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Hammer Throw, Men

Date	24 July 1952
Status	Olympic
Location	Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Participants	33 from 18 countries

The three favorites were defending champion and world record holder Imre Németh (HUN), 1950 European Champion Sverre Strandli (NOR), and Germany’s Karl Storch. However, the qualifying was led by József Csermák, Németh’s teammate.

Csermák took the lead in the final with 58.45 (191-9¼) in round one, and clinched the gold medal with his 60.34 (197-11¾) in round three. Storch’s third round throw of 58.18 (190-10½) secured the silver, although he improved to 58.86 (193-1½) in the fourth round.

At 20 years, 161 days, Csermák remains, through 2024, the youngest ever men’s hammer gold medalist. Shortly after the Olympics, Strandli broke the world record, and would do so again in 1953.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	956	József Csermák	HUN	57.20 (1)	60.34 (1)	Gold	WR
2	750	Karl Storch	GER	55.35 (2)	58.86 (2)	Silver
3	955	Imre Németh	HUN	53.59 (10)	57.74 (3)	Bronze
4	908	Jiří Dadák	TCH	53.66 (9)	56.81 (4)
5	465	Nikolay Redkin	URS	53.58 (11)	56.55 (5)
6	751	Karl Wolf	GER	53.86 (5)	56.49 (6)
7	521	Sverre Strandli	NOR	54.96 (3)	56.36 (7)
8	463	Georgy Dybenko	URS	53.70 (8)	55.03 (8)
9	339	Ivan Gubijan	YUG	54.76 (4)	54.54 (9)
10	262	Teseo Taddia	ITA	53.85 (6)	54.27 (10)
11	1036	Sam Felton	USA	50.89 (15)	53.32 (11)
12	662	Constantin Dumitru	ROU	50.92 (14)	52.77 (12)
13	1038	Bob Backus	USA	49.39 (23)	52.11 (13)
14	823	Reino Kuivamäki	FIN	50.58 (19)	51.85 (14)
15	909	Miloš Máca	TCH	53.72 (7)	51.78 (15)
16	882	Poul Cederquist	DEN	50.77 (16)	51.60 (16)
17	338	Rudolf Galin	YUG	49.98 (21)	51.37 (17)
18	213	Duncan Clark	GBR	50.69 (17)	51.07 (18)
19	821	Oiva Halmetoja	FIN	52.55 (12)	50.82 (19)
20	822	Lauri Tamminen	FIN	49.05 (25)	50.05 (20)
21	212	Peter Allday	GBR	50.59 (18)	49.70 (21)
22	55	Henri Haest	BEL	49.08 (24)	48.78 (22)
23	634	Pierre Legrain	FRA	49.75 (22)	46.38 (23)
AC r2/2	464	Mikhail Krivonosov	URS	51.15 (13)	– (NM)
AC r2/2	1037	Marty Engel	USA	50.00 (20)	– (NM)
26 QR	263	Avio Lucioli	ITA	48.74 (26)	–
27 QR	864	Roger Veeser	SUI	48.60 (27)	–
28 QR	536	Fazal Hussain	PAK	48.36 (28)	–
29 QR	214	Ewan Douglas	GBR	48.25 (29)	–
30 QR	633	André Osterberger	FRA	47.87 (30)	–
31 QR	537	Muhammad Iqbal	PAK	47.45 (31)	–
32 QR	84	Arturo Melcher	CHI	45.55 (32)	–
AC QR	552	Jaime Annexy	PUR	– (NM)	–
DNS	337	Aleksandar Bereč	YUG	– (DNS)	–
DNS	663	Nicolae Gurau	ROU	– (DNS)	–
DNS	583	Bogdan Masłowski	POL	– (DNS)	–
DNS	153	Charles Reidy	IRL	– (DNS)	–
DNS	928	Toma Balci	TUR	– (DNS)	–
DNS	881	Svend Aage Frederiksen	DEN	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	24 July 1952 — 11:30
Format	All those reaching 49.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	956	József Csermák	HUN	57.20	QOR
2	750	Karl Storch	GER	55.35	Q	1
3	521	Sverre Strandli	NOR	54.96	Q
4	339	Ivan Gubijan	YUG	54.76	Q
5	751	Karl Wolf	GER	53.86	Q	2
6	262	Teseo Taddia	ITA	53.85	Q
7	909	Miloš Máca	TCH	53.72	Q
8	463	Georgy Dybenko	URS	53.70	Q
9	908	Jiří Dadák	TCH	53.66	Q
10	955	Imre Németh	HUN	53.59	Q	3
11	465	Nikolay Redkin	URS	53.58	Q
12	821	Oiva Halmetoja	FIN	52.55	Q
13	464	Mikhail Krivonosov	URS	51.15	Q
14	662	Constantin Dumitru	ROU	50.92	Q
15	1036	Sam Felton	USA	50.89	Q
16	882	Poul Cederquist	DEN	50.77	Q
17	213	Duncan Clark	GBR	50.69	Q
18	212	Peter Allday	GBR	50.59	Q
19	823	Reino Kuivamäki	FIN	50.58	Q
20	1037	Marty Engel	USA	50.00	Q
21	338	Rudolf Galin	YUG	49.98	Q
22	634	Pierre Legrain	FRA	49.75	Q
23	1038	Bob Backus	USA	49.39	Q	4
24	55	Henri Haest	BEL	49.08	Q
25	822	Lauri Tamminen	FIN	49.05	Q
26	263	Avio Lucioli	ITA	48.74
27	864	Roger Veeser	SUI	48.60
28	536	Fazal Hussain	PAK	48.36
29	214	Ewan Douglas	GBR	48.25
30	633	André Osterberger	FRA	47.87
31	537	Muhammad Iqbal	PAK	47.45
32	84	Arturo Melcher	CHI	45.55
NM	552	Jaime Annexy	PUR	–
DNS	337	Aleksandar Bereč	YUG	–
DNS	663	Nicolae Gurau	ROU	–
DNS	881	Svend Aage Frederiksen	DEN	–
DNS	583	Bogdan Masłowski	POL	–
DNS	153	Charles Reidy	IRL	–
DNS	928	Toma Balci	TUR	–

