1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

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Men's hammer throw
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's hammer throw at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 15 and 16 September 1962. [1]

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Medalists

Gold Gyula Zsivótzky
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Silver Aleksey Baltovskiy
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze Yuriy Bakarinov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union

Results

Final

16 September

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Gyula Zsivótzky Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 69.64AR
Silver medal icon.svg Aleksey Baltovskiy Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 66.93
Bronze medal icon.svg Yuriy Bakarinov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 66.57
4 Heinrich Thun Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 65.23
5 Olgierd Ciepły Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 64.34
6 Vasily Rudenkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 63.94
7 Josef Matoušek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 63.52
8 Tadeusz Rut Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 62.95
9 Hans Fahsl Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 62.30
10 Manfred Losch Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 62.09
11 Sándor Eckschmiedt Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 60.64
12 Martin Lotz Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 58.84

Qualification

15 September

RankNameNationalityResultNotes
1 Gyula Zsivótzky Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 66.17CR Q
2 Yuriy Bakarinov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 64.49Q
3 Sándor Eckschmiedt Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 63.35Q
4 Heinrich Thun Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 63.02Q
5 Aleksey Baltovskiy Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 62.92Q
6 Martin Lotz Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 62.39Q
7 Vasily Rudenkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 62.34Q
8 Josef Matoušek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 62.34Q
9 Olgierd Ciepły Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 62.27Q
10 Manfred Losch Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 62.24Q
11 Hans Fahsl Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 62.10Q
12 Tadeusz Rut Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 61.94Q
13 Sverre Strandli Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 61.78
14 Kalevi Horppu Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 60.99
15 Vasil Krumov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 60.71
16 Birger Asplund Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 60.15
17 Zvonko Bezjak Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 59.79
18 Rajmund Niwiński Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 59.53
19 Josef Málek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 59.15
20 Hansruedi Jost Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 57.95

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 391–397, retrieved 13 August 2014