1928 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Hammer Throw (Men)

sport	athletics
discipline	Hammer throw
gender	Men
Attendees	16 athletes from 11 countries
Competition location	Olympic Stadium Amsterdam
Competition phase	July 30, 1928
Medalist Pat O'Callaghan ( IRL )   Ossian Skiöld ( SWE )   Edmund Black ( USA )

The men's hammer throw at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam was held on July 30, 1928 in the Amsterdam Olympic Stadium. 16 athletes took part.

Olympic champion was the Irish Pat O'Callaghan ahead of the Swede Ossian Skiöld . Bronze went to US athlete Edmund Black .

Existing records

• World record : 57.77 m - Pat Ryan ( USA ), New York , August 17, 1913
• Olympic record : 54.74 m - Matt McGrath ( USA ), Stockholm Olympic final , July 13, 1924

Conducting the competition

On July 30th there was a qualifying round in two groups. For the final, which took place on the same day, the six best throwers from the four groups qualified. The result of the qualification was included in the final result.

Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.

qualification

The Finn Erik Eriksson failed in the qualification.

Date: July 30, 1928

The test series of the individual starters have not been handed down.

Group 1

space	Surname	nation	Expanse	annotation
1	Edmund Black	United States	49.03 m
2	Armando Poggioli	Italy	46.96 m
3	Frank Conner	United States	46.75 m
4th	Frederico Kleger	Argentina	46.61 m
5	Ricardo Bayer	Chile	46.34 m
6th	Henk Kamerbeek	Netherlands	46.02 m
7th	Carl Johan Lind	Sweden	44.46 m
8th	Harald Stenerud	Norway	41.06 m

Group 2

Olympic Champion Pat O'Callaghan (IRL)

space	Surname	nation	Expanse	annotation
1	Ossian Skiold	Sweden	51.29 m
2	Pat O'Callaghan	Irish Free State	47.49 m
3	Donald Gwinn	United States	47.15 m
4th	Erik Eriksson	Finland	46.22 m
5	Malcolm Nokes	Great Britain	45.37 m
6th	Kenneth Caskey	United States	44.80 m
7th	Camillo Zemi	Italy	44.47 m
8th	Yoshio Okita	Japan	44.41 m

Bottom line

space	Surname	nation	Qualification range	Final width	result	annotation
1	Pat O'Callaghan	Irish Free State	47.49 m	51.39 m	51.39 m
2	Ossian Skiold	Sweden	51.29 m	no improvement in the final	51.29 m
3	Edmund Black	United States	49.03 m	no improvement in the final	49.03 m
4th	Armando Poggioli	Italy	46.96 m	48.37 m	48.37 m
5	Donald Gwinn	United States	47.15 m	no improvement in the final	47.15 m
6th	Frank Conner	United States	46.75 m		46.75 m
7th	Federico Kleger	Argentina	46.60 m	not in the final	46.60 m
8th	Ricardo Bayer	Chile	46.34 m		46.34 m

Date: July 30, 1928

It was not until June 1927 that Patrick O'Callaghan had contested a hammer throw competition for the first time in his life and achieved 41.49 m. A year later, in his last test before these games, he exceeded the 50-meter mark for the first time with 50.88 m. In Amsterdam , the Swede Ossian Skiöld led with 51.29 m until the penultimate round. With his last attempt, O'Callaghan improved from third place to first place and won the gold medal with 51.39 m. Bronze went to Edmund Black from the USA. The level of this competition was not as high as previous Olympic Games. All of the victories since 1908 were higher than the Olympic champion of 1928.

So far, the hammer throw at the Olympic Games had only been won by Americans. Pat O'Callaghan of Ireland ended the US winning streak, noting that John Flanagan (1900, 1904 and 1908 winner ), Matt McGrath (1912 winner) and Pat Ryan (1920 winner) were of Irish descent.

literature

Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 207f

Web links

• SportsReference Hammerwurf , accessed September 14, 2017
• Official report pp. 457–458, English (PDF), accessed on September 14, 2017

Video

• Pat O'Callaghan Wins An Emotion Irish Hammer Throw Gold - Amsterdam 1928 Olympics , published November 23, 2012 on youtube.com, accessed September 14, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ^ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 page 558 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Official Report, pp. 457–458 (Eng.)
3. ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)