European Athletics Championships 1938 / men's hammer throw

2. European Athletics Championships
discipline	Men's hammer throw
city	Paris
Stadion	Stade Olympique
Attendees	8 athletes from 6 countries
Competition phase	September 4th
Medalist
gold	Karl Hein ( GER )
silver	Erwin Blask ( GER )
bronze	Oscar Malmbrandt ( SWE )

Olympic Stadium in Paris 1924

The men's hammer throw at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held on September 4, 1938 in the Stade Olympique in the French capital, Paris .

There was a German double victory in this competition. European champion was the 1936 Olympic champion Karl Hein . He won ahead of the world record holder and Olympic runner-up in 1936 Erwin Blask . The Swede Oscar Malmbrandt won bronze .

Records

Existing records

World record	59.00 m	Erwin Blask	Stockholm , Sweden	August 27, 1938
Championship record	50.34 m	Ville Pörhölä	EM Turin , Italy	September 8, 1934

Record improvement

 Karl Hein improved his own EM record by 8.43 meters to 58.77 meters.

execution

On the IAAF website there is only one list of results for all technical disciplines with the final result for all participants. A qualification is not listed there for any jumping, pushing or throwing competition. Accordingly, all eight hammer throwers started together in one group for the final. It is not clear how many attempts were available to the athletes and whether after the third round, as was common at the Olympic Games at the time, for example, the best six jumpers went into a final with three more rounds.

At the Olympic Games during this time, it was common practice in the technical disciplines to first conduct a qualifying round on the morning of the competition day if the number of participants was not too small. This preliminary round was held in two groups. The final with the qualified athletes usually took place in the afternoon of the same day.

final

After his Olympic victory in 1936 , Karl Hein has now also won the European title

September 4, 1938, 2.40 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Width (m)
1	Karl Hein	German Empire	58.77 CR
2	Erwin Blask	German Empire	57.34
3	Oscar Malmbrandt	Sweden	51.23 PB
4th	Gosta Hannula	Finland	49.84 PB
5	Joseph Wirtz	France	48.75 PB
6th	Silvio Nido	Switzerland	46.68 PB
7th	Jussi Anttalainen	Finland	44.59 PB
8th	Robert Saint-Pé	France	42.61 PB
DNS	Fred Warngård	Sweden
	Healeon	Ireland
	Jaroslav Knotek	Czechoslovakia
	Oretti	Italy
	Hans Houtzager	Netherlands

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  World record holder Erwin Blask won the silver medal

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  The Olympic third from 1936 Fred Warngård was registered, but did not start

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Paris 1938 from the European Athletics homepage , accessed on March 13, 2019
• Men Hammer Throw European Championships 1938 Paris (FRA) on todor66.com, accessed March 13, 2019
• II European Championship, Paris 1938 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on March 13, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1938, men's hammer throw on sportschau.de, accessed on March 13, 2019
• 2nd European Men's Athletics Championships 1938 in Paris, France from ifosta.de, accessed on March 13, 2019

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF world records. Hammer Throw Men , accessed March 13, 2019
2. ^ European Athletics Championships - Paris 1938 , accessed March 13, 2019