Group A

Date	24 July 1952

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	7	József Csermák	HUN	57.20	57.20	57.20	p
2	16	Ivan Gubijan	YUG	54.76	54.76	54.76	p
3	11	Georgy Dybenko	URS	53.70	x	53.70	p
4	8	Jiří Dadák	TCH	53.66	53.66	53.66	p
5	19	Oiva Halmetoja	FIN	52.55	52.55	52.55	p
6	10	Constantin Dumitru	ROU	50.92	50.92	50.92	p
7	13	Sam Felton	USA	50.89	50.89	50.89	p
8	5	Poul Cederquist	DEN	50.77	50.77	50.77	p
9	6	Duncan Clark	GBR	50.69	50.69	50.69	p
10	1	Peter Allday	GBR	50.59	x	50.59	p
11	12	Marty Engel	USA	50.00	x	50.00	p
12	15	Rudolf Galin	YUG	49.98	49.98	49.98	p
13	3	Bob Backus	USA	49.39	49.39	49.39	p	5
14	18	Henri Haest	BEL	49.08	49.08	49.08	p
15	20	Fazal Hussain	PAK	48.36	47.80	48.36	45.82
16	9	Ewan Douglas	GBR	48.25	x	x	48.25
NM	2	Jaime Annexy	PUR	–	x	x	x
DNS	4	Aleksandar Bereč	YUG	–	–	–	–
DNS	17	Nicolae Gurau	ROU	–	–	–	–
DNS	14	Svend Aage Frederiksen	DEN	–	–	–	–

