Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

The Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had an entry list of 17 competitors, with one qualifying group before the final (12) took place on 31 July 1980. Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 72.00 metres advanced to the final.[1]

Men's hammer throw
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueLenin Stadium
Dates30 & 31 July
Competitors17 from 13 nations
Winning distance81.80 OR
Medalists
Yuriy Sedykh
 Soviet Union
Sergey Litvinov
 Soviet Union
Jüri Tamm
 Soviet Union

Medalists

GoldYuriy Sedykh
 Soviet Union
SilverSergey Litvinov
 Soviet Union
BronzeJüri Tamm
 Soviet Union

Abbreviations

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 1980 Summer Olympics
World Record Sergey Litvinov (URS)81.66 m May 24, 1980 Sochi, Soviet Union
Olympic Record Yuriy Sedykh (URS)77.52 m July 28, 1976 Montréal, Canada
Season Best Sergey Litvinov (URS)81.66 m May 24, 1980 Sochi, Soviet Union
Standing records after the 1980 Summer Olympics
World Record Yuriy Sedykh (URS)81.80 m July 31, 1980 Moscow, Soviet Union
Olympic Record Yuriy Sedykh (URS)81.80 m July 31, 1980 Moscow, Soviet Union
Season Best Yuriy Sedykh (URS)81.80 m July 31, 1980 Moscow, Soviet Union

Qualification

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1 Yury Sedykh (URS) 78.22 78.22 mOR
2 Jüri Tamm (URS) 76.24 76.24 m
3 Sergey Litvinov (URS) X 75.24 75.24 m
4 Detlef Gerstenberg (GDR) 75.04 75.04 m
5 Roland Steuk (GDR) X 73.52 73.52 m
6 Harri Huhtala (FIN) 71.42 72.46 72.46 m
7 Armando Orozco (CUB) X X 72.28 72.28 m
8 Giampaolo Urlando (ITA) 68.40 72.20 72.20 m
9 Ireneusz Golda (POL) X 69.98 70.88 70.88 m
10 Juha Tiainen (FIN) 70.64 70.46 70.82 70.82 m
11 Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL) X 69.24 70.60 70.60 m
12 Jiří Chamrád (TCH) X 67.44 69.38 69.38 m
13 Peter Farmer (AUS) 68.52 69.16 X 69.16 m
14 Chris Black (GBR) 66.02 66.74 X 66.74 m
15 Paul Dickenson (GBR) X 64.22 63.90 64.22 m
16 Seán Egan (IRL) 63.34 63.94 X 63.94 m
17 Khaled Ghaloum (KUW) X 47.40 47.00 47.40 m

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
 Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 81.80 81.46 79.68 X 80.98 80.70 81.80 mWR
 Sergey Litvinov (URS) 80.64 X X X X X 80.64 m
 Jüri Tamm (URS) 77.84 78.96 77.92 77.26 X 76.86 78.96 m
4 Roland Steuk (GDR) 74.34 76.00 75.58 77.26 77.54 X 77.54 m
5 Detlef Gerstenberg (GDR) 73.64 74.60 73.98 X X 73.40 74.60 m
6 Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL) 70.14 71.34 71.82 71.34 74.04 X 74.04 m
7 Giampaolo Urlando (ITA) 73.60 73.90 73.18 73.30 X X 73.90 m
8 Ireneusz Golda (POL) 72.38 73.74 X X X X 73.74 m
9 Harri Huhtala (FIN) 69.78 X 71.82 71.96 71.82 71.02 71.96 m
10 Juha Tiainen (FIN) X 71.38 71.0871.38 m
11 Armando Orozco (CUB) X 67.76 68.6868.68 m
12 Jiří Chamrád (TCH) 68.16 65.94 66.5868.16 m

See also

  • 1978 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Prague)
  • 1980 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
  • 1983 Men's World Championships Hammer Throw (Helsinki)

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's Hammer Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
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