Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw
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| Men's hammer throw at the Games of the II Olympiad
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| Venue | Bois de Boulogne | |||||||||
| Date | July 16 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 5 from 2 nations | |||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics  |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 [1].
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