The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Athletics - Hammer Throw

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

UNITED STATES - 19 Medals

SOVIET UNION - 16 Medals

POLAND - 10 Medals

Medal Table
Hammer Throw 100 Meters
200 Meters
400 Meters
800 Meters
1500 Meters
5000 Meters
10000 Meters
100 Meter Hurdles
110 Meter Hurdles 400 Meter Hurdles 3000 Meter Steeplechase
4X100 Relay 4X400 Relay Marathon
20 KM Walk 50 KM Walk High Jump
Pole Vault Long Jump Triple Jump
Shot Put
Discus Javelin
Decathlon Heptathlon Mixed Marathon Walk Relay

Men's  Women's  Medal Total
Through 2024 Paris Games

YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1900
John Flanagan - United States
Truxton Hare - United States
Josiah McCracken - United States
1904
John Flanagan - United States
John DeWitt - United States
Ralph Rose - United States
1908
John Flanagan - United States
Matt McGrath - United States
Con Walsh - Canada
1912
Matt McGrath - United States
Duncan Gillis - Canada
Clarence Childs - United States
1920
Patrick Ryan - United States
Carl Johan Lind - Sweden
Basil Bennett - United States
1924
Fred Tootell - United States
Matt McGrath - United States
Mlacolm Nokes - Great Britain
1928
Pat O'Callaghan - Ireland
Ossian Skiold - Sweden
Edmund Black - United States
1932
Pat O'Callaghan - Ireland
Ville Porhola - Finland
Peter Zaremba - United States
1936
Karl Hein - Germany
Erwin Blask - Germany
Fred Warngard - Sweden
1948
Imre Nemeth - Hungary
Ivan Gubijan - Yugoslavia
Robert Bennett - United States
1952
Jozsef Csermak - Hungary
Karl Storch - Germany
Imre Nemeth - Hungary
1956
Harold Connolly - United States
Mikhail Krivonosov - Soviet Union
Anatoli Samotsvetov - Soviet Union
1960
Vasili Rudenkov - Soviet Union
Gyula Zsivotzky - Hungary
Tadeusz Rut - Poland
1964
Romuald Klim - Soviet Union
Gyula Zsivotzky - Hungary
Uwe Beyer - United Team of Germany
1968
Gyula Zsivotzky - Hungary
Romuald Klim - Soviet Union
Lazar Lovasz - Hungary
1972
Anatoliy Bondarchuk - Soviet Union
Jochen Sachse - East Germany
Vasili Khmelevski - Soviet Union
1976
Yuriy Sedykh - Soviet Union
Aleksei Spiridonov - Soviet Union
Anatoliy Bondarchuk - Soviet Union
1980
Yuriy Sedykh - Soviet Union
Sergey Litvinov - Soviet Union
Juri Tamm - Soviet Union
1984
Juha Tiainen - Finland
Karl-Hans Riehm - West Germany
Klaus Ploghaus - West Germany
1988
Sergey Litinov - Soviet Union
Yuriy Sedykh - Soviet Union
Juri Tamm - Soviet Union
1992
Andrey Abduvaliyev - Unified Team
Igor Astapkovich - Unified Team
Igor Nikulin - Unified Team
1996
Balazs Kiss - Hungary
Lance Deal - United States
Oleksandr Krykun - Ukraine
2000
Szymon Ziolkowski - Poland
Nicola Vizzoni - Italy
Igor Astapkovich - Belarus
2004
Koji Murofushi - Japan
Ivan Tsikhan - Belarus
Esref Apak - Turkey
2008
Primoz Kozmus - Slovenia
Vadim Devyatovskiy - Belarus
Ivan Tsikan - Belarus
2012
Krisztian Pars - Hungary
Primoz Kozmus - Slovenia
Koji MuroFushi - Japan
2016
Dilshod Nazarov - Tajikistan
Ivan Tsikan - Belarus Wojciech Nowicki - Poland
2020
Wojciech Nowicki - Poland Eivind Henriksen - Norway Paweł Fajdek - Poland
2024
Ethan Katzberg - Canada
Bence Halász - Hungary
Mykhaylo Kokhan - Ukraine

Women's  Men's  Medal Total
Through 2024 Paris Games

YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
2000
Kamila Skolimowska - Poland
Olga Kuzenkova - Russia
Kirsten Munchow - Germany
2004
Olga Kuzenkova - Russia
Yipsi Moreno - Cuba
Yunaika Crawford - Cuba
2008
Yipsi Moreno - Cuba Zhang Wenxiu - China Manuela Montebrun - France
2012
Anita Włodarczyk - Poland Betty Heidler - Germany Zhang Wenxiu - China
2016
Anita Włodarczyk - Poland Zhang Wenxiu - China
Sophie Hitchon - Great Britain
2020
Anita Włodarczyk - Poland Zheng Wang - China Malwina Kopron - Poland
2024
Camryn Rogers - Canada
Annette Echikunwoke - United States
Zhao Jie - China

Medal Total  Women's  Men's
RANK
COUNTRY
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
TOTAL
1
United States
7
6
7
20
2
Soviet Union
6
5
5
16
3
Poland 6
0
4
10
4
Hungary
5
3
2
10
5
Germany
1
3
1
5
6
Belarus 0
3
2
5
7
China 0
3
2
5
8
Canada 2
1
1
4
9
Cuba 1
1
1
3
10
Unified Team
1
1
1
3
11
Sweden
0
2
1
3
12
Ireland
2
0
0
2
13
Finland
1
1
0
2
14
Slovenia
1
1
0
2
15
Russia 1
1
0
2
16
Japan
1
0
1
2
17
West Germany
0
1
1
2
18
Great Britain
0
0
2
2
19
Ukraine 0
0
2
2
20
Tajikistan
1
0
0
1
21
Italy
0
1
0
1
22
Norway
0
1
0
1
23
Yugoslavia
0
1
0
1
24
East Germany
0
1
0
1
25
Turkey
0
0
1
1
26
France
0
0
1
1
27
United Team of Germany 0
0
1
1