30 | Finals |
Results
Qualifying Round
Qual. rule: qualification standard 49.00m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
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1 | Imre Németh | ![]() | 54.02 | Q |
2 | Einar Söderqvist | ![]() | 52.39 | Q |
3 | Bo Ericson | ![]() | 52.28 | Q |
4 | Svend Aage Frederiksen | ![]() | 51.35 | Q |
5 | Robert Bennett | ![]() | 51.13 | Q |
6 | Teseo Taddia | ![]() | 51.06 | Q |
7 | Hans Houtzager | ![]() | 50.91 | Q |
8 | Ivan Gubijan | ![]() | 50.44 | Q |
9 | Henry Dreyer | ![]() | 50.37 | Q |
10 | Lauri Tamminen | ![]() | 49.82 | Q |
11 | Duncan Clark | ![]() | 49.76 | Q |
12 | Ging Gang-hwan | ![]() | 49.49 | Q |
13 | Sam Felton | ![]() | 49.20 | Q |
14 | Reino Kuivamäki | ![]() | 48.99 | |
15 | Poul Cederquist | ![]() | 48.16 | |
16 | Ewan Douglas | ![]() | 47.77 | |
17 | Norman Drake | ![]() | 47.75 | |
18 | Pierre Legrain | ![]() | 47.60 | |
19 | Dan Coyle | ![]() | 47.11 | |
20 | Juan Fusé | ![]() | 46.95 | |
21 | Edmundo Zúñiga | ![]() | 46.95 | |
22 | Jaroslav Knotek | ![]() | 42.46 | |
23 | Nat Singh Somnath | ![]() | 41.36 | |
24 | Francisco González | ![]() | 39.50 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
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![]() | Imre Németh | ![]() |
53.59 | 55.44 | 54.94 | 50.05 | x | 56.07 | 56.07 | |
![]() | Ivan Gubijan | ![]() |
x | x | 54.27 | 51.76 | 54.22 | x | 54.27 | |
![]() | Robert Bennett | ![]() |
52.53 | 51.11 | 52.08 | 53.73 | 51.21 | 49.81 | 53.73 | |
4 | Sam Felton | ![]() |
53.66 | |||||||
5 | Lauri Tamminen | ![]() |
53.08 | |||||||
6 | Bo Ericson | ![]() |
52.98 | |||||||
7 | Teseo Taddia | ![]() |
51.74 | |||||||
8 | Einar Söderqvist | ![]() |
51.48 | |||||||
9 | Henry Dreyer | ![]() |
51.37 | |||||||
10 | Svend Aage Frederiksen | ![]() |
50.07 | |||||||
11 | Duncan Clark | ![]() |
48.35 | |||||||
12 | Hans Houtzager | ![]() |
45.69 | |||||||
13 | Gin Gang-hwan | ![]() |
43.93 |
External links
- 1948 Summer Olympics results: Men's hammer throw, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-07-16.
- Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
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