Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

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Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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The men's hammer throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Monday, July 30, 1928.

Sixteen hammer throwers from eleven nations competed.

[edit] Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Pat O'Callaghan Ireland (IRL)	Ossian Skiöld Sweden (SWE)	Edmund Black United States (USA)

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 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

The best six throwers, both groups counted together, qualified for the final. The throwing order and the throwing series are not available.

Group 1

Place	Athlete	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1	Edmund Black (USA)	49.03	2	Q
2	Armando Poggioli (ITA)	46.96	5	Q
3	Frank Connor (USA)	46.75	6	Q
4	Federico Kleger (ARG)	46.61	7
5	Ricardo Bayer (CHI)	46.34	8
6	Henk Kamerbeek (NED)	46.02	10
7	Carl Johan Lind (SWE)	44.46	14
8	Harald Stenerud (NOR)	41.06	16

Group 2

Place	Athlete	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1	Ossian Skiöld (SWE)	51.29	1	Q
2	Pat O'Callaghan (IRL)	47.49	3	Q
3	Don Gwinn (USA)	47.15	4	Q
4	Erik Eriksson (FIN)	46.22	9
5	Malcolm Nokes (GBR)	45.37	11
6	Kenneth Caskey (USA)	44.80	12
7	Camillo Zemi (ITA)	44.47	13
8	Yoshio Okita (JPN)	44.41	15

The final was held on the same day.

Place	Athlete	Qual. Width	Final Width	Distance
1	Pat O'Callaghan (IRL)	47.49	51.39	51.39
2	Ossian Skiöld (SWE)	51.29		51.29
3	Edmund Black (USA)	49.03		49.03
4	Armando Poggioli (ITA)	46.96	48.37	48.37
5	Don Gwinn (USA)	47.15		47.15
6	Frank Connor (USA)	46.75		46.75