User:Phileasson/Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw
Appearance
Men's hammer throw at the Games of the XX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | September 4 (qualifications) September 7 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 31 from 17 nations | ||||||||||||
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 Hammer Throw event at the 1972 Summer Olympics took place on September 4–7 at the Olympic Stadium, Munich.[1]
The qualifying standard was 66 m (216 ft 6+1⁄2 in).
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[2]
World record | 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
[edit]Qualifying Round
[edit]Rank | Series | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
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1 | A | Reinhard Theimer | East Germany | 70.66 | 70.66 | Q | ||
2 | B | Vasiliy Khmelevskiy | Soviet Union | 70.00 | 70.00 | Q | ||
3 | A | Streaku Sti | Finland | 81.80 | 81.80 | Q | ||
4 | B | Miklós Németh | Hungary | 70.90 | 81.78 | 81.78 | Q | |
5 | A | Frederick Luke | United States | 81.34 | 81.34 | Q | ||
6 | B | Manfred Stolle | East Germany | 80.78 | 80.78 | Q | ||
7 | A | Jorma Kinnunen | Finland | 80.10 | 80.10 | Q | ||
8 | B | Milton Sonsky | United States | 79.96 | 78.78 | 74.24 | 79.96 | q |
9 | B | József Csík | Hungary | 79.08 | x | x | 79.08 | q |
10 | A | William Schmidt | United States | 75.28 | 75.90 | 78.96 | 78.96 | q |
11 | A | Lolesio Tuita | France | 75.36 | 78.78 | 77.34 | 78.78 | q |
12 | A | Bjørn Grimnes | Norway | x | 77.54 | x | 77.54 | q |
13 | B | Richard Dowswell | Canada | 66.54 | 72.52 | 77.42 | 77.42 | |
14 | A | Gergely Kulcsar | Hungary | x | x | 77.24 | 77.24 | |
15 | B | Urs von Wartburg | Switzerland | 76.36 | x | 76.20 | 76.36 | |
16 | A | André Claude | Canada | 75.56 | x | x | 75.56 | |
17 | B | David Travis | Great Britain | 74.68 | 70.10 | 74.30 | 74.68 | |
18 | B | Günther Glassauer | West Germany | x | x | 73.12 | 73.12 | |
19 | B | Jacques Abehi | Ivory Coast | 72.20 | x | x | 72.20 | |
20 | A | Renzo Cramerotti | Italy | 71.12 | x | x | 71.12 | |
21 | B | Donald Velez | Nicaragua | x | 63.74 | x | 64.74 | |
22 | A | Seif Abdelat Alkahtani | Saudi Arabia | x | x | 53.06 | 53.06 | |
B | Léo Pusa | Finland | x | x | x | NM | ||
A | Edmund Jaworski | Poland | DNS |
Finals
[edit]The eight highest-ranked competitors after three rounds qualified for the final three throws to decide the medals.
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result |
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Klaus Wolfermann | West Germany | 86.68 | 85.14 | x | 88.40 | 90.48 | 84.70 | 90.48 OR | |
Jānis Lūsis | Soviet Union | 88.88 | x | 89.54 | x | 81.66 | 90.46 | 90.46 | |
William Schmidt | United States | 75.96 | 84.42 | x | 79.92 | 84.12 | x | 84.42 | |
4 | Hannu Siitonen | Finland | 84.32 | x | x | x | x | x | 84.32 |
5 | Bjørn Grimnes | Norway | 71.86 | 82.38 | 83.08 | x | x | x | 83.08 |
6 | Jorma Kinnunen | Finland | x | 82.08 | 75.76 | x | x | 77.60 | 82.08 |
7 | Miklós Németh | Hungary | 80.80 | 81.98 | 78.58 | 81.88 | x | 81.40 | 81.98 |
8 | Frederick Luke | United States | 66.64 | x | 80.06 | 79.70 | 71.46 | x | 80.06 |
9 | Manfred Stolle | East Germany | x | x | 79.32 | 79.32 | |||
10 | Milton Sonsky | United States | 77.62 | 77.94 | 72.38 | 77.94 | |||
11 | Lolesio Tuita | France | 76.34 | x | 69.38 | 76.34 | |||
12 | József Csík | Hungary | 75.52 | 76.14 | x | 76.14 |
References
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