1976 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Discus Throw (Men)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | Discus throw | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 30 athletes from 20 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Montreal Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | July 24, 1976 (qualifying) July 25, 1976 (final) |
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The men's discus throw at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal was played on July 24 and 25, 1976 in the Montreal Olympic Stadium. 30 athletes took part.
The American Mac Wilkins became Olympic champion . He won ahead of Wolfgang Schmidt from the GDR and his compatriot John Powell .
In addition to the medalist Schmidt, Siegfried Pachale and Norbert Thiede also competed for the GDR . Both reached the final. Thiede was fourth, Pachale fifth. Hein-Direck Neu took part
for the Federal Republic of Germany . He also reached the final and was twelfth.
Throwers from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.
Existing records
World record | 70.86 m | Mac Wilkins ( USA ) | San Jose , USA | May 1, 1976 |
Olympic record | 64.78 m | Al Oerter ( USA ) | Mexico City Final , Mexico | 15th October 1968 |
Conducting the competition
The athletes competed in a qualifying round on July 24th, which was conducted in two groups. The qualification distance for the direct entry into the final on July 25th was 60.00 m. Since more than twelve athletes reached this distance, the final field was not filled any further.
In the final, each athlete initially had three attempts. The best eight participants were then entitled to another three attempts.
Time schedule
July 24, 10:00 a.m .: Qualification
July 25, 3 p.m .: Final
Note: All times are local Montreal time ( UTC − 5 )
The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.
qualification
Date: July 24, 1976, from 10 a.m.
Group A
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Expanse | annotation |
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1 | Mac Wilkins | United States | 68.28 m OR | - | - | 68.28 m | OR |
2 | Welko Welew | Bulgaria | 63.54 m | - | - | 63.54 m | |
3 | Wolfgang Schmidt | GDR | 63.14 m | - | - | 63.14 m | |
4th | Pentti Kahma | Finland | 62.10 m | - | - | 62.10 m | |
5 | Jay New Years | United States | x | 62.06 m | - | 62.06 m | |
6th | Hein-Direck New | BR Germany | x | 58.90 m | 61.88 m | 61.88 m | |
7th | John Powell | United States | x | 61.48 m | - | 61.48 m | |
8th | Norbert Thiede | GDR | 61.64 m | - | - | 61.64 m | |
9 | Siegfried Pachale | GDR | x | 60.64 m | - | 60.64 m | |
10 | Ludvík Daněk | Czechoslovakia | 60.44 m | - | - | 60.44 m | |
11 | Markku Tuokko | Finland | 59.80 m | 59.26 m | 57.18 m | 59.80 m | |
12 | Silvano Simeon | Italy | 58.76 m | 59.06 m | x | 59.06 m | |
13 | Ricky Bruch | Sweden | 56.98 m | x | 58.06 m | 58.06 m | |
14th | Nikolai Wichor | Soviet Union | x | 57.50 m | 54.52 m | 57.50 m | |
ogV | Bishop Dolegiewicz | Canada | x | x | x | without space |
Group B
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Expanse | annotation |
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1 | Armando De Vincentiis | Italy | 62.26 m | - | - | 62.26 m | |
2 | Ferenc Tégla | Hungary | 57.00 m | 61.66 m | - | 61.66 m | |
3 | Knut Hjeltnes | Norway | x | 61.30 m | - | 61.30 m | |
4th | Josef Šilhavý | Czechoslovakia | 60.82 m | - | - | 60.82 m | |
5 | János Faragó | Hungary | 59.30 m | 60.06 m | - | 60.06 m | |
6th | Julián Morrinson | Cuba | 59.92 m | 56.66 m | 58.50 m | 59.92 m | |
7th | Stanisław Wołodko | Poland | 57.56 m | 57.84 m | 59.42 m | 59.42 m | |
8th | Iosif Naghi | Romania | x | x | 57.28 m | 57.28 m | |
9 | Ain Roost | Canada | 58.56 m | x | x | 58.56 m | |
10 | Borys Chambul | Canada | x | 55.86 m | x | 55.86 m | |
11 | Pete Tancred | Great Britain | 55.20 m | x | 55.50 m | 55.50 m | |
12 | Georges Schroeder | Belgium | x | 54.04 m | 54.80 m | 54.80 m | |
13 | Ibrahima Guèye | Senegal | 52.82 m | x | 52.76 m | 52.82 m | |
14th | Salman Hessam | Iran | 52.40 m | 50.40 m | x | 52.40 m | |
15th | Mahmoud Al-Zubramawi | Saudi Arabia | 31.80 m | 35.30 m | 35.94 m | 35.94 m |
final
Date: July 25, 1976, 3 p.m.
