Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw


The men's hammer throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on July 31. The final was won by Imre Nemeth of Hungary.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record59.02 mStockholm, Sweden27 August 1938
Olympic record56.49 mBerlin, Germany3 August 1936

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time
DateTimeRound
Saturday, 31 July 194810:00Qualifications
Saturday, 31 July 194815:30Finals

Results

Qualifying Round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 49.00m or at least best 12 qualified.
RankNameNationalityResultNotes
1Imre Németh54.02
2Einar Söderqvist52.39
3Bo Ericson52.28
4Svend Aage Frederiksen51.35
5Robert Bennett51.13
6Teseo Taddia51.06
7Hans Houtzager50.91
8Ivan Gubijan50.44
9Henry Dreyer50.37
10Lauri Tamminen49.82
11Duncan Clark49.76
12Gin Gang-hwan49.49
13Samuel Felton49.20
14Reino Kuivamäki48.99
15Poul Cederquist48.16
16Ewan Douglas47.77
17Norman Drake47.75
18Pierre Legrain47.60
19Dan Coyle47.11
20Juan Fusé46.95
21Edmundo Zúñiga46.95
22Jaroslav Knotek42.46
23Nat Singh Somnath41.36
24Francisco González39.50

Final

RankAthleteNationality123456ResultNotes
Imre Németh53.5955.4454.9450.0556.0756.07
Ivan Gubijan54.2751.7654.2254.27
Robert Bennett52.5351.1152.0853.7351.2149.8153.73
4Samuel Felton53.66
5Lauri Tamminen53.08
6Bo Ericson52.98
7Teseo Taddia51.74
8Einar Söderqvist51.48
9Henry Dreyer51.37
10Svend Aage Frederiksen50.07
11Duncan Clark48.35
12Hans Houtzager45.69
13Gin Gang-hwan43.93