Anatoliy Vasilyevich Samotsvetov (Russian: Анатолий Васильевич Самоцветов) (27 November 1932 – 17 August 2014) was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the hammer throw. He was born in Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast. Samotsvetov competed for the USSR at...
Anatoly (Russian: Анато́лий, romanized: Anatoliy, Ukrainian: Анато́лій, romanized: Anatolii) is a common Russian and Ukrainian masculine given name, derived from the Greek name Anatolios (Ἀνατόλιος), meaning "he of the sunrise", from ἀνατολή...
This is the complete list of men's medalists in athletics at the Summer Olympics.
At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, 33 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 9 for women. There were a total number of 720 participating athletes from 61 countries.
The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular outdoor track-and-field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The hammer used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consists...
Yuriy Mikhailovich Bakarinov (Russian: Юрий Михайлович Бакаринов; 8 May 1938 – 12 November 2025) was a Russian athletics coach and former hammer thrower. Representing the Soviet Union, he won bronze at the 1962 European Championships and placed...
The men's hammer throw event at the 1959 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Comunale di Torino in Turin on 3 and 4 September 1959.
The 1956 Summer Olympics were held in Melbourne, Australia, from 22 November to 18 December 1956.
This is the complete list of men's Universiade medalists in athletics from 1959 to 2019.
The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2014. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability,...