1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw
| Men's hammer throw at the European Athletics Championships |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikhail Krivonosov | Soviet Union | 63.34 | WR | |
| Sverre Strandli | Norway | 61.07 | ||
| 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.
- Belgium (2)
- Bulgaria (1)
- Czechoslovakia (2)
- Denmark (1)
- Finland (1)
- France (2)
- Hungary (2)
- Iceland (1)
- Italy (1)
- Norway (1)
- Poland (1)
- Romania (2)
- Soviet Union (2)
- Sweden (1)
- Switzerland (2)
- Great Britain (1)
- West Germany (2)
- Yugoslavia (2)
References
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014