1980 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Javelin Throw (Men)

sport	athletics
discipline	Javelin throw
gender	Men
Attendees	18 athletes from 11 countries
Competition location	Luzhniki Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	July 26, 1980 (qualification) July 27, 1980 (final)
Medalist Dainis Kūla ( URS )   Alexander Makarov ( URS )   Wolfgang Hanisch ( GDR )

The men's javelin throw at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow was held on July 26 and 27, 1980 in the Luzhniki Olympic Stadium. 18 athletes took part.

Olympic champion was Dainis Kūla from the Soviet Union. He won ahead of his compatriot Alexander Makarow and Wolfgang Hanisch from the GDR.

In addition to the medalist Hanisch, Detlef Fuhrmann and Detlef Michel competed for the GDR . Michel failed in the qualification, Fuhrmann reached the final and finished seventh.
Throwers from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part. Athletes from the Federal Republic of Germany were also not there because of the Olympic boycott.

Existing records

World record	96.72 m	Ferenc Paragi ( Hungary )	Tata , Hungary	April 23, 1980
Olympic record	94.58 m	Miklós Németh ( Hungary )	Final of Montreal , Canada	July 26, 1976

Conducting the competition

The athletes competed in a qualifying round on July 26th, which was held together in a group due to the small number of participants. The qualification distance for the direct entry into the final on July 27th was 80.00 m. Since only ten athletes exceeded this distance, the final field was filled to twelve throwers after the next best distance, so that finally 78.74 m was sufficient for the final.

Time schedule

GDR thrower Detlef Michel failed in the qualification

July 26, 12:25 p.m .: Qualification
July 27, 5:15 p.m .: Final

Note: All times are local time Moscow ( UTC + 3 )

The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue, the others in light green.

qualification

Date: July 26, 1980, 12:25 p.m.

Bronze medalist Wolfgang Hanisch from the GDR

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Expanse	annotation
1	Ferenc Paragi	Hungary	x	72.60 m	88.76 m	88.76 m
2	Wolfgang Hanisch	GDR	75.24 m	85.82 m	-	85.82 m
3	Dainis Kūla	Soviet Union	85.76 m	-	-	85.76 m
4th	Miklós Németh	Hungary	84.84 m	-	-	84.84 m
5	Antero puranes	Finland	74.78 m	84.02 m	-	84.02 m
6th	Alexander Makarov	Soviet Union	83.32 m	-	-	83.32 m
7th	Heino Puuste	Soviet Union	82.96 m	-	-	82.96 m
8th	Justin Arop	Uganda	63.02 m	76.64 m	82.68 m	82.68 m
9	Aimo Aho	Finland	70.84 m	78.50 m	82.12 m	82.12 m
10	Pentti Sinersaari	Finland	x	80.30 m	-	80.30 m
11	Detlef Fuhrmann	GDR	72.12 m	x	78.80 m	78.80 m
12	Stefan Stoikow	Bulgaria	70.62 m	78.74 m	71.00 m	78.74 m
13	Detlef Michel	GDR	73.30 m	78.34 m	71.00 m	78.34 m
14th	David Ottley	Great Britain	x	77.20 m	71.94 m	77.20 m
15th	Dariusz Adamus	Poland	69.68 m	75.72 m	76.82 m	76.82 m
16	Zakayo Malekwa	Tanzania	71.58 m	x	61.66 m	71.58 m
17th	Inoussa Dangou	Benin	54.20 m	63.56 m	x	63.56 m
18th	Milkessa Chalchisa	Ethiopia	x	51.04 m	47.68 m	51.04 m

final

Date: July 27, 1980, 5:15 p.m.

The Hungarian Ferenc Paragi had improved the world record of his compatriot Miklós Németh in April of the Olympic year and had made himself a favorite for this competition. He also achieved the greatest distance in qualifying. Other medal candidates were above all the two GDR throwers Wolfgang Hanisch, third in the 1978 European championships , and Detlef Michel, fourth in the EM . A lot was expected of the Soviet athletes at their games in their own country. Miklós Németh, on the other hand, no longer had the form that had brought him the Olympic victory four years earlier. Surprisingly, Michel missed the finals.

In this final, Hanisch took the lead in the first attempt. Behind him lay the two Soviet throwers Heino Puuste and Alexander Makarow. However, the quality of the widths was still limited. There was a change in leadership in the third round. Kūla threw the spear at 88.88 m. However, the sports equipment landed so flat that there was actually a rule violation. Nevertheless, the judges indicated the attempt as valid. Kūla now led in front of Hanisch, Puuste and Makarow. In the next round, however, Kūla removed the doubts and increased his width to 91.20 m. Makarow improved on his fifth attempt to 88.04 m and was now ahead of Hanisch. Makarov's 89.64 m in the last lap didn't change the order. Dainis Kūla was with the only 90-meter throw of the competition Olympic champion before Alexander Makarov. The bronze medal was won by Wolfgang Hanisch ahead of Heino Puuste and the two Finns Antero Puranen and Pentti Sinersaari.

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	4th attempt	5th attempt	6th attempt	Bottom line	annotation
1	Dainis Kūla	Soviet Union	x	x	88.88 m	91.20 m	x	x	91.20 m
2	Alexander Makarov	Soviet Union	85.84 m	83.48 m	x	84.40 m	88.04 m	89.64 m	89.64 m
3	Wolfgang Hanisch	GDR	86.72 m	73.74 m	84.04 m	x	x	x	86.72 m
4th	Heino Puuste	Soviet Union	86.10 m	x	-	x	-	x	86.10 m
5	Antero puranes	Finland	85.12 m	x	x	78.14 m	x	82.94 m	85.12 m
6th	Pentti Sinersaari	Finland	75.08 m	84.34 m	82.86 m	x	x	x	84.34 m
7th	Detlef Fuhrmann	GDR	68.44 m	81.02 m	81.44 m	83.50 m	80.42 m	80.96 m	83.50 m
8th	Miklós Németh	Hungary	76.60 m	74.06 m	81.46 m	81.38 m	82.40 m	76.22 m	82.40 m
9	Aimo Aho	Finland	75.82 m	80.58 m	78.86 m	not in the final of the eight best throwers			80.58 m
10	Ferenc Paragi	Hungary	x	75.46 m	79.52 m				79.52 m
11	Stefan Stoikow	Bulgaria	77.32 m	74.38 m	79.04 m				79.04 m
12	Justin Arop	Uganda	53.56 m	77.34 m	x				77.34 m

Video

• 1980 Olympics javelin throw final , published June 15, 2011 on youtube.com, accessed December 31, 2017

Web links

• SportsReference Javelin , accessed December 31, 2017
• Moscow 1980 Official Report, Volume III, Results , p. 64f, English / French (PDF, 28 MB), accessed on December 31, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 Page 559 (Engl.) ( Memento of 29 June 2011 at the Internet Archive ), accessed on 31 December 2017
2. ↑ Moscow 1980 Official Report, Volume III, Results , p. 17, English / French (PDF, 28 MB), accessed on December 31, 2017
3. ↑ ^{a b} Moscow 1980 Official Report, Volume III, Results , p. 67, English / French (PDF, 28 MB), accessed on December 31, 2017
4. ↑ SportsReference , accessed December 31, 2017