| Event: | Men's hammer throw |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
The men's hammer throw at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 15 and 16 September 1962.
| Gold | Gyula Zsivótzky | |
| Silver | Aleksey Baltovskiy | |
| Bronze | Yuriy Bakarinov |
16 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | | 69.64 | AR | |||
| align=left | align=left | 66.93 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 66.57 | |||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 65.23 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 64.34 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 63.94 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 63.52 | ||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | | 62.95 | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | 62.30 | ||||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | 62.09 | ||||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | | 60.64 | |||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | 58.84 |
15 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 66.17 | CR Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 64.49 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 63.35 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 63.02 | Q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 62.92 | Q | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 62.39 | Q | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 62.34 | Q | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 62.34 | Q | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | | 62.27 | Q | ||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | 62.24 | Q | |||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | 62.10 | Q | |||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | | 61.94 | Q | ||
| 13 | align=left | align=left |  | 61.78 | |||
| 14 | align=left | align=left |  | 60.99 | |||
| 15 | align=left | align=left | 60.71 | ||||
| 16 | align=left | align=left |  | 60.15 | |||
| 17 | align=left | align=left | 59.79 | ||||
| 18 | align=left | align=left | | 59.53 | |||
| 19 | align=left | align=left | 59.15 | ||||
| 20 | align=left | align=left | 57.95 |
According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
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