Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

Men's hammer throw
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue Olympisch Stadion
Date August 18
Competitors 12 from 5 nations
Medalists
    United States
    Sweden
    United States
«1912 1924»
Athletics at the
1920 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men
200 m men
400 m men
800 m men
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m steeplechase men
4×100 m relay men
4×400 m relay men
3000 m team race men
3 km walk men
10 km walk men
Road events
Marathon men
Field events
Long jump men
Triple jump men
High jump men
Pole vault men
Shot put men
Discus throw men
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men
56 lb weight throw men
Combined events
Pentathlon men
Decathlon men
Cross-country events
Individual men
Team men

The men's hammer throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Wednesday, August 18, 1920. 12 throwers from 5 nations competed; four from Sweden, four from the United States, two from Canada, one from Great Britain, and one from Finland.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.

World Record 57.77 Patrick Ryan New York (USA) August 17, 1913
Olympic Record 54.74 Matt McGrath Stockholm (SWE) July 14, 1912

Results

The best six hammer throwers qualified for the final.

Place Athlete Qual. Final
Distance Rank
1  Patrick Ryan (USA) 52.875 1 52.875
2  Carl Johan Lind (SWE) 48.00 3 48.43
3  Basil Bennett (USA) 48.25 2 48.25
4  Malcolm Svensson (SWE) 47.29 4 47.29
5  Matt McGrath (USA) 46.67 5 46.67
6  Tom Nicolson (GBR) 45.70 6 45.70
7  Nils Linde (SWE) 44.885
8  James McEachern (USA) 44.70
9  Archie McDiarmid (CAN) 44.66
10  Robert Olsson (SWE) 44.19
11  Johan Pettersson (FIN) 41.76
 John Cameron (CAN) 0.00

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