Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's hammer throw

Men's hammer throw at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Perry Lakes Stadium
Date	1 December 1962 (1962-12-01)
Competitors	9 from 4 nations
Winning distance	202 ft 3 in (61.65 m)
Medalists
Howard Payne   England   Dick Leffler   Australia   Robert Brown   Australia

Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 yd		men		women
220 yd		men		women
440 yd		men
880 yd		men		women
1 mile		men
3 miles		men
6 miles		men
80 m hurdles				women
120 yd hurdles		men
440 yd hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×110 yd relay		men		women
4×440 yd relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women

The men's hammer throw at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Saturday 1 December 1962.

The event was won by Englishman Howard Payne with a throw of 202 ft 3 in (61.65 m). Payne won by 5 ft 11 ¹⁄₂ in (1.82 m) ahead of the Australian pairing of Dick Leffler and Robert Brown.

Records

World record	Hal Connolly (USA)	231 ft 10 1⁄2 in (70.68 m)	Palo Alto, California, United States	21 July 1962
Games record	Mike Ellis (ENG)	206 ft 4 in (62.89 m)	Cardiff, Wales	27 July 1958	[1]
Commonwealth record		'

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
01 !	Payne, HowardHoward Payne	England	61.65 !202 ft 3 in (61.65 m)
02 !	Leffler, DickDick Leffler	Australia	59.83 !196 ft 3 1⁄2 in (59.83 m)
03 !	Brown, RobertRobert Brown	Australia	57.65 !189 ft 1 1⁄2 in (57.65 m)
4	Morris, CharlieCharlie Morris	Australia	56.78 !186 ft 3 1⁄2 in (56.78 m)
5 !=5	Hall, LaurieLaurie Hall	Wales	54.41 !178 ft 6 in (54.41 m)
	Edwards, MikeMike Edwards	Australia
7	Leech, DaveDave Leech	New Zealand	50.74 !166 ft 5 1⁄2 in (50.74 m)
8	Sheldrick, JohnJohn Sheldrick	England	0.0	DNS
9	McSorley, JohnJohn McSorley	England	0.0	DNS

References