Karl Hein

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Olympic medal record
Men's Athletics
Gold 1936 Berlin Hammer throw

Karl Hein (June 11, 1908 – July 10, 1982) was a German athlete who competed mainly in the hammer throw. Born in Hamburg, he won the gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany. He was born and died in Hamburg.

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Olympic champions in men's hammer throw
1900: John Flanagan • 1904: John Flanagan • 1908: John Flanagan • 1912: Matt McGrath • 1920: Patrick Ryan • 1924: Fred Tootell • 1928: Pat O'Callaghan • 1932: Pat O'Callaghan • 1936: Karl Hein • 1948: Imre Németh • 1952: József Csermák • 1956: Harold Connolly • 1960: Vasily Rudenkov • 1964: Romuald Klim • 1968: Gyula Zsivótzky • 1972: Anatoliy Bondarchuk • 1976: Yuriy Sedykh • 1980: Yuriy Sedykh • 1984: Juha Tiainen • 1988: Sergey Litvinov • 1992: Andrey Abduvaliyev • 1996: Balázs Kiss • 2000: Szymon Ziółkowski • 2004: Koji Murofushi


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