1972 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Javelin Throw (Men)
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sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | Javelin throw | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 23 athletes from 15 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Olympic Stadium Munich | ||||||||
Competition phase | September 2, 1972 (qualification) September 3, 1972 (final) |
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The men's javelin throw at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich was held on September 2nd and 3rd, 1972 in the Munich Olympic Stadium. 23 athletes took part.
Olympic champion was Klaus Wolfermann from the Federal Republic of Germany. The silver medal went to the Soviet thrower Jānis Lūsis , while the bronze went to the American Bill Schmidt .
For the Federal Republic of Germany - officially Germany - in addition to Olympic champion Wolfermann, Günter Glasauer also competed , who was eliminated in the qualification.
The GDR was represented by Manfred Stolle . He reached the finals and finished ninth there.
The Swiss Urs von Wartburg failed in the qualification.
Athletes from Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.
Existing records
World record | 93.80 m |
Jānis Lūsis ( Soviet Union )
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Stockholm , Sweden | July 6, 1972 |
Olympic record | 90.10 m | Mexico City Final , Mexico | October 16, 1968 |
Conducting the competition
The athletes competed in two groups for a qualifying round on September 2nd. The qualification distance for reaching the final on September 3rd was 80.00 m. Since fewer than twelve athletes exceeded this distance, the final field was filled to twelve participants according to the next best distance.
In the final, each thrower initially had three attempts. The best eight participants were then given a further three attempts.
Time schedule
September 2nd, 10:00 a.m .: Qualification
September 3rd, 3:30 p.m .: Final
The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue, the following athletes in light green.
qualification
Date: September 2, 1972, from 10 a.m.
Group A
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Expanse | annotation |
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1 | Klaus Wolfermann |
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86.22 m | - | - | 86.22 m | |
2 | Hannu Siitonen |
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81.80 m | - | - | 81.80 m | |
3 | Fred Luke |
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81.34 m | - | - | 81.34 m | |
4th | Jorma Kinnunen |
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80.10 m | - | - | 80.10 m | |
5 | Bill Schmidt |
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75.28 m | 75.90 m | 78.96 m | 78.96 m | |
6th | Lolésio Tuita |
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75.36 m | 78.78 m | 77.34 m | 78.78 m | |
7th | Bjorn Grimnes |
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x | 77.54 m | x | 77.54 m | |
8th | Gergely Kulcsár |
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x | x | 77.24 m | 77.24 m | |
9 | André Claude |
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75.56 m | x | x | 75.56 m | |
10 | Renzo Cramerotti |
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71.12 m | x | x | 71.12 m | |
11 | Abdul Atif Al-Qahtani |
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x | x | 53.06 m | 53.06 m | |
DNS | Edmund Jaworski |
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accidentally reported for competition |
The Pole Edmund Jaworski was accidentally registered for this competition. He was accredited in Munich as the trainer of the two Polish javelin throwers Ewa Gryziecka and Daniela Jaworska .
Group B
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Expanse | annotation |
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1 | Jānis Lūsis |
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82.92 m | - | - | 82.92 m | |
2 | Miklós Németh |
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70.90 m | 81.78 m | - | 81.78 m | |
3 | Manfred Stolle |
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80.78 m | - | - | 80.78 m | |
4th | Milt Sonsky |
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79.96 m | 78.78 m | 74.24 m | 79.96 m | |
5 | József Csík |
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79.08 m | x | x | 79.08 m | |
6th | Rick Dowswell |
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66.54 m | 72.52 m | 77.42 m | 77.42 m | |
7th | Urs von Wartburg |
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76.36 m | x | 76.20 m | 76.36 m | |
8th | Dave Travis |
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74.68 m | 70.10 m | 74.30 m | 74.68 m | |
9 | Günter Glasauer |
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x | x | 73.12 m | 73.12 m | |
10 | Jacques Ayé Abehi |
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72.20 m | x | x | 72.20 m | |
11 | Donald Velez |
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x | 63.74 m | x | 63.74 m | |
ogV | Leo Pusa |
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x | x | x | without space |
final
Date: September 3, 1972, 3:30 p.m.
