Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw
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 Imre Nemeth of Hungary.[1]
Men's hammer throw at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Dates | July 31 (qualifying and final) | |||||||||
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 | |
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 | Gin Gang-hwan | 49.49 | Q | |
13 | Samuel 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 | Samuel 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 |
References
- "Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Hammer Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
External links
- 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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