Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade – Men's hammer throw

The men's hammer throw event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 12 September 1979.[1][2][3]

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Klaus Ploghaus	West Germany	75.74	UR
	Manfred Hüning	West Germany	75.68
	Yuriy Sedykh	Soviet Union	75.54
4	Roland Steuk	East Germany	72.96
5	Orlando Bianchini	Italy	69.34
6	Emanuil Dyulgerov	Bulgaria	66.48
7	Nicolae Bindar	Romania	65.96
8	Michel Decker	France	63.78
9	Juan Carlos Álvarez	Spain	61.50	[4][5]

References

1. "Results". The News-Press. 13 September 1979. p. 30. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
2. "Results". Victoria Advocate. 13 September 1979. p. 16. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
3. Holzbach, Gerd (25 September 1979). "Pietro Mennea war der große Held von Mexico" [Pietro Mennea was the big hero of Mexico]. Leichtathletik (in German). Bartels & Wernitz. 39/1979: 1240–1245. ISSN 0343-5369.
4. One of the sources gives 61.08 metres
5. "Mexico, oro en futbol y USA, en baloncesto y waterpolo" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 14 September 1979. p. 13.