Athletics at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's hammer throw

Athletics at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 yd	men	women
220 yd	men	women
440 yd	men
880 yd	men
1 mile	men
3 miles	men
6 miles	men
80 m hurdles		women
120 yd hurdles	men
440 yd hurdles	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
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The men's hammer throw event at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 26 July at the Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff, Wales.^[1]

Results[]

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Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Mike Ellis	England	54.25	58.03	61.11	x	62.90	59.21	206 ft 4+1⁄2 in (62.90 m)
	Muhammad Iqbal	Pakistan	60.38	61.02	61.70	60.05	x	60.71	202 ft 5 in (61.70 m)
	Peter Allday	England							188 ft 11 in (57.58 m)
4	Howard Payne	Southern Rhodesia							185 ft 0 in (56.39 m)
5	Don Anthony	England							180 ft 6 in (55.02 m)
6		Australia							180 ft 5 in (54.99 m)
7		South Africa							172 ft 2 in (52.48 m)
8		Pakistan							167 ft 1 in (50.93 m)
9	Ewan Douglas	Scotland							164 ft 9 in (50.22 m)
10		Wales							159 ft 10+1⁄2 in (48.73 m)
11		Scotland							149 ft 10 in (45.67 m)
	Alec Valentine	Scotland							NM
	Balkar Singh	India							DNS

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