The men's hammer throw at the 1960 Summer Olympics took place on September 2 and September 3 at the Stadio Olimpico. The qualifying standards for the 1960 event were 60 m. There were 28 competitors fr
Bronze medalist Tadeusz Rut
Gyula Zsivótzky
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Gyula Zsivótzky was a Hungarian hammer thrower. He won a gold medal at the 1968 Olympics, silvers in 1960 and 1964, and finished fifth in 1972. Zsivótzky set two world record: one in 1965 and the othe
Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw
…had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Vasily Rudenkov of the Soviet Union, the nation's first victory in the event. Gyula Zsivótzky took silver, Hungary's fourth medal in the last four Games in the men's hammer throw. Tadeusz Rut's bronze was Poland's first medal in the event. This…
Zsivótzky in 1969