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Hammer Throw At The Olympics

The hammer throw at the Summer Olympics is one of four track and field throwing events held at the multi-sport event.

The men's hammer throw has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900, becoming the third Olympic throws event after the shot put and discus throw. The women's event was a much later addition, being first contested at the 2000 Olympics.

Hammer throw
at the Olympic Games
Hammer Throw At The Olympics
The 1908 hammer throw competition
Overview
SportAthletics
GenderMen and women
Years heldMen: 1900 – 2020
Women: 2000 – 2020
Olympic record
Men84.80m Sergey Litvinov (1988)
Women82.29m Anita Włodarczyk (2016)
Reigning champion
MenHammer Throw At The Olympics Wojciech Nowicki (POL)
WomenHammer Throw At The Olympics Anita Włodarczyk (POL)

The Olympic records are 84.80 m (278 ft 2+1⁄2 in) for men, set by Sergey Litvinov in 1988, and 82.29 m (269 ft 11+3⁄4 in) for women, set by Anita Włodarczyk in 2016.

Medalists

Men

Games Gold Silver Bronze
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1900 Paris
details 		John Flanagan
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  United States 		Truxtun Hare
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  United States 		Josiah McCracken
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  United States
1904 St. Louis
details 		John Flanagan
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  United States 		John DeWitt
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  United States 		Ralph Rose
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  United States
1908 London
details 		John Flanagan
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  United States 		Matt McGrath
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  United States 		Con Walsh
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Canada
1912 Stockholm
details 		Matt McGrath
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  United States 		Duncan Gillis
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Canada 		Clarence Childs
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  United States
1920 Antwerp
details 		Patrick Ryan
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  United States 		Carl Johan Lind
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Sweden 		Basil Bennett
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  United States
1924 Paris
details 		Fred Tootell
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  United States 		Matt McGrath
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  United States 		Malcolm Nokes
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Great Britain
1928 Amsterdam
details 		Pat O'Callaghan
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Ireland 		Ossian Skiöld
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Sweden 		Edmund Black
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  United States
1932 Los Angeles
details 		Pat O'Callaghan
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Ireland 		Ville Pörhölä
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Finland 		Peter Zaremba
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  United States
1936 Berlin
details 		Karl Hein
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Germany 		Erwin Blask
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Germany 		Fred Warngård
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Sweden
1948 London
details 		Imre Németh
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Hungary 		Ivan Gubijan
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Yugoslavia 		Robert Bennett
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  United States
1952 Helsinki
details 		József Csermák
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Hungary 		Karl Storch
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Germany 		Imre Németh
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Hungary
1956 Melbourne
details 		Hal Connolly
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  United States 		Mikhail Krivonosov
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Soviet Union 		Anatoliy Samotsvetov
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Soviet Union
1960 Rome
details 		Vasily Rudenkov
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Soviet Union 		Gyula Zsivótzky
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Hungary 		Tadeusz Rut
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Poland
1964 Tokyo
details 		Romuald Klim
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Soviet Union 		Gyula Zsivótzky
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Hungary 		Uwe Beyer
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  United Team of Germany
1968 Mexico City
details 		Gyula Zsivótzky
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Hungary 		Romuald Klim
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Soviet Union 		Lázár Lovász
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Hungary
1972 Munich
details 		Anatoliy Bondarchuk
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Soviet Union 		Jochen Sachse
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  East Germany 		Vasiliy Khmelevskiy
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Soviet Union
1976 Montreal
details 		Yuriy Sedykh
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Soviet Union 		Aleksey Spiridonov
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Soviet Union 		Anatoliy Bondarchuk
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Soviet Union
1980 Moscow
details 		Yuriy Sedykh
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Soviet Union 		Sergey Litvinov
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Soviet Union 		Jüri Tamm
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Soviet Union
1984 Los Angeles
details 		Juha Tiainen
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Finland 		Karl-Hans Riehm
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  West Germany 		Klaus Ploghaus
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  West Germany
1988 Seoul
details 		Sergey Litvinov
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Soviet Union 		Yuriy Sedykh
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Soviet Union 		Jüri Tamm
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Soviet Union
1992 Barcelona
details 		Andrey Abduvaliyev
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Unified Team 		Igor Astapkovich
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Unified Team 		Igor Nikulin
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Unified Team
1996 Atlanta
details 		Balázs Kiss
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Hungary 		Lance Deal
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  United States 		Oleksandr Krykun
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Ukraine
2000 Sydney
details 		Szymon Ziółkowski
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Poland 		Nicola Vizzoni
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Italy 		Igor Astapkovich
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Belarus
2004 Athens
details 		Koji Murofushi
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Japan 		Not awarded Not awarded
2008 Beijing
details 		Primož Kozmus
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Slovenia 		Vadim Devyatovskiy
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Belarus 		Ivan Tsikhan
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Belarus
2012 London
details 		Krisztián Pars
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Hungary 		Primož Kozmus
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Slovenia 		Koji Murofushi
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Japan
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details 		Dilshod Nazarov
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Tajikistan 		Ivan Tsikhan
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Belarus 		Wojciech Nowicki
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Poland
2020 Tokyo
details 		Wojciech Nowicki
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Poland 		Eivind Henriksen
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Norway 		Paweł Fajdek
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Poland
2024 Paris
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Multiple medalists

