Hammer throw at the Olympics

Hammer throw
at the Olympic Games

The 1908 hammer throw competition
Overview
Sport Athletics
Gender Men and women
Years held Men: 19002012
Women: 20002012
Olympic record
Men 84.80 m Sergey Litvinov (1988)
Women 78.18 m Tatyana Lysenko (2012)
Reigning champion
Men  Krisztián Pars (HUN)
Women  Tatyana Lysenko (RUS)

The hammer throw at the Summer Olympics is one of four track and field throwing events held at the multi-sport event. The men's hammer throw has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900, becoming the third Olympic throws event after the shot put and discus throw. The women's event was a much later addition, being first contested at the 2000 Olympics.

The Olympic records are 84.80 m (278 ft 212 in) for men, set by Sergey Litvinov in 1988, and 78.18 m (256 ft 534 in) for women, set by Tatyana Lysenko in 2012.

Medalists

Men

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1900 Paris
 John Flanagan (USA)  Truxtun Hare (USA)  Josiah McCracken (USA)
1904 St. Louis
 John Flanagan (USA)  John DeWitt (USA)  Ralph Rose (USA)
1908 London
 John Flanagan (USA)  Matt McGrath (USA)  Con Walsh (CAN)
1912 Stockholm
 Matt McGrath (USA)  Duncan Gillis (CAN)  Clarence Childs (USA)
1920 Antwerp
 Patrick Ryan (USA)  Carl Johan Lind (SWE)  Basil Bennett (USA)
1924 Paris
 Fred Tootell (USA)  Matt McGrath (USA)  Malcolm Nokes (GBR)
1928 Amsterdam
 Pat O'Callaghan (IRL)  Ossian Skiöld (SWE)  Edmund Black (USA)
1932 Los Angeles
 Pat O'Callaghan (IRL)  Ville Pörhölä (FIN)  Peter Zaremba (USA)
1936 Berlin
 Karl Hein (GER)  Erwin Blask (GER)  Fred Warngård (SWE)
1948 London
 Imre Németh (HUN)  Ivan Gubijan (YUG)  Robert Bennett (USA)
1952 Helsinki
 József Csermák (HUN)  Karl Storch (GER)  Imre Németh (HUN)
1956 Melbourne
 Hal Connolly (USA)  Mikhail Krivonosov (URS)  Anatoliy Samotsvetov (URS)
1960 Rome
 Vasily Rudenkov (URS)  Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN)  Tadeusz Rut (POL)
1964 Tokyo
 Romuald Klim (URS)  Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN)  Uwe Beyer (EUA)
1968 Mexico City
 Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN)  Romuald Klim (URS)  Lázár Lovász (HUN)
1972 Munich
 Anatoliy Bondarchuk (URS)  Jochen Sachse (GDR)  Vasiliy Khmelevskiy (URS)
1976 Montreal
 Yuriy Sedykh (URS)  Aleksey Spiridonov (URS)  Anatoliy Bondarchuk (URS)
1980 Moscow
 Yuriy Sedykh (URS)  Sergey Litvinov (URS)  Jüri Tamm (URS)
1984 Los Angeles
 Juha Tiainen (FIN)  Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG)  Klaus Ploghaus (FRG)
1988 Seoul
 Sergey Litvinov (URS)  Yuriy Sedykh (URS)  Jüri Tamm (URS)
1992 Barcelona
 Andrey Abduvaliyev (EUN)  Igor Astapkovich (EUN)  Igor Nikulin (EUN)
1996 Atlanta
 Balázs Kiss (HUN)  Lance Deal (USA)  Oleksandr Krykun (UKR)
2000 Sydney
 Szymon Ziółkowski (POL)  Nicola Vizzoni (ITA)  Igor Astapkovich (BLR)
2004 Athens
 Koji Murofushi (JPN) Not awarded[1]  Eşref Apak (TUR)
2008 Beijing
 Primož Kozmus (SLO)  Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR)[2]  Ivan Tsikhan (BLR)[2]
2012 London
 Krisztián Pars (HUN)  Primož Kozmus (SLO)  Koji Murofushi (JPN)

