| Final | Distance | 1. | 2. | 3. | Rk. | 4. | 5. | 6. | | 1. Matt McGrath |  United States | 54.74m OR | 54.13 OR | - | - | 1. | 52.83 | 53.90 | 54.74 OR | | 2. Duncan Gillis |  Canada | 48.39m | 46.17 | - | 48.39 | 2. | - | 47.24 | - | | 3. Clarence Childs | United States | 48.17m | 48.17 | - | - | 3. | - | - | - | | 4. Robert Olsson |  Sweden | 46.50m | 39.56 | 46.50 | - | 4. | | 5. Carl Johan Lind | Sweden | 45.61m | 45.06 | - | 45.61 | 5. | | 6. Denis Carey |  Great Britain | 43.78m | 38.99 | 43.78 | - | 6. | | 7. Nils Linde | Sweden | 43.32m | 43.32 | - | - | 7. | | 8. Carl Jahnzon | Sweden | 42.58m | 39.18 | 42.58 | - | 8. | | 8. Ralph Rose | United States | 42.58m | - | 40.80 | 42.58 | 8. | | 10.Arvid Åberg | Sweden | 41.11m | - | - | 41.11 | 10. | | 11.Gunnar Johnson | Sweden | 39.92m | 38.66 | 39.92 | - | 11. | | 12.Benjamin Sherman | United States | 38.77m | 38.71 | - | 38.77 | 12. | | 13.Viktor Hackberg | Sweden | 38.44m | - | - | 38.44 | 13. | | 14.Simon Gillis | United States | NM | - | | | 14. |
| World Record: 57.10m (unoficial) Matt McGrath, United States New York, United States October 29, 1911 | | Olympic Record: 51.92m John Flanagan, United States London, Great Britain July 14, 1908 | | Matt McGrath set a new Olympic record in the qualification with 54.13 metres and improved his record in the final with 54.74 metres. |
Flanagan, who had won all three prior editions of the Olympic hammer throw and held the Olympic record of 51.92 metres,
had retired since the 1908 Olympic Games. McGrath took the gold medal, besting Flanagan's Olympic record with all four of his legal marks. No other thrower beat Flanagan's Olympic mark.
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| | | Venue: Stockholm Olympic Stadion 20,000. | | 14 competitors from 4 nations. |
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