Rank Athlete Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 John Flanagan Hammer Throw At The Olympics  United States (USA) 1900–1908 3 0 0 3
2 Yuriy Sedykh Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Soviet Union (URS) 1976–1988 2 1 0 3
3 Pat O'Callaghan Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Ireland (IRL) 1928–1932 2 0 0 2
4 Matt McGrath Hammer Throw At The Olympics  United States (USA) 1908–1924 1 2 0 3
Gyula Zsivótzky Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Hungary (HUN) 1960–1968 1 2 0 3
6 Romuald Klim Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Soviet Union (URS) 1964–1968 1 1 0 2
Sergey Litvinov Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Soviet Union (URS) 1980–1988 1 1 0 2
Primož Kozmus Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Slovenia (SLO) 2008–2012 1 1 0 2
9 Imre Németh Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Hungary (HUN) 1948–1952 1 0 1 2
Anatoliy Bondarchuk Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Soviet Union (URS) 1972–1976 1 0 1 2
Koji Murofushi Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Japan (JPN) 2004–2012 1 0 1 2
Wojciech Nowicki Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Poland (POL) 2016–2020 1 0 1 2
13 Igor Astapkovich Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Unified Team (EUN)
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Belarus (BLR)		 1992–2000 0 1 1 2
Ivan Tsikhan Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Belarus (BLR) 2008–2016 0 1 1 2
15 Jüri Tamm Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Soviet Union (URS) 1980–1988 0 0 2 2

Medalists by country

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Hammer Throw At The Olympics  United States (USA) 7 5 7 19
2 Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Soviet Union (URS) 6 5 5 16
3 Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Hungary (HUN) 5 2 2 9
4 Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Poland (POL) 2 0 3 5
5 Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Ireland (IRL) 2 0 0 2
6 Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Germany (GER)[nb] 1 2 1 4
7 Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Unified Team (EUN) 1 1 1 3
8 Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Finland (FIN) 1 1 0 2
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Slovenia (SLO) 1 1 0 2
10 Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Japan (JPN) 1 0 1 2
11 Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Tajikistan (TJK) 1 0 0 1
12 Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Belarus (BLR) 0 2 2 4
13 Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Sweden (SWE) 0 2 1 3
14 Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Canada (CAN) 0 1 1 2
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  West Germany (FRG) 0 1 1 2
16 Hammer Throw At The Olympics  East Germany (GDR) 0 1 0 1
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Italy (ITA) 0 1 0 1
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Yugoslavia (YUG) 0 1 0 1
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Norway (NOR) 0 1 0 1
20 Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Great Britain (GBR) 0 0 1 1
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Ukraine (UKR) 0 0 1 1
  • nb The German total includes teams both competing as Germany and the United Team of Germany, but not East or West Germany.

Women

Games Gold Silver Bronze
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2000 Sydney
details 		Kamila Skolimowska
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Poland 		Olga Kuzenkova
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Russia 		Kirsten Münchow
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Germany
2004 Athens
details 		Olga Kuzenkova
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Russia 		Yipsi Moreno
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Cuba 		Yunaika Crawford
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Cuba
2008 Beijing
details 		Yipsi Moreno
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Cuba 		Zhang Wenxiu
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  China 		Manuela Montebrun
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  France
2012 London
details 		Anita Włodarczyk
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Poland 		Betty Heidler
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Germany 		Zhang Wenxiu
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  China
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details 		Anita Włodarczyk
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Poland 		Zhang Wenxiu
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  China 		Sophie Hitchon
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Great Britain
2020 Tokyo
details 		Anita Włodarczyk
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Poland 		Wang Zheng
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  China 		Malwina Kopron
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Poland
2024 Paris
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Multiple medalists

Rank Athlete Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Anita Włodarczyk Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Poland (POL) 2012–2020 3 0 0 3
2 Olga Kuzenkova Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Russia (RUS) 2000–2004 1 1 0 2
Yipsi Moreno Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Cuba (CUB) 2004–2008 1 1 0 2
4 Zhang Wenxiu Hammer Throw At The Olympics  China (CHN) 2008–2016 0 2 1 3

Medalists by country

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Poland (POL) 4 0 1 5
2 Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Cuba (CUB) 1 1 1 3
3 Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Russia (RUS) 1 1 0 2
4 Hammer Throw At The Olympics  China (CHN) 0 3 1 4
5 Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Germany (GER) 0 1 1 2
6 Hammer Throw At The Olympics  France (FRA) 0 0 1 1
Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Great Britain (GBR) 0 0 1 1

Intercalated Games

The 1906 Intercalated Games were held in Athens and Iloilo and at the time were officially recognised as part of the Olympic Games series, with the intention being to hold a games in Greece and Philippines in two-year intervals between the internationally held Olympics. However, this plan realized its dream and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) later decided to approve these games as part of the official Olympic series and highly recommended it for those countries which has yet to win a gold medal or at least a medal. Some sports historians also continue to treat the results of these games as part of the Olympic canon.

Martin Sheridan, the Olympic champion in 1904 and 1908, won the 1906 title as well. A 1904 medallist, Nikolaos Georgantas, was runner-up, while Verner Järvinen took the bronze medal in addition to the Greek-style event gold medal he won at the 1906 Games.

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1906 Athens
details 		Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Martin Sheridan (USA) Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Nikolaos Georgantas (GRE) Hammer Throw At The Olympics  Verner Järvinen (FIN)

Non-canonical Olympic events

In addition to the main 1904 Olympic men's hammer throw, a handicap competition was held that year. The reigning Olympic champion John Flanagan won the event with a throw of 46.75 m with a zero handicap. Albert Johnson, sixth in the main event, came second with 46.20 m off a 30 ft handicap. James Mitchel, a weight throw medallist in 1904, won the bronze with 46.16 m given a 23 ft handicap.

These events are no longer considered part of the official Olympic history of the hammer throw or the athletics programme in general. Consequently, medals from these competitions have not been assigned to nations on the all-time medal tables.

References

    Participation and athlete data
    Olympic record progressions
    Specific

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