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

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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 Jesus Flanagan.

[edit] Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's hammer throw United States Matt McGrath
United States (USA)		 Canada Duncan Gillis
Canada (CAN)		 United States Clarence Childs
United States (USA)

[edit] 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, and McGrath himself could not reach the three-time champion's world record of 56.18 metres.

Place Athlete Preliminary Final Best mark
1 2 3 Rank 4 5 6
Image:Med 1.png United States Matt McGrath (USA) 54.13
OR		 — — 1st 52.83 53.90 54.74
OR		 54.74
Image:Med 2.png Canada Duncan Gillis (CAN) 46.17 — 48.39 2nd — 47.24 — 48.39
Image:Med 3.png United States Clarence Childs (USA) 48.17 — — 3rd — — — 48.17
4 Sweden Carl Olsson (SWE) 39.56 46.50 — 4th 46.50
5 Sweden Carl Lind (SWE) 45.06 — 45.61 5th 45.61
6 Great Britain Denis Carey (GBR) 38.99 43.78 — 6th 43.78
7 Sweden Nils Linde (SWE) 43.32 — — 7th 43.32
8 Sweden Carl Jahnzon (SWE) 39.18 42.58 — 8th 42.58
United States Ralph Rose (USA) — 40.80 42.58 8th 42.58
10 Sweden Arvid Åberg (SWE) — — 41.11 10th 41.11
11 Sweden Gunnar Johnson (SWE) 38.66 39.92 — 11th 39.92
12 United States Benjamin Sherman (USA) 38.71 — 38.77 12th 38.77
13 Sweden Wiktor Hackberg (SWE) — — 38.44 13th 38.44
14 United States Simon Gillis (USA) — 14th None

[edit] References

  • Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). in Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.).: The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. 
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich. Retrieved on 5 January 2007. (Polish)
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