The men's hammer throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme

Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics

At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, 27 athletics events were contested. The competition was held on a 400 meter track and would become the standard for athletics tracks in the future. For the first time, women's events in athletics were included in the Olympic Games program...

 at the 1928 Summer Olympics

1928 Summer Olympics

The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...

. The competition was held on Monday, July 30, 1928.

Sixteen hammer throwers from eleven nations competed.

Medalists

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record	57.77	Patrick Ryan Patrick Ryan (athlete) Patrick James Ryan was an Irish hammer thrower who won the Gold medal as a member of the U.S. Olympic team at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium, winning the event by the biggest winning margin in history...	New York New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...  (USA United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... )	August 17, 1913
Olympic Record	54.74	Matt McGrath Matt McGrath Matthew John “Matt” McGrath was a member of the Irish American Athletic Club, the New York Athletic Club, and the New York City Police Department. At the time of his death at age 65, he attained the rank of Inspector, and during his career received the NYPD's Medal of Valor twice. He competed for...	Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...  (SWE Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... )	July 14, 1912

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		49.03	2	Q
2		46.96	5	Q
3		46.75	6	Q
4		46.61	7
5		46.34	8
6		46.02	10
7		44.46	14
8		41.06	16

Group 2

Place	Athlete	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1		51.29	1	Q
2		47.49	3	Q
3		47.15	4	Q
4		46.22	9
5		45.37	11
6		44.80	12
7		44.47	13
8		44.41	15

Final

The final was held on the same day.

Place	Athlete	Qual. Width	Final Width	Distance
1		47.49	51.39	51.39
2		51.29		51.29
3		49.03		49.03
4		46.96	48.37	48.37
5		47.15		47.15
6		46.75		46.75