Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw
The Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place on 24 July at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.Medalists
Records
The following Olympic and world records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Athlete | Distance | OR | WR |
| 24 July | Final | | 60.34 m | OR | WR |
Results
Qualifying round
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 49.00 advance to the Final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | József Csermák | | 57.20 | OR |
| 2 | A | Karl Storch | | 55.35 | |
| 3 | B | Sverre Strandli | | 54.96 | |
| 4 | A | Ivan Gubijan | | 54.76 | |
| 5 | A | Karl Wolf | | 53.86 | |
| 6 | B | Teseo Taddia | | 53.85 | |
| 7 | A | Miloš Máca | | 53.72 | |
| 8 | B | Heorhiy Dybenko | | 53.70 | |
| 9 | A | Jiří Dadák | | 53.66 | |
| 10 | A | Imre Németh | | 53.59 | |
| 11 | B | Mykola Redkin | | 53.58 | |
| 12 | A | Oiva Halmetoja | | 52.55 | |
| 13 | B | Mikhail Krivonosov | | 51.15 | |
| 14 | B | Constantin Dumitru | | 50.92 | |
| 15 | A | Samuel Felton | | 50.89 | |
| 16 | B | Poul Cederquist | | 50.77 | |
| 17 | A | Duncan Clark | | 50.69 | |
| 18 | B | Peter Allday | | 50.59 | |
| 19 | B | Reino Kuivamäki | | 50.58 | |
| 20 | A | Marty Engel | | 50.00 | |
| 21 | B | Rudolf Galin | | 49.98 | |
| 22 | B | Pierre Legrain | | 49.75 | |
| 23 | B | Bob Backus | | 49.39 | |
| 24 | B | Henri Haest | | 49.08 | |
| 25 | A | Lauri Tamminen | | 49.05 | |
| 26 | B | Aivo Lucioli | | 48.74 | |
| 27 | A | Roger Veeser | | 48.60 | |
| 28 | A | Fazal Hussain | | 48.36 | |
| 29 | A | Ewan Douglas | | 48.25 | |
| 30 | A | André Osterberger | | 47.87 | |
| 31 | A | Muhammad Igbal | | 47.45 | |
| 32 | A | Arturo Melcher | | 45.55 | |
| A | Jaime Annexy | | | |
Final
