Sydney 2000 Olympics - Men's Hammer Throw

1896 (not contested)
1900
1. John Flanagan (US) ..................... 163-1 ...... 49.72
2. Truxtun Hare (US) ....................... 161-2 ...... 49.12
3. Josiah McCracken (US) ............... 139-4 ...... 42.46
1904
1. John Flanagan (US) .................... 168-0 ...... 51.22
2. John DeWitt (US) ........................ 164-11 .... 50.26
3. Ralph Rose (US) ......................... 150-0 ...... 45.72
1908
1. John Flanagan (US) .................... 170-4 ...... 51.92
2. Matt McGrath (US) ..................... 167-11 .... 51.18
3. Con Walsh (Can) ........................ 149-1 ..... 48.50
1912
1. Matt McGrath (US) ...................... 179-7 ...... 54.74
2. Duncan Gillis (Can) ..................... 158-0 ...... 48.38
3. Clarence Childs (US) ................... 158-0 ...... 48.16
1920
1. Pat Ryan (US) ............................. 173-5 ...... 52.86
2. Carl Johan Lind (Swe) .................. 158-9 ...... 48.42
3. Basil Bennet (US) ........................ 158-3 ...... 48.24
1924
1. Fred Tootell (US) ......................... 174-10 .... 53.28
2. Matt McGrath (US) ...................... 166-9 ...... 50.84
3. Malcolm Nokes (GB) ................... 160-4 ...... 48.86
1928
1. Pat O’Callaghan (Ire) .................. 168-7 ...... 51.38
2. Ossian Skiold (Swe) ................... 168-3 ...... 51.28
3. Edmund Black (US) .................... 160-10 .... 49.02
1932
1. Pat O’Callaghan (Ire). .................. 176-11 .... 53.92
2. Ville Porhola (Fin) ....................... 171-5 ...... 52.26
3. Peter Zaremba (US). ................... 165-1 ...... 50.32
1936
1. Karl Hein (Ger) ............................ 185-4 ...... 56.48
2. Erwin Blask (Ger) ........................ 180-7 ...... 55.04
3. Fred Warngard (Swe) ................... 179-10 .... 54.82
1948
1. Imre Nemeth (Hun) ..................... 183-11 .... 56.06
2. Ivan Gubijan (Yug) ...................... 178-0 ...... 54.26
3. Bob Bennett (US) ....................... 176-3 ...... 53.72
1952
1. Jozsef Csermak (Hun) ................. 197-11..... 60.34 WR
2. Karl Storch (WG) ........................ 193-1 ...... 58.86
3. Imre Nemeth (Hun) ...................... 189-5 ...... 57.75
1956
1. Hal Connolly (US) ....................... 207-3 ...... 63.18
2. Mikhail Krivonosov (SU) ............... 206-9 ...... 63.02
3. Anatoliy Samotsvyetov (SU) ......... 205-3 ...... 62.56
1960
1. Vasiliy Rudenko (SU) ................... 202-0 ...... 67.10
2. Gyula Zsivotzky (Hun) .................. 215-10 .... 65.78
3. Tadeusz Rut (Pol) ........................ 215-4 ...... 65.64
1964
1. Romuald Klim (SU) ..................... 228-10 .... 69.74
2. Gyula Zsivotzky (Hun) ................. 226-8 ...... 69.08
3. Uwe Beyer (WG) ........................ 223-4 ...... 68.08
1968
1. Gyula Zsivotzky (Hun) ................. 240-8 ...... 73.36
2. Romuald Klim (SU) ..................... 240-5 ...... 73.28
3. Lazar Lovasz (Hun) ..................... 228-11 .... 69.78
1972
1. Anatoliy Bondarchuk (SU) ........... 247-8 ...... 75.50
2. Jochen Sachse (EG) ................... 245-11 .... 74.96
3. Vasily Khmyelevskiy (SU) ........... 242-11 .... 74.04
1976
1. Yuriy Syedikh (SU) ..................... 254-4 ...... 77.52
2. Aleksey Spiridonov (SU) .............. 249-7 ...... 76.08
3. Anatoliy Bondarchuk (SU) ........... 247-8 ...... 75.48
1980
1. Yuriy Syedikh (SU) ..................... 268-4 .......81.80 WR
2. Sergey Litvinov (SU) .................... 264-7 ...... 80.64
3. Juri Tamm (SU) .......................... 259-17 ......78.96
1984
1. Juha Tiainen (Fin) ....................... 256-2 ....... 78.08
2. Karl-Hans Riehm (WG) ............... 255-10 ..... 76.68
3. Klaus Ploghaus (WG) ................. 251-7 ....... 76.68
1988
1. Sergey Litvinov (SU) ................... 278-2 ....... 84.80
2. Yuriy Syedikh (SU) .................... 274-10 ..... 83.76
3. Juri Tamm (SU) ......................... 266-3 ....... 81.16
1992
1. Andrey Abduvaliyev (SU) ............. 270-9 ....... 82.54
2. Igor Astapkovich (SU) ................. 268-11 ..... 81.96
3. Igor Nikulin (SU) ......................... 267-0 ....... 81.38
1996
1. Balazs Kiss (Hun) ....................... 266-6 ...... 81.24
2. Lance Deal (US) .......................... 266-2 ..... 81.12
3. Aleksey Krykun (Ukr). .................. 262-6 ..... 80.02
2000
1. Szymon Ziolkowski (POL) ............................ 80.02
2. Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) ..................................... 79.64
3. Igor Astapkovich (BLR) ................................. 79.17

Medals
7 - 6 - 6 Soviet Union
7 - 5 - 7 USA
4 - 2 - 2 Hungary
2 - 0 - 0 Ireland
1 - 1 - 0 Finland
1 - 1 - 0 Germany
1 - 0 - 1 Poland
0 - 2 - 2 West Germany
0 - 2 - 1 Sweden
0 - 1 - 1 Canada
0 - 1 - 0 Yugoslavia
0 - 1 - 0 East Germany
0 - 1 - 0 Italy
0 - 0 - 1 Great Britain
0 - 0 - 1 Ukraine
0 - 0 - 1 Belarus

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