1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

Events at the
1962 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
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
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men
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The men's hammer throw at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Beograd, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 15 and 16 September 1962.[1]

Medalists

Gold Gyula Zsivótzky
 Hungary
Silver Aleksey Baltovskiy
 Soviet Union
Bronze Yuriy Bakarinov
 Soviet Union

Results

Final

16 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st Gyula Zsivótzky  Hungary 69.64 AR
2nd Aleksey Baltovskiy  Soviet Union 66.93
3rd Yuriy Bakarinov  Soviet Union 66.57
4 Heinrich Thun  Austria 65.23
5 Olgierd Ciepły  Poland 64.34
6 Vasiliy Rudenkov  Soviet Union 63.94
7 Josef Matoušek  Czechoslovakia 63.52
8 Tadeusz Rut  Poland 62.95
9 Hans Fahsl  West Germany 62.30
10 Manfred Losch  East Germany 62.09
11 Sándor Eckschmiedt  Hungary 60.64
12 Martin Lotz  East Germany 58.84

Qualification

15 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Gyula Zsivótzky  Hungary 66.17 CR Q
2 Yuriy Bakarinov  Soviet Union 64.49 Q
3 Sándor Eckschmiedt  Hungary 63.35 Q
4 Heinrich Thun  Austria 63.02 Q
5 Aleksey Baltovskiy  Soviet Union 62.92 Q
6 Martin Lotz  East Germany 62.39 Q
7 Vasiliy Rudenkov  Soviet Union 62.34 Q
8 Josef Matoušek  Czechoslovakia 62.34 Q
9 Olgierd Ciepły  Poland 62.27 Q
10 Manfred Losch  East Germany 62.24 Q
11 Hans Fahsl  West Germany 62.10 Q
12 Tadeusz Rut  Poland 61.94 Q
13 Sverre Strandli  Norway 61.78
14 Kalevi Horppu  Finland 60.99
15 Vasil Krumov  Bulgaria 60.71
16 Birger Asplund  Sweden 60.15
17 Zvonko Bezjak  Yugoslavia 59.79
18 Rajmund Niwiński  Poland 59.53
19 Josef Málek  Czechoslovakia 59.15
20 Hansruedi Jost  Switzerland 57.95

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

References