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1980 Olympic Games Moscow - Men's Hammer Throw

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Category: 1980 Olympic Games Moscow - (Athletics)
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Host City: Moskva, Soviet Union Format: Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 72.00 metres advanced to the final.
Date Started: July 30, 1980  
Date Finished: July 31, 1980  
(Competitors: 17; Countries: 