1968 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Javelin Throw (Men)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | Javelin throw | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 27 athletes from 18 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Estadio Olímpico Universitario | ||||||||
Competition phase | October 15, 1968 (qualification) October 16, 1968 (final) |
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The men's javelin at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City was held on October 15 and 16, 1968 at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario . 27 athletes took part.
Olympic champion was Jānis Lūsis from the Soviet Union. He won ahead of the Finn Jorma Kinnunen and the Hungarian Gergely Kulcsár .
For the Federal Republic of Germany - officially Germany - were Hermann Salomon , Rolf Herings and Klaus Wolfermann . Herings and Wolfermann failed in the qualification, Salomon reached the final and finished twelfth.
The GDR - officially East Germany - was represented by Manfred Stolle , who reached fifth place in the final. Urs von Wartburg and Rolf Bühler competed
for Switzerland . Bühler failed to qualify, von Wartburg reached eighth place in the final.
The Austrian Walter Pektor also qualified for the final and came in tenth.
Athletes from Liechtenstein did not take part.
Existing records
World record | 91.98 m | Jānis Lūsis ( Soviet Union ) | Saarijärvi , Finland | June 23, 1968 |
Olympic record | 85.71 m | Egil Danielsen ( Norway ) | Melbourne finals , Australia | November 26, 1956 |
Conducting the competition
The athletes entered a qualifying round on October 15, which was completed in two groups. The twelve best starters qualified for the final. In addition, every thrower who reached the minimum distance of 80.00 m was directly qualified for the final on October 16. Since fewer than twelve starters make the qualification distance, the starting field was filled with the next best throwers up to twelve participants. In the final, each athlete initially had three attempts. For the first time, the eight best throwers - and not the six best up to 1964 - were able to complete three more attempts.
Time schedule
October 15, 10 a.m .: Qualification
October 16, 3 p.m .: Final
Note: All times are Mexico City local time ( UTC −6)
The athletes qualified over the distance are highlighted in light blue, the others in light green.
qualification
Date: October 15, 1968, from 10 a.m.
Group A
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Expanse | annotation |
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1 | Åke Nilsson | Sweden | x | x | 84.74 m | 84.74 m | |
2 | Jānis Lūsis | Soviet Union | 83.68 m | - | - | 83.68 m | |
3 | Jorma Kinnunen | Finland | x | 74.16 m | 83.16 m | 83.16 m | |
4th | Manfred Stolle | GDR | 81.88 m | - | - | 81.88 m | |
5 | Gergely Kulcsár | Hungary | 81.56 m | - | - | 81.56 m | |
6th | Mark Murro | United States | 74.14 m | 81.14 m | - | 81.14 m | |
7th | Wladyslaw Nikiciuk | Poland | 74.16 m | 78.22 m | 81.00 m | 81.00 m | |
8th | Urs von Wartburg | Switzerland | 76.58 m | 80.66 m | - | 80.66 m | |
9 | Janusz Sidło | Poland | 74.90 m | 80.12 m | - | 80.12 m | |
10 | Hermann Salomon | BR Germany | 79.48 m | x | 76.50 m | 79.48 m | |
11 | Rolf Herings | BR Germany | 79.08 m | 77.00 m | 78.70 m | 79.08 m | |
12 | Pauli Nevala | Finland | x | 77.90 m | x | 77.90 m | |
13 | Mart Paama | Soviet Union | 74.18 m | 77.26 m | 74.64 m | 77.26 m | |
14th | Frank Covelli | United States | 70.30 m | x | 73.04 m | 73.04 m |
Group B
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Expanse | annotation |
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1 | Walter Pektor | Austria | 82.16 m | - | - | 82.16 m | |
2 | Aurelio Janet | Cuba | 80.10 m | - | - | 80.10 m | |
3 | Klaus Wolfermann | BR Germany | 75.78 m | 71.40 m | 75.02 m | 75.78 m | |
4th | Miklós Németh | Hungary | 74.56 m | 74.82 m | 75.50 m | 75.50 m | |
5 | Dave Travis | Great Britain | 74.24 m | 74.36 m | 70.84 m | 74.36 m | |
6th | Lode Wyns | Belgium | 73.68 m | x | x | 73.68 m | |
7th | Gary Stenlund | United States | 73.52 m | 68.88 m | 71.44 m | 73.52 m | |
8th | Bill Heikkila | Canada | 70.10 m | 71.20 m | 70.78 m | 71.20 m | |
9 | Nashatar Singh Sidhu | Malaysia | x | 63.58 m | 70.70 m | 70.70 m | |
10 | Rolf Hoppe | Chile | 68.32 m | 65.82 m | 65.86 m | 68.32 m | |
11 | William League | Fiji | x | 61.62 m | 62.32 m | 62.32 m | |
12 | Donald Velez | Nicaragua | 48.92 m | x | 61.32 m | 61.32 m | |
13 | Rolf Bühler | Switzerland | 61.05 m | x | x | 61.05 m |
final
Date: October 16, 1968, 3 p.m.