Group B

Date	24 July 1952

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	13	Karl Storch	GER	55.35	x	55.35	p	6
2	14	Sverre Strandli	NOR	54.96	54.96	54.96	p
3	19	Karl Wolf	GER	53.86	53.86	53.86	p	7
4	15	Teseo Taddia	ITA	53.85	53.85	53.85	p
5	6	Miloš Máca	TCH	53.72	53.72	53.72	p
6	9	Imre Németh	HUN	53.59	53.59	53.59	p	8
7	11	Nikolay Redkin	URS	53.58	x	53.58	p
8	2	Mikhail Krivonosov	URS	51.15	x	51.15	p
9	3	Reino Kuivamäki	FIN	50.58	47.96	47.96	50.58
10	5	Pierre Legrain	FRA	49.75	49.75	49.75	p
11	17	Lauri Tamminen	FIN	49.05	x	47.74	49.05
12	4	Avio Lucioli	ITA	48.74	48.74	48.74	x
13	18	Roger Veeser	SUI	48.60	47.72	48.60	x
14	10	André Osterberger	FRA	47.87	x	x	47.87
15	1	Muhammad Iqbal	PAK	47.45	x	47.45	x
16	8	Arturo Melcher	CHI	45.55	x	41.67	45.55
DNS	7	Bogdan Masłowski	POL	–	–	–	–
DNS	12	Charles Reidy	IRL	–	–	–	–
DNS	16	Toma Balci	TUR	–	–	–	–

Final Round

Date	24 July 1952 — 16:45

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance	Round #4 Distance	Round #5 Distance	Round #6 Distance
1	7	József Csermák	HUN	60.34	58.45	57.28	60.34	49.68	x	x	WR
2	18	Karl Storch	GER	58.86	x	56.45	58.18	58.86	57.80	58.34
3	1	Imre Németh	HUN	57.74	54.92	55.05	56.82	54.95	57.74	56.30
4	6	Jiří Dadák	TCH	56.81	54.00	56.81	x	51.72	55.61	54.04
5	2	Nikolay Redkin	URS	56.55	53.08	56.55	52.30	53.55	x	54.16
6	4	Karl Wolf	GER	56.49	56.49	54.98	53.79	53.60	x	56.41
7	16	Sverre Strandli	NOR	56.36	56.36	53.77	55.07	–	–	–
8	19	Georgy Dybenko	URS	55.03	55.03	x	53.68	–	–	–
9	15	Ivan Gubijan	YUG	54.54	53.53	53.82	54.54	–	–	–
10	25	Teseo Taddia	ITA	54.27	x	x	54.27	–	–	–
11	13	Sam Felton	USA	53.32	53.10	x	53.32	–	–	–
12	12	Constantin Dumitru	ROU	52.77	52.77	x	50.62	–	–	–
13	24	Bob Backus	USA	52.11	x	52.11	x	–	–	–
14	20	Reino Kuivamäki	FIN	51.85	51.85	x	51.59	–	–	–
15	22	Miloš Máca	TCH	51.78	51.78	46.89	48.99	–	–	–
16	3	Poul Cederquist	DEN	51.60	x	46.58	51.60	–	–	–
17	21	Rudolf Galin	YUG	51.37	51.37	x	50.21	–	–	–
18	23	Duncan Clark	GBR	51.07	51.07	x	48.95	–	–	–
19	14	Oiva Halmetoja	FIN	50.82	50.75	50.82	x	–	–	–
20	10	Lauri Tamminen	FIN	50.05	x	x	50.05	–	–	–
21	5	Peter Allday	GBR	49.70	44.20	49.70	x	–	–	–
22	17	Henri Haest	BEL	48.78	x	48.78	48.50	–	–	–
23	11	Pierre Legrain	FRA	46.38	44.83	x	46.38	–	–	–
NM	8	Marty Engel	USA	–	x	x	x	–	–	–
NM	9	Mikhail Krivonosov	URS	–	x	x	x	–	–	–