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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![]() Card depicting Anatoliy Bondarchuk | ||||||||||
Venue | 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 hammer throw field event at the 1972 Summer Olympics took place on September 4 & 7.[1][2] There were 31 competitors from 17 nations.[3] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Anatoliy Bondarchuk of the Soviet Union, the nation's third victory in the men's hammer throw. Fellow Soviet Vasiliy Khmelevskiy took bronze. Silver went to Jochen Sachse of East Germany, the nation's first medal in the event. The Soviet Union's medal streak in the event extended to five Games, while Hungary's ended after three Games (three-time medalist Gyula Zsivótzky finished fifth this time).
Background
[edit]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) Gyula Zsivótzky of Hungary, fourth-place finisher (who lost the bronze on a tie-breaker) Takeo Sugawara of Japan, fifth-place finisher (and 1964 finalist) Sándor Eckschmiedt of Hungary, seventh-place finisher Reinhard Theimer of East Germany, tenth-place finisher Howard Payne of Great Britain, and thirteenth-place finisher Yoshihisa Ishida of Japan. Anatoliy Bondarchuk of the Soviet Union was the 1969 European Champion and the favorite in the event.[3]
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
[edit]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
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[5]
World record | ![]() |
76.40 | Lahr, Germany | 4 September 1971 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
73.63 | Mexico City, Mexico | 17 October 1968 |
Anatoliy Bondarchuk's first throw of the final went 75.50 metres for a new Olympic record; nobody was able to better it. The other two medalists, Jochen Sachse and Vasiliy Khmelevskiy, beat the old record but not Bondarchuk's new one.
Schedule
[edit]All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Date | Time | Round |
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Monday, 4 September 1972 | 10:30 | Qualifying |
Thursday, 7 September 1972 | 14:00 | Final |
Results
[edit]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
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Group | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Notes |
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1 | Anatoliy Bondarchuk | ![]() |
B | 72.88 | — | — | 72.88 | Q |
2 | Gyula Zsivótzky | ![]() |
B | 71.20 | — | — | 71.20 | Q |
3 | Reinhard Theimer | ![]() |
A | 70.66 | — | — | 70.66 | Q |
4 | Vasiliy Khmelevskiy | ![]() |
A | 70.00 | — | — | 70.00 | Q |
5 | Jochen Sachse | ![]() |
B | 69.94 | — | — | 69.94 | Q |
6 | Strećko Štiglić | ![]() |
A | 65.52 | 69.60 | — | 69.60 | Q |
7 | Tom Gage | ![]() |
B | 65.32 | 65.14 | 69.40 | 69.40 | Q |
8 | Mario Vecchiato | ![]() |
A | 68.12 | — | — | 68.12 | Q |
9 | Jacques Accambray | ![]() |
B | 68.00 | — | — | 68.00 | Q |
10 | Karl-Hans Riehm | ![]() |
A | 64.44 | 67.64 | — | 67.64 | Q |
11 | István Encsi | ![]() |
A | 67.38 | — | — | 67.38 | Q |
12 | Shigenobu Murofushi | ![]() |
B | 65.94 | 67.26 | — | 67.26 | Q |
