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


The men's hammer throw field event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place on September 4 & 7.

Records

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

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

Final

RankNameNationalityMark1st throw2nd throw3rd throw4th throw5th throw6th throwNotes
Anatoliy Bondarchuk75.5075.5072.6271.7673.7873.5072.90OR
Jochen Sachse74.9671.54x73.7071.26x74.96 -
Vasiliy Khmelevskiy74.0468.8271.6274.0468.16xx-
4Uwe Beyer71.5270.3271.52x68.9869.90x-
5Gyula Zsivótzky71.3871.3870.4470.48x70.6670.20-
6Sándor Eckschmiedt71.2071.20x67.2669.2467.9068.86-
7Edwin Klein71.1471.14xx69.7070.26x-
8Shigenobu Murofushi70.8869.3670.8870.3265.7069.0868.54-
9Mario Vecchiato70.58x69.4670.58 ----
10Karl-Hans Riehm70.1270.1268.9869.44----
11István Encsi70.0666.3269.8270.06 ----
12Tom Gage69.5066.9469.50x----
13Reinhard Theimer69.16x69.16x----
14Strećko Štiglić68.3467.6068.3467.60----
15Stavros Moutaftsidis68.3068.1468.3067.04----
16Barry Williams68.1868.1866.56x----
17Peter Sternad66.6465.6065.9466.64 ----
18Iosyp Hamskiy66.2666.26x65.34----
19Jacques Accambray65.06x65.06x----
20Takeo Sugawara64.7055.8264.5664.70 ----

Key: OR = Olympic record; p = pass; x = fault; NM = no mark; DNS = did not start