Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw
The men's hammer throw was one of four men's throwing events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 17 October and 18 October 1964, with the qualification on the first day and the final the next. 25 athletes from 14 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the qualification round.[1]
Men's hammer throw at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 17–18 October | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 25 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
80 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4×100 m relay | men | women |
4×400 m relay | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Pentathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
Results
Qualification
The qualification standard was 63.00 metres. Each thrower had three attempts to reach that standard.
Place | Athlete | Nation | Best mark | Throw 1 | Throw 2 | Throw 3 | |
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1 | Gyula Zsivótzky | 67.99 metres OR | 67.99 | — | |||
2 | Hal Connolly | 67.40 metres | 67.40 | — | |||
3 | Romuald Klim | 67.10 metres | 67.10 | — | |||
4 | Zdzisław Smoliński | 66.00 metres | 66.00 | — | |||
5 | Yuriy Nikulin | 65.64 metres | 65.64 | — | |||
6 | Tadeusz Rut | 65.03 metres | 65.03 | — | |||
7 | Uwe Beyer | 65.01 metres | 65.01 | — | |||
8 | Ed Burke | 64.94 metres | 62.23 | 64.94 | — | ||
9 | Heinrich Thun | 64.73 metres | 64.73 | — | |||
10 | Sándor Eckschmiedt | 64.64 metres | 64.64 | — | |||
11 | Albert William Hall | 64.31 metres | 64.31 | — | |||
12 | Yuriy Bakarinov | 63.86 metres | 63.86 | — | |||
13 | Takeo Sugawara | 63.84 metres | 63.84 | — | |||
14 | Olgierd Ciepły | 63.66 metres | X | 63.66 | — | ||
15 | Josef Matoušek | 63.53 metres | 59.61 | 63.53 | — | ||
16 | Hans Fahsl | 62.35 metres | 58.90 | X | 62.35 | ||
17 | Howard Payne | 61.90 metres | 61.90 | X | 61.74 | ||
18 | Martin Lotz | 61.88 metres | 60.97 | 61.88 | 58.66 | ||
19 | Shohei Kasahara | 61.87 metres | 56.38 | 61.87 | X | ||
20 | Noboru Okamoto | 61.51 metres | 58.99 | 60.78 | 61.51 | ||
21 | Karl Birger Asplund | 61.15 metres | 60.60 | 61.15 | 60.91 | ||
22 | Guy Husson | 60.04 metres | 60.04 | 59.86 | X | ||
23 | John Lawlor | 59.12 metres | X | 58.22 | 59.12 | ||
24 | Im Dong-sil | 56.43 metres | X | 53.71 | 56.43 | ||
— | Nicolae Murafa | Did not start | — |
Final
Zsivótzky threw 69.09 in the first throw, beating his own Olympic record from the qualifier. Klim's fourth throw overtook that record and held for the gold medal distance.
Place | Athlete | Nation | Best mark | Throw 1 | Throw 2 | Throw 3 | Throw 4 | Throw 5 | Throw 6 | |
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1 | Romuald Klim | 69.74 metres OR | 67.19 | 64.64 | 68.59 | 69.74 | 68.81 | 68.17 | ||
2 | Gyula Zsivótzky | 69.09 metres | 69.09 | 66.20 | 68.47 | 67.41 | 67.85 | 67.32 | ||
3 | Uwe Beyer | 68.09 metres | 68.09 | 65.64 | 62.91 | X | 65.71 | X | ||
4 | Yuriy Nikulin | 67.69 metres | 67.08 | 67.01 | 67.69 | X | X | 65.61 | ||
5 | Yuriy Bakarinov | 66.72 metres | 65.91 | 66.50 | 65.39 | 65.25 | 66.72 | X | ||
6 | Hal Connolly | 66.65 metres | X | 62.95 | 66.65 | X | 64.73 | X | ||
7 | Ed Burke | 65.66 metres | 65.66 | 65.06 | 62.68 | |||||
8 | Olgierd Ciepły | 64.83 metres | 64.83 | X | X | |||||
9 | Josef Matousek | 64.59 metres | 64.49 | 64.59 | 63.29 | |||||
10 | Tadeusz Rut | 64.52 metres | 61.03 | 61.94 | 64.52 | |||||
11 | Sandor Eckschmiedt | 63.83 metres | 63.83 | 63.19 | X | |||||
12 | Albert William Hall | 63.82 metres | 59.72 | 62.35 | 63.82 | |||||
13 | Takeo Sugawara | 63.69 metres | X | 62.66 | 63.69 | |||||
14 | Zdzislaw Smolinski | 62.90 metres | X | X | 62.90 | |||||
15 | Heinrich Thun | 62.76 metres | 62.76 | 62.42 | X |
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References
- "Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Hammer Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
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