Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's hammer throw
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| Men's hammer throw | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Perry Lakes Stadium | |||||||||
| Date | 1 December 1962 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 9 from 4 nations | |||||||||
| Winning distance | 202 ft 3 in (61.65 m) | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games  |
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 yd | men | women | ||
| 220 yd | men | women | ||
| 440 yd | men | |||
| 880 yd | men | women | ||
| 1 mile | men | |||
| 3 miles | men | |||
| 6 miles | men | |||
| 80 m hurdles | women | |||
| 120 yd hurdles | men | |||
| 440 yd hurdles | men | |||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
| 4×110 yd relay | men | women | ||
| 4×440 yd relay | men | |||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | 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 | ||
The men's hammer throw at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Saturday 1 December 1962.
The event was won by Englishman Howard Payne with a throw of 202 ft 3 in (61.65 m). Payne won by Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). ahead of the Australian pairing of Dick Leffler and Robert Brown.
Records
| World record |  Hal Connolly (USA) |
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| Games record |  Mike Ellis (ENG) |
206 ft 4 in (62.89 m) | Cardiff, Wales | 27 July 1958 | [1] |
| Commonwealth record | ' |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
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Howard Payne | England |
202 ft 3 in (61.65 m) | |
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Dick Leffler |  Australia |
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Robert Brown | Australia |
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| 4 | Charlie Morris | Australia |
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| =5 | Laurie Hall |  Wales |
178 ft 6 in (54.41 m) | |
| Mike Edwards | Australia |
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| 7 | Dave Leech |  New Zealand |
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| John Sheldrick | England |
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| John McSorley | England |
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