13 | Stavros Moutaftsidis | ![]() |
A | 67.22 | — | — | 67.22 | Q |
14 | Edwin Klein | ![]() |
A | 67.14 | — | — | 67.14 | Q |
15 | Uwe Beyer | ![]() |
B | 67.04 | — | — | 67.04 | Q |
16 | Peter Sternad | ![]() |
B | X | 66.74 | — | 66.74 | Q |
17 | Iosyp Hamskiy | ![]() |
B | X | X | 66.72 | 66.72 | Q |
18 | Takeo Sugawara | ![]() |
A | 65.94 | 64.56 | 66.50 | 66.50 | Q |
19 | Sándor Eckschmiedt | ![]() |
B | 66.44 | — | — | 66.44 | Q |
20 | Barry Williams | ![]() |
A | X | 66.32 | — | 66.32 | Q |
21 | Todor Manolov | ![]() |
B | X | X | 65.62 | 65.62 | |
22 | Al Schoterman | ![]() |
A | 65.18 | 63.74 | 64.06 | 65.18 | |
23 | Stanisław Lubiejewski | ![]() |
A | 60.34 | 64.80 | X | 64.80 | |
24 | Howard Payne | ![]() |
B | 63.58 | 64.56 | 64.10 | 64.56 | |
25 | Yoshihisa Ishida | ![]() |
B | 63.00 | 63.82 | X | 63.82 | |
26 | Georgios Georgiadis | ![]() |
B | 63.58 | X | X | 63.58 | |
27 | George Frenn | ![]() |
A | 57.28 | 62.14 | 58.86 | 62.14 | |
28 | William Silen | ![]() |
B | X | X | 62.02 | 62.02 | |
29 | Vladimir Prikhodko | ![]() |
A | 60.80 | 61.78 | 59.58 | 61.78 | |
30 | José Alberto Vallejo | ![]() |
B | X | 60.08 | X | 60.08 | |
31 | Darwin Piñeyrúa | ![]() |
A | 59.84 | X | 58.50 | 59.84 | |
— | Jorge Nuñez | ![]() |
B | DNS |
Final
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Notes |
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Anatoliy Bondarchuk | ![]() |
75.50 OR | 72.62 | 71.76 | 73.78 | 73.50 | 72.90 | 75.50 | OR |
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Jochen Sachse | ![]() |
71.54 | X | 73.70 | 71.26 | X | 74.96 | 74.96 | |
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Vasiliy Khmelevskiy | ![]() |
68.82 | 71.62 | 74.04 | 68.16 | X | X | 74.04 | |
4 | Uwe Beyer | ![]() |
70.32 | 71.52 | X | 68.98 | 69.90 | X | 71.52 | |
5 | Gyula Zsivótzky | ![]() |
71.38 | 70.44 | 70.48 | X | 70.66 | 70.20 | 71.38 | |
6 | Sándor Eckschmiedt | ![]() |
71.20 | X | 67.26 | 69.24 | 67.90 | 68.86 | 71.20 | |
7 | Edwin Klein | ![]() |
71.14 | X | X | 69.70 | 70.26 | X | 71.14 | |
8 | Shigenobu Murofushi | ![]() |
69.36 | 70.88 | 70.32 | 65.70 | 69.08 | 68.54 | 70.88 | |
9 | Mario Vecchiato | ![]() |
X | 69.46 | 70.58 | Did not advance | 70.58 | |||
10 | Karl-Hans Riehm | ![]() |
70.12 | 68.98 | 69.44 | Did not advance | 70.12 | |||
11 | István Encsi | ![]() |
66.32 | 69.82 | 70.06 | Did not advance | 70.06 | |||
12 | Tom Gage | ![]() |
66.94 | 69.50 | X | Did not advance | 69.50 | |||
13 | Reinhard Theimer | ![]() |
X | 69.16 | X | Did not advance | 69.16 | |||
14 | Strećko Štiglić | ![]() |
67.60 | 68.34 | 67.60 | Did not advance | 68.34 | |||
15 | Stavros Moutaftsidis | ![]() |
68.14 | 68.30 | 67.04 | Did not advance | 68.30 | |||
16 | Barry Williams | ![]() |
68.18 | 66.56 | X | Did not advance | 68.18 | |||
17 | Peter Sternad | ![]() |
65.60 | 65.94 | 66.64 | Did not advance | 66.64 | |||
18 | Iosyp Hamskiy | ![]() |
66.26 | X | 65.34 | Did not advance | 66.26 | |||
19 | Jacques Accambray | ![]() |
X | 65.06 | X | Did not advance | 65.06 | |||
20 | Takeo Sugawara | ![]() |
55.82 | 64.56 | 64.70 | Did not advance | 64.70 |
References
[edit]- ^ "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