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1928 Olympic Games Amsterdam, Netherlands - Men's Hammer Throw

 

 

Host City: Amsterdam, Netherlands Format: Top six (and ties) advanced to the final.
Date Started: July 30, 1928  
Date Finished: July 30, 1928  
(Competitors: 16; Countries: 11; Finalists: 12)  
    Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
Overview by IAAF   Olympic_Stadium_Amsterdam_1928.jpg 
The pre-Olympic lists were topped by Connor, O’Callaghan and Skiöld. However, Connor placed only fourth in the US Trials, and was considered the least likely of the three to win. O’Callaghan was untested, having improved more than 5m in 1928, so Skiöld, who had led the world in 1926 and 1927, was the favourite. After the qualifying stage, Connor lagged in sixth with 46.75, which would be his best throw of the day, while O’Callaghan was third with 47.49. Way ahead was Skiöld with 51.29, leading from Black’s 49.03. It was only in the penultimate round that O’Callaghan took the lead, with 51.39, to win Ireland’s first Olympic gold medal. However five of the previous six hammer titles had gone to Irish-born athletes. The unfortunate Skiöld thus lost the gold by just 10cm.
       
Summary by Sports-reference.com      
Pat O'Callaghan had only been throwing the hammer for a bit over a year in 1928. But he continued the Irish tradition of winning gold medals in this event, coming thru with his fifth throw to surpass Sweden's Ossian Skiöld. Although an American had won the hammer throw at every previous Olympics, the winners in 1900-1920 were all born in Ireland. O'Callaghan would return in 1932 and defend his title.
 

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record 57.77 United States Patrick Ryan New York (USA) August 17, 1913
Olympic Record 54.74 United States Matt McGrath Stockholm (SWE) July 14, 1912
 
        Results          
 
Hammer Throw Men     Final 30 July        
                   
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 51.39     Pat O'Callaghan Ireland IRL 22    
2 51.29     Ossian Skiöld Sweden SWE 38    
3 49.03     Ed Black United States USA 23    
4 48.37     Armando Poggioli Italy ITA 39    
5 47.15     Don Gwinn United States USA 25    
6 46.75     Frank Connor United States USA 19    
Hammer Throw Men     Qualifying Round 30 July        
                   
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 51.29   Q Ossian Skiöld Sweden SWE 38    
2 49.03   Q Ed Black United States USA 23    
3 47.49   Q Pat O'Callaghan Ireland IRL 22    
4 47.15   Q Don Gwinn United States USA 25    
5 46.96   Q Armando Poggioli Italy ITA 39    
6 46.75   Q Frank Connor United States USA 19    
7 46.61     Federico Kleger Argentina ARG 25    
8 46.34     Ricardo Bayer Chile CHI      
9 46.22     Erik Eriksson Finland FIN 30    
10 46.02     Henk Kamerbeek Netherlands NED 34    
11 45.37     Malcolm Nokes Great Britain GBR 30    
12 44.80     Kenneth Caskey United States USA 23    
13 44.47     Camillo Zemi Italy ITA 30    
14 44.46     Carl Johan Lind Sweden SWE 44    
15 44.41     Yoshio Okita Japan JPN 25    
16 41.06     Harald Stenerud Norway NOR 31    

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Qualification

The best six throwers, both groups counted together, qualified for the final. The throwing order and the throwing series are not available.

Group 1

Place Athlete Distance Overall Rank Qual.
1  Edmund Black (USA) 49.03 2 Q
2  Armando Poggioli (ITA) 46.96 5 Q
3  Frank Connor (USA) 46.75 6 Q
4  Federico Kleger (ARG) 46.61 7  
5  Ricardo Bayer (CHI) 46.34 8  
6  Henk Kamerbeek (NED) 46.02 10  
7  Carl Johan Lind (SWE) 44.46 14  
8  Harald Stenerud (NOR) 41.06 16  

Group 2

Place Athlete Distance Overall Rank Qual.
1  Ossian Skiöld (SWE) 51.29 1 Q
2  Pat O'Callaghan (IRL) 47.49 3 Q
3  Don Gwinn (USA) 47.15 4 Q
4  Erik Eriksson (FIN) 46.22 9  
5  Malcolm Nokes (GBR) 45.37 11  
6  Kenneth Caskey (USA) 44.80 12  
7  Camillo Zemi (ITA) 44.47 13  
8  Yoshio Okita (JPN) 44.41 15
 

Final

The final was held on the same day.

Place Athlete Qual. Width Final Width Distance
1  Pat O'Callaghan (IRL) 47.49 51.39 51.39
2  Ossian Skiöld (SWE) 51.29   51.29
3  Edmund Black (USA) 49.03   49.03
4  Armando Poggioli (ITA) 46.96 48.37 48.37
5  Don Gwinn (USA) 47.15   47.15
6  Frank Connor (USA) 46.75   46.75
 
 

 

 

 

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