Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

Athletics at the 1980 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 event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had an entrylist of 17 competitors, with one qualifying group before the final (12) took place on 31 July 1980. Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 72.00 metres advanced to the final.

Medalists

Gold	Yuriy Sedykh Soviet Union (URS)
Silver	Sergey Litvinov Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze	Jüri Tamm Soviet Union (URS)

Abbreviations

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1980 Summer Olympics
World Record	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	81.66 m	May 24, 1980	Sochi, Soviet Union
Olympic Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	77.52 m	July 28, 1976	Montréal, Canada
Season Best	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	81.66 m	May 24, 1980	Sochi, Soviet Union
Standing records after the 1980 Summer Olympics
World Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	81.80 m	July 31, 1980	Moscow, Soviet Union
Olympic Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	81.80 m	July 31, 1980	Moscow, Soviet Union
Season Best	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	81.80 m	July 31, 1980	Moscow, Soviet Union

Qualification

Rank	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
		1	2	3
1	Yury Sedykh (URS)	78.22	—	—	78.22 m	OR
2	Jüri Tamm (URS)	76.24	—	—	76.24 m
3	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	X	75.24	—	75.24 m
4	Detlef Gerstenberg (GDR)	75.04	—	—	75.04 m
5	Roland Steuk (GDR)	X	73.52	—	73.52 m
6	Harri Huhtala (FIN)	71.42	72.46	—	72.46 m
7	Armando Orozco (CUB)	X	X	72.28	72.28 m
8	Giampaolo Urlando (ITA)	68.40	72.20	—	72.20 m
9	Ireneusz Golda (POL)	X	69.98	70.88	70.88 m
10	Juha Tiainen (FIN)	70.64	70.46	70.82	70.82 m
11	Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL)	X	69.24	70.60	70.60 m
12	Jiří Chamrád (TCH)	X	67.44	69.38	69.38 m
13	Peter Farmer (AUS)	68.52	69.16	X	69.16 m
14	Chris Black (GBR)	66.02	66.74	X	66.74 m
15	Paul Dickenson (GBR)	X	64.22	63.90	64.22 m
16	Seán Egan (IRL)	63.34	63.94	X	63.94 m
17	Khaled Murad Ghaloum (KUW)	X	47.40	47.00	47.40 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
1 !	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	81.80	81.46	79.68	X	80.98	80.70	81.80 m	WR
2 !	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	80.64	X	X	X	X	X	80.64 m
3 !	Jüri Tamm (URS)	77.84	78.96	77.92	77.26	X	76.86	78.96 m
4	Roland Steuk (GDR)	74.34	76.00	75.58	77.26	77.54	X	77.54 m
5	Detlef Gerstenberg (GDR)	73.64	74.60	73.98	X	X	73.40	74.60 m
6	Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL)	70.14	71.34	71.82	71.34	74.04	X	74.04 m
7	Giampaolo Urlando (ITA)	73.60	73.90	73.18	73.30	X	X	73.90 m
8	Ireneusz Golda (POL)	72.38	73.74	X	X	X	X	73.74 m
9	Harri Huhtala (FIN)	69.78	X	71.82	71.96	71.82	71.02	71.96 m
10	Juha Tiainen (FIN)	X	71.38	71.08				71.38 m
11	Armando Orozco (CUB)	X	67.76	68.68				68.68 m
12	Jiří Chamrád (TCH)	68.16	65.94	66.58				68.16 m

See also

• 1978 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Prague)
• 1980 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
• 1983 Men's World Championships Hammer Throw (Helsinki)

References

• (English) Official Report
• (English) sports-reference
• (English) hammerthrow.wz