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Hammer Throw, Men

Date	4 – 7 September 1972
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiastadion, Olympiapark, München
Participants	31 from 17 countries

The favorite was the 1969 European Champion, Anatoly Bondarchuk of the USSR. He led the qualifiers and then threw 75.50 (247-8½) in round one of the final, his best mark, and that would win the gold medal.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	931	Anatoly Bondarchuk	URS	72.88 (1)	75.50 (1)	Gold	OR
2	342	Jochen Sachse	GDR	69.94 (5)	74.96 (2)	Silver
3	940	Vasily Khmelevsky	URS	70.00 (4)	74.04 (3)	Bronze
4	359	Uwe Beyer	FRG	67.04 (15)	71.52 (4)
5	472	Gyula Zsivótzky	HUN	71.20 (2)	71.38 (5)
6	454	Sándor Eckschmiedt	HUN	66.44 (19)	71.20 (6)
7	374	Edwin Klein	FRG	67.14 (14)	71.14 (7)
8	561	Shigenobu Murofushi	JPN	67.26 (12)	70.88 (8)
9	536	Mario Vecchiato	ITA	68.12 (8)	70.58 (9)
10	394	Karl-Hans Riehm	FRG	67.64 (10)	70.12 (10)
11	455	István Encsi	HUN	67.38 (11)	70.06 (11)
12	986	Tom Gage	USA	69.40 (7)	69.50 (12)
13	351	Reinhard Theimer	GDR	70.66 (3)	69.16 (13)
14	1056	Srećko Štiglić	YUG	69.60 (6)	68.34 (14)
15	430	Stavros Moutaftsidis	GRE	67.22 (13)	68.30 (15)
16	318	Barry Williams	GBR	66.32 (20)	68.18 (16)
17	41	Peter Sternad	AUT	66.74 (16)	66.64 (17)
18	933	Iosif Gamsky	URS	66.72 (17)	66.26 (18)
19	229	Jacques Accambray	FRA	68.00 (9)	65.06 (19)
20	563	Takeo Sugawara	JPN	66.50 (18)	64.70 (20)
21 r1/2	79	Todor Manolov	BUL	65.62 (21)	–
22 r1/2	1011	Al Schoterman	USA	65.18 (22)	–
23 r1/2	728	Stanisław Lubiejewski	POL	64.80 (23)	–
24 r1/2	303	Howard Payne	GBR	64.56 (24)	–
25 r1/2	556	Yoshihisa Ishida	JPN	63.82 (25)	–
26 r1/2	426	Georgios Georgiadis	GRE	63.58 (26)	–
27 r1/2	985	George Frenn	USA	62.14 (27)	–
28 r1/2	768	William Silen	PUR	62.02 (28)	–
29 r1/2	259	Vladimir Prikhodko	FRA	61.78 (29)	–
30 r1/2	11	José Alberto Vallejo	ARG	60.08 (30)	–
31 r1/2	968	Darwin Piñeyrúa	URU	59.84 (31)	–
DNS	643	Jorge Núñez	MEX	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round (4 September 1972 — 10:30)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 66.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance
1	Anatoly Bondarchuk	URS	72.88	Q
2	Gyula Zsivótzky	HUN	71.20	Q
3	Reinhard Theimer	GDR	70.66	Q
4	Vasily Khmelevsky	URS	70.00	Q
5	Jochen Sachse	GDR	69.94	Q
6	Srećko Štiglić	YUG	69.60	Q
7	Tom Gage	USA	69.40	Q
8	Mario Vecchiato	ITA	68.12	Q
9	Jacques Accambray	FRA	68.00	Q
10	Karl-Hans Riehm	FRG	67.64	Q
11	István Encsi	HUN	67.38	Q
12	Shigenobu Murofushi	JPN	67.26	Q
13	Stavros Moutaftsidis	GRE	67.22	Q
14	Edwin Klein	FRG	67.14	Q
15	Uwe Beyer	FRG	67.04	Q
16	Peter Sternad	AUT	66.74	Q
17	Iosif Gamsky	URS	66.72	Q
18	Takeo Sugawara	JPN	66.50	Q
19	Sándor Eckschmiedt	HUN	66.44	Q
20	Barry Williams	GBR	66.32	Q
21	Todor Manolov	BUL	65.62
22	Al Schoterman	USA	65.18
23	Stanisław Lubiejewski	POL	64.80
24	Howard Payne	GBR	64.56
25	Yoshihisa Ishida	JPN	63.82
26	Georgios Georgiadis	GRE	63.58
27	George Frenn	USA	62.14
28	William Silen	PUR	62.02
29	Vladimir Prikhodko	FRA	61.78
30	José Alberto Vallejo	ARG	60.08
31	Darwin Piñeyrúa	URU	59.84
DNS	Jorge Núñez	MEX	–

