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

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 Javelin Throw event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, had an entrylist 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.

Medalists

Gold	Miklós Németh Hungary (HUN)
Silver	Hannu Siitonen Finland (FIN)
Bronze	Gheorghe Megelea Romania (ROM)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season 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
1	1	Seppo Hovinen (FIN)	89.76	—	—	89.76 m
2	2	Miklós Németh (HUN)	89.28	—	—	89.28 m
3	6	Jorma Jaakola (FIN)	83.84	—	—	83.84 m
4	7	Piotr Bielczyk (POL)	82.56	—	—	82.56 m
5	8	Michael Wessing (FRG)	75.98	78.28	82.54	82.54 m
6	9	Terje Thorslund (NOR)	82.52	—	—	82.52 m
7	10	Jānis Lūsis (URS)	82.08	—	—	82.08 m
8	14	Gheorghe Megelea (ROM)	80.28	—	—	80.28 m
9	16	Hannu Siitonen (FIN)	79.38	—	—	79.38 m
10	19	Sándor Boros (HUN)	77.60	77.18	70.06	77.60 m
11	20	Ferenc Paragi (HUN)	73.54	77.48	75.76	77.48 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	3	Phil Olsen (CAN)	87.76	—	—	87.76 m
2	4	Sam Colson (USA)	72.28	71.74	86.64	86.64 m
3	5	Vasyl Yershov (URS)	85.68	—	—	85.68 m
4	10	Amado Morales (PUR)	82.08	—	—	82.08 m
5	12	Valentin Dzhonev (BUL)	75.66	80.84	—	80.84 m
6	13	Bjørn Grimnes (NOR)	73.74	80.32	—	80.32 m
7	15	Anthony Hall (USA)	79.56	—	—	79.56 m
8	17	Jacques Aye Abehi (CIV)	74.76	78.40	70.10	78.40 m
9	18	Richard George (USA)	X	78.32	64.96	78.32 m
10	21	Óskar Jakobsson (ISL)	72.78	71.90	X	72.78 m
11	22	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 m	WR
	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	79.06				79.06 m
10	Terje Thorslund (NOR)	78.24	X	76.48				78.24 m
11	Phil Olsen (CAN)	X	X	77.70				77.70 m
12	Amado Morales (PUR)	71.30	X	75.54				75.54 m
13	Bjørn Grimnes (NOR)	X	73.24	74.88				74.88 m
14	Valentin Dzhonev (BUL)	73.16	X	73.88				73.88 m
15	Anthony Hall (USA)	X	68.92	71.70				71.70 m
—	Jorma Jaakola (FIN)	—	—	—				DNS

References

• (English) Results