Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

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

Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics

At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, 29 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 6 for women. The program of events was unchanged from the previous Games. There was a total of 776 participants from 43 countries competing.-Medal table:...

at the 1936 Summer Olympics

1936 Summer Olympics

The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...

. The competition was held on August 3, 1936. The final was won by German

Germans

The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....

Karl Hein.

Final

Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Karl Hein Karl Hein Karl Hein was a German athlete who competed mainly in the hammer throw. Born in Hamburg, he won the gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany. He was born and died in Hamburg....	52.13	52.44		54.70	54.85	56.49	56.49	OR
	Erwin Blask Erwin Blask Erwin Blask was a German athlete who competed mainly in the hammer throw event. He won the silver medal for Germany at the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany. He was born in Friedrichsheyde, East Prussia and died in Frankfurt am Main....	52.55	55.04		54.10	54.48		55.04
	Fred Warngård Fred Warngård Fred Warngård was a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the hammer throw....	52.05	52.98	54.03	54.83	53.30	50.61	54.83
4	Gustaf Alfons Koutonen		50.01	51.90	49.11	49.91		51.90
5	William Rowe	51.53	51.04	49.29	50.32	51.66		51.66
6	Donald Favor	50.78	50.02	51.01	48.48	50.33	47.71	51.01
7	Bernhard Greulich	50.19		50.61				50.61
8	Koit Annamaa	48.77	49.54	50.46				50.46
9	Henry Dreyer	49.81		50.42				50.42
10	Sulo Heino	49.93	47.15	48.30				49.93
11	Ville Pörhölä Ville Pörhölä Frans Wilhelm Pörhölä was a Finnish athlete who competed in shot put, discus throw, hammer throw and weight throw....	45.35		49.89				49.89
12	Gunnar Jansson Gunnar Jansson Gunnar Jansson was a Swedish football forward who played for Sweden in the 1934 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Gefle IF.-External links:*...	49.21	48.49	49.28				49.28
13	Isao Abe	47.40	41.83	49.01				49.01
14	Evert Linné		47.25	47.61				47.61
15	Giovanni Cantagalli	45.21	47.42	45.08				47.42
16	Joseph Wirtz		44.82	45.69				45.69
17	Anton Barticevic		43.02	45.23				45.23

Key: OR = Olympic record

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