Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw
Appearance
Men's javelin throw at the Games of the XX Olympiad | |||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||
Dates | September 2 (qualifications) September 3 (final) | ||
Competitors | 23 from 15 nations | ||
Winning distance | 90.48 OR | ||
Medalists | |||
Klaus Wolfermann![]() | |||
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Jānis Lūsis![]() | ||
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William Schmidt![]() |
Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics | ||
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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 | |
50 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 1972 Summer Olympics took place on September 2–3 at the Olympic Stadium, Munich.[1] The qualifying standard was 80 m (262 ft 5+1⁄2 in).[2]
The winning margin was 2 cm which as of June 2024 remains the only time the men's javelin throw was won by less than 10 cm at the Olympics. Also as of June 2024, it is the narrowest winning margin for any javelin competition, women included, at the Olympics, the World Athletics Championships, the European Athletics Championships and the Commonwealth Games.
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3]
World record | ![]() |
93.80 m | Stockholm, Sweden | July 6, 1972 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
90.10 m | Mexico City, Mexico | October 16, 1968 |
Results
[edit]Qualifying round
[edit]Rank | Series | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
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1 | A | Klaus Wolfermann | ![]() |
86.22 | 86.22 | Q | ||
2 | B | Jānis Lūsis | ![]() |
82.92 | 82.92 | Q | ||
3 | A | Hannu Siitonen | ![]() |
81.80 | 81.80 | Q | ||
4 | B | Miklós Németh | ![]() |
70.90 | 81.78 | 81.78 | Q | |
5 | A | Fred Luke | ![]() |
81.34 | 81.34 | Q | ||
6 | B | Manfred Stolle | ![]() |
80.78 | 80.78 | Q | ||
7 | A | Jorma Kinnunen | ![]() |
80.10 | 80.10 | Q | ||
8 | B | Milt Sonsky | ![]() |
79.96 | 78.78 | 74.24 | 79.96 | q |
9 | B | József Csík | ![]() |
79.08 | x | x | 79.08 | q |
10 | A | William Schmidt | ![]() |
75.28 | 75.90 | 78.96 | 78.96 | q |
11 | A | Lolesio Tuita | ![]() |
75.36 | 78.78 | 77.34 | 78.78 | q |
12 | A | Bjørn Grimnes | ![]() |
x | 77.54 | x | 77.54 | q |
13 | B | Rick Dowswell | ![]() |
66.54 | 72.52 | 77.42 | 77.42 | |
14 | A | Gergely Kulcsár | ![]() |
x | x | 77.24 | 77.24 | |
15 | B | Urs von Wartburg | ![]() |
76.36 | x | 76.20 | 76.36 | |
16 | A | André Claude | ![]() |
75.56 | x | x | 75.56 | |
17 | B | Dave Travis | ![]() |
74.68 | 70.10 | 74.30 | 74.68 | |
18 | B | Günther Glassauer | ![]() |
x | x | 73.12 | 73.12 | |
19 | B | Jacques Abehi | ![]() |
72.20 | x | x | 72.20 | |
20 | A | Renzo Cramerotti | ![]() |
71.12 | x | x | 71.12 | |
21 | B | Donald Velez | ![]() |
x | 63.74 | x | 64.74 | |
22 | A | Abdul Atif Al-Qahtani | ![]() |
x | x | 53.06 | 53.06 | |
B | Leo Pusa | ![]() |
x | x | x | NM | ||
A | Edmund Jaworski | ![]() |
DNS |
Finals
[edit]The eight highest-ranked competitors after three rounds qualified for the final three throws to decide the medals.
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result |
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Klaus Wolfermann | ![]() |
86.68 | 85.14 | x | 88.40 | 90.48 | 84.70 | 90.48 OR |
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Jānis Lūsis | ![]() |
88.88 | x | 89.54 | x | 81.66 | 90.46 | 90.46 |
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William Schmidt | ![]() |
75.96 | 84.42 | x | 79.92 | 84.12 | x | 84.42 |
4 | Hannu Siitonen | ![]() |
84.32 | x | x | x | x | x | 84.32 |
5 | Bjørn Grimnes | ![]() |
71.86 | 82.38 | 83.08 | x | x | x | 83.08 |
6 | Jorma Kinnunen | ![]() |
x | 82.08 | 75.76 | x | x | 77.60 | 82.08 |
7 | Miklós Németh | ![]() |
80.80 | 81.98 | 78.58 | 81.88 | x | 81.40 | 81.98 |
8 | Fred Luke | ![]() |
66.64 | x | 80.06 | 79.70 | 71.46 | x | 80.06 |
9 | Manfred Stolle | ![]() |
x | x | 79.32 | 79.32 | |||
10 | Milt Sonsky | ![]() |
77.62 | 77.94 | 72.38 | 77.94 | |||
11 | Lolesio Tuita | ![]() |
76.34 | x | 69.38 | 76.34 | |||
12 | József Csík | ![]() |
75.52 | 76.14 | x | 76.14 |
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ The Athletics Site: world record progression - javelin throw men