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Hammer Throw, Men

Date	31 July 1948
Status	Olympic
Location	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
Participants	24 from 17 countries

Two weeks before the Olympics, Hungary’s Imre Németh threw 59.02 (193-7¾) for a world record at a pre-Olympic meeting in Tata. With Germany not invited to compete in the 1948 Olympics, he was a heavy favorite as only the Germans were close to him on recent performances. A challenged was expected from the 1946 European champion, Bo Ericsson, but that never materialized. Németh had the three longest throws of the competition. He led from round one, secured the gold medal in round two, and had his best throw of 56.07 (183-11½) in the final round. In 1976, Németh’s son, Miklós Németh, emulated his father by winning gold in the javelin throw.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	583	Imre Németh	HUN	54.02 (1)	56.07 (1)	Gold
2	596	Ivan Gubijan	YUG	50.44 (8)	54.27 (2)	Silver
3	593	Bob Bennett	USA	51.13 (5)	53.73 (3)	Bronze
4	595	Sam Felton	USA	49.20 (13)	53.66 (4)
5	576	Lauri Tamminen	FIN	49.82 (10)	53.08 (5)
6	590	Bo Ericsson	SWE	52.28 (3)	52.98 (6)
7	586	Teseo Taddia	ITA	51.06 (6)	51.74 (7)
8	591	Einar Söderqvist	SWE	52.39 (2)	51.48 (8)
9	594	Henry Dreyer	USA	50.37 (9)	51.37 (9)
10	574	Svend Aage Frederiksen	DEN	51.35 (4)	50.07 (10)
11	579	Duncan Clark	GBR	49.76 (11)	48.35 (11)
12	582	Hans Houtzager	NED	50.91 (7)	45.69 (12)
13	536	Gin Gang-Hwan	KOR	49.49 (12)	43.93 (13)
14 r1/2	577	Reino Kuivamäki	FIN	48.99 (14)	–
15 r1/2	573	Poul Cederquist	DEN	48.16 (15)	–
16 r1/2	580	Ewan Douglas	GBR	47.77 (16)	–
17 r1/2	581	Norman Drake	GBR	47.75 (17)	–
18 r1/2	578	Pierre Legrain	FRA	47.60 (18)	–
19 r1/2	575	Dan Coyle	IRL	47.11 (19)	–
20 r1/2	571	Juan Fusé	ARG	46.95 (20)	–
21 r1/2	572	Edmundo Zúñiga	CHI	44.03 (21)	–
22 r1/2	–	Jaroslav Knotek	TCH	42.46 (22)	–		1
23 r1/2	585	Somnath	IND	41.36 (23)	–
24 r1/2	587	Francisco González	MEX	39.50 (24)	–
DNS	530	Aad de Bruyn	NED	– (DNS)	–
DNS	584	Lajos Petike	HUN	– (DNS)	–
DNS	592	Toma Balci	TUR	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round (31 July 1948 — 10:00)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 49.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance
1	Imre Németh	HUN	54.02	Q
2	Einar Söderqvist	SWE	52.39	Q
3	Bo Ericsson	SWE	52.28	Q
4	Svend Aage Frederiksen	DEN	51.35	Q
5	Bob Bennett	USA	51.13	Q
6	Teseo Taddia	ITA	51.06	Q
7	Hans Houtzager	NED	50.91	Q
8	Ivan Gubijan	YUG	50.44	Q
9	Henry Dreyer	USA	50.37	Q
10	Lauri Tamminen	FIN	49.82	Q
11	Duncan Clark	GBR	49.76	Q
12	Gin Gang-Hwan	KOR	49.49	Q
13	Sam Felton	USA	49.20	Q
14	Reino Kuivamäki	FIN	48.99
15	Poul Cederquist	DEN	48.16
16	Ewan Douglas	GBR	47.77
17	Norman Drake	GBR	47.75
18	Pierre Legrain	FRA	47.60
19	Dan Coyle	IRL	47.11
20	Juan Fusé	ARG	46.95
21	Edmundo Zúñiga	CHI	44.03
22	Jaroslav Knotek	TCH	42.46		2
23	Somnath	IND	41.36
24	Francisco González	MEX	39.50
DNS	Aad de Bruyn	NED	–
DNS	Lajos Petike	HUN	–
DNS	Toma Balci	TUR	–

