Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

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Men's hammer throw
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
1980 CPA 5047.jpg
Soviet stamp commemorating 1980 Olympic hammer throw
Venue Luzhniki Stadium
Dates30 & 31 July
Competitors17 from 13 nations
Winning distance81.80 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Yuriy Sedykh
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Sergey Litvinov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Jüri Tamm
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
  1976
1984  

The men's hammer throw event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had an entry list of 17 competitors from 13 nations, with one qualifying group before the final (12) took place on 31 July 1980. Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 72.00 metres advanced to the final. [1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Yuriy Sedykh of the Soviet Union, repeating as Olympic champion. He was the eighth man to win multiple medals in the event and third to have at least two gold medals (John Flanagan had three). Just as in 1976, Sedykh led the Soviet team to a medal sweep, with Sergey Litvinov taking silver and Jüri Tamm. The gold medal was the Soviet Union's third consecutive and fifth overall in the men's hammer throw, second all-time to the United States's seven.

Background

This was the 18th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1896. Three of the 12 finalists from the 1976 Games returned: gold medalist Yuriy Sedykh of the Soviet Union, seventh-place finisher Chris Black of Great Britain, and twelfth-place finisher Peter Farmer of Australia. Sedykh was a heavy favorite to repeat. His teammates, Sergey Litvinov and Jüri Tamm, were his biggest challengers. The most significant absence due to the American-led boycott was Karl-Hans Riehm of West Germany, who had been undefeated in 1979. [2]

Cuba and Kuwait each made their debut in the event. Great Britain appeared for the 15th time, most of any nation competing but behind the United States' 17 appearances (missing the event for the first time due to the boycott).

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 72.00 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 eight competitors receiving an additional three attempts. The best distance among those six throws counted. [2] [3]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Sergey Litvinov  (URS)81.66 Sochi, Soviet Union 24 May 1980
Olympic recordFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yuriy Sedykh  (URS)77.52 Montreal, Canada 28 July 1976

Yuriy Sedykh broke his own Olympic record in the qualifying round, throwing the hammer 78.22 metres. In the very first throw of the final (Sedykh was the first athlete to throw), he broke the world record with 81.80 metres; this throw was not beaten during the competition. The top four athletes finished with better results than the old Olympic record.

Schedule

All times are Moscow Time (UTC+3)

DateTimeRound
Wednesday, 30 July 198011:30Qualifying
Thursday, 31 July 198017:00Final

Results

Qualifying

RankAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1 Yury Sedykh Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 78.22 OR 78.22Q, OR
2 Jüri Tamm Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 76.2476.24Q
3 Sergey Litvinov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union X75.2475.24Q
4 Detlef Gerstenberg Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 75.0475.04Q
5 Roland Steuk Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany X73.5273.52Q
6 Harri Huhtala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 71.4272.4672.46Q
7 Armando Orozco Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba XX72.2872.28Q
8 Giampaolo Urlando Olympic flag.svg  Italy 68.4072.2072.20Q
9 Ireneusz Golda Flag of Poland.svg  Poland X69.9870.8870.88q
10 Juha Tiainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 70.6470.4670.8270.82q
11 Emanuil Dyulgerov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria X69.2470.6070.60q
12 Jiří Chamrád Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia X67.4469.3869.38q
13 Peter Farmer Olympic flag.svg  Australia 68.5269.16X69.16
14 Chris Black Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain 66.0266.74X66.74
15 Paul Dickenson Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain X64.2263.9064.22
16 Seán Egan Olympic flag.svg  Ireland 63.3463.94X63.94
17 Khaled Ghaloum Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait X47.4047.0047.40

Final

Nine athletes received additional throws (rather than eight) because of a tie at 8th place through the first three throws.

RankAthleteNation123456DistanceNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Yuriy Sedykh Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 81.80 WR 81.4679.68X80.9880.7081.80 WR
Silver medal icon.svg Sergey Litvinov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 80.64XXXXX80.64
Bronze medal icon.svg Jüri Tamm Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 77.8478.9677.9277.26X76.8678.96
4 Roland Steuk Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 74.3476.0075.5877.2677.54X77.54
5 Detlef Gerstenberg Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 73.6474.6073.98XX73.4074.60
6 Emanuil Dyulgerov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 70.1471.3471.8271.3474.04X74.04
7 Giampaolo Urlando Olympic flag.svg  Italy 73.6073.9073.1873.30XX73.90
8 Ireneusz Golda Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 72.3873.74XXXX73.74
9 Harri Huhtala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 69.78X71.8271.9671.8271.0271.96
10 Juha Tiainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland X71.3871.08Did not advance71.38
11 Armando Orozco Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba X67.7668.68Did not advance68.68
12 Jiří Chamrád Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 68.1665.9466.58Did not advance68.16

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