Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

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Men's hammer throw
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Romuald Klim 1964.jpg
Romuald Klim
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates17–18 October
Competitors24 from 13 nations
Winning distance69.74 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Romuald Klim
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Gyula Zsivótzky
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Bronze medal icon.svg Uwe Beyer
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany
  1960
1968  
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The men's hammer throw was one of four men's throwing events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 17 October and 18 October 1964, with the qualification on the first day and the final the next. 25 athletes from 14 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the qualification round. [1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Romuald Klim of the Soviet Union, the nation's second consecutive victory in the men's hammer throw. Gyula Zsivótzky of Hungary repeated as silver medalist, the fifth man to win multiple medals in the event. Uwe Beyer took bronze, the first medal for the United Team of Germany and the first medal for any German hammer thrower since 1952.

Background

This was the 14th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1896. Nine of the 15 finalists from the 1960 Games returned: silver medalist Gyula Zsivótzky of Hungary, bronze medalist (and 1956 finalist) Tadeusz Rut of Poland, fourth-place finisher John Lawlor of Ireland, fifth-place finisher Olgierd Ciepły of Poland, eighth-place finisher (and 1956 gold medalist) Hal Connolly of the United States, ninth-place finisher Heinrich Thun of Austria, tenth-place finisher Yuriy Nikulin of the Soviet Union, thirteenth-place finisher Noboru Okamoto of Japan, and fourteenth-place finisher (and 1956 finalist) Albert Hall of the United States. Zsivótzky and Soviet Romuald Klim were favored. [2]

No nations made their debut in the event. The United States appeared for the 14th time, the only nation to have competed at each appearance of the event to that point.

Competition format

The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1936, with the qualifying round completely separate from the divided final. In qualifying, each athlete received three attempts; those recording a mark of at least 63.00 metres advanced to the final. If fewer than 12 athletes achieved that distance, the top 12 would advance. The results of the qualifying round were then ignored. Finalists received three throws each, with the top six competitors receiving an additional three attempts. The best distance among those six throws counted. [2] [3]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Hal Connolly  (USA)70.67 Palo Alto, United States 21 July 1962
Olympic recordFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vasily Rudenkov  (URS)67.10 Rome, Italy 3 September 1960

Romuald Klim matched the Olympic record of 67.10 metres in his qualifying throw; Hal Connolly bettered it with 67.40 metres in his before Gyula Zsivótzky had the best throw of the round at 67.99 metres to take the record going into the final.

Zsivótzky broke his own record with his first throw in the final, reaching 69.09 metres. That record held until Klim's fourth throw, which went 69.74 metres for a new Olympic record. Uwe Beyer and Yuriy Nikulin also beat the old record, but never held the record as their throws came after better ones by Zsivótzky.

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

DateTimeRound
Saturday, 17 October 196410:00Qualifying
Sunday, 18 October 196413:00Final

Results

Qualifying

The qualification standard was 63.00 metres. Each thrower had three attempts to reach that standard.

RankAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1 Gyula Zsivótzky Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 67.99 OR 67.99Q, OR
2 Hal Connolly Flag of the United States.svg  United States 67.40 OR 67.40Q
3 Romuald Klim Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 67.10 =OR 67.10Q
4 Zdzisław Smoliński Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 66.0066.00Q
5 Yuriy Nikulin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 65.6465.64Q
6 Tadeusz Rut Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 65.0365.03Q
7 Uwe Beyer Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 65.0165.01Q
8 Ed Burke Flag of the United States.svg  United States 62.2364.9464.94Q
9 Heinrich Thun Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 64.7364.73Q
10 Sándor Eckschmiedt Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 64.6464.64Q
11 Albert Hall Flag of the United States.svg  United States 64.3164.31Q
12 Yuriy Bakarinov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 63.8663.86Q
13 Takeo Sugawara Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 63.8463.84Q
14 Olgierd Ciepły Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland X63.6663.66Q
15 Josef Matoušek Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 59.6163.5363.53Q
16 Hans Fahsl Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 58.90X62.3562.35
17 Howard Payne Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 61.90X61.7461.90
18 Martin Lotz Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 60.9761.8858.6661.88
19 Shohei Kasahara Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 56.3861.87X61.87
20 Noboru Okamoto Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 58.9960.7861.5161.51
21 Karl Birger Asplund Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 60.6061.1560.9161.15
22 Guy Husson Flag of France.svg  France 60.0459.86X60.04
23 John Lawlor Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland X58.2259.1259.12
24 Im Dong-sil Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea X53.7156.4356.43
Nicolae MurafaFlag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania DNS

Final

Zsivótzky threw 69.09 in the first throw, beating his own Olympic record from the qualifier. Klim's fourth throw overtook that record and held for the gold medal distance.

RankAthleteNation123456DistanceNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Romuald Klim Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 67.1964.6468.5969.74 OR 68.8168.1769.74 OR
Silver medal icon.svg Gyula Zsivótzky Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 69.09 OR 66.2068.4767.4167.8567.3269.09
Bronze medal icon.svg Uwe Beyer Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 68.0965.6462.91X65.71X68.09
4 Yuriy Nikulin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 67.0867.0167.69XX65.6167.69
5 Yuriy Bakarinov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 65.9166.5065.3965.2566.72X66.72
6 Hal Connolly Flag of the United States.svg  United States X62.9566.65X64.73X66.65
7 Ed Burke Flag of the United States.svg  United States 65.6665.0662.68Did not advance65.66
8 Olgierd Ciepły Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 64.83XXDid not advance64.83
9 Josef Matoušek Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 64.4964.5963.29Did not advance64.59
10 Tadeusz Rut Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 61.0361.9464.52Did not advance64.52
11 Sándor Eckschmiedt Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 63.8363.19XDid not advance63.83
12 Albert Hall Flag of the United States.svg  United States 59.7262.3563.82Did not advance63.82
13 Takeo Sugawara Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan X62.6663.69Did not advance63.69
14 Zdzisław Smoliński Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland XX62.90Did not advance62.90
15 Heinrich Thun Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 62.7662.42XDid not advance62.76

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