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Hammer Throw, Men

Date	2 – 3 September 1960
Status	Olympic
Location	Stadio Olimpico, Roma
Participants	28 from 18 countries

Defending champion Hal Connolly had broken the world record in 1958 and earlier in 1960. But the favorite was Soviet Vasily Rudenkov, the best thrower of 1959. Connolly did not perform well in Roma, finishing eighth but Rudenkov lived up to expectations, winning the gold medal. He led from the first round, and had three throws longer than silver medalist Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN).

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	590	Vasily Rudenkov	URS	67.03 (1)	67.10 (1)	Gold	OR
2	211	Gyula Zsivótzky	HUN	64.80 (2)	65.79 (2)	Silver
3	545	Tadeusz Rut	POL	60.73 (13)	65.64 (3)	Bronze
4	463	John Lawlor	IRL	62.10 (7)	64.95 (4)
5	544	Olgierd Ciepły	POL	60.61 (14)	64.57 (5)
6	323	Zvonko Bezjak	YUG	60.90 (10)	64.21 (6)
7	591	Anatoly Samotsvetov	URS	64.67 (3)	63.60 (7)
8	444	Hal Connolly	USA	63.02 (5)	63.59 (8)
9	95	Heinrich Thun	AUT	62.73 (6)	63.53 (9)
10	592	Yury Nikulin	URS	60.40 (15)	63.10 (10)
11	692	Sverre Strandli	NOR	61.41 (9)	63.05 (11)
12	127	Muhammad Iqbal	PAK	60.86 (11)	61.79 (12)
13	386	Noboru Okamoto	JPN	61.95 (8)	60.08 (13)
14	445	Al Hall	USA	60.76 (12)	59.76 (14)
15	655	Mike Ellis	GBR	63.21 (4)	54.22 (15)
16 r1/2	489	Guy Husson	FRA	59.83 (16)	–
17 r1/2	310	Claus Peter	GER	59.83 (17)	–
18 r1/2	212	József Csermák	HUN	59.72 (18)	–
19 r1/2	443	Ed Bagdonas	USA	59.48 (19)	–
20 r1/2	311	Manfred Losch	GER	59.38 (20)	–
21 r1/2	385	Takeo Sugawara	JPN	59.32 (21)	–
22 r1/2	231	Hansruedi Jost	SUI	59.12 (22)	–
23 r1/2	309	Siegfried Lorenz	GER	59.06 (23)	–
=24 r1/2	358	Birger Asplund	SWE	57.27 (=24)	–
=24 r1/2	322	Krešo Račić	YUG	57.27 (=24)	–
26 r1/2	460	José Luis Falcón	ESP	57.24 (26)	–
27 r1/2	342	Andreas Kouvelogiannis	GRE	55.18 (27)	–
28 r1/2	–	Eduardo Albuquerque	POR	54.92 (28)	–
DNS	175	Erman Bastian	IND	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round (2 September 1960 — 10:15)

All those reaching 60.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	26	Vasily Rudenkov	URS	67.03	67.03	-	-	QOR
2	6	Gyula Zsivótzky	HUN	64.80	64.80	-	-	QOR
3	27	Anatoly Samotsvetov	URS	64.67	64.67	-	-	Q
4	13	Mike Ellis	GBR	63.21	63.21	-	-	Q
5	11	Hal Connolly	USA	63.02	63.02	-	-	Q
6	9	Heinrich Thun	AUT	62.73	62.73	-	-	Q
7	22	John Lawlor	IRL	62.10	×	62.10	-	Q
8	24	Noboru Okamoto	JPN	61.95	×	×	61.95	Q
9	12	Sverre Strandli	NOR	61.41	58.67	61.41	-	Q
10	8	Zvonko Bezjak	YUG	60.90	60.90	-	-	Q
11	21	Muhammad Iqbal	PAK	60.86	57.84	60.86	-	Q
12	7	Al Hall	USA	60.76	57.43	×	60.76	Q
13	2	Tadeusz Rut	POL	60.73	60.73	-	-	Q
14	25	Olgierd Ciepły	POL	60.61	60.61	-	-	Q
15	15	Yury Nikulin	URS	60.40	60.40	-	-	Q
16	28	Guy Husson	FRA	59.83	59.31	×	59.83
17	17	Claus Peter	GER	59.83	×	59.83	×
18	10	József Csermák	HUN	59.72	×	×	59.72
19	20	Ed Bagdonas	USA	59.48	×	59.48	×
20	5	Manfred Losch	GER	59.38	×	58.85	59.38
21	3	Takeo Sugawara	JPN	59.32	58.40	59.32	57.66
22	29	Hansruedi Jost	SUI	59.12	55.09	57.07	59.12
23	19	Siegfried Lorenz	GER	59.06	×	59.06	×
=24	18	Krešo Račić	YUG	57.27	57.27	×	×
=24	16	Birger Asplund	SWE	57.27	57.27	×	×
26	14	José Luis Falcón	ESP	57.24	51.56	57.24	×
27	23	Andreas Kouvelogiannis	GRE	55.18	53.43	×	55.18
28	1	Eduardo Albuquerque	POR	54.92	53.26	54.31	54.92
DNS	4	Erman Bastian	IND	–	–	–	–

Final Round (3 September 1960 — 16:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	14	Vasily Rudenkov	URS	67.10	65.60	64.98	67.10	66.62	64.58	66.23	OR
2	2	Gyula Zsivótzky	HUN	65.79	60.83	63.83	64.87	65.79	×	65.11
3	1	Tadeusz Rut	POL	65.64	64.51	65.64	64.95	×	64.85	63.54
4	11	John Lawlor	IRL	64.95	×	62.59	64.09	64.95	×	×
5	13	Olgierd Ciepły	POL	64.57	60.03	64.07	62.27	64.57	62.48	62.06
6	4	Zvonko Bezjak	YUG	64.21	61.96	64.21	63.54	63.95	62.86	×
7	15	Anatoly Samotsvetov	URS	63.60	×	63.60	×	–	–	–
8	6	Hal Connolly	USA	63.59	63.05	62.57	63.59	–	–	–
9	5	Heinrich Thun	AUT	63.53	62.23	×	63.53	–	–	–
10	9	Yury Nikulin	URS	63.10	61.56	63.10	62.23	–	–	–
11	7	Sverre Strandli	NOR	63.05	×	62.02	63.05	–	–	–
12	10	Muhammad Iqbal	PAK	61.79	60.55	61.79	60.80	–	–	–
13	12	Noboru Okamoto	JPN	60.08	×	60.08	×	–	–	–
14	3	Al Hall	USA	59.76	59.64	×	59.76	–	–	–
15	8	Mike Ellis	GBR	54.22	×	54.22	×	–	–	–