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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

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	Patrick Ryan	New York (USA)	August 17, 1913
Olympic Record	54.74	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

Detailed View

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