European Athletics Championships 1946 / men's hammer throw
3. European Athletics Championships | |
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discipline | Men's hammer throw |
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Stadion | Bislett Stadium |
Attendees | 11 athletes from 10 countries |
Competition phase | August 22nd (qualification / final) |
Medalist | |
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Bo Ericson ( SWE )
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Eric Johansson ( SWE )
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Duncan Clark ( GBR )
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The men's hammer throw at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held on August 22, 1946 in the Bislett Stadium in the Norwegian capital, Oslo .
There was a Swedish double victory in this discipline. Bo Ericson became European champion . Second place went to Eric Johansson . The Briton Duncan Clark won the bronze medal.
Existing records
World record | 59.00 m |
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Stockholm , Sweden | August 27, 1938 |
European record | ||||
Championship record | 58.77 m |
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EM Paris , France | September 4, 1938 |
The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.
qualification
August 22, 1946
The first eight athletes qualified for the final - highlighted in light blue. As today, the achieved distances were not included in the final ranking.
space | Surname | nation | Width (m) |
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1 | Bo Ericson |
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53.60 |
2 | Eric Johansson |
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52.29 |
3 | Hans Houtzager |
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51.46 PB |
4th | Duncan Clark |
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50.81 |
5 | Teseo Taddia |
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50.17 SB |
6th | Alexander Schechtel |
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40.90 PB |
7th | Imre Németh |
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48.47 |
8th | Jaroslav Knotek |
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48.37 PB |
9 | Reino Kuivamäki |
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48.37 PB |
10 | Gunnar Christensen |
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45.94 SB |
11 | Ivan Gubijan |
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45.11 SB |
final
August 22, 1946, 6 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Width (m) |
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1 | Bo Ericson |
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56.44 PB |
2 | Eric Johansson |
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53.54 |
3 | Duncan Clark |
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51.32 SB |
4th | Imre Németh |
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50.03 SB |
5 | Hans Houtzager |
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49.68 |
6th | Teseo Taddia |
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48.63 |
7th | Alexander Schechtel |
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46.24 |
8th | Jaroslav Knotek |
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46.04 |
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Oslo 1946 from the European Athletics homepage , accessed March 20, 2019
- Men Hammer Throw European Championship 1946 Oslo on todor66.com, accessed March 20, 2019
- III European Championship, Oslo 1946 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed March 20, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1946, men's hammer throw on sportschau.de, accessed on March 20, 2019
- 3rd European Athletics Championships 1946 in Oslo, Norway from ifosta.de, accessed on March 20, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. Hammer Throw Men , accessed March 20, 2019