Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

Men's hammer throw at the Games of the II Olympiad
Venue	Bois de Boulogne
Date	July 16
Competitors	5 from 2 nations
Medalists
John Flanagan United States   Truxtun Hare United States   Josiah McCracken United States

Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Track events
60 m		men
100 m		men
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
200 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
2500 m steeplechase		men
4000 m steeplechase		men
5000 m team race		men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Standing long jump	men
Standing triple jump	men
Standing high jump	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men

The men's hammer throw was a track & field athletics event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. It was held on July 16, 1900. Five hammer throwers from two nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1900 Summer Olympics.

World Record	51.10(*)	John Flanagan(**)	New York (USA)	September 23, 1899
Olympic Record		none

(*) unofficial

(**) Flanagan represented the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland before becoming a US citizen.

John Flanagan set the first Olympic record for this event with 51.01 metres.

Results

Place	Athlete	Distance
1	John Flanagan (USA)	51.01 m
2	Truxtun Hare (USA)	46.26 m
3	Josiah McCracken (USA)	43.58 m
4	Erik Lemming (SWE)	Unknown
5	Karl Staaf (SWE)	Unknown

Sources

• International Olympic Committee.
• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1900". Accessed 18 March 2006. Available electronically at .
• Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0378-0.