1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

Men's hammer throw at the European Athletics Championships

The men's hammer throw at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium 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
	Sverre Strandli	Norway	55.71
	Teseo Taddia	Italy	54.73
	Jiří Dadák	Czechoslovakia	53.64
4	Ivan Gubijan	Yugoslavia	53.44
5	Aleksandr Kanaki	Soviet Union	53.09
6	Duncan McDougall Clark	Great Britain	52.83
7	Svend-Aage Frederiksen	Denmark	50.01
8	Ewan Douglas	Great Britain	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	Great Britain	52.25	Q
7	Svend-Aage Frederiksen	Denmark	50.87	Q
8	Rudolf Galin	Yugoslavia	48.54	Q
9	Ewan Douglas	Great Britain	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.

•  Belgium (1)
•  Czechoslovakia (1)
•  Denmark (1)
•  France (2)
•  Italy (1)
•  Norway (1)
•  Soviet Union (1)
•  Turkey (1)
•  Great Britain (2)
•  Yugoslavia (2)

References

1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 372–377, retrieved 13 August 2014