1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

Men's hammer throw
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's hammer throw at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 28 and 29 August 1954.[1]

Medalists

Gold Mikhail Krivonosov
 Soviet Union
Silver Sverre Strandli
 Norway
Bronze József Csermák
 Hungary

Results

Final

29 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mikhail Krivonosov  Soviet Union 63.34 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sverre Strandli  Norway 61.07
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) József Csermák  Hungary 59.72
4 Tadeusz Rut  Poland 57.70 NR
5 Miloš Máca  Czechoslovakia 57.05
6 Imre Németh  Hungary 56.86
7 Ivan Gubijan  Yugoslavia 56.75
8 Mykola Redkin  Soviet Union 56.35
9 Jiří Dadák  Czechoslovakia 55.66
10 Teseo Taddia  Italy 55.12
11 Constantin Dumitru  Romania 54.59
12 Hugo Ziermann  West Germany 54.25
13 Boris Popov  Bulgaria 54.18
14 Oiva Halmetoja  Finland 53.66
15 Ewan Douglas  Great Britain 53.47
16 Birger Asplund  Sweden 52.72
17 Guy Husson  France 52.43
18 Krešimir Račić  Yugoslavia 51.87
19 Henrik Haest  Belgium 51.26
20 Poul Cederqvist  Denmark 51.19
21 Pierre Legrain  France 48.97
Karl Storch  West Germany DNS

Qualification

28 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 József Csermák  Hungary 59.33 CR Q
2 Sverre Strandli  Norway 58.52 Q
3 Mikhail Krivonosov  Soviet Union 58.41 Q
4 Ivan Gubijan  Yugoslavia 56.30 Q
5 Mykola Redkin  Soviet Union 56.11 Q
6 Miloš Máca  Czechoslovakia 54.93 Q
7 Boris Popov  Bulgaria 54.49 Q
8 Tadeusz Rut  Poland 54.47 Q
9 Constantin Dumitru  Romania 54.29 Q
10 Teseo Taddia  Italy 53.93 Q
11 Oiva Halmetoja  Finland 53.63 Q
12 Hugo Ziermann  West Germany 53.53 Q
13 Krešimir Račić  Yugoslavia 53.32 Q
14 Guy Husson  France 53.13 Q
15 Birger Asplund  Sweden 52.21 Q
16 Jiří Dadák  Czechoslovakia 52.11 Q
17 Poul Cederqvist  Denmark 51.93 Q
18 Imre Németh  Hungary 51.75 Q
19 Ewan Douglas  Great Britain 51.49 Q
20 Pierre Legrain  France 51.33 Q
21 Karl Storch  West Germany 51.12 Q
22 Henrik Haest  Belgium 51.06 Q
23 Roger Veeser   Switzerland 49.36
24 Þorður Sigurðsson  Iceland 48.98
25 Willy Druyts  Belgium 47.44
26 Josef Hirsch   Switzerland 46.96
Nicolae Rascanescu  Romania NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014