Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

Men's hammer throw
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenueStadio Olimpico
DatesSeptember 2 (qualifications)
September 3 (final)
Competitors28 from 18 nations
Medalists
 Vasily Rudenkov  Soviet Union
 Gyula Zsivótzky  Hungary
 Tadeusz Rut  Poland
Athletics at the
1960 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men
800 m men women
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
80 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Decathlon men

The Men's hammer throw at the 1960 Summer Olympics took place on September 2 (qualifications) and September 3 (final) at the Stadio Olimpico.

The qualifying standards for the 1960 event were 60 m (196 ft 10 in).

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record United States Harold Connolly 70.33 m Walnut, United States June 20, 1960
Olympic record  Harold Connolly (USA) 63.19 m Melbourne, Australia November 24, 1956

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 60.00 m (Q) advance to the Final.

Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
Eduardo Martins Portugal 53.26 54.31 54.92 54.92
Tadeusz Rut Poland 60.73 60.73 Q
Takeo Sugawara Japan 58.40 59.32 57.66 59.32
Manfred Losch United Team of Germany x 58.85 59.38 59.38
Gyula Zsivótzky Hungary 64.80 64.80 Q
Albert Hall United States 57.43 x 60.76 60.76 Q
Antun Bezjak Yugoslavia 60.90 60.90 Q
Heinz Thun Austria 62.73 62.73 Q
József Csermák Hungary x x 62.73 59.72
Harold Connolly United States 63.02 63.02 Q
Sverre Strandli Norway 58.67 61.41 61.41 Q
Michael Ellis Great Britain 63.21 63.21 Q
José Falcón Echegoyen Spain 51.26 57.24 x 57.24
Yuriy Nikulin Soviet Union 60.40 60.40 Q
Karl Birger Asplund Sweden 57.27 x x 57.27
Klaus Peter United Team of Germany x 59.83 x 59.83
Krešimir Račić Yugoslavia 57.27 x x 57.27
Siegfried Lorenz United Team of Germany x 59.06 x 59.06
Edward Bagdonas United States x 59.48 x 59.48
Muhammad Iqbal Pakistan 57.84 60.86 60.86 Q
John Lawlor Ireland x 62.10 62.10 Q
Andreas Kouveloyannis Greece 53.43 x 55.18 55.18
Noboru Okamoto Japan x x 61.95 61.95 Q
Olgierd Cieply Poland 60.61 60.61 Q
Vasily Rudenkov Soviet Union 67.03 67.03 Q, OR
Anatoli Samotsvetov Soviet Union 64.67 64.67 Q
Guy Husson France 59.31 x 59.83 59.83
Hans Jost Switzerland 55.09 57.07 59.12 59.12
Erman Bastian India x x x x DNC
Q - Qualified with score of 60.00 or higher
x - Fault
OR - Olympic Record
DNC - Did not compete

Finals

The six highest-ranked competitors after three rounds qualified for the final three throws to decide the medals.

Rank Athlete Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 6 Result Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Vasily Rudenkov Soviet Union 65.60 64.98 67.10 66.62 64.58 66.23 67.10 OR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Gyula Zsivótzky Hungary 60.83 63.83 64.87 65.79 x 65.11 65.79
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Tadeusz Rut Poland 64.51 65.64 64.95 x 64.85 63.54 65.64
4 John Lawlor Ireland x 62.59 64.09 64.95 x x 64.95
5 Olgierd Cieply Poland 60.03 64.07 62.27 64.57 62.48 62.06 64.57
6 Antun Bezjak Yugoslavia 61.96 64.21 63.54 63.95 62.86 x 64.21
7 Anatoli Samotsvetov Soviet Union x 63.60 x 63.60
8 Harold Connolly United States 63.05 62.57 63.59 63.59
9 Heinz Thun Austria 62.23 x 63.53 63.53
10 Yuriy Nikulin Soviet Union 61.56 63.10 62.23 63.10
11 Sverre Strandli Norway x 62.02 63.05 63.05
12 Muhammad Iqbal Pakistan 60.55 61.79 60.80 61.79
13 Noboru Okamoto Japan x 60.08 x 60.08
14 Albert Hall United States 59.64 x 59.76 59.76
15 Michael Ellis Great Britain x 54.22 x 54.22

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