Qualifying Round, Group A (31 July 1948 — 10:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Group A Round One	Group A Round Two	Group A Round Three
1	9	Bo Ericsson	SWE	52.28	–	–	–
2	11	Svend Aage Frederiksen	DEN	51.35	47.72	51.35	–
3	1	Bob Bennett	USA	51.13	51.13	-	-
4	8	Henry Dreyer	USA	50.37	×	50.37	-
5	3	Duncan Clark	GBR	49.76	–	–	–
6	10	Sam Felton	USA	49.20	49.20	-	-
7	2	Poul Cederquist	DEN	48.16	46.72	–	–
8	6	Ewan Douglas	GBR	47.77	45.91	47.77	–
9	7	Norman Drake	GBR	47.75	47.60	47.36	47.75
10	5	Dan Coyle	IRL	47.11	47.11	–	–
11	12	Juan Fusé	ARG	46.95	45.77	46.31	46.95
12	13	Edmundo Zúñiga	CHI	44.03	44.03	43.93	42.22
DNS	4	Aad de Bruyn	NED	–	–	–	–

Qualifying Round, Group B (31 July 1948)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Group B Round One	Group B Round Two	Group B Round Three
1	7	Imre Németh	HUN	54.02	54.02	-	-
2	9	Einar Söderqvist	SWE	52.39	52.39	-	-
3	11	Teseo Taddia	ITA	51.06	51.06	-	-
4	3	Hans Houtzager	NED	50.91	50.91	-	-
5	2	Ivan Gubijan	YUG	50.44	50.44	-	-
6	12	Lauri Tamminen	FIN	49.82	49.82	-	-
7	4	Gin Gang-Hwan	KOR	49.49	39.03	49.49	-
8	5	Reino Kuivamäki	FIN	48.99	47.84	×	48.99
9	6	Pierre Legrain	FRA	47.60	44.03	45.70	47.60
10	14	Jaroslav Knotek	TCH	42.46	40.97	42.46	–	3
11	10	Somnath	IND	41.36	×	41.36	×
12	1	Francisco González	MEX	39.50	36.67	39.20	39.50
DNS	8	Lajos Petike	HUN	–	–	–	–
DNS	13	Toma Balci	TUR	–	–	–	–

Final Round (31 July 1948 — 15:30)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	10	Imre Németh	HUN	56.07	53.59	55.44	54.94	50.05	×	56.07
2	8	Ivan Gubijan	YUG	54.27	×	×	54.27	51.76	54.22	×
3	1	Bob Bennett	USA	53.73	52.53	51.11	52.08	53.73	51.21	49.81
4	5	Sam Felton	USA	53.66	–	–	–	–	–	–
5	13	Lauri Tamminen	FIN	53.08	–	–	–	–	–	–
6	4	Bo Ericsson	SWE	52.98	–	–	–	–	–	–
7	12	Teseo Taddia	ITA	51.74	–	–	–	–	–	–
8	11	Einar Söderqvist	SWE	51.48	–	–	–	–	–	–
9	3	Henry Dreyer	USA	51.37	–	–	–	–	–	–
10	6	Svend Aage Frederiksen	DEN	50.07	–	–	–	–	–	–
11	2	Duncan Clark	GBR	48.35	–	–	–	–	–	–
12	9	Hans Houtzager	NED	45.69	–	–	–	–	–	–
13	7	Gin Gang-Hwan	KOR	43.93	–	–	–	–	–	–