The top favorite was the Soviet thrower Jānis Lūsis, bronze medalist from 1964 , European champion from 1966 and holder of the world record , but his victory was on the knife edge until the last round.
In the first final round, the Finn Jorma Kinnunen led with a new Olympic record ahead of the Swede Åke Nilsson and the Hungarian Gergely Kulcsár. Lūsis followed in fourth place. In the second attempt, he took the top position with another record improvement. The Pole Władysław Nikiciuk was fourth in front of Nilsson. In the fourth attempt, Kulcsár then took the lead, he threw the spear more than 70 centimeters further than Lūsis on his record. Lūsis stayed second ahead of Kinnunen. In the last round both Kinnunen and Lūsis exceeded Kulcsár's Olympic record again. Jānis Lūsis threw it a meter and a half further and became Olympic champion. He was the only thrower in this high-class competition to throw over ninety meters. Silver medalist was Jorma Kinnunen, Gergely Kulcsár remained the bronze medal.
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | 4th attempt | 5th attempt | 6th attempt | Bottom line | annotation |
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1 | Jānis Lūsis | Soviet Union | 81.74 m | 86.34 m OR | 82.66 m | 84.40 m | x | 90.10 m OR | 90.10 m | OR |
2 | Jorma Kinnunen | Finland | 86.30 m OR | x | x | 79.00 m | 85.82 m | 88.58 m | 88.58 m | |
3 | Gergely Kulcsár | Hungary | 83.10 m | x | 83.82 m | 87.06 m OR | 85.14 m | 83.40 m | 87.06 m | |
4th | Wladyslaw Nikiciuk | Poland | x | 85.70 m | 82.24 m | x | 82.32 m | 80.44 m | 85.70 m | |
5 | Manfred Stolle | GDR | x | 76.86 m | 81.52 m | 84.42 m | x | 79.72 m | 84.42 m | |
6th | Åke Nilsson | Sweden | 83.48 m | x | x | x | 76.74 m | 79.76 m | 83.48 m | |
7th | Janusz Sidło | Poland | 80.00 m | 76.36 m | 80.58 m | 75.50 m | 77.86 m | 76.46 m | 80.58 m | |
8th | Urs von Wartburg | Switzerland | 80.56 m | 77.06 m | 77.22 m | x | x | x | 80.56 m | |
9 | Mark Murro | United States | 80.06 m | 80.08 m | x | not in the final of the eight best throwers |
80.08 m | |||
10 | Walter Pektor | Austria | 75.64 m | 77.40 m | x | 77.40 m | ||||
11 | Aurelio Janet | Cuba | x | 74.88 m | x | 74.88 m | ||||
12 | Hermann Salomon | BR Germany | x | 71.64 m | 73.50 m | 73.50 m |
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, pp. 370–372
Videos
- Janis Lusis's Olympic Record of 90.10m at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics , published April 8, 2011 on youtube.com, accessed November 9, 2017
- Jorma Kinnunen Mexico 1968 , published January 17, 2017 on youtube.com, accessed November 9, 2017
Web links
- SportsReference Javelin , accessed November 9, 2017
- Official report - summary p. 106, engl./frz. (PDF), accessed on November 9, 2017
- Official report of the 1968 Olympic Games p. 630, English / French. (PDF), accessed on November 9, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 Page 559 (Engl.) ( Memento of 29 June 2011 at the Internet Archive ), accessed on November 9, 2017
- ↑ Official report of the 1968 Olympic Games ( Memento of the original from September 17, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. P. 10, English / French (PDF), accessed on November 9, 2017
- ↑ a b Official Report of the 1968 Olympic Games ( Memento of the original from September 17, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. P. 530, English / French (PDF), accessed on November 9, 2017
- ↑ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, p. 370f