Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

The men's hammer throw was a track and field athletics event held as part of the athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event, which had been won all three previous times by John Flanagan. The competition was held on Sunday, July 14, 1912. Fourteen hammer throwers from four nations competed.[1]

Men's hammer throw
at the Games of the V Olympiad
McGrath on the way to win the gold medal.
VenueStockholm Olympic Stadium
DateJuly 14
Competitors14 from 4 nations
Medalists
Matt McGrath  United States
Duncan Gillis  Canada
Clarence Childs  United States
Athletics at the
1912 Summer Olympics
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Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.

World Record 57.10(*) Matt McGrath New York (USA) October 29, 1911
Olympic Record 51.92 John Flanagan London (GBR) July 14, 1908

(*) unofficial

Matt McGrath set a new Olympic record in the qualification with 54.13 metres and improved his record in the final with 54.74 metres.

Results

Flanagan, who had won all three prior editions of the Olympic hammer throw and held the Olympic record of 51.92 metres, had retired since the 1908 Olympic Games. McGrath took the gold medal, besting Flanagan's Olympic record with all four of his legal marks. No other thrower beat Flanagan's Olympic mark.

PlaceAthletePreliminaryFinalBest mark
123Rank456
1 Matt McGrath (USA) 54.13 OR——1st52.8353.9054.74 OR54.74
2 Duncan Gillis (CAN) 46.17—48.392nd—47.24—48.39
3 Clarence Childs (USA) 48.17——3rd———48.17
4 Robert Olsson (SWE) 39.5646.50—4th46.50
5 Carl Johan Lind (SWE) 45.06—45.615th45.61
6 Denis Carey (GBR) 38.9943.78—6th43.78
7 Nils Linde (SWE) 43.32——7th43.32
8 Carl Jahnzon (SWE) 39.1842.58—8th42.58
 Ralph Rose (USA) —40.8042.588th42.58
10 Arvid Åberg (SWE) ——41.1110th41.11
11 Gunnar Johnson (SWE) 38.6639.92—11th39.92
12 Benjamin Sherman (USA) 38.71—38.7712th38.77
13 Viktor Hackberg (SWE) ——38.4413th38.44
14 Simon Gillis (USA) —14thNone

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Hammer Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2018.

Sources
  • Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 5 January 2007.
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