Men Hammer Throw Athletics V Olympic Games Stockholm, Sweden 1912 - Sunday, 14th July - Gold Medal: Matt McGrath, United States
FinalDistance1.2.3.Rk.4.5.6.
1. Matt McGrathUSA United States54.74m OR54.13 OR--1.52.8353.9054.74 OR
2. Duncan GillisCAn Canada48.39m46.17-48.392.-47.24-
3. Clarence ChildsUSA United States48.17m48.17--3.---
4. Robert OlssonSWE Sweden46.50m39.5646.50-4.
5. Carl Johan LindSWE Sweden45.61m45.06-45.615.
6. Denis CareyGBR Great Britain43.78m38.9943.78-6.
7. Nils LindeSWE Sweden43.32m43.32--7.
8. Carl JahnzonSWE Sweden42.58m39.1842.58-8.
8. Ralph RoseUSA United States42.58m-40.8042.588.
10.Arvid Ã…bergSWE Sweden41.11m--41.1110.
11.Gunnar JohnsonSWE Sweden39.92m38.6639.92-11.
12.Benjamin ShermanUSA United States38.77m38.71-38.7712.
13.Viktor HackbergSWE Sweden38.44m--38.4413.
14.Simon GillisUSA United StatesNM- 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.

world Men Hammer Throw History

Venue: Stockholm Olympic Stadion 20,000.
14 competitors from 4 nations.
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