Multiple medalists

Rank Athlete Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Flanagan, JohnJohn Flanagan  United States (USA) 1900–1908 3 0 0 3
2 Sedykh, YuriyYuriy Sedykh  Soviet Union (URS) 1976–1988 2 1 0 3
3 O'Callaghan, PatPat O'Callaghan  Ireland (IRL) 1928–1932 2 0 0 2
4 McGrath, MattMatt McGrath  United States (USA) 1908–1924 1 2 0 3
5 Zsivótzky, GyulaGyula Zsivótzky  Hungary (HUN) 1960–1968 1 2 0 3
6= Klim, RomualdRomuald Klim  Soviet Union (URS) 1964–1968 1 1 0 2
6= Litvinov, SergeySergey Litvinov  Soviet Union (URS) 1980–1988 1 1 0 2
6= Kozmus, PrimožPrimož Kozmus  Slovenia (SLO) 2008–2012 1 1 0 2
9= Németh, ImreImre Németh  Hungary (HUN) 1948–1952 1 0 1 2
9= Bondarchuk, AnatoliyAnatoliy Bondarchuk  Soviet Union (URS) 1972–1976 1 0 1 2
9= Murofushi, KojiKoji Murofushi  Japan (JPN) 2004–2012 1 0 1 2
12 Astapkovich, IgorIgor Astapkovich  Belarus (BLR) 1992–2000 0 1 1 2
13 Tamm, JüriJüri Tamm  Soviet Union (URS) 1980–1988 0 0 2 2

Medalists by country

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 7 5 7 19
2  Soviet Union (URS) 6 5 5 16
3  Hungary (HUN) 5 2 2 9
4  Ireland (IRL) 2 0 0 2
5  Germany (GER)[nb] 1 2 1 4
6  Unified Team (EUN) 1 1 1 3
7=  Finland (FIN) 1 1 0 2
7=  Slovenia (SLO) 1 1 0 2
9=  Poland (POL) 1 0 1 2
9=  Japan (JPN) 1 0 1 2
11  Sweden (SWE) 0 2 1 3
12  Belarus (BLR) 0 1 2 3
13=  Canada (CAN) 0 1 1 2
13=  West Germany (FRG) 0 1 1 2
15=  East Germany (GDR) 0 1 0 1
15=  Yugoslavia (YUG) 0 1 0 1
15=  Italy (ITA) 0 1 0 1
18=  Great Britain (GBR) 0 0 1 1
18=  Turkey (TUR) 0 0 1 1
18=  Ukraine (UKR) 0 0 1 1

Women

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2000 Sydney
 Kamila Skolimowska (POL)  Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)  Kirsten Münchow (GER)
2004 Athens
 Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)  Yipsi Moreno (CUB)  Yunaika Crawford (CUB)
2008 Beijing
 Aksana Miankova (BLR)  Yipsi Moreno (CUB)  Zhang Wenxiu (CHN)
2012 London
 Tatyana Lysenko (RUS)  Anita Włodarczyk (POL)  Betty Heidler (GER)

Multiple medalists

Rank Athlete Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Kuzenkova, OlgaOlga Kuzenkova  Russia (RUS) 2000–2004 1 1 0 2
2 Moreno, YipsiYipsi Moreno  Cuba (CUB) 2004–2008 0 2 0 2

Medalists by country

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Russia (RUS) 2 1 0 3
2  Poland (POL) 1 1 0 2
3  Belarus (BLR) 1 0 0 1
4  Cuba (CUB) 0 2 1 3
5  Germany (GER) 0 0 2 2
6  China (CHN) 0 0 1 1

Intercalated Games

The 1906 Intercalated Games were held in Athens and at the time were officially recognised as part of the Olympic Games series, with the intention being to hold a games in Greece in two-year intervals between the internationally held Olympics. However, this plan never came to fruition and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) later decided not to recognise these games as part of the official Olympic series. Some sports historians continue to treat the results of these games as part of the Olympic canon.[3]

Martin Sheridan, the Olympic champion in 1904 and 1908, won the 1906 title as well. A 1904 medallist, Nikolaos Georgantas, was runner-up, while Verner Järvinen took the bronze medal in addition to the Greek-style event gold medal he won at the 1906 Games.[4]

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1906 Athens
 Martin Sheridan (USA)  Nikolaos Georgantas (GRE)  Verner Järvinen (FIN)

Non-canonical Olympic events

In addition to the main 1904 Olympic men's hammer throw, a handicap competition was held that year. The reigning Olympic champion John Flanagan won the event with a throw of 46.75 m with a zero handicap. Albert Johnson, sixth in the main event, came second with 46.20 m off a 30 ft handicap. James Mitchel, a weight throw medallist in 1904, won the bronze with 46.16 m given a 23 ft handicap.[5]

These events are no longer considered part of the official Olympic history of the hammer throw or the athletics programme in general. Consequently, medals from these competitions have not been assigned to nations on the all-time medal tables.[5]

References

Participation and athlete data
Olympic record progressions
Specific
  1. 2004 Olympic Hammer Throw Medalists. Olympic.org. Retrieved on 2014-04-19.
  2. 1 2 Engeler, Elaine (June 10, 2010). "CAS Reinstates Medals for Hammer Throwers". Yahoo! Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
  3. 1906 Athina Summer Games. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-01-26.
  4. Athletics at the 1906 Athina Summer Games: Men's Discus Throw. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-04-19.
  5. 1 2 1904 Handicap Events - Olympic medalists. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-04-19.

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