Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw


The men's hammer throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 3, 1936. The final was won by Karl Hein of Germany.

Results

Qualifying

AthleteNationalityResultNotes
Karl HeinQ
Erwin BlaskQ
Fred WarngårdQ
Gustaf Alfons KoutonenQ
William RoweQ
Donald FavorQ
Bernhard GreulichQ
Koit AnnamaaQ
Henry DreyerQ
Sulo HeinoQ
Ville PörhöläQ
Gunnar JanssonQ
Isao AbeQ
Evert LinnéQ
Giovanni CantagalliQ
Joseph WirtzQ
Anton BarticevicQ
Assis Naban
Christos Dimitropoulos
Eiichiro Matsuno
Emil Janausch
Jaroslav Eliáš
Jaroslav Knotek
Hans Houtzager
Milan Stepišnik
Norman Drake
Pedro Goić

Final

RankAthleteNationality123456ResultNotes
Karl Hein52.1352.4454.7054.8556.4956.49OR
Erwin Blask52.5555.0454.1054.4855.04
Fred Warngård52.0552.9854.0354.8353.3050.6154.83
4Gustaf Alfons Koutonen50.0151.9049.1149.9151.90
5William Rowe51.5351.0449.2950.3251.6651.66
6Donald Favor50.7850.0251.0148.4850.3347.7151.01
7Bernhard Greulich50.1950.6150.61
8Koit Annamaa48.7749.5450.4650.46
9Henry Dreyer49.8150.4250.42
10Sulo Heino49.9347.1548.3049.93
11Ville Pörhölä45.3549.8949.89
12Gunnar Jansson49.2148.4949.2849.28
13Isao Abe47.4041.8349.0149.01
14Evert Linné47.2547.6147.61
15Giovanni Cantagalli45.2147.4245.0847.42
16Joseph Wirtz44.8245.6945.69
17Anton Barticevic43.0245.2345.23

Key: OR = Olympic record