Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw
| 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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John Flanagan United States
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Truxtun Hare United States
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Josiah McCracken United States
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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.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1900 Summer Olympics.
(*) 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.
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