Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, had an entry list of 23 competitors, with two qualifying groups (23 throwers) before the final (15) took place on Saturday Monday 26, 1976. The top twelve and ties, and all those reaching 79.00 metres advanced to the final. The qualification round was held on Sunday 25, 1976.[1]

Men's javelin throw
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date24–25 July
Competitors23 from 15 nations
Winning distance94.58 WR
Medalists
Miklós Németh
 Hungary
Hannu Siitonen
 Finland
Gheorghe Megelea
 Romania
Athletics at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmen
20 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

Medalists
GoldMiklós Németh
 Hungary
SilverHannu Siitonen
 Finland
BronzeGheorghe Megelea
 Romania

Abbreviations
  • All results shown are in metres
Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
ORolympic record
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records
Standing records prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics
World Record Klaus Wolfermann (FRG)94.08 m May 5, 1973 Leverkusen, West Germany
Olympic Record Klaus Wolfermann (FRG)90.48 m September 3, 1972 Munich, West Germany

Qualification

Group A
Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Result Note
1 2 3
11 Seppo Hovinen (FIN) 89.76 — — 89.76 m
22 Miklós Németh (HUN) 89.28 — — 89.28 m
36 Jorma Jaakola (FIN) 83.84 — — 83.84 m
47 Piotr Bielczyk (POL) 82.56 — — 82.56 m
58 Michael Wessing (FRG) 75.98 78.28 82.54 82.54 m
69 Terje Thorslund (NOR) 82.52 — — 82.52 m
710 Jānis Lūsis (URS) 82.08 — — 82.08 m
814 Gheorghe Megelea (ROM) 80.28 — — 80.28 m
916 Hannu Siitonen (FIN) 79.38 — — 79.38 m
1019 Sándor Boros (HUN) 77.60 77.18 70.06 77.60 m
1120 Ferenc Paragi (HUN) 73.54 77.48 75.76 77.48 m

Group B
Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Result Note
1 2 3
13 Phil Olsen (CAN) 87.76 — — 87.76 m
24 Sam Colson (USA) 72.28 71.74 86.64 86.64 m
35 Vasyl Yershov (URS) 85.68 — — 85.68 m
410 Amado Morales (PUR) 82.08 — — 82.08 m
512 Valentin Dzhonev (BUL) 75.66 80.84 — 80.84 m
613 Bjørn Grimnes (NOR) 73.74 80.32 — 80.32 m
715 Anthony Hall (USA) 79.56 — — 79.56 m
817 Jacques Aye Abehi (CIV) 74.76 78.40 70.10 78.40 m
918 Richard George (USA) X 78.32 64.96 78.32 m
1021 Óskar Jakobsson (ISL) 72.78 71.90 X 72.78 m
1122 Ghassan Faddoul (LIB) X 54.92 53.90 54.92 m
—— Urs von Wartburg (SUI) X X X NM

Final
Rank Athlete Attempts Result Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
 Miklós Németh (HUN) 94.58 — — 83.32 84.76 86.84 94.58 mWR
 Hannu Siitonen (FIN) 87.92 X 86.58 X X 80.92 87.92 m
 Gheorghe Megelea (ROM) 87.16 83.16 82.92 82.10 X X 87.16 m
4 Piotr Bielczyk (POL) X 77.90 86.50 81.00 82.28 82.94 86.50 m
5 Sam Colson (USA) 77.70 85.08 86.16 X X X 86.16 m
6 Vasyl Yershov (URS) 85.26 X 77.06 X 78.32 82.50 85.26 m
7 Seppo Hovinen (FIN) 83.46 83.92 84.26 X X X 84.26 m
8 Jānis Lūsis (URS) 79.74 77.58 73.76 74.00 X 80.26 80.26 m
9 Michael Wessing (FRG) 78.44 X 79.0679.06 m
10 Terje Thorslund (NOR) 78.24 X 76.4878.24 m
11 Phil Olsen (CAN) X X 77.7077.70 m
12 Amado Morales (PUR) 71.30 X 75.5475.54 m
13 Bjørn Grimnes (NOR) X 73.24 74.8874.88 m
14 Valentin Dzhonev (BUL) 73.16 X 73.8873.88 m
15 Anthony Hall (USA) X 68.92 71.7071.70 m
— Jorma Jaakola (FIN) — — —DNS

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's Javelin Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
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