1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Hammer Throw (Men)

sport	athletics
discipline	Hammer throw
gender	Men
Attendees	22 athletes from 13 countries
Competition location	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Competition phase	August 5, 1984 (qualifying) August 6, 1984 (final)
Medalist Juha Tiainen ( FIN )   Karl-Hans Riehm ( FRG )   Klaus Ploghaus ( FRG )

The men's hammer throw at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles was held on August 5 and 6, 1984 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum . 22 athletes took part.

The Olympic champion was Juha Tiainen from Finland . He won ahead of Karl-Hans Riehm and Klaus Ploghaus , both from the Federal Republic of Germany.

In addition to the two medal winners, Christoph Sahner was a third thrower for the Federal Republic of Germany. Sahner reached the final, but after three unsuccessful attempts he remained without a measured distance.
The Austrian Johann Lindner failed in the qualification.
Throwers from Switzerland and Liechtenstein did not take part. Athletes from the GDR were also not there because of the Olympic boycott.

Current title holders

Olympic champion 1980	Jurij Sedych ( Soviet Union )	81.80 m	Moscow 1980
World Champion 1983	Sergei Litvinov ( Soviet Union )	82.68 m	Helsinki 1983
European Champion 1982	Jurij Sedych ( Soviet Union )	81.66 m	Athens 1982
Pan American Champion 1983	Genovevo Morejón ( Cuba )	65.34 m	Caracas 1983
Central America and Caribbean Champion 1983		67.60 m	Havana 1983
South America Champion 1983	Ivam Bertelli ( Brazil )	61.16 m	Santa Fe 1983
Asian champion 1983	Xie Yingqi ( People's Republic of China )	65.78 m	Kuwait City 1983
African champions 1982	Hisham Fouad Greis ( Egypt )	60.64 m	Cairo 1982

Existing records

World record	86.34 m	Jurij Sedych ( Soviet Union )	Cork , Ireland	3rd July 1984
Olympic record	81.80 min		Final of Moscow , Soviet Union (today Russia )	July 31, 1980

qualification

Date: August 5, 1984

For the qualification, the athletes were drawn into two groups. The qualification distance for the direct entry into the final was 72.00 m. Since only ten athletes exceeded this distance, the final field was filled with the next best participants from both groups, the so-called lucky losers , to twelve participants. Finally, 71.38 m was enough to reach the finals. The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Group A

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Expanse	annotation
1	Klaus Ploghaus	BR Germany	74.68 m	-	-	74.68 m
2	Christoph Sahner	BR Germany	73.88 m	-	-	73.88 m
3	Juha Tiainen	Finland	70.86 m	72.68 m	-	72.68 m
4th	Giampaolo Urlando	Italy	72.42 m	-	-	72.42 m	after d. Final due to Doping offense disqualified.
5	Matthew Mileham	Great Britain	71.80 m	x	x	71.80 m
6th	Bill Green	United States	71.38 m	70.96 m	70.80 m	71.38 m
7th	Johann Lindner	Austria	70.44 m	71.28 m	x	71.28 m
8th	Jud Logan	United States	71.14 m	x	71.18 m	71.18 m
9	Declan Hegarty	Ireland	x	70.56 m	x	70.56 m
10	Raúl Jimeno	Spain	66.38 m	65.92 m	65.86 m	66.38 m
11	Conor McCullough	Ireland	62.12 m	65.56 m	65.12 m	65.56 m

Group B

The Japanese Shigenobu Murofushi - here in the shot put - failed as seventh in his qualifying group

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Expanse	annotation
1	Karl-Hans Riehm	BR Germany	75.50 m	-	-	75.50 m
2	Orlando Bianchini	Italy	74.02 m	-	-	74.02 m
3	Harri Huhtala	Finland	73.78 m	-	-	73.78 m
4th	Walter Ciofani	France	68.80 m	73.10 m	-	73.10 m
5	Robert Weir	Great Britain	71.34 m	71.30 m	73.04 m	73.04 m
6th	Martin Girvan	Great Britain	72.66 m	-	-	72.66 m
7th	Shigenobu Murofushi	Japan	70.92 m	70.24 m	70.74 m	70.92 m
8th	Lucio Serrani	Italy	69.72 m	70.64 m	69.64 m	70.64 m
9	Hakim Toumi	Algeria	67.68 m	x	65.84 m	67.68 m
10	Ed Burke	United States	x	67.52 m	x	67.52 m
11	Tore Johnsen	Norway	65.16 m	63.24 m	65.72 m	65.72 m
	Dominique Bechard	Mauritius	x	x	x		ogV

final

Date: August 6, 1984

Twelve athletes had qualified for the final. Ten of them had made the required qualifying distance, two more throwers - the participants with the next best results from both groups - joined them. All three athletes from the Federal Republic of Germany as well as two Italians, two British and two Finns had reached the final. A French and a thrower from the USA completed the starting field. Each participant initially had three attempts. The best eight athletes were then able to complete three more attempts.

