Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

Men's hammer throw at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Date	October 16–17
Competitors	22 from 12 nations
Winning distance	73.36 OR
Medalists
Gyula Zsivótzky   Hungary   Romuald Klim   Soviet Union   Lázár Lovász   Hungary

Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 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
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 hammer throw competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico took place on October 16–17.

Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. Each athlete receives three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieve the qualifying distance progress to the final. If less than twelve athletes achieve this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reach the final. Each finalist is allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.

Records

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

World record	Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN)	73.76 m	Budapest, Hungary	September 14, 1968
Olympic record	Romuald Klim (URS)	69.74 m	Tokyo, Japan	October 18, 1964

Results

Qualifying round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 66.00m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Zsivótzky, GyulaGyula Zsivótzky	Hungary	72.60	–	–	72.60	Q OR
2	A	Lovász, LázárLázár Lovász	Hungary	68.96	–	–	68.96	Q
3	B	Eckschmiedt, SándorSándor Eckschmiedt	Hungary	68.60	–	–	68.60	Q
4	A	Baumann, HelmuthHelmuth Baumann	East Germany	68.24	–	–	68.24	Q
5	A	Theimer, ReinhardReinhard Theimer	East Germany	65.78	68.12	–	68.12	Q
6	B	Payne, HowardHoward Payne	Great Britain	65.52	64.80	68.06	68.06	Q
7	A	Fahsl, HansHans Fahsl	West Germany	65.80	67.90	–	67.90	Q
8	A	Sugawara, TakeoTakeo Sugawara	Japan	67.76	–	–	67.76	Q
9	A	Kondrashov, GennadiyGennadiy Kondrashov	Soviet Union	67.56	–	–	67.56	Q
10	A	Burke, EdwardEdward Burke	United States	67.36	–	–	67.36	Q
11	B	Ishida, YoshihisaYoshihisa Ishida	Japan	67.16	–	–	67.16	Q
12	A	Klim, RomualdRomuald Klim	Soviet Union	66.82	–	–	66.82	Q
13	A	Shchuplyakov, AnatolyAnatoly Shchuplyakov	Soviet Union	64.78	66.56	–	66.56	Q
14	B	Hall, AlAl Hall	United States	X	65.70	58.28	65.70
15	B	Caspers, LutzLutz Caspers	West Germany	X	65.54	64.70	65.54
16	A	Beyer, UweUwe Beyer	West Germany	65.02	64.88	65.44	65.44
17	B	Connolly, HalHal Connolly	United States	X	X	65.00	65.00
18	B	Martínez, José LuisJosé Luis Martínez	Spain	60.60	63.40	62.84	63.40
19	B	Ammann, ErnstErnst Ammann	Switzerland	X	61.48	62.40	62.40
20	B	Kumar, PraveenPraveen Kumar	India	X	59.80	60.84	60.84
21	B	Morales, GustavoGustavo Morales	Nicaragua	X	43.88	45.76	45.76
22	B	Hasbún, CarlosCarlos Hasbún	El Salvador	X	37.02	37.46	37.46

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Zsivótzky, GyulaGyula Zsivótzky	Hungary	72.26	72.46	72.54	X	73.36	72.22	73.36	OR
	Klim, RomualdRomuald Klim	Soviet Union	72.24	68.96	72.82	73.28	71.16	71.64	73.28
	Lovász, LázárLázár Lovász	Hungary	64.76	X	69.78	X	69.38	X	69.78	2nd best 69.38
4	Sugawara, TakeoTakeo Sugawara	Japan	67.24	68.12	X	69.06	69.78	61.40	69.78	2nd best 69.06
5	Eckschmiedt, SándorSándor Eckschmiedt	Hungary	67.84	68.50	69.46	X	67.64	68.08	69.46
6	Kondrashov, GennadiyGennadiy Kondrashov	Soviet Union	69.08	67.00	68.64	67.10	67.98	67.70	69.08
7	Theimer, ReinhardReinhard Theimer	East Germany	68.82	X	66.16	68.84	67.86	63.54	68.84
8	Baumann, HelmuthHelmuth Baumann	East Germany	65.94	66.98	68.26	X	63.76	X	68.26
9	Shchuplyakov, AnatolyAnatoly Shchuplyakov	Soviet Union	67.58	67.74	66.90	N/A			67.74
10	Payne, HowardHoward Payne	Great Britain	65.98	67.62	66.58	N/A			67.62
11	Fahsl, HansHans Fahsl	West Germany	X	64.00	66.36	N/A			66.36
12	Burke, EdwardEdward Burke	United States	X	65.72	65.46	N/A			65.72
13	Ishida, YoshihisaYoshihisa Ishida	Japan	65.04	63.72	X	N/A			65.04

References

• Official Olympic Report, la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 14, 2012.