Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

Men's hammer throw at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Dates	July 24
Medalists
József Csermák  Hungary Karl Storch  Germany Imre Németh  Hungary

The Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place on 24 July at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.

Medalists

Gold	József Csermák (HUN)
Silver	Karl Storch (GER)
Bronze	Imre Németh (HUN)

Records

Standing records prior to the 1952 Summer Olympics
World Record	Imre Németh (HUN)	59.88 m	May 19, 1950	Budapest, Hungary
Olympic Record	Karl Hein (GER)	56.49 m	August 3, 1936	Berlin, Germany

The following Olympic and world records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Athlete	Distance	OR	WR
24 July	Final	József Csermák (HUN)	60.34 m	OR	WR

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 49.00 advance to the Final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	A	József Csermák	Hungary	57.20	OR
2	A	Karl Storch	Germany	55.35
3	B	Sverre Strandli	Norway	54.96
4	A	Ivan Gubijan	Yugoslavia	54.76
5	A	Karl Wolf	Germany	53.86
6	B	Teseo Taddia	Italy	53.85
7	A	Miloš Máca	Czechoslovakia	53.72
8	B	Heorhiy Dybenko	Soviet Union	53.70
9	A	Jiří Dadák	Czechoslovakia	53.66
10	A	Imre Németh	Hungary	53.59
11	B	Mykola Redkin	Soviet Union	53.58
12	A	Oiva Halmetoja	Finland	52.55
13	B	Mikhail Krivonosov	Soviet Union	51.15
14	B	Constantin Dumitru	Romania	50.92
15	A	Sam Felton	United States	50.89
16	B	Poul Cederquist	Denmark	50.77
17	A	Duncan Clark	Great Britain	50.69
18	B	Peter Allday	Great Britain	50.59
19	B	Reino Kuivamäki	Finland	50.58
20	A	Marty Engel	United States	50.00
21	B	Rudolf Galin	Yugoslavia	49.98
22	B	Pierre Legrain	France	49.75
23	B	Bob Backus	United States	49.39
24	B	Henri Haest	Belgium	49.08
25	A	Lauri Tamminen	Finland	49.05
26	B	Aivo Lucioli	Italy	48.74
27	A	Roger Veeser	Switzerland	48.60
28	A	Fazal Hussain	Pakistan	48.36
29	A	Ewan Douglas	Great Britain	48.25
30	A	André Osterberger	France	47.87
31	A	Muhammad Igbal	Pakistan	47.45
32	A	Arturo Melcher	Chile	45.55
	A	Jaime Annexy	Puerto Rico	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	József Csermák	Hungary	58.45	57.28	60.34	49.68	x	x	60.34	WR
	Karl Storch	Germany	x	56.45	58.18	58.86	57.80	58.34	58.86
	Imre Németh	Hungary	54.92	55.05	56.82	54.95	57.74	56.30	57.74
4	Jiří Dadák	Czechoslovakia	54.00	56.81	x	51.72	55.61	54.04	56.81
5	Mykola Redkin	Soviet Union	53.08	56.55	52.30	53.55	x	54.16	56.55
6	Karl Wolf	Germany	56.49	54.98	53.79	53.60	x	56.41	56.49
7	Sverre Strandli	Norway	56.36	53.77	55.07				56.36
8	Heorhiy Dybenko	Soviet Union	55.03	x	53.68				55.03
9	Ivan Gubijan	Yugoslavia	53.53	53.82	54.54				54.54
10	Teseo Taddia	Italy	x	x	54.27				54.27
11	Sam Felton	United States	53.10	x	53.32				53.32
12	Constantin Dumitru	Romania	52.77	x	50.62				52.77
13	Bob Backus	United States	x	52.11	x				52.11
14	Reino Kuivamäki	Finland	51.85	x	51.59				51.85
15	Miloš Máca	Czechoslovakia	51.78	46.89	48.99				51.78
16	Poul Cederquist	Denmark	x	46.58	51.60				51.60
17	Rudolf Galin	Yugoslavia	51.37	x	50.21				51.37
18	Duncan Clark	Great Britain	51.07	x	48.95				51.07
19	Oiva Halmetoja	Finland	50.75	50.82	x				50.82
20	Lauri Tamminen	Finland	x	x	50.05				50.05
21	Peter Allday	Great Britain	44.20	49.70	x				49.70
22	Henri Haest	Belgium	x	48.78	48.50				48.78
23	Pierre Legrain	France	44.83	x	46.38				46.38
	Marty Engel	United States	x	x	x				NM
	Mikhail Krivonosov	Soviet Union	x	x	x				NM

References

• Official Olympic Report, la84.org.