1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Hammer Throw (Men)

sport	athletics
discipline	Hammer throw
gender	Men
Attendees	33 athletes from 18 countries
Competition location	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	July 24, 1952
Medalist József Csermák ( HUN )   Karl Storch ( GER )   Imre Németh ( HUN )

The men's hammer throw at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki was held on July 24, 1952. 33 athletes took part.

The Hungarian József Csermák became Olympic champion with a new world record . He won ahead of the German Karl Storch and the Hungarian defending champion Imre Németh .

Existing records

World record	59.88 m	Imre Németh ( Hungary )	Budapest , Hungary	May 19, 1950
Olympic record	56.49 m	Karl Hein ( German Empire )	Berlin , Germany	August 3, 1936

Conducting the competition

The participants competed in two groups for a qualifying round on July 24th, the qualifying distance was 49.00 meters. Should fewer than twelve athletes manage the required distance, the starting field would be filled to twelve jumpers according to the best distance achieved. This rule did not have to apply here, 25 throwers made it over the qualifying distance into the final round. The results achieved in this qualification were not counted for the final.

In the final, all participants initially had three attempts. The six best athletes were then allowed to make three more attempts.

Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.

Time schedule

July 24, 10:00 a.m .: Qualification

July 24th, 3 p.m .: Final

qualification

Date: July 24, 1952, 10:00 a.m.

Group A

4th place in the final for the Czechoslovak Jiří Dadák

space	Surname	nation	Expanse	annotation
01	József Csermák	Hungary	57.20 m	OR
02	Karl Storch	BR Germany	55.35 m
03	Ivan Gubijan	Yugoslavia	54.76 m
04th	Karl Wolf	BR Germany	53.86 m
05	Miloš Máca	Czechoslovakia	53.72 m
06th	Jiří Dadák	Czechoslovakia	53.66 m
07th	Imre Németh	Hungary	53.59 m
08th	Oiva Halmetoja	Finland	52.55 m
09	Samuel Felton	United States	50.89 m
10	Duncan Clark	Great Britain	50.69 m
11	Marty angel	United States	50.00 m
12	Lauri Tamminen	Finland	49.05 m
13	Roger Veeser	Switzerland	48.60 m
14th	Fazal Hussain	Pakistan	48.36 m
15th	Ewan Douglas	Great Britain	48.25 m
16	André Osterberger	France	47.87 m
17th	Muhammad Iqbal	Pakistan	47.45 m
18th	Arturo Melcher	Chile	45.55 m
ogV	Jaime Annexy	Puerto Rico		without space

Group B

The Norwegian Sverre Strandli reached 7th place in the final

space	Surname	nation	Expanse	annotation
01	Sverre Strandli	Norway	54.96 m
02	Teseo Taddia	Italy	53.85 m
03	Heorhij Dybenko	Soviet Union	53.80 m
04th	Mykola Redkin	Soviet Union	53.58 m
05	Mikhail Krivonosov	Soviet Union	51.15 m
06th	Constantin Dumitru	Romania	50.92 m
07th	Poul Cederquist	Denmark	50.77 m
08th	Peter Allday	Great Britain	50.59 m
09	Reino Kuivamäki	Finland	50.58 m
10	Rudolf Galin	Yugoslavia	49.98 m
11	Pierre Legrain	France	49.75 m
12	Bob Backus	United States	49.39 m
13	Henri Haest	Belgium	49.08 m
14th	Aivo Lucioli	Italy	48.74 m

Finale and final result

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	4th attempt	5th attempt	6th attempt	Bottom line	annotation
1	József Csermák	Hungary	58.45 m	57.28 m	60.34 m	49.68 m	x	x	60.34 m	WR
2	Karl Storch	BR Germany	x	56.45 m	58.18 m	58.86 m	57.80 m	58.34 m	58.86 m
3	Imre Németh	Hungary	54.92 m	55.05 m	56.82 m	54.95 m	57.74 m	56.30 m	57.74 m
4th	Jiří Dadák	Czechoslovakia	54.00 m	56.81 m	x	51.72 m	55.61 m	54.04 m	56.81 m
5	Mykola Redkin	Soviet Union	53.08 m	56.55 m	52.30 m	53.55 m	x	54.16 m	56.55 m
6th	Karl Wolf	BR Germany	56.49 m	54.98 m	53.79 m	53.60 m	x	56.41 m	56.49 m
7th	Sverre Strandli	Norway	56.36 m	53.77 m	55.07 m	not in the final of the six best throwers			56.36 m
8th	Heorhij Dybenko	Soviet Union	55.03 m	x	53.68 m				55.03 m
9	Ivan Gubijan	Yugoslavia	53.53 m	53.82 m	54.54 m				54.54 m
10	Teseo Taddia	Italy	x	x	54.27 m				54.27 m
11	Samuel Felton	United States	53.10 m	x	53.32 m				53.32 m
12	Constantin Dumitru	Romania	52.77 m	x	50.62 m				52.77 m
13	Bob Backus	United States	x	52.11 m	x				52.11 m
14th	Reino Kuivamäki	Finland	51.58 m	x	51.59 m				51.58 m
15th	Miloš Máca	Czechoslovakia	51.78 m	46.89 m	48.99 m				51.78 m
16	Poul Cederquist	Denmark	x	46.58 m	51.60 m				51.60 m
17th	Rudolf Galin	Yugoslavia	51.37 m	x	50.21 m				51.37 m
18th	Duncan Clark	Great Britain	51.07 m	x	48.95 m				51.07 m
19th	Oiva Halmetoja	Finland	50.75 m	50.82 m	x				50.82 m
20th	Lauri Tamminen	Finland	x	x	50.05 m				50.05 m
21st	Peter Allday	Great Britain	44.20 m	49.70 m	x				49.70 m
22nd	Henri Haest	Belgium	x	48.78 m	48.50 m				48.78 m
23	Pierre Legrain	France	44.83 m	x	46.38 m				46.38 m
ogV	Marty angel	United States	x	x	x					without space
	Mikhail Krivonosov	Soviet Union	x	x	x

Date: July 24, 1952, 3 p.m.

In the final, three athletes faced each other, who were given good chances for an Olympic victory. The Olympic champion of the last games , also world record holder , Imre Németh was challenged by the German Karl Storch and the reigning European champion Sverre Strandli (NOR). But it was Németh's team-mate József Csermák who took the lead right at the beginning of the final. In the third attempt, he was the first thrower ever to exceed the 60-meter mark with 60.34 m, which of course meant a world record. He won the gold medal ahead of Storch and Németh. Strandli was not at his best and missed the leap into the top six athletes.

József Csermák was the first hammer thrower to throw over 60 meters.

In the final, the first five participants exceeded Karl Hein's previous Olympic record of 56.49 m. The sixth, Karl Wolf, also achieved exactly this distance.

Note: The best size is printed in bold.

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, pp. 95–97

Web links

• SportsReference Hammerwurf , accessed September 28, 2017
• Official report pp. 323-325, engl. (PDF), accessed on September 28, 2017
• Csermák József , published on February 11, 2014 on youtube.com, accessed on September 28, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ^ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 page 558 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Official report p. 266, engl. (PDF)
3. ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)