1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

Events at the 1950 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
10,000 m track walk		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's hammer throw at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Bruxelles, Belgium, at Stade du Heysel on 26 and 27 August 1950.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Sverre Strandli  Norway
Silver	Teseo Taddia  Italy
Bronze	Jiří Dadák  Czechoslovakia

Results

Final

27 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
01 !	Sverre Strandli	Norway	55.71
02 !	Teseo Taddia	Italy	54.73
03 !	Jiří Dadák	Czechoslovakia	53.64
4	Ivan Gubijan	Yugoslavia	53.44
5	Aleksandr Kanaki	Soviet Union	53.09
6	Duncan McDougall Clark	United Kingdom	52.83
7	Svend-Aage Frederiksen	Denmark	50.01
8	Ewan Douglas	United Kingdom	49.18
9	Rudolf Galin	Yugoslavia	49.01

Qualification

26 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Teseo Taddia	Italy	55.05	Q
2	Sverre Strandli	Norway	54.17	Q
3	Aleksandr Kanaki	Soviet Union	53.73	Q
4	Ivan Gubijan	Yugoslavia	52.29	Q
5	Jiří Dadák	Czechoslovakia	52.27	Q
6	Duncan McDougall Clark	United Kingdom	52.25	Q
7	Svend-Aage Frederiksen	Denmark	50.87	Q
8	Rudolf Galin	Yugoslavia	48.54	Q
9	Ewan Douglas	United Kingdom	47.31	Q
10	Henri Haest	Belgium	47.22
11	Toma Balcı	Turkey	46.63
12	André Osterberger	France	46.45
13	Pierre Legrain	France	46.21

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 13 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

References