Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1972 Summer Olympics took place on September 2–3 at the Olympic Stadium, Munich.[1] The qualifying standard was 80 m (262 ft 5 12 in).[2]

Men's javelin throw
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 2 (qualifications)
September 3 (final)
Competitors23 from 15 nations
Winning distance90.48 OR
Medalists
Klaus Wolfermann
 West Germany
Jānis Lūsis
 Soviet Union
William Schmidt
 United States

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3]

World record Jānis Lūsis93.80 mStockholm, SwedenJuly 6, 1972
Olympic record Jānis Lūsis (URS)90.10 mMexico City, MexicoOctober 16, 1968

Results

Qualifying Round

RankSeriesAthleteNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1AKlaus Wolfermann West Germany 86.2286.22Q
2BJānis Lūsis Soviet Union 82.9282.92Q
3AHannu Siitonen Finland 81.8081.80Q
4BMiklós Németh Hungary 70.9081.7881.78Q
5AFred Luke United States 81.3481.34Q
6BManfred Stolle East Germany 80.7880.78Q
7AJorma Kinnunen Finland 80.1080.10Q
8BMilt Sonsky United States 79.9678.7874.2479.96q
9BJózsef Csík Hungary 79.08xx79.08q
10AWilliam Schmidt United States 75.2875.9078.9678.96q
11ALolesio Tuita France 75.3678.7877.3478.78q
12ABjørn Grimnes Norway x77.54x77.54q
13BRick Dowswell Canada 66.5472.5277.4277.42
14AGergely Kulcsár Hungary xx77.2477.24
15BUrs von Wartburg Switzerland 76.36x76.2076.36
16AAndré Claude Canada 75.56xx75.56
17BDave Travis Great Britain 74.6870.1074.3074.68
18BGünther Glassauer West Germany xx73.1273.12
19BJacques Abehi Ivory Coast 72.20xx72.20
20ARenzo Cramerotti Italy 71.12xx71.12
21BDonald Velez Nicaragua x63.74x64.74
22AAbdul Atif Al-Qahtani Saudi Arabia xx53.0653.06
BLeo Pusa Finland xxxNM
AEdmund Jaworski Poland DNS

Finals

The eight highest-ranked competitors after three rounds qualified for the final three throws to decide the medals.

RankAthleteNationality123456Result
Klaus Wolfermann West Germany 86.6885.14x88.4090.4884.7090.48 OR
Jānis Lūsis Soviet Union 88.88x89.54x81.6690.4690.46
William Schmidt United States 75.9684.42x79.9284.12x84.42
4Hannu Siitonen Finland 84.32xxxxx84.32
5Bjørn Grimnes Norway 71.8682.3883.08xxx83.08
6Jorma Kinnunen Finland x82.0875.76xx77.6082.08
7Miklós Németh Hungary 80.8081.9878.5881.88x81.4081.98
8Fred Luke United States 66.64x80.0679.7071.46x80.06
9Manfred Stolle East Germany xx79.3279.32
10Milt Sonsky United States 77.6277.9472.3877.94
11Lolesio Tuita France 76.34x69.3876.34
12József Csík Hungary 75.5276.14x76.14

References

  1. "Official report of the Games of the XXth Olympiad - part 3" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  2. "Athletics at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Javelin Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  3. The Athletics Site: world record progression - javelin throw men
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