1936 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Hammer Throw (Men)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | Hammer throw | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 27 athletes from 16 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Olympiastadion Berlin | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 3, 1936 | ||||||||
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The men's hammer throw at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin was held on August 3, 1936 in the Berlin Olympic Stadium. 27 athletes took part.
The German Karl Hein was Olympic champion ahead of his compatriot Erwin Blask . The bronze medal went to the Swede Fred Warngård .
Existing records
- World record : 57.77 m - Pat Ryan ( USA ), New York , August 17, 1913
- Olympic record : 54.74 m - Matt McGrath ( USA ), Stockholm final , July 14, 1912
Conducting the competition
The athletes began with a qualifying round. In order to qualify for the preliminary competition, the participants had to create at least 46.00 m. In the preliminary battle, each participant had three attempts. The best six athletes then qualified for another three attempts in the final. The result of the pre-match was included in the final result. All partial competitions were held on August 3rd.
Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue. The order and width of the trial series in the qualifying round are not known.
qualification
August 3, 1936, 9.00 a.m.
Weather conditions: overcast, 18 - 19 ° C, cross wind at approx. 2.9 m / s.
Pre-fight
August 3, 1936, 3 p.m.
Weather conditions: overcast, short showers, 19-20 ° C, diagonal tail wind of approx. 2.7-2.9 m / s.
Note: The best sizes are printed in bold.
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | result | annotation |
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1 | Erwin Blask | German Empire | 52.55 m | 55.04 m | x | 55.04 m | OR |
2 | Fred Warngård | Sweden | 52.05 m | 52.98 m | 54.03 m | 54.03 m | |
3 | Karl Hein | German Empire | 52.13 m | 52.44 m | x | 52.44 m | |
4th | Gustaf Koutonen | Finland | x | 50.01 m | 51.90 m | 51.90 m | |
5 | William Rowe | United States | 51.53 m | 51.04 m | 49.29 m | 51.53 m | |
6th | Donald Favor | United States | 50.78 m | 50.02 m | 51.01 m | 51.01 m | |
7th | Bernhard Greulich | German Empire | 50.19 m | x | 50.61 m | 50.61 m | |
8th | Koit Annamaa | Estonia | 48.77 m | 49.54 m | 50.46 m | 50.46 m | |
9 | Henry Dreyer | United States | 49.81 m | x | 50.42 m | 50.42 m | |
10 | Sulo Heino | Finland | 49.93 m | 47.15 m | 48.30 m | 49.93 m | |
11 | Ville Pörhölä | Finland | 45.35 m | x | 49.89 m | 49.89 m | |
12 | Gunnar Jansson | Sweden | 49.21 m | 48.49 m | 49.28 m | 49.28 m | |
13 | Abe Isao | Japan | 47.40 m | 41.83 m | 49.01 m | 49.01 m | |
14th | Evert Linnaeus | Sweden | x | 47.25 m | 47.61 m | 47.61 m | |
15th | Giovanni Cantagalli | Italy | 45.21 m | 47.42 m | 45.08 m | 47.42 m | |
16 | Joseph Wirtz | France | x | 44.82 m | 45.69 m | 45.69 m | |
17th | Anton Barticevic | Chile | x | 43.02 m | 45.23 m | 45.23 m |
final
August 5, 1936
Weather conditions: overcast, short showers, 19-20 ° C, diagonal tail wind of approx. 2.7-2.9 m / s.
Unfortunately, Pat O'Callaghan , the 1932 Olympic champion , was condemned to watch these games because his Irish association, the National Athletic and Cycling Association of Ireland (NACAI), was not recognized by the World Athletics Federation and therefore not recognized by the IOC . So there was no outright favorite. In Germany the hammer throw had led a wallflower existence until 1934 and had only become a high-quality discipline through targeted association actions.
In the final, Erwin Blask first surpassed the old Olympic record set by American Pat Ryan in 1912 with his second attempt . With his third and again improved fourth attempt, the Swede Fred Warngård was in second place, until Karl Hein set the Olympic record of 56.49 m in the last round. So there was a German double victory here.
The Finn Ville Pörhölä, Olympic champion in the shot put of 1920 and Olympic runner-up in hammer throw from 1932 was also there again here in Berlin . But the development in this discipline had continued and Pörhölä was no longer quite the level of previous years. So he came in eleventh place with 49.89 m.
Karl Hein won the first German gold medal in hammer throw.
For the first time there was no medal for a US starter.
Note: The best sizes are printed in bold.
final | ||||||||
space | Surname | nation | Qualification range | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Bottom line | annotation |
1 | Karl Hein | German Empire | 52.44 m | 54.70 m | 54.85 m | 56.49 m | 56.49 m | OR |
2 | Erwin Blask | German Empire | 55.04 m | 54.10 m | 54.48 m | x | 55.04 m | |
3 | Fred Warngård | Sweden | 54.03 m | 54.83 m | 53.30 m | 50.61 m | 54.83 m | |
4th | Gustaf Koutonen | Finland | 51.90 m | 49.11 m | 49.91 m | x | 51.90 m | |
5 | William Rowe | United States | 51.53 m | 50.32 m | 51.66 m | x | 51.66 m | |
6th | Donald Favor | United States | 51.01 m | 48.48 m | 50.33 m | 47.71 m | 51.01 m | |
7th | Bernhard Greulich | German Empire | 50.61 m | not in the final | 50.61 m | |||
8th | Koit Annamaa | Estonia | 50.46 m | 50.46 m |
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 297f
Web links
- SportsReference Hammerwurf , accessed on September 21, 2017
- Official report pp. 680–682, engl. (PDF), accessed on September 21, 2017
- 1936, Hammer Throw, Men, Olympic Games, Berlin , published August 2, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed September 21, 2017
Individual evidence
- ^ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 page 558 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b c Official report p. 682, engl. (PDF)
- ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)