Malcolm Hahn
New Zealand javelin thrower
Malcolm Arthur Hahn QSM (3 May 1931 – 2 April 2010)[1] was a New Zealand athlete and javelin thrower.
At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales he was the New Zealand flagbearer at the opening ceremony.[2] In the javelin competition he finished 13th with a throw of 204’ 9½” (62.42 m).
Hahn's best throw was 71.52 metres (234 ft 8 in). This was a New Zealand record at the time and the first throw by a New Zealander over 70 metres (229 ft 8 in).[3]
Malcolm Arthur Hahn ( 1931 - 2010 ) was the great great grandson of Ludwig Johan Hahn (1820 - 1899) Born in Memel, Lithuania.
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1958 New Zealand British Empire and Commonwealth Games team
- Bill Baillie
- Marise Chamberlain
- Malcolm Hahn
- Murray Halberg
- Mary Donaghy
- Barry Magee
- Les Mills
- Dave Norris
- Ray Puckett
- Maurice Rae
- Merv Richards
- Barry Robinson
- Neville Scott
- Valerie Sloper
- Donal Smith
- Margaret Stuart
- Jennifer Thompson
- Beverly Weigel
- Roy Williams
- Paddy Donovan
- Graham Finlay
- Edward Morrison
- Maurice Purton
- Bevin Weir
- Warwick Dalton
- Keith Gant
- Warren Johnston
- Dick Johnstone
- Lance Payne
- John Peoples
- Bob Binning
- Enid McElwee
- Elizabeth Mitchell
- Brian Pickworth
- Percy Temple
- Robin Andrew
- Jeff Barron
- Bill Hampton
- John Morris
- Richard Pilkington
- James Pirret
- Stanley Snedden
- Peter Aitchison
- Eugene Crotty
- Frank Crotty
- Reg Douglas
- Donald Gemmell
- James Hill
- Graeme Moran
- Bob Parker
- Norm Suckling
- Richard Tuffin
- Philippa Gould
- Jennifer Hunter
- Colin McFadden
- Kay Sawyers
- Tessa Staveley
- Hohepa Komene
- Peter Ridgley
- Brian Bognuda
- Barrie Courtney
- Gordon Hobson
- John da Silva
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