The Olympic boycott prevented the start of the hammer throwers from the states concerned, which were at the top of the world rankings and which had also occupied the leading positions at major events in recent years. These included the Soviet athletes above all Yuriy Sedykh , two-time Olympic champion 1976 / 1980 and world record holder , and Sergei Litvinov , acting world champion , both Poland Zdzisław Kwaśny and Ireneusz Golda well as Gunther Rodehau from the GDR. Under these conditions, the favorites were the Finn Juha Tiainen and the German thrower Karl-Hans Riehm.

Klaus Ploghaus from the Federal Republic of Germany took the lead in the first round with 75.48 m. Behind him was Harri Huhtala from Finland with 74.34 m. In the second round, the Italian Giampaolo Urlando, who was later disqualified for doping offenses, slipped past Huhtala into second with 74.82 m. Riehm was also able to overtake the Finn with 74.70 m. In the third attempt, Tiainen took the lead with 78.08 m, Riehm came within ten centimeters with 77.98 m. Ploghaus remained in third place ahead of Urlando. Until the end of the competition nothing changed in the ranking. Juha Tiainen became Olympic champion, silver and bronze went to Karl-Hans Riehm and Klaus Ploghaus.

The lack of top athletes from the boycott states was clearly noticeable in the end result. There was no throw above the 80-meter mark, the quality of the last world championships was not achieved here.

After evaluating the doping test, Giampaolo Urlando was disqualified. He had tested positive for testosterone .

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	4th attempt	5th attempt	6th attempt	Bottom line	annotation
1	Juha Tiainen	Finland	70.56 m	72.64 m	78.08 m	74.54 m	75.26 m	75.82 m	78.08 m
2	Karl-Hans Riehm	BR Germany	73.68 m	74.70 m	77.98 m	x	76.46 m	x	77.98 m
3	Klaus Ploghaus	BR Germany	75.48 m	75.96 m	72.16 m	75.18 m	x	76.68 m	76.68 m
4th	Orlando Bianchini	Italy	72.18 m	72.12 m	74.40 m	73.42 m	75.94 m	73.78 m	75.94 m
5	Bill Green	United States	x	72.68 m	74.76 m	67.70 m	75.60 m	72.12 m	75.60 m
6th	Harri Huhtala	Finland	74.34 m	74.44 m	73.86 m	74.72 m	73.10 m	75.28 m	75.28 m
7th	Walter Ciofani	France	x	71.86 m	73.46 m	x	71.20 m	68.86 m	73.46 m
8th	Robert Weir	Great Britain	71.16 m	x	72.62 m	not in the final of the eight best throwers			72.62 m
9	Martin Girvan	Great Britain	x	72.32 m	68.00 m				72.32 m
ogV	Matthew Mileham	Great Britain	x	x	x					without space
	Christoph Sahner	BR Germany
DOP	Giampaolo Urlando	Italy	70.26 m	74.82 m	x	73.14 m	75.06 m	75.64 m		Disqualification. due to Doping offense

literature

• Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Sarajevo with contributions by Ulrich Kaiser and Heinz Maegerlein , Eds. Manfred Vorderwülbecke , C. Bertelsmann Verlag, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-570-01851-2 , p. 36f

Web links

• SportsReference Hammerwurf , accessed January 13, 2018
• Los Angeles 1984 Official Report, 3, Results of the Games , p. 288f, English / French (PDF, 11 MB), accessed on January 13, 2018

Video

• 1984 Olympic Games Men's Hammer Throw , published August 19, 2015 on youtube.com, accessed January 13, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 680 , accessed on January 13, 2018
2. ↑ Los Angeles 1984 Official Report, 3, Results of the Games , p. 288, English / French (PDF, 11 MB), accessed on January 13, 2018
3. ↑ Los Angeles 1984 Official Report, 3, Results of the Games , p. 289, English / French (PDF, 11 MB), accessed on January 13, 2018
4. ^ SportsReference Hammerwurf , accessed on January 13, 2018
5. ↑ List of Olympic doping offenders on SportsReference , accessed on January 13, 2018