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| Athletics Olympic Games Men: Hammer Throw | 
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| 2012 | London (gbr) | |||
| 2008 | Beijing (chn) | Primoz Kozmus (svn) | Vadim Devyatovskiy (blr) | Ivan Tsikhan (blr) |
| 2004 | Athínai (gre) | Koji Mufofushi (jpn) | Ivan Tsikhan (blr) | Esref Apak (tur) |
| 2000 | Sydney (aus) | Szymon Ziolkowski (pol) | Nicola Vizzoni (ita) | Igor Astapkovich (blr) |
| 1996 | Atlanta (usa) | Balazs Kiss (hun) | Lance Deal (usa) | Oleksiy Krykun (ukr) |
| 1992 | Barcelona (spa) | Andrey Abduvaliyev (cis) | Igor Astapkovich (cis) | Igor Nikulin (cis) |
| 1988 | Seoul (sko) | Sergey Litvinov (sov) | Yuriy Sedykh (sov) | Jüri Tamm (sov) |
| 1984 | Los Angeles (usa) | Juha Tiainen (fin) | Karl-Heinz Riehm (wge) | Klaus Ploghaus (wge) |
| 1980 | Moskva (sov) | Yuriy Sedykh (sov) | Sergey Litvinov (sov) | Juri Tamm (sov) |
| 1976 | Montréal (can) | Yuriy Sedykh (sov) | Aleksey Spiridonov (sov) | Anatoliy Bondarchuk (sov) |
| 1972 | München (wge) | Anatoliy Bondarchuk (sov) | Jochen Sachse (ege) | Vasiliy Khmelevskiy (sov) |
| 1968 | Mexico City (mex) | Gyula Zsivótzky (hun) | Romuald Klim (sov) | Lázár Lovász (hun) |
| 1964 | Tokyo (jpn) | Romuald Klim (sov) | Gyula Zsivótzky (hun) | Uwe Beyer (ger) |
| 1960 | Roma (ita) | Vasiliy Rudenkov (sov) | Gyula Zsivótzky (hun) | Tadeusz Rut (pol) |
| 1956 | Melbourne (aus) | Harold Connolly (usa) | Mikhail Krivonosov (sov) | Anatoliy Samotsvetov (sov) |
| 1952 | Helsinki (fin) | József Csermák (hun) | Karl Storch (ger) | Imre Németh (hun) |
| 1948 | London (gbr) | Imre Németh (hun) | Ivan Gubijan (yug) | Bob Bennett (usa) |
| 1936 | Berlin (ger) | Karl Hein (ger) | Erwin Blask (ger) | Fred Wärngĺrd (swe) |
| 1932 | Los Angeles (usa) | Patrick O'Callaghan (ire) | Ville Pörhölä (fin) | Peter Zaremba (usa) |
| 1928 | Amsterdam (net) | Patrick O'Callaghan (ire) | Ossian Skiöld (swe) | Edmund Black (usa) |
| 1924 | Paris (fra) | Fred Tootell (usa) | Matt McGrath (usa) | Malcolm Nokes (gbr) |
| 1920 | Antwerpen (bel) | Patrick Ryan (usa) | Carl-Johan Lind (swe) | Basil Bennet (usa) |
| 1912 | Stockholm (swe) | Matt McGrath (usa) | Duncan Gillis (can) | Clarence Childs (usa) |
| 1908 | London (gbr) | John Flanagan (usa) | Matt McGrath (usa) | Con Walsh (can) |
| 1904 | St. Louis (usa) | John Flanagan (usa) | John DeWitt (usa) | Ralph Rose (usa) |
| 1900 | Paris (fra) | John Flanagan (usa) | Truxtun Hare (usa) | Josiah McCracken (usa) |
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Note: 2004: actual 1st Adrian Annus (hun) disqualified for a doping offence |
