Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
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
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. The qualifying round and the final both were held on Saturday November 24, 1956.

Final classification

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	DISTANCE
	Harold Connolly (USA)	63.19 m
	Mikhail Krivonosov (URS)	63.03 m
	Anatoli Samotsvetov (URS)	62.56 m
4.	Al Hall (USA)	61.96 m
5.	Jozsef Csermak (HUN)	60.70 m
6.	Krešimir Račić (YUG)	60.36 m
7.	Dmitry Egorov (URS)	60.22 m
8.	Sverre Strandli (NOR)	59.21 m
9.	Peter Allday (GBR)	58.00 m
10.	Alfons Niklas (POL)	57.70 m
11.	Muhamad Iqbal (PAK)	56.97 m
12.	Donald Anthony (GBR)	56.72 m
13.	Guy Husson (FRA)	55.02 m
14.	Tadeusz Rut (POL)	53.43 m
—	Birger Asplund (SWE)	DNQ
—	Charles Morris (AUS)	DNQ
—	Alejandro Díaz (CHI)	DNQ
—	Martin Crowe (AUS)	DNQ
—	Fumio Kamamoto (JPN)	DNQ
—	Song Kyo-Sik (KOR)	DNQ
—	Neville Gadsen (AUS)	DNQ
—	Yoshio Kojima (JPN)	DNQ

References

• Official Report
• Results