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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

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

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

Results

Qualifying round

Rank Series Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 A Klaus Wolfermann  West Germany 86.22 86.22 Q
2 B Jānis Lūsis  Soviet Union 82.92 82.92 Q
3 A Hannu Siitonen  Finland 81.80 81.80 Q
4 B Miklós Németh  Hungary 70.90 81.78 81.78 Q
5 A Fred Luke  United States 81.34 81.34 Q
6 B Manfred Stolle  East Germany 80.78 80.78 Q
7 A Jorma Kinnunen  Finland 80.10 80.10 Q
8 B Milt Sonsky  United States 79.96 78.78 74.24 79.96 q
9 B József Csík  Hungary 79.08 x x 79.08 q
10 A William Schmidt  United States 75.28 75.90 78.96 78.96 q
11 A Lolesio Tuita  France 75.36 78.78 77.34 78.78 q
12 A Bjørn Grimnes  Norway x 77.54 x 77.54 q
13 B Rick Dowswell  Canada 66.54 72.52 77.42 77.42
14 A Gergely Kulcsár  Hungary x x 77.24 77.24
15 B Urs von Wartburg  Switzerland 76.36 x 76.20 76.36
16 A André Claude  Canada 75.56 x x 75.56
17 B Dave Travis  Great Britain 74.68 70.10 74.30 74.68
18 B Günther Glassauer  West Germany x x 73.12 73.12
19 B Jacques Abehi  Ivory Coast 72.20 x x 72.20
20 A Renzo Cramerotti  Italy 71.12 x x 71.12
21 B Donald Velez  Nicaragua x 63.74 x 64.74
22 A Abdul Atif Al-Qahtani  Saudi Arabia x x 53.06 53.06
B Leo Pusa  Finland x x x NM
A Edmund Jaworski  Poland DNS

Finals

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Klaus Wolfermann  West Germany 86.68 85.14 x 88.40 90.48 84.70 90.48 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jānis Lūsis  Soviet Union 88.88 x 89.54 x 81.66 90.46 90.46
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) William Schmidt  United States 75.96 84.42 x 79.92 84.12 x 84.42
4 Hannu Siitonen  Finland 84.32 x x x x x 84.32
5 Bjørn Grimnes  Norway 71.86 82.38 83.08 x x x 83.08
6 Jorma Kinnunen  Finland x 82.08 75.76 x x 77.60 82.08
7 Miklós Németh  Hungary 80.80 81.98 78.58 81.88 x 81.40 81.98
8 Fred Luke  United States 66.64 x 80.06 79.70 71.46 x 80.06
9 Manfred Stolle  East Germany x x 79.32 79.32
10 Milt Sonsky  United States 77.62 77.94 72.38 77.94
11 Lolesio Tuita  France 76.34 x 69.38 76.34
12 József Csík  Hungary 75.52 76.14 x 76.14

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ The Athletics Site: world record progression - javelin throw men[usurped]
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