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

Men's hammer throw at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	July 30
Competitors	16 from 11 nations
Winning distance	51.39 m
Medalists
Pat O'Callaghan  Ireland Ossian Skiöld  Sweden Edmund Black  United States

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.

Records

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

Results

The best six throwers qualified for the final. The throwing order and the throwing series are not available. The final was held on the same day.

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Qual.	Final
	Pat O'Callaghan	Ireland	47.49	51.39
	Ossian Skiöld	Sweden	51.29	51.29
	Edmund Black	United States	49.03	49.03
4	Armando Poggioli	Italy	46.96	48.37
5	Donald Gwinn	United States	47.15	47.15
6	Frank Conner	United States	46.75	46.75
7	Federico Kleger	Argentina	46.61	Did not advance
8	Ricardo Bayer	Chile	46.34	Did not advance
9	Erik Eriksson	Finland	46.22	Did not advance
10	Henk Kamerbeek	Netherlands	46.02	Did not advance
11	Malcolm Nokes	Great Britain	45.37	Did not advance
12	Kenneth Caskey	United States	44.80	Did not advance
13	Camillo Zemi	Italy	44.47	Did not advance
14	Carl Johan Lind	Sweden	44.46	Did not advance
15	Yoshio Okita	Japan	44.41	Did not advance
16	Harald Stenerud	Norway	41.06	Did not advance

External links

• Olympic Report
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 13 December 2008.