The top favorite was the Soviet Olympic champion from 1968 and world record holder Jānis Lūsis from Latvia, u. a. also European champions of the last four European championships. The West German thrower Klaus Wolfermann had set a new world record for the year with 90.68 m shortly before the games in Munich and was considered the Latvian’s main competitor.
The final turned into a duel between the two favored throwers. The bronze medalist was more than five and a half meters behind in the end. Lūsis took the lead in the first lap with 88.88 m, followed by Wolfermann - 86.68 m - and the Finn Hannu Siitonen - 84.32 m, who should not succeed in any valid attempt in the following period. The US athlete Bill Schmidt passed the Finn in the second round with 84.92 m. The next two rounds brought no changes in the top positions. In the fifth attempt, Wolfermann achieved the new Olympic record distance of 90.48 m with his best litter . Lūsi's last attempt also clearly exceeded the 90-meter mark and the audience waited with great excitement for the result of the distance measurement. At 90.46 m, the result was just two centimeters below Wolfermann's result. With that the medals were distributed. Klaus Wolfermann became Olympic champion, the silver medal went to Jānis Lūsis and Bill Schmidt won the bronze medal with his litter from round two.
Klaus Wolfermann was the first German Olympic champion in the javelin throw - Gerhard Stöck had won the gold medal in 1936 as a participant for what was then undivided Germany.
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | 4th attempt | 5th attempt | 6th attempt | Bottom line | annotation |
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1 | Klaus Wolfermann |
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86.68 m | 85.14 m | x | 88.40 m | 90.48 m OR | 84.70 m | 90.48 m | OR |
2 | Jānis Lūsis |
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88.88 m | x | 89.54 m | x | 81.66 m | 90.46 m | 90.46 m | |
3 | Bill Schmidt |
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75.96 m | 84.92 m | x | 79.92 m | 84.12 m | x | 84.92 m | |
4th | Hannu Siitonen |
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84.32 m | x | x | x | x | x | 84.32 m | |
5 | Bjorn Grimnes |
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71.86 m | 82.38 m | 83.08 m | x | x | x | 83.08 m | |
6th | Jorma Kinnunen |
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x | 82.08 m | 75.76 m | x | x | 77.60 m | 82.08 m | |
7th | Miklós Németh |
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80.80 m | 81.98 m | 78.58 m | 81.88 m | x | 81.40 m | 81.98 m | |
8th | Fred Luke |
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66.64 m | x | 80.06 m | 79.70 m | 71.46 m | x | 80.06 m | |
9 | Manfred Stolle |
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x | x | 79.32 m | not in the final of the eight best throwers |
79.32 m | |||
10 | Milt Sonsky |
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77.62 m | 77.94 m | 72.38 m | 77.94 m | ||||
11 | Lolésio Tuita |
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76.34 m | x | 69.38 m | 76.34 m | ||||
12 | József Csík |
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75.52 m | 76.14 m | x | 76.14 m |
literature
- Werner Schneider / Sport-Informations-Dienst / Bertelsmann Sportredaktion, The Olympic Games 1972. Munich - Kiel - Sapporo, Bertelsmann-Verlag, Munich, Gütersloh, Vienna 1972, ISBN 3-570-04559-5 , p. 46f
Video
- Klaus Wolfermann vs. Janis Lusis - 1972 Olympics javelin throw final , published April 16, 2011 on youtube.com, accessed December 4, 2017
Web links
- SportsReference Javelin , accessed December 4, 2017
- Official report, Volume 3 "The competitions" , p. 62f, English / French / German (PDF, 28 MB), accessed on December 4, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 Page 559 (Engl.) ( Memento of 29 June 2011 at the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 4, 2017
- ↑ Official Report, Volume 3 "The competitions" ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 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. 43, English / French / German (PDF, 28 MB), accessed on December 4, 2017
- ↑ Official Report, Volume 3 "The competitions" ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 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. 62, English / French / German (PDF, 28 MB), accessed on December 4, 2017
- ↑ Official Report, Volume 3 "The competitions" ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 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. 63, English / French / German (PDF, 28 MB), accessed on December 4, 2017
- ↑ SportsReference , accessed December 4, 2017