Qualifying Round, Group A (4 September 1972)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Group A Round One	Group A Round Two	Group A Round Three
1	1	Reinhard Theimer	GDR	70.66	70.66	-	-
2	2	Vasily Khmelevsky	URS	70.00	70.00	-	-
3	8	Srećko Štiglić	YUG	69.60	65.52	69.60	-
4	3	Mario Vecchiato	ITA	68.12	68.12	-	-
5	10	Karl-Hans Riehm	FRG	67.64	64.44	67.64	-
6	4	István Encsi	HUN	67.38	67.38	-	-
7	5	Stavros Moutaftsidis	GRE	67.22	67.22	-	-
8	6	Edwin Klein	FRG	67.14	67.14	-	-
9	7	Takeo Sugawara	JPN	66.50	65.94	64.56	66.50
10	15	Barry Williams	GBR	66.32	×	66.32	-
11	9	Al Schoterman	USA	65.18	65.18	63.74	64.06
12	12	Stanisław Lubiejewski	POL	64.80	60.34	64.80	×
13	14	George Frenn	USA	62.14	57.28	62.14	58.86
14	11	Vladimir Prikhodko	FRA	61.78	60.80	61.78	59.58
15	13	Darwin Piñeyrúa	URU	59.84	59.84	×	58.50

Qualifying Round, Group B (4 September 1972)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Group B Round One	Group B Round Two	Group B Round Three
1	14	Anatoly Bondarchuk	URS	72.88	72.88	-	-
2	9	Gyula Zsivótzky	HUN	71.20	71.20	-	-
3	4	Jochen Sachse	GDR	69.94	69.94	-	-
4	12	Tom Gage	USA	69.40	65.32	65.14	69.40
5	10	Jacques Accambray	FRA	68.00	68.00	-	-
6	6	Shigenobu Murofushi	JPN	67.26	65.94	67.26	-
7	7	Uwe Beyer	FRG	67.04	67.04	-	-
8	5	Peter Sternad	AUT	66.74	×	66.74	-
9	16	Iosif Gamsky	URS	66.72	×	×	66.72
10	13	Sándor Eckschmiedt	HUN	66.44	66.44	-	-
11	11	Todor Manolov	BUL	65.62	×	×	65.62
12	15	Howard Payne	GBR	64.56	63.58	64.56	64.10
13	3	Yoshihisa Ishida	JPN	63.82	63.00	63.82	×
14	1	Georgios Georgiadis	GRE	63.58	63.58	×	×
15	8	William Silen	PUR	62.02	×	×	62.02
16	17	José Alberto Vallejo	ARG	60.08	×	60.08	×
DNS	2	Jorge Núñez	MEX	–	–	–	–

Final Round (7 September 1972 — 14:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	8	Anatoly Bondarchuk	URS	75.50	75.50	72.62	71.76	73.78	73.50	72.90	OR
2	18	Jochen Sachse	GDR	74.96	71.54	×	73.70	71.26	×	74.96
3	20	Vasily Khmelevsky	URS	74.04	68.82	71.62	74.04	68.16	×	×
4	11	Uwe Beyer	FRG	71.52	70.32	71.52	×	68.98	69.90	×
5	16	Gyula Zsivótzky	HUN	71.38	71.38	70.44	70.48	×	70.66	70.20
6	15	Sándor Eckschmiedt	HUN	71.20	71.20	×	67.26	69.24	67.90	68.86
7	3	Edwin Klein	FRG	71.14	71.14	×	×	69.70	70.26	×
8	5	Shigenobu Murofushi	JPN	70.88	69.36	70.88	70.32	65.70	69.08	68.54
9	19	Mario Vecchiato	ITA	70.58	×	69.46	70.58	–	–	–
10	14	Karl-Hans Riehm	FRG	70.12	70.12	68.98	69.44	–	–	–
11	12	István Encsi	HUN	70.06	66.32	69.82	70.06	–	–	–
12	17	Tom Gage	USA	69.50	66.94	69.50	×	–	–	–
13	6	Reinhard Theimer	GDR	69.16	×	69.16	×	–	–	–
14	13	Srećko Štiglić	YUG	68.34	67.60	68.34	67.60	–	–	–
15	10	Stavros Moutaftsidis	GRE	68.30	68.14	68.30	67.04	–	–	–
16	4	Barry Williams	GBR	68.18	68.18	66.56	×	–	–	–
17	1	Peter Sternad	AUT	66.64	65.60	65.94	66.64	–	–	–
18	7	Iosif Gamsky	URS	66.26	66.26	×	65.34	–	–	–
19	2	Jacques Accambray	FRA	65.06	×	65.06	×	–	–	–
20	9	Takeo Sugawara	JPN	64.70	55.82	64.56	64.70	–	–	–