User:Phileasson/Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

Men's hammer throw at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	September 4 (qualifications) September 7 (final)
Competitors	31 from 17 nations
Medalists
Anatoliy Bondarchuk  Soviet Union Jochen Sachse  East Germany Vasiliy Khmelevskiy  Soviet Union

The Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1972 Summer Olympics took place on September 4–7 at the Olympic Stadium, Munich.

The qualifying standard was 66 m (216 ft 6+1⁄2 in).

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

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

Qualifying Round

Rank	Series	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
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

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
	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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