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