The US thrower Mac Wilkins had improved the world record three times in a single day shortly before the games , with his second throw as the first discus thrower to surpass the 70-meter mark. With that he had put himself in a favorite position. But in the past, when throwing a discus on certain sports facilities with particularly good wind conditions, the so-called sailing meadows , brilliant distances were achieved more frequently, which the throwers could not confirm in competition at major events. However, Wilkins already achieved a new Olympic record in qualifying with 68.28 m , with which he underpinned his favorite position. Other medal candidates were above all Wilkins' compatriot John Powell and the GDR athlete Wolfgang Schmidt, a friend of Wilkins, whose relationship with Powell was seen as not particularly good. Although the 1972 Olympic champion , Ludvík Daněk, qualified for the final, it no longer had the quality of years gone by.
The final was contested by 15 throwers. In the first attempt, Schmidt took the lead from Powell. But the widths were still in a range that promised significant increases. In the second round, Wilkins took the lead with 67.50 m, ahead of Powell, who was now able to surpass Schmidt. Schmidt improved in the third attempt, but Powell countered with 65.70 m and thus remained on the silver rank. Rounds four and five brought no change in the classification. In the last attempt, Schmidt scored 66.22 m and passed Powell. In the end, Mac Wilkins was Olympic champion, Wolfgang Schmidt won the silver and John Powell the bronze medal. With Norbert Thiede and Siegfried Pachale, two more GDR throwers reached fourth and fifth place. Both surpassed the 64-meter mark. Wilkins' Olympic record from qualifying was not achieved in the final, but the competition was still of a high level with very good distances.
In the 18th Olympic final, Mac Wilkins won the 13th US victory.
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | 4th attempt | 5th attempt | 6th attempt | Bottom line | annotation |
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1 | Mac Wilkins | United States | 61.78 m | 67.50 m | 63.44 m | 63.52 m | x | 66.14 m | 67.50 m | |
2 | Wolfgang Schmidt | GDR | 63.68 m | x | 65.16 m | x | 63.96 m | 66.22 m | 66.22 m | |
3 | John Powell | United States | 62.48 m | 64.24 m | 65.70 m | 60.48 m | 60.20 m | 64.24 m | 65.70 m | |
4th | Norbert Thiede | GDR | 62.40 m | 61.66 m | 61.98 m | 63.02 m | 64.30 m | 63.04 m | 64.30 m | |
5 | Siegfried Pachale | GDR | 59.62 m | 64.04 m | 60.02 m | 61.08 m | 59.62 m | 64.24 m | 64.24 m | |
6th | Pentti Kahma | Finland | 63.12 m | 61.22 m | x | x | x | 61.94 m | 63.12 m | |
7th | Knut Hjeltnes | Norway | 60.26 m | 62.02 m | 61.60 m | 61.26 m | 61.24 m | 63.06 m | 63.06 m | |
8th | Jay New Years | United States | 61.60 m | x | x | x | 61.98 m | x | 61.98 m | |
9 | Ludvík Daněk | Czechoslovakia | 60.12 m | 61.28 m | 59.62 m | not in the final of the eight best throwers |
61.28 m | |||
10 | Welko Welew | Bulgaria | 60.94 m | 60.68 m | x | 60.94 m | ||||
11 | Ferenc Tégla | Hungary | 57.44 m | 57.00 m | 60.54 m | 60.54 m | ||||
12 | Hein-Direck New | BR Germany | 59.44 m | 60.26 m | 60.46 m | 60.46 m | ||||
13 | Josef Šilhavý | Czechoslovakia | 57.62 m | 58.42 m | x | 58.42 m | ||||
14th | János Faragó | Hungary | 57.48 m | 57.30 m | x | 57.48 m | ||||
15th | Armando De Vincentiis | Italy | 55.86 m | x | x | 55.86 m |
The 1972 Olympic champion Ludvík Daněk from Czechoslovakia achieved ninth place again
literature
- Ernst Huberty , Willy B. Wange (Ed.): The Olympic Games Montreal Innsbruck 1976. Lingen-Verlag, Cologne 1976, DNB 800186109 , p. 226f.
Video
- 1976 Olympic Games Mac Wilkins , published May 30, 2012 on youtube.com, accessed December 17, 2017
Web links
- SportsReference Discus Throw , accessed December 17, 2017
- Montréal 1976 Official Report, Volume III, Results , p. 75f, English / French (PDF, 23 MB), accessed on December 17, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 Page 558 (Engl.) ( Memento of 29 June 2011 at the Internet Archive ), accessed on 17 December 2017.
- ↑ Montréal 1976 Official Report, Volume III, Results , p. 23, English / French (PDF, 23 MB), accessed on December 17, 2017.
- ↑ a b Montréal 1976 Official Report, Volume III, Results , p. 75, English / French (PDF, 23 MB), accessed on December 17, 2017.
- ↑ SportsReference , accessed December 17, 2017.