Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

Men's hammer throw at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Pictogram for athletics
Venues	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates	5 August 1984 (qualifications) 6 August 1984 (finals)
Competitors	23 from 13 nations
Winning distance	78.08
Medalists
Juha Tiainen  Finland Karl-Hans Riehm  West Germany Klaus Ploghaus  West Germany

Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
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
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Wheelchair races

These are the official results of the men's hammer throw event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There were a total number of 23 participating athletes. The eight highest-ranked competitors after three rounds qualified for the final three throws to decide the medals. The qualification mark was set at 72.00 metres.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Juha Tiainen  Finland
Silver	Karl-Hans Riehm  West Germany
Bronze	Klaus Ploghaus  West Germany

Schedule

• All times are Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Records

Standing records prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics
World Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	86.34 m	July 3, 1984	Cork, Ireland
Olympic Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	81.80 m	July 31, 1980	Moscow, Soviet Union
Season Best	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	86.34 m	July 3, 1984	Cork, Ireland

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	2	Klaus Ploghaus (FRG)	74.68	—	—	74.68 m
2	4	Christoph Sahner (FRG)	73.88	—	—	73.88 m
3	8	Juha Tiainen (FIN)	70.86	72.68	—	72.68 m
4	—	Giampaolo Urlando (ITA)	72.42	—	—	72.42 m
5	9	Matthew Mileham (GBR)	71.80	X	X	71.80 m
6	10	Bill Green (USA)	71.38	70.96	70.80	71.38 m
7	12	Johann Lindner (AUT)	70.44	71.28	X	71.28 m
8	13	Jud Logan (USA)	71.14	X	71.18	71.18 m
9	16	Declan Hegarty (IRL)	X	70.56	X	70.56 m
10	19	Raúl Jimeno (ESP)	66.38	65.92	65.86	66.38 m
11	21	Conor McCullough (IRL)	62.12	65.56	65.12	65.56 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG)	75.50	—	—	75.50 m
2	3	Orlando Bianchini (ITA)	74.02	—	—	74.02 m
3	5	Harri Huhtala (FIN)	73.78	—	—	73.78 m
4	6	Walter Ciofani (FRA)	68.80	73.10	—	73.10 m
5	7	Robert Weir (GBR)	71.34	71.30	73.04	73.04 m
6	8	Martin Girvan (GBR)	72.66	—	—	72.66 m
7	14	Shigenobu Murofushi (JPN)	70.92	70.24	70.74	70.92 m
8	15	Lucio Serrani (ITA)	69.72	70.64	69.64	70.64 m
9	17	Hakim Toumi (ALG)	67.68	X	65.84	67.68 m
10	18	Ed Burke (USA)	X	67.52	X	67.52 m
11	20	Tore Johnsen (NOR)	65.16	63.24	65.72	65.72 m
—	—	Dominique Bechard (MRI)	X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Juha Tiainen (FIN)	70.56	72.64	78.08	74.54	75.26	75.82	78.08 m
	Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG)	73.68	74.70	77.98	X	76.46	X	77.98 m
	Klaus Ploghaus (FRG)	75.48	75.96	72.16	75.18	X	76.68	76.68 m
4	Orlando Bianchini (ITA)	72.18	72.12	74.40	73.42	75.94	73.78	75.94 m
5	Bill Green (USA)	X	72.68	74.76	67.70	75.60	72.12	75.60 m
6	Harri Huhtala (FIN)	74.34	74.44	73.86	74.72	73.10	75.28	75.28 m
7	Walter Ciofani (FRA)	X	71.86	73.46	X	71.20	68.86	73.46 m
8	Robert Weir (GBR)	71.16	X	72.62				72.62 m
9	Martin Girvan (GBR)	X	72.32	68.00				72.32 m
—	Christoph Sahner (FRG)	X	X	X				NM
—	Matthew Mileham (GBR)	X	X	X				NM
—	Giampaolo Urlando (ITA)	70.26	74.82	X	73.14	75.96	75.64	DSQ

• Giampaolo Urlando finished fourth at 75.96 metres but the Italian athlete was subsequently disqualified as his doping tests proved positive.

See also

• 1982 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Athens)
• 1983 Men's World Championship Hammer Throw (Helsinki)
• 1984 Men's Friendship Games Hammer Throw (Moscow)
• 1984 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
• 1986 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Men's World Championship Hammer Throw (Rome)

References

External links

• (in English) Official Report
• (in English) Results
• (in Polish) olympic.neostrada
• (in English) hammerthrow.wz