József Csermák

József Csermák

Csermák at the 1952 Olympics
Personal information
Born	14 February 1932 Senec, Czechoslovakia
Died	12 January 2001 (aged 68) Tapolca, Hungary
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Hammer throw
Club	Tapolaci Lokomotív Tapolaci Törekvés MÁV TI Atlétikai Club
Achievements and titles
Personal best	64.23 m (1960)[1]
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Hungary Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki Hammer throw European Championships 1954 Bern Hammer throw

József Csermák (14 February 1932 – 12 January 2001 in Tapolca) was a Hungarian hammer thrower. He won the gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics with a throw of 60.34 m, setting a new world record and becoming the first athlete to break the 60 m barrier. At the next Olympics Csermák was chosen as the Olympic flag bearer for Hungary,^[2] but placed only fifth. He failed to reach the final at the 1960 Olympics. Besides his 1952 Olympic gold medal, Csermák won four Hungarian titles and a bronze medal at the 1954 European Championships.^[1]

Csermák won the British AAA Championships title in the hammer throw event at the 1954 AAA Championships.^[3][4][5]

References

1. József Csermák. Sports-reference.com
2. Hungary. Sports-reference.com
3. "2 Britons hold new record". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 11 July 1954. Retrieved 24 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
5. "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 24 April 2025.

External links

• József Csermák at Olympedia
• József Csermák at Olympics.com
• József Csérmák at databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 14 February 2007)
• CanThrow.com: JOZSEF CSERMAK, HUNGARIAN OLYMPIC HAMMER CHAMPION SUCCESSOR OF THE GREAT IMRE NEMETH HAS DIED at the Wayback Machine (archived 17 February 2005)

Records
Preceded by Imre Németh	Men's Hammer World Record Holder 14 July 1952 – 14 September 1952	Succeeded by Sverre Strandli