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

Men's hammer throw at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Lenin Stadium
Dates	30 & 31 July
Competitors	17 from 13 nations
Winning distance	81.80 OR
Medalists
Yuriy Sedykh  Soviet Union Sergey Litvinov  Soviet Union Jüri Tamm  Soviet Union

The Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had an entry list 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
Silver	Sergey Litvinov  Soviet Union
Bronze	Jüri Tamm  Soviet Union

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 Ghaloum (KUW)	X	47.40	47.00	47.40 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	81.80	81.46	79.68	X	80.98	80.70	81.80 m	WR
	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	80.64	X	X	X	X	X	80.64 m
	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)

External links

• (in English) Official Report
• (in English) hammerthrow.wz