Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

Men's hammer throw
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 4 & 7
Medalists
 Anatoliy Bondarchuk
Soviet Union
 Jochen Sachse
East Germany
 Vasiliy Khmelevskiy
Soviet Union
Athletics at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men
10,000 m men
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's hammer throw field event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place on September 4 & 7.[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[2]

World record West Germany Walter Schmidt 76.40 m Lahr, Germany September 4, 1971
Olympic record  Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN) 73.63 m Mexico City, Mexico October 17, 1968

Results

All throwers reaching 66.00 m (216 ft 6 1⁄2 in) and the top 12 including ties advanced to the finals. All qualifiers are shown in blue. All distances are listed in metres.

Qualifying

Rank Name Nationality Group Mark 1st throw 2nd throw 3rd throw
1 Anatoliy Bondarchuk Soviet Union B 72.88 72.88 p p
2 Gyula Zsivótzky Hungary B 71.20 71.20 p p
3 Reinhard Theimer East Germany A 70.66 70.66 p p
4 Vasiliy Khmelevskiy Soviet Union A 70.00 70.00 p p
5 Jochen Sachse East Germany B 69.94 69.94 p p
6 Strećko Štiglić Yugoslavia A 69.60 65.52 69.60 p
7 Tom Gage United States B 69.40 65.32 65.14 69.40
8 Mario Vecchiato Italy A 68.12 68.12 p p
9 Jacques Accambray France B 68.00 68.00 p p
10 Karl-Hans Riehm West Germany A 67.64 64.44 67.64 p
11 István Encsi Hungary A 67.38 67.38 p p
12 Shigenobu Murofushi Japan B 67.26 65.94 67.26 p
13 Stavros Moutaftsidis Greece A 67.22 67.22 p p
14 Edwin Klein West Germany A 67.14 67.14 p p
15 Uwe Beyer West Germany B 67.04 67.04 p p
16 Peter Sternad Austria B 66.74 x 66.74 p
17 Iosyp Hamskiy Soviet Union B 66.72 x x 66.72
18 Takeo Sugawara Japan A 66.50 65.94 64.56 66.50
19 Sándor Eckschmiedt Hungary B 66.44 66.44 p p
20 Barry Williams Great Britain A 66.32 x 66.32 p
21 Todor Manolov Bulgaria B 65.62 x x 65.62
22 Al Schoterman United States A 65.18 65.18 63.74 64.06
23 Stanisław Lubiejewski Poland A 64.80 60.34 64.80 x
24 Howard Payne Great Britain B 64.56 63.58 64.56 64.10
25 Yoshihisa Ishida Japan B 63.82 63.00 63.82 x
26 Georgios Georgiadis Greece B 63.58 63.58 x x
27 George Fenn United States A 62.14 57.28 62.14 58.86
28 William Silen Puerto Rico B 62.02 x x 62.02
29 Vladimir Prikhodko France A 61.78 60.80 61.78 59.58
30 José Alberto Vallejo Argentina B 60.08 x 60.08 x
31 Darwin Piñeyrúa Uruguay A 59.84 59.84 x 58.50
- Jorge Nuñez Mexico B DNS

Final

Rank Name Nationality Mark 1st throw 2nd throw 3rd throw 4th throw 5th throw 6th throw Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)Anatoliy Bondarchuk Soviet Union 75.50 75.50 72.62 71.76 73.78 73.50 72.90 OR
2nd, silver medalist(s)Jochen Sachse East Germany 74.96 71.54 x 73.70 71.26 x 74.96
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Vasiliy Khmelevskiy Soviet Union 74.04 68.82 71.62 74.04 68.16 x x
4Uwe Beyer West Germany 71.52 70.32 71.52 x 68.98 69.90 x
5Gyula Zsivótzky Hungary 71.38 71.38 70.44 70.48 x 70.66 70.20
6Sándor Eckschmiedt Hungary 71.20 71.20 x 67.26 69.24 67.90 68.86
7Edwin Klein West Germany 71.14 71.14 x x 69.70 70.26 x
8Shigenobu Murofushi Japan 70.88 69.36 70.88 70.32 65.70 69.08 68.54
9Mario Vecchiato Italy 70.58 x 69.46 70.58
10Karl-Hans Riehm West Germany 70.12 70.12 68.98 69.44
11István Encsi Hungary 70.06 66.32 69.82 70.06
12Tom Gage United States 69.50 66.94 69.50 x
13Reinhard Theimer East Germany 69.16 x 69.16 x
14Strećko Štiglić Yugoslavia 68.34 67.60 68.34 67.60
15Stavros Moutaftsidis Greece 68.30 68.14 68.30 67.04
16Barry Williams Great Britain 68.18 68.18 66.56 x
17Peter Sternad Austria 66.64 65.60 65.94 66.64
18Iosyp Hamskiy Soviet Union 66.26 66.26 x 65.34
19Jacques Accambray France 65.06 x 65.06 x
20Takeo Sugawara Japan 64.70 55.82 64.56 64.70

Key: OR = Olympic record; p = pass; x = fault; NM = no mark; DNS = did not start

References

  1. ↑ Official report of the Games of the XXth Olympiad - part 3
  2. ↑ The Athletics Site: world record progression - hammer throw men

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