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

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Men's javelin throw
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 2 (qualifications)
September 3 (final)
Competitors23 from 15 nations
Winning distance90.48 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Klaus Wolfermann
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Jānis Lūsis
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg William Schmidt
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  1968
1976  

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]

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

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

World record Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Jānis Lūsis 93.80 m Stockholm, Sweden July 6, 1972
Olympic recordFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Jānis Lūsis  (URS)90.10 m Mexico City, Mexico October 16, 1968

Results

Qualifying round

RankSeriesAthleteNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1A Klaus Wolfermann Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 86.2286.22Q
2B Jānis Lūsis Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 82.9282.92Q
3A Hannu Siitonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 81.8081.80Q
4B Miklós Németh Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 70.9081.7881.78Q
5A Fred Luke Flag of the United States.svg  United States 81.3481.34Q
6B Manfred Stolle Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 80.7880.78Q
7A Jorma Kinnunen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 80.1080.10Q
8B Milt Sonsky Flag of the United States.svg  United States 79.9678.7874.2479.96q
9B József Csík Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 79.08xx79.08q
10A William Schmidt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 75.2875.9078.9678.96q
11A Lolesio Tuita Flag of France.svg  France 75.3678.7877.3478.78q
12A Bjørn Grimnes Flag of Norway.svg  Norway x77.54x77.54q
13B Rick Dowswell Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 66.5472.5277.4277.42
14A Gergely Kulcsár Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary xx77.2477.24
15B Urs von Wartburg Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 76.36x76.2076.36
16A André Claude Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 75.56xx75.56
17B Dave Travis Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 74.6870.1074.3074.68
18B Günther Glassauer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany xx73.1273.12
19B Jacques Abehi Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 72.20xx72.20
20A Renzo Cramerotti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 71.12xx71.12
21B Donald Velez Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua x63.74x64.74
22A Abdul Atif Al-Qahtani Flag of Saudi Arabia (1938-1973).svg  Saudi Arabia xx53.0653.06
B Leo Pusa Flag of Finland.svg  Finland xxxNM
A Edmund Jaworski Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland DNS

Finals

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

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

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