Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's hammer throw

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The men's hammer throw was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event, which had been won all three previous times by John Jesus Flanagan.

[edit] Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's hammer throw	Matt McGrath United States (USA)	Duncan Gillis Canada (CAN)	Clarence Childs United States (USA)

[edit] Results

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, and McGrath himself could not reach the three-time champion's world record of 56.18 metres.

Place	Athlete	Preliminary				Final			Best mark
		1	2	3	Rank	4	5	6
	Matt McGrath (USA)	54.13 OR	—	—	1st	52.83	53.90	54.74 OR	54.74
	Duncan Gillis (CAN)	46.17	—	48.39	2nd	—	47.24	—	48.39
	Clarence Childs (USA)	48.17	—	—	3rd	—	—	—	48.17
4	Carl Olsson (SWE)	39.56	46.50	—	4th				46.50
5	Carl Lind (SWE)	45.06	—	45.61	5th				45.61
6	Denis Carey (GBR)	38.99	43.78	—	6th				43.78
7	Nils Linde (SWE)	43.32	—	—	7th				43.32
8	Carl Jahnzon (SWE)	39.18	42.58	—	8th				42.58
	Ralph Rose (USA)	—	40.80	42.58	8th				42.58
10	Arvid Åberg (SWE)	—	—	41.11	10th				41.11
11	Gunnar Johnson (SWE)	38.66	39.92	—	11th				39.92
12	Benjamin Sherman (USA)	38.71	—	38.77	12th				38.77
13	Wiktor Hackberg (SWE)	—	—	38.44	13th				38.44
14	Simon Gillis (USA)	—			14th				None

[edit] References

• Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). in Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.).: The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. 
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich. Retrieved on 5 January 2007. (Polish)