Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

Men's hammer throw at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Date	October 16–17
Competitors	22 from 12 nations
Winning distance	73.36 OR
Medalists
Gyula Zsivótzky  Hungary Romuald Klim  Soviet Union Lázár Lovász  Hungary

Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 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
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 competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico took place on October 16–17.^[1]

Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. Each athlete receives three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieve the qualifying distance progress to the final. If less than twelve athletes achieve this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reach the final. Each finalist is allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN)	73.76 m	Budapest, Hungary	September 14, 1968
Olympic record	Romuald Klim (URS)	69.74 m	Tokyo, Japan	October 18, 1964

Results

Qualifying round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 66.00m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Gyula Zsivótzky	Hungary	72.60	–	–	72.60	Q OR
2	A	Lázár Lovász	Hungary	68.96	–	–	68.96	Q
3	B	Sándor Eckschmiedt	Hungary	68.60	–	–	68.60	Q
4	A	Helmuth Baumann	East Germany	68.24	–	–	68.24	Q
5	A	Reinhard Theimer	East Germany	65.78	68.12	–	68.12	Q
6	B	Howard Payne	Great Britain	65.52	64.80	68.06	68.06	Q
7	A	Hans Fahsl	West Germany	65.80	67.90	–	67.90	Q
8	A	Takeo Sugawara	Japan	67.76	–	–	67.76	Q
9	A	Gennadiy Kondrashov	Soviet Union	67.56	–	–	67.56	Q
10	A	Edward Burke	United States	67.36	–	–	67.36	Q
11	B	Yoshihisa Ishida	Japan	67.16	–	–	67.16	Q
12	A	Romuald Klim	Soviet Union	66.82	–	–	66.82	Q
13	A	Anatoly Shchuplyakov	Soviet Union	64.78	66.56	–	66.56	Q
14	B	Al Hall	United States	X	65.70	58.28	65.70
15	B	Lutz Caspers	West Germany	X	65.54	64.70	65.54
16	A	Uwe Beyer	West Germany	65.02	64.88	65.44	65.44
17	B	Hal Connolly	United States	X	X	65.00	65.00
18	B	José Luis Martínez	Spain	60.60	63.40	62.84	63.40
19	B	Ernst Ammann	Switzerland	X	61.48	62.40	62.40
20	B	Praveen Kumar	India	X	59.80	60.84	60.84
21	B	Gustavo Morales	Nicaragua	X	43.88	45.76	45.76
22	B	Carlos Hasbún	El Salvador	X	37.02	37.46	37.46

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Gyula Zsivótzky	Hungary	72.26	72.46	72.54	X	73.36	72.22	73.36	OR
	Romuald Klim	Soviet Union	72.24	68.96	72.82	73.28	71.16	71.64	73.28
	Lázár Lovász	Hungary	64.76	X	69.78	X	69.38	X	69.78	2nd best 69.38
4	Takeo Sugawara	Japan	67.24	68.12	X	69.06	69.78	61.40	69.78	2nd best 69.06
5	Sándor Eckschmiedt	Hungary	67.84	68.50	69.46	X	67.64	68.08	69.46
6	Gennadiy Kondrashov	Soviet Union	69.08	67.00	68.64	67.10	67.98	67.70	69.08
7	Reinhard Theimer	East Germany	68.82	X	66.16	68.84	67.86	63.54	68.84
8	Helmuth Baumann	East Germany	65.94	66.98	68.26	X	63.76	X	68.26
9	Anatoly Shchuplyakov	Soviet Union	67.58	67.74	66.90	N/A			67.74
10	Howard Payne	Great Britain	65.98	67.62	66.58	N/A			67.62
11	Hans Fahsl	West Germany	X	64.00	66.36	N/A			66.36
12	Edward Burke	United States	X	65.72	65.46	N/A			65.72
13	Yoshihisa Ishida	Japan	65.04	63.72	X	N/A			65.04

References

External links

• Official Olympic Report, la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 14, 2012.