Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's hammer throw

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The men's hammer throw was one of six throwing events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London.

[edit] Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
John Jesus Flanagan United States of America	Matthew McGrath United States of America	Con Walsh United States of America

[edit] Results

Place	Name	Nation	Distance
1	John Jesus Flanagan	United States of America	51.92 metres
2	Matthew McGrath	United States of America	51.18 metres
3	Con Walsh	United States of America	48.51 metres
4	Thomas Nicolson	Great Britain	48.09 metres
5	Leander Talbott	United States of America	47.86 metres
6	Marquis Horr	United States of America	46.94 metres
7	Simon Gillis	United States of America	45.59 metres
8	Eric Lemming	Sweden	43.06 metres
9	Alan Fyffe	Great Britain	37.35 metres
10-19	Harald Agger	Denmark	Unknown
	Mudin István	Hungary	Unknown
	Henry Leeke	Great Britain	Unknown
	Robert Lindsay-Watson	Great Britain	Unknown
	Ernest May	Great Britain	Unknown
	John Murray	Great Britain	Unknown
	Carl Olsson	Sweden	Unknown
	Benjamin Sherman	United States of America	Unknown
	Ludwig Uettwiller	Germany	Unknown
	Julius Wagner	Switzerland	Unknown

[edit] Sources

• Official Report of the Games of the IV Olympiad (1908).
• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1908". Accessed 7 April 2006. Available electronically at [1].

The 1908 Summer Olympics in London

Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics

100 m | 200 m | 400 m | 800 m | 1500 m | 110 m hurdles | 400 m hurdles | 3200 m steeplechase | medley relay | 3 mile team race | 5 miles | marathon | 3500 m walk | 10 mile walk high jump | long jump | triple jump | pole vault | standing high jump | standing long jump shot put | discus | hammer | javelin | Greek discus | freestyle javelin