1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

Events at the 1946 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
Decathlon		men

The men's hammer throw at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 22 August 1946.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Bo Ericson  Sweden
Silver	Eric Johansson  Sweden
Bronze	Duncan McDougall Clark  United Kingdom

Results

Final

22 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
01 !	Bo Ericson	Sweden	56.44
02 !	Eric Johansson	Sweden	53.54
03 !	Duncan McDougall Clark	United Kingdom	51.32
4	Imre Németh	Hungary	50.03
5	Hans Houtzager	Netherlands	49.86
6	Teseo Taddia	Italy	48.63
7	Aleksandr Shekhtel	Soviet Union	46.24
8	Jaroslav Knotek	Czechoslovakia	46.04

Qualification

22 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Bo Ericson	Sweden	53.60	Q
2	Eric Johansson	Sweden	52.29	Q
3	Hans Houtzager	Netherlands	51.46	Q
4	Duncan McDougall Clark	United Kingdom	50.81	Q
5	Teseo Taddia	Italy	50.12	Q
6	Aleksandr Shekhtel	Soviet Union	49.90	Q
7	Imre Németh	Hungary	48.47	Q
8	Jaroslav Knotek	Czechoslovakia	48.37	Q
9	Reino Kuivamäki	Finland	47.41
10	Gunnar Christensen	Denmark	45.94
11	Ivan Gubijan	Yugoslavia	45.11

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 11 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

References