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

Men's hammer throw at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	26–28 July
Competitors	20 from 13 nations
Winning distance	77.52 OR
Medalists
Yuriy Sedykh  Soviet Union Aleksey Spiridonov  Soviet Union Anatoliy Bondarchuk  Soviet Union

Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 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		women
Road events
Marathon		men
20 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 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada took place on 26–28 July.

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	Walter Schmidt (FRG)	79.30 m	Frankfurt, West Germany	14 August 1975
Olympic record	Anatoliy Bondarchuk (URS)	75.50 m	Munich, West Germany	7 September 1972

Results

Qualifying round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 69.00m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Karl-Hans Riehm	West Germany	74.46	–	–	74.46	Q
2	A	Yuriy Sedykh	Soviet Union	71.46	–	–	71.46	Q
3	A	Anatoliy Bondarchuk	Soviet Union	71.08	–	–	71.08	Q
4	A	Manfred Seidel	East Germany	70.84	–	–	70.84	Q
5	A	Walter Schmidt	West Germany	70.76	–	–	70.76	Q
5	B	Chris Black	Great Britain	70.76	–	–	70.76	Q
7	B	Jacques Accambray	France	70.72	–	–	70.72	Q
8	A	Aleksey Spiridonov	Soviet Union	70.64	–	–	70.64	Q
8	A	Jochen Sachse	East Germany	X	70.64	–	70.64	Q
10	A	Peter Farmer	Australia	67.50	68.94	69.92	69.92	Q
11	B	Shigenobu Murofushi	Japan	66.22	68.84	68.24	68.84	q
12	A	Edwin Klein	West Germany	68.68	68.36	68.72	68.72	q
13	B	Giampaolo Urlando	Italy	X	66.18	68.54	68.54
14	A	Paul Dickenson	Great Britain	67.52	X	68.52	68.52
15	B	Larry Hart	United States	67.74	65.74	X	67.74
16	B	Murray Cheater	New Zealand	66.30	67.38	X	67.38
17	B	Edoardo Podberschek	Italy	66.56	66.28	X	66.56
18	B	Peter Sternad	Austria	65.80	66.08	66.14	66.14
19	B	Murray Keating	Canada	65.00	65.28	65.68	65.68
20	B	Kleanthis Ierissiotis	Greece	65.50	X	X	65.50

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Yuriy Sedykh	Soviet Union	75.64	77.52	X	X	75.58	76.40	77.52	OR
	Aleksey Spiridonov	Soviet Union	75.74	73.94	75.28	75.60	X	76.08	76.08
	Anatoliy Bondarchuk	Soviet Union	75.48	X	74.64	74.16	X	75.46	75.48
4	Karl-Hans Riehm	West Germany	75.00	73.08	X	75.46	75.42	74.62	75.46
5	Walter Schmidt	West Germany	72.58	74.72	74.36	73.52	74.72	72.42	74.72
6	Jochen Sachse	East Germany	71.90	72.84	72.80	73.14	74.30	73.70	74.30
7	Chris Black	Great Britain	70.56	72.38	73.18	X	69.54	X	73.18
8	Edwin Klein	West Germany	68.14	70.52	70.32	70.36	69.76	71.34	71.34
9	Jacques Accambray	France	X	67.52	70.44	N/A			70.44
10	Manfred Seidel	East Germany	69.66	X	70.02	N/A			70.02
11	Shigenobu Murofushi	Japan	X	68.62	68.88	N/A			68.88
12	Peter Farmer	Australia	67.98	67.92	68.00	N/A			68.00

References

• Official Olympic Report, la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 18, 2012.