Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw
Men's hammer throw at the Games of the XX Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||
Dates | September 4 & 7 | |||||||||
Competitors | 31 from 17 nations | |||||||||
Winning distance | 75.50 OR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics | ||
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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
Background
This was the 16th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1896. Six of the 13 finalists from the 1968 Games returned: gold medalist (and 1960 and 1964 silver medalist)
Bulgaria and Uruguay each made their debut in the event. The United States appeared for the 16th time, the only nation to have competed at each appearance of the event to that point.
Competition format
The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1936, with the qualifying round completely separate from the divided final. In qualifying, each athlete received three attempts; those recording a mark of at least 66.00 metres advanced to the final. If fewer than 12 athletes achieved that distance, the top 12 would advance. The results of the qualifying round were then ignored. Finalists received three throws each, with the top eight competitors receiving an additional three attempts. The best distance among those six throws counted.[3][4]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[5]
World record | Walter Schmidt (FRG) | 76.40 | Lahr, Germany | 4 September 1971 |
Olympic record | Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN) | 73.63 | Mexico City, Mexico | 17 October 1968 |
Schedule
All times are
Date | Time | Round |
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Monday, 4 September 1972 | 10:30 | Qualifying |
Thursday, 7 September 1972 | 14:00 | Final |
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 | Athlete | Nation | Group | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Notes |
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1 | Anatoliy Bondarchuk |
Soviet Union | B | 72.88 | — | — | 72.88 | Q |
2 | Gyula Zsivótzky | Hungary | B | 71.20 | — | — | 71.20 | Q |
3 | Reinhard Theimer | East Germany | A | 70.66 | — | — | 70.66 | Q |
4 | Vasiliy Khmelevskiy | Soviet Union | A | 70.00 | — | — | 70.00 | Q |
5 | Jochen Sachse | East Germany | B | 69.94 | — | — | 69.94 | Q |
6 | Strećko Štiglić |
Yugoslavia | A | 65.52 | 69.60 | — | 69.60 | Q |
7 | Tom Gage | United States | B | 65.32 | 65.14 | 69.40 | 69.40 | Q |
8 | Mario Vecchiato | Italy | A | 68.12 | — | — | 68.12 | Q |
9 | Jacques Accambray | France | B | 68.00 | — | — | 68.00 | Q |
10 | Karl-Hans Riehm | West Germany | A | 64.44 | 67.64 | — | 67.64 | Q |
11 | István Encsi | Hungary | A | 67.38 | — | — | 67.38 | Q |
12 | Shigenobu Murofushi | Japan | B | 65.94 | 67.26 | — | 67.26 | Q |
13 | Stavros Moutaftsidis | Greece | A | 67.22 | — | — | 67.22 | Q |
14 | Edwin Klein | West Germany | A | 67.14 | — | — | 67.14 | Q |
15 | Uwe Beyer | West Germany | B | 67.04 | — | — | 67.04 | Q |
16 | Peter Sternad | Austria | B | X | 66.74 | — | 66.74 | Q |
17 | Iosyp Hamskiy | Soviet Union | B | X | X | 66.72 | 66.72 | Q |
18 | Takeo Sugawara | Japan | A | 65.94 | 64.56 | 66.50 | 66.50 | Q |
19 | Sándor Eckschmiedt | Hungary | B | 66.44 | — | — | 66.44 | Q |
20 | Barry Williams | Great Britain | A | X | 66.32 | — | 66.32 | Q |
21 | Todor Manolov | Bulgaria | B | X | X | 65.62 | 65.62 | |
22 | Al Schoterman | United States | A | 65.18 | 63.74 | 64.06 | 65.18 | |
23 | Stanisław Lubiejewski | Poland | A | 60.34 | 64.80 | X | 64.80 | |
24 | Howard Payne | Great Britain | B | 63.58 | 64.56 | 64.10 | 64.56 | |
25 | Yoshihisa Ishida | Japan | B | 63.00 | 63.82 | X | 63.82 | |
26 | Georgios Georgiadis | Greece | B | 63.58 | X | X | 63.58 | |
27 | George Frenn | United States | A | 57.28 | 62.14 | 58.86 | 62.14 | |
28 | William Silen | Puerto Rico | B | X | X | 62.02 | 62.02 | |
29 | Vladimir Prikhodko | France | A | 60.80 | 61.78 | 59.58 | 61.78 | |
30 | José Alberto Vallejo | Argentina | B | X | 60.08 | X | 60.08 | |
31 | Darwin Piñeyrúa | Uruguay | A | 59.84 | X | 58.50 | 59.84 | |
— | Jorge Nuñez | Mexico | B | DNS |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Nation | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Notes |
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Anatoliy Bondarchuk |
Soviet Union | 75.50 OR | 72.62 | 71.76 | 73.78 | 73.50 | 72.90 | 75.50 | OR | |
Jochen Sachse | East Germany | 71.54 | X | 73.70 | 71.26 | X | 74.96 | 74.96 | ||
Vasiliy Khmelevskiy | Soviet Union | 68.82 | 71.62 | 74.04 | 68.16 | X | X | 74.04 | ||
4 | Uwe Beyer | West Germany | 70.32 | 71.52 | X | 68.98 | 69.90 | X | 71.52 | |
5 | Gyula Zsivótzky | Hungary | 71.38 | 70.44 | 70.48 | X | 70.66 | 70.20 | 71.38 | |
6 | Sándor Eckschmiedt | Hungary | 71.20 | X | 67.26 | 69.24 | 67.90 | 68.86 | 71.20 | |
7 | Edwin Klein | West Germany | 71.14 | X | X | 69.70 | 70.26 | X | 71.14 | |
8 | Shigenobu Murofushi | Japan | 69.36 | 70.88 | 70.32 | 65.70 | 69.08 | 68.54 | 70.88 | |
9 | Mario Vecchiato | Italy | X | 69.46 | 70.58 | Did not advance | 70.58 | |||
10 | Karl-Hans Riehm | West Germany | 70.12 | 68.98 | 69.44 | Did not advance | 70.12 | |||
11 | István Encsi | Hungary | 66.32 | 69.82 | 70.06 | Did not advance | 70.06 | |||
12 | Tom Gage | United States | 66.94 | 69.50 | X | Did not advance | 69.50 | |||
13 | Reinhard Theimer | East Germany | X | 69.16 | X | Did not advance | 69.16 | |||
14 | Strećko Štiglić |
Yugoslavia | 67.60 | 68.34 | 67.60 | Did not advance | 68.34 | |||
15 | Stavros Moutaftsidis | Greece | 68.14 | 68.30 | 67.04 | Did not advance | 68.30 | |||
16 | Barry Williams | Great Britain | 68.18 | 66.56 | X | Did not advance | 68.18 | |||
17 | Peter Sternad | Austria | 65.60 | 65.94 | 66.64 | Did not advance | 66.64 | |||
18 | Iosyp Hamskiy | Soviet Union | 66.26 | X | 65.34 | Did not advance | 66.26 | |||
19 | Jacques Accambray | France | X | 65.06 | X | Did not advance | 65.06 | |||
20 | Takeo Sugawara | Japan | 55.82 | 64.56 | 64.70 | Did not advance | 64.70 |
References
- ^ "Official report of the Games of the XXth Olympiad - part 3" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
- ^ "Athletics at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Hammer Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Hammer Throw, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 63.
- ^ The Athletics Site: world record progression - hammer throw men