Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

Men's hammer throw at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Dates	July 31 (qualifying and final)
Medalists
Imre Nemeth  Hungary Ivan Gubijan  Yugoslavia Robert Bennett  United States

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Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
10 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The men's hammer throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on July 31. The final was won by Hungarian Imre Nemeth.

Results

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Imre Németh	Hungary	53.59	55.44	54.94	50.05	x	56.07	56.07
	Ivan Gubijan	Yugoslavia	x	x	54.27	51.76	54.22	x	54.27
	Robert Bennett	United States	52.53	51.11	52.08	53.73	51.21	49.81	53.73
4	Sam Felton	United States							53.66
5	Lauri Tamminen	Finland							53.08
6	Bo Ericson	Sweden							52.98
7	Teseo Taddia	Italy							51.74
8	Einar Söderqvist	Sweden							51.48
9	Henry Dreyer	United States							51.37
10	Svend Aage Frederiksen	Denmark							50.07
11	Duncan Clark	Great Britain							48.35
12	Hans Houtzager	Netherlands							45.69
13	Gin Gang-Hwan	South Korea							43.93

References

• 1948 Summer Olympics results: Men's hammer throw, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-07-16.