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Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

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Men's hammer throw
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Bronze medalist Tadeusz Rut
VenueStadio Olimpico
DatesSeptember 2 (qualifying)
September 3 (final)
Competitors28 from 18 nations
Winning distance67.10 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vasily Rudenkov
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gyula Zsivótzky
 Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tadeusz Rut
 Poland
← 1956
1964 →

The men's hammer throw at the 1960 Summer Olympics took place on September 2 (qualifying) and September 3 (final) at the Stadio Olimpico. The qualifying standards for the 1960 event were 60 m (196 ft 10 in).[1] There were 28 competitors from 18 nations.[2] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Vasily Rudenkov of the Soviet Union, the nation's first victory in the event. Gyula Zsivótzky took silver, Hungary's fourth medal in the last four Games in the men's hammer throw. Tadeusz Rut's bronze was Poland's first medal in the event.

Background

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This was the 13th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1896. Ten of the 15 finalists from the 1956 Games returned: gold medalist Hal Connolly of the United States, bronze medalist Anatoli Samotsvetov of the Soviet Union, fourth-place finisher Albert Hall of the United States, fifth-place finisher (and 1952 gold medalist) József Csermák of Hungary, sixth-place finisher Krešimir Račić of Yugoslavia, eighth-place finisher (and 1952 finalist) Sverre Strandli of Norway, eleventh-place finisher Muhammad Iqbal of Pakistan, thirteenth-place finisher Guy Husson of France, fourteenth-place finisher Tadeusz Rut of Poland, and Birger Asplund of Sweden, who did not make a legal mark in the final. Vasily Rudenkov of the Soviet Union was the favorite over defending champion Connolly.[2]

Portugal and Spain each made their debut in the event; East and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany for the first time. The United States appeared for the 13th time, the only nation to have competed at each appearance of the event to that point.

Competition format

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The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1936, with the qualifying round completely separate from the divided final. In qualifying, each athlete received three attempts; those recording a mark of at least 60.00 metres advanced to the final. If fewer than 12 athletes achieved that distance, the top 12 would advance. The results of the qualifying round were then ignored. Finalists received three throws each, with the top six competitors receiving an additional three attempts. The best distance among those six throws counted.[2][3]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record  Hal Connolly (USA) 70.33 Walnut, United States 20 June 1960
Olympic record  Hal Connolly (USA) 63.19 Melbourne, Australia 24 November 1956

The Olympic record was beaten by Gyula Zsivótzky in the qualifying round with a distance of 64.80 metres. Vasily Rudenkov bettered that with a distance of 67.03 metres. Anatoli Samotsvetov was better than the old record, but behind Rudenkov's new record.

In the final, Rudenkov bettered his own new record with 67.10 metres on his third throw. The top nine men in the final threw further than Connolly's old record, including Connolly himself (who finished eighth despite improving by 40 centimetres).

Schedule

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All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Friday, 2 September 1960 10:15 Qualifying
Saturday, 3 September 1960 16:00 Final

Results

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Qualifying round

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Throwers achieving 60.00 metres advanced to the final.

Rank Order Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 26 Vasily Rudenkov  Soviet Union 67.03 OR 67.03 Q, OR
2 6 Gyula Zsivótzky  Hungary 64.80 OR 64.80 Q
3 27 Anatoli Samotsvetov  Soviet Union 64.67 64.67 Q
4 13 Michael Ellis  Great Britain 63.21 63.21 Q
5 11 Hal Connolly  United States 63.02 63.02 Q
6 9 Heinrich Thun  Austria 62.73 62.73 Q
7 22 John Lawlor  Ireland X 62.10 62.10 Q
8 24 Noboru Okamoto  Japan X X 61.95 61.95 Q
9 12 Sverre Strandli  Norway 58.67 61.41 61.41 Q
10 8 Antun Bezjak  Yugoslavia 60.90 60.90 Q
11 21 Muhammad Iqbal  Pakistan 57.84 60.86 60.86 Q
12 7 Albert Hall  United States 57.43 X 60.76 60.76 Q
13 2 Tadeusz Rut  Poland 60.73 60.73 Q
14 25 Olgierd Ciepły  Poland 60.61 60.61 Q
15 15 Yuriy Nikulin  Soviet Union 60.40 60.40 Q
16 28 Guy Husson  France 59.31 X 59.83 59.83
17 17 Claus Peter  United Team of Germany X 59.83 X 59.83
18 10 József Csermák  Hungary X X 62.73 59.72
19 20 Ed Bagdonas  United States X 59.48 X 59.48
20 5 Manfred Losch  United Team of Germany X 58.85 59.38 59.38
21 3 Takeo Sugawara  Japan 58.40 59.32 57.66 59.32
22 29 Hansruedi Jost  Switzerland 55.09 57.07 59.12 59.12
23 19 Siegfried Lorenz  United Team of Germany X 59.06 X 59.06
24 16 Birger Asplund  Sweden 57.27 X X 57.27
18 Krešimir Račić  Yugoslavia 57.27 X X 57.27
26 14 José Luis Falcón  Spain 51.26 57.24 X 57.24
27 23 Andreas Kouvelogiannis  Greece 53.43 X 55.18 55.18
28 1 Eduardo Albuquerque  Portugal 53.26 54.31 54.92 54.92
4 Erman Bastian  India DNS

Final

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The six highest-ranked competitors after three rounds qualified for the final three throws to decide the medals.

Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vasily Rudenkov  Soviet Union 65.60 64.98 67.10 OR 66.62 64.58 66.23 67.10 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gyula Zsivótzky  Hungary 60.83 63.83 64.87 65.79 X 65.11 65.79
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tadeusz Rut  Poland 64.51 65.64 64.95 X 64.85 63.54 65.64
4 John Lawlor  Ireland X 62.59 64.09 64.95 X X 64.95
5 Olgierd Ciepły  Poland 60.03 64.07 62.27 64.57 62.48 62.06 64.57
6 Antun Bezjak  Yugoslavia 61.96 64.21 63.54 63.95 62.86 X 64.21
7 Anatoli Samotsvetov  Soviet Union X 63.60 X Did not advance 63.60
8 Hal Connolly  United States 63.05 62.57 63.59 Did not advance 63.59
9 Heinrich Thun  Austria 62.23 X 63.53 Did not advance 63.53
10 Yuriy Nikulin  Soviet Union 61.56 63.10 62.23 Did not advance 63.10
11 Sverre Strandli  Norway X 62.02 63.05 Did not advance 63.05
12 Muhammad Iqbal  Pakistan 60.55 61.79 60.80 Did not advance 61.79
13 Noboru Okamoto  Japan X 60.08 X Did not advance 60.08
14 Albert Hall  United States 59.64 X 59.76 Did not advance 59.76
15 Michael Ellis  Great Britain X 54.22 X Did not advance 54.22

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Hammer Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Hammer Throw, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 2, p. 149.
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