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	Riehm, Karl-HansKarl-Hans Riehm	West Germany	74.46	–	–	74.46	Q
2	A	Sedykh, YuriyYuriy Sedykh	Soviet Union	71.46	–	–	71.46	Q
3	A	Bondarchuk, AnatoliyAnatoliy Bondarchuk	Soviet Union	71.08	–	–	71.08	Q
4	A	Seidel, ManfredManfred Seidel	East Germany	70.84	–	–	70.84	Q
5	A	Schmidt, WalterWalter Schmidt	West Germany	70.76	–	–	70.76	Q
5	B	Black, ChrisChris Black	Great Britain	70.76	–	–	70.76	Q
7	B	Accambray, JacquesJacques Accambray	France	70.72	–	–	70.72	Q
8	A	Spiridonov, AlekseyAleksey Spiridonov	Soviet Union	70.64	–	–	70.64	Q
8	A	Sachse, JochenJochen Sachse	East Germany	X	70.64	–	70.64	Q
10	A	Farmer, PeterPeter Farmer	Australia	67.50	68.94	69.92	69.92	Q
11	B	Murofushi, ShigenobuShigenobu Murofushi	Japan	66.22	68.84	68.24	68.84	q
12	A	Klein, EdwinEdwin Klein	West Germany	68.68	68.36	68.72	68.72	q
13	B	Urlando, GiampaoloGiampaolo Urlando	Italy	X	66.18	68.54	68.54
14	A	Dickenson, PaulPaul Dickenson	Great Britain	67.52	X	68.52	68.52
15	B	Hart, LarryLarry Hart	United States	67.74	65.74	X	67.74
16	B	Cheater, MurrayMurray Cheater	New Zealand	66.30	67.38	X	67.38
17	B	Podberschek, EdoardoEdoardo Podberschek	Italy	66.56	66.28	X	66.56
18	B	Sternad, PeterPeter Sternad	Austria	65.80	66.08	66.14	66.14
19	B	Keating, MurrayMurray Keating	Canada	65.00	65.28	65.68	65.68
20	B	Ierissiotis, KleanthisKleanthis Ierissiotis	Greece	65.50	X	X	65.50

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Sedykh, YuriyYuriy Sedykh	Soviet Union	75.64	77.52	X	X	75.58	76.40	77.52	OR
	Spiridonov, AlekseyAleksey Spiridonov	Soviet Union	75.74	73.94	75.28	75.60	X	76.08	76.08
	Bondarchuk, AnatoliyAnatoliy Bondarchuk	Soviet Union	75.48	X	74.64	74.16	X	75.46	75.48
4	Riehm, Karl-HansKarl-Hans Riehm	West Germany	75.00	73.08	X	75.46	75.42	74.62	75.46
5	Schmidt, WalterWalter Schmidt	West Germany	72.58	74.72	74.36	73.52	74.72	72.42	74.72
6	Sachse, JochenJochen Sachse	East Germany	71.90	72.84	72.80	73.14	74.30	73.70	74.30
7	Black, ChrisChris Black	Great Britain	70.56	72.38	73.18	X	69.54	X	73.18
8	Klein, EdwinEdwin Klein	West Germany	68.14	70.52	70.32	70.36	69.76	71.34	71.34
9	Accambray, JacquesJacques Accambray	France	X	67.52	70.44	N/A			70.44
10	Seidel, ManfredManfred Seidel	East Germany	69.66	X	70.02	N/A			70.02
11	Murofushi, ShigenobuShigenobu Murofushi	Japan	X	68.62	68.88	N/A			68.88
12	Farmer, PeterPeter Farmer	Australia	67.98	67.92	68.00	N/A			68.00

References

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