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

Event:Men's hammer throw
Games:1972 Summer
Venue:Olympic Stadium
Dates:September 4 & 7
Competitors:31
Nations:17
Longnames:yes
Win Value:75.50
Win Label:Winning distance
Gold:Anatoliy Bondarchuk
Goldnoc:URS
Silver:Jochen Sachse
Silvernoc:GDR
Bronze:Vasiliy Khmelevskiy
Bronzenoc:URS
Prev:1968
Next:1976

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. 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

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

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

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

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

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Monday, 4 September 1972 10:30 Qualifying
Thursday, 7 September 1972 14:00 Final

Results

All throwers reaching and the top 12 including ties advanced to the finals. All qualifiers are shown in blue. All distances are listed in metres.

Qualifying

Rank Athlete Nation Group 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 B 72.88 data-sort-value=66.00data-sort-value=66.0072.88
2 B 71.20 data-sort-value=66.00data-sort-value=66.0071.20
3 A 70.66 data-sort-value=66.00data-sort-value=66.0070.66
4 A 70.00 data-sort-value=66.00data-sort-value=66.0070.00
5 B 69.94 data-sort-value=66.00data-sort-value=66.0069.94
6 A 65.5269.60 data-sort-value=66.0069.60
7 B 65.3265.14 69.40 69.40
8 A 68.12 data-sort-value=66.00data-sort-value=66.0068.12
9 B 68.00 data-sort-value=66.00data-sort-value=66.0068.00
10 A 64.44 67.64 data-sort-value=66.0067.64
11 A 67.38 data-sort-value=66.00data-sort-value=66.0067.38
12 B 65.94 67.26 data-sort-value=66.0067.26
13 A 67.22 data-sort-value=66.00data-sort-value=66.0067.22
14 A 67.14 data-sort-value=66.00data-sort-value=66.0067.14
15 B 67.04 data-sort-value=66.00data-sort-value=66.0067.04
16 B data-sort-value=1.00X 66.74 data-sort-value=66.0066.74
17 B data-sort-value=1.00X data-sort-value=1.00X 66.72 66.72
18 A 65.94 64.56 66.50 66.50
19 B 66.44 data-sort-value=66.00data-sort-value=66.0066.44
20 A data-sort-value=1.00X 66.32 data-sort-value=66.0066.32
21 B data-sort-value=1.00X data-sort-value=1.00X 65.62 65.62
22 A 65.18 63.74 64.06 65.18
23 A 60.3464.80 data-sort-value=1.00X 64.80
24 B 63.58 64.56 64.10 64.56
25 B 63.00 63.82 data-sort-value=1.00X 63.82
26 B 63.58 data-sort-value=1.00X data-sort-value=1.00X 63.58
27 A 57.28 62.14 58.86 62.14
28 B data-sort-value=1.00X data-sort-value=1.00X 62.02 62.02
29 A 60.80 61.78 59.58 61.78
30 B data-sort-value=1.00X 60.08 data-sort-value=1.00X 60.08
31 A 59.84 data-sort-value=1.00X 58.50 59.84
data-sort-value=32Jorge Nuñez B

Final

Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes
75.50 72.62 71.76 73.78 73.5072.90 75.50
71.54 data-sort-value=1.00X 73.70 71.26 data-sort-value=1.00X 74.96 74.96
68.82 71.62 74.04 68.16 data-sort-value=1.00X data-sort-value=1.00X 74.04
4 70.32 71.52 data-sort-value=1.00X 68.98 69.90 data-sort-value=1.00X 71.52
5 71.38 70.44 70.48 data-sort-value=1.00X 70.66 70.20 71.38
6 71.20 data-sort-value=1.00X 67.26 69.24 67.90 68.86 71.20
771.14 data-sort-value=1.00X data-sort-value=1.00X 69.70 70.26 data-sort-value=1.00X 71.14
869.36 70.88 70.32 65.70 69.08 68.54 70.88
9data-sort-value=1.00X 69.46 70.58 Did not advance 70.58
1070.12 68.98 69.44 Did not advance 70.12
1166.32 69.82 70.06 Did not advance 70.06
1266.94 69.50 data-sort-value=1.00X Did not advance 69.50
13data-sort-value=1.00X 69.16 data-sort-value=1.00X Did not advance 69.16
1467.60 68.34 67.60 Did not advance 68.34
1568.14 68.30 67.04 Did not advance 68.30
1668.18 66.56 data-sort-value=1.00X Did not advance 68.18
1765.60 65.94 66.64 Did not advance 66.64
1866.26 data-sort-value=1.00X 65.34 Did not advance 66.26
19data-sort-value=1.00X 65.06 data-sort-value=1.00X Did not advance 65.06
2055.82 64.56 64.70 Did not advance 64.70

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Official report of the Games of the XXth Olympiad - part 3 . 2011-12-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222651/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1972/1972s3.pdf . 2007-09-27 . dead .
  2. Web site: Athletics at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Hammer Throw . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173049/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/ATH/mens-hammer-throw.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 22 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.
  3. Web site: Hammer Throw, Men . Olympedia . 27 January 2021.
  4. Official Report, vol. 3, p. 63.
  5. https://archive.today/20130112202416/http://athletix.org/?p=722 The Athletics Site: world record progression - hammer throw men