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Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

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Men's hammer throw
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Card depicting Anatoliy Bondarchuk
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 4 & 7
Competitors31 from 17 nations
Winning distance75.50 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anatoliy Bondarchuk
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jochen Sachse
 East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Vasiliy Khmelevskiy
 Soviet Union
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Athletics at the
1972 Summer Olympics
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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

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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

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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

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[5]

World record  Walter Schmidt (FRG) 76.40 Lahr, Germany 4 September 1971
Olympic record  Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN) 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

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All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Monday, 4 September 1972 10:30 Qualifying
Thursday, 7 September 1972 14:00 Final

Results

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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

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Rank Athlete Nation Group 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 Anatoliy Bondarchuk  Soviet Union B 72.88 — — 72.88 Q
2 Gyula Zsivótzky  Hungary B 71.20 — — 71.20 Q
3 Reinhard Theimer  East Germany A 70.66 — — 70.66 Q
4 Vasiliy Khmelevskiy  Soviet Union A 70.00 — — 70.00 Q
5 Jochen Sachse  East Germany B 69.94 — — 69.94 Q
6 Strećko Štiglić  Yugoslavia A 65.52 69.60 — 69.60 Q
7 Tom Gage  United States B 65.32 65.14 69.40 69.40 Q
8 Mario Vecchiato  Italy A 68.12 — — 68.12 Q
9 Jacques Accambray  France B 68.00 — — 68.00 Q
10 Karl-Hans Riehm  West Germany A 64.44 67.64 — 67.64 Q
11 István Encsi  Hungary A 67.38 — — 67.38 Q
12 Shigenobu Murofushi  Japan B 65.94 67.26 — 67.26 Q
13 Stavros Moutaftsidis  Greece A 67.22 — — 67.22 Q
14 Edwin Klein  West Germany A 67.14 — — 67.14 Q
15 Uwe Beyer  West Germany B 67.04 — — 67.04 Q
16 Peter Sternad  Austria B X 66.74 — 66.74 Q
17 Iosyp Hamskiy  Soviet Union B X X 66.72 66.72 Q
18 Takeo Sugawara  Japan A 65.94 64.56 66.50 66.50 Q
19 Sándor Eckschmiedt  Hungary B 66.44 — — 66.44 Q
20 Barry Williams  Great Britain A X 66.32 — 66.32 Q
21 Todor Manolov  Bulgaria B X X 65.62 65.62
22 Al Schoterman  United States A 65.18 63.74 64.06 65.18
23 Stanisław Lubiejewski  Poland A 60.34 64.80 X 64.80
24 Howard Payne  Great Britain B 63.58 64.56 64.10 64.56
25 Yoshihisa Ishida  Japan B 63.00 63.82 X 63.82
26 Georgios Georgiadis  Greece B 63.58 X X 63.58
27 George Frenn  United States A 57.28 62.14 58.86 62.14
28 William Silen  Puerto Rico B X X 62.02 62.02
29 Vladimir Prikhodko  France A 60.80 61.78 59.58 61.78
30 José Alberto Vallejo  Argentina B X 60.08 X 60.08
31 Darwin Piñeyrúa  Uruguay A 59.84 X 58.50 59.84
— Jorge Nuñez  Mexico B DNS

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anatoliy Bondarchuk  Soviet Union 75.50 OR 72.62 71.76 73.78 73.50 72.90 75.50 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jochen Sachse  East Germany 71.54 X 73.70 71.26 X 74.96 74.96
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Vasiliy Khmelevskiy  Soviet Union 68.82 71.62 74.04 68.16 X X 74.04
4 Uwe Beyer  West Germany 70.32 71.52 X 68.98 69.90 X 71.52
5 Gyula Zsivótzky  Hungary 71.38 70.44 70.48 X 70.66 70.20 71.38
6 Sándor Eckschmiedt  Hungary 71.20 X 67.26 69.24 67.90 68.86 71.20
7 Edwin Klein  West Germany 71.14 X X 69.70 70.26 X 71.14
8 Shigenobu Murofushi  Japan 69.36 70.88 70.32 65.70 69.08 68.54 70.88
9 Mario Vecchiato  Italy X 69.46 70.58 Did not advance 70.58
10 Karl-Hans Riehm  West Germany 70.12 68.98 69.44 Did not advance 70.12
11 István Encsi  Hungary 66.32 69.82 70.06 Did not advance 70.06
12 Tom Gage  United States 66.94 69.50 X Did not advance 69.50
13 Reinhard Theimer  East Germany X 69.16 X Did not advance 69.16
14 Strećko Štiglić  Yugoslavia 67.60 68.34 67.60 Did not advance 68.34
15 Stavros Moutaftsidis  Greece 68.14 68.30 67.04 Did not advance 68.30
16 Barry Williams  Great Britain 68.18 66.56 X Did not advance 68.18
17 Peter Sternad  Austria 65.60 65.94 66.64 Did not advance 66.64
18 Iosyp Hamskiy  Soviet Union 66.26 X 65.34 Did not advance 66.26
19 Jacques Accambray  France X 65.06 X Did not advance 65.06
20 Takeo Sugawara  Japan 55.82 64.56 64.70 Did not advance 64.70

References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ a b c "Hammer Throw, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  4. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 63.
  5. ^ The Athletics Site: world record progression - hammer throw men
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