Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

Men's hammer throw at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Venue	Stadio Olimpico
Dates	September 2 (qualifications) September 3 (final)
Competitors	28 from 18 nations
Medalists
Vasily Rudenkov  Soviet Union Gyula Zsivótzky  Hungary Tadeusz Rut  Poland

The Men's hammer throw at the 1960 Summer Olympics took place on September 2 (qualifications) and September 3 (final) at the Stadio Olimpico.

The qualifying standards for the 1960 event were 60 m (196 ft 10 in).

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record	Harold Connolly	70.33 m	Walnut, United States	June 20, 1960
Olympic record	Harold Connolly (USA)	63.19 m	Melbourne, Australia	November 24, 1956

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 60.00 m (Q) advance to the Final.

Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
Eduardo Martins	Portugal	53.26	54.31	54.92	54.92
Tadeusz Rut	Poland	60.73			60.73	Q
Takeo Sugawara	Japan	58.40	59.32	57.66	59.32
Manfred Losch	United Team of Germany	x	58.85	59.38	59.38
Gyula Zsivótzky	Hungary	64.80			64.80	Q
Albert Hall	United States	57.43	x	60.76	60.76	Q
Antun Bezjak	Yugoslavia	60.90			60.90	Q
Heinz Thun	Austria	62.73			62.73	Q
József Csermák	Hungary	x	x	62.73	59.72
Harold Connolly	United States	63.02			63.02	Q
Sverre Strandli	Norway	58.67	61.41		61.41	Q
Michael Ellis	Great Britain	63.21			63.21	Q
José Falcón Echegoyen	Spain	51.26	57.24	x	57.24
Yuriy Nikulin	Soviet Union	60.40			60.40	Q
Karl Birger Asplund	Sweden	57.27	x	x	57.27
Klaus Peter	United Team of Germany	x	59.83	x	59.83
Krešimir Račić	Yugoslavia	57.27	x	x	57.27
Siegfried Lorenz	United Team of Germany	x	59.06	x	59.06
Edward Bagdonas	United States	x	59.48	x	59.48
Muhammad Iqbal	Pakistan	57.84	60.86		60.86	Q
John Lawlor	Ireland	x	62.10		62.10	Q
Andreas Kouveloyannis	Greece	53.43	x	55.18	55.18
Noboru Okamoto	Japan	x	x	61.95	61.95	Q
Olgierd Cieply	Poland	60.61			60.61	Q
Vasily Rudenkov	Soviet Union	67.03			67.03	Q, OR
Anatoli Samotsvetov	Soviet Union	64.67			64.67	Q
Guy Husson	France	59.31	x	59.83	59.83
Hans Jost	Switzerland	55.09	57.07	59.12	59.12
Erman Bastian	India	x	x	x	x	DNC

Q - Qualified with score of 60.00 or higher

x - Fault

OR - Olympic Record

DNC - Did not compete

Finals

The six highest-ranked competitors after three rounds qualified for the final three throws to decide the medals.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Vasily Rudenkov	Soviet Union	65.60	64.98	67.10	66.62	64.58	66.23	67.10	OR
	Gyula Zsivótzky	Hungary	60.83	63.83	64.87	65.79	x	65.11	65.79
	Tadeusz Rut	Poland	64.51	65.64	64.95	x	64.85	63.54	65.64
4	John Lawlor	Ireland	x	62.59	64.09	64.95	x	x	64.95
5	Olgierd Cieply	Poland	60.03	64.07	62.27	64.57	62.48	62.06	64.57
6	Antun Bezjak	Yugoslavia	61.96	64.21	63.54	63.95	62.86	x	64.21
7	Anatoli Samotsvetov	Soviet Union	x	63.60	x				63.60
8	Harold Connolly	United States	63.05	62.57	63.59				63.59
9	Heinz Thun	Austria	62.23	x	63.53				63.53
10	Yuriy Nikulin	Soviet Union	61.56	63.10	62.23				63.10
11	Sverre Strandli	Norway	x	62.02	63.05				63.05
12	Muhammad Iqbal	Pakistan	60.55	61.79	60.80				61.79
13	Noboru Okamoto	Japan	x	60.08	x				60.08
14	Albert Hall	United States	59.64	x	59.76				59.76
15	Michael Ellis	Great Britain	x	54.22	x				54.22

External links

• Olympic Games Official Report 1960 Rome-Volume I
• Olympic Games Official Report 1960 Rome-Volume II