Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

Men's hammer throw
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
The winner John Flanagan
VenueWhite City Stadium
DateJuly 14
Competitors19 from 8 nations
Medalists
   United States
   United States
   Canada
Athletics at the
1908 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men
200 m men
400 m men
800 m men
1500 m men
5 miles men
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3200 m steeplechase men
Medley relay men
3 mile team race men
Road events
Marathon men
3500 m walk men
10 mile walk men
Field events
Long jump men
Triple jump men
High jump men
Pole vault men
Standing long jump men
Standing high jump men
Shot put men
Discus throw men
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men
Greek discus men
Freestyle javelin men

The men's hammer throw was one of six throwing events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The competition was held on July 14, 1908.

19 throwers from eight nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to this competition.

World Record 53.38(*) United States John Flanagan Torrington, CT (USA) June 20, 1908
Olympic Record 51.23 United States John Flanagan St. Louis (USA) August 29, 1904

(*) unofficial

John Flanagan set a new Olympic record with 51.92 metres.

Results

Place Name Nation Distance
1 John Flanagan United States 51.92 metres
2 Matt McGrath United States 51.18 metres
3 Con Walsh Canada 48.51 metres
4 Tom Nicolson Great Britain 48.09 metres
5 Lee Talbott United States 47.86 metres
6 Bill Horr United States 46.94 metres
7 Simon Gillis United States 45.59 metres
8 Eric Lemming Sweden 43.06 metres
9 Alan Fyffe Great Britain 37.35 metres
10-19 Harald Agger Denmark Unknown
István Mudin Hungary Unknown
Henry Leeke Great Britain Unknown
Robert Lindsay-Watson Great Britain Unknown
Ernest May Great Britain Unknown
John Murray Great Britain Unknown
Robert Olsson Sweden Unknown
Benjamin Sherman United States Unknown
Ludwig Uettwiller Germany Unknown
Julius Wagner Switzerland Unknown

Sources

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