Some sports historians also continue to treat the results of these games as part of the Olympic canon.

[4] In addition to the main 1904 Olympic men's hammer throw, a handicap competition was held that year.

The reigning Olympic champion John Flanagan won the event with a throw of 46.75 m with a zero handicap.

James Mitchel, a weight throw medallist in 1904, won the bronze with 46.16 m given a 23 ft handicap.

[5] These events are no longer considered part of the official Olympic history of the hammer throw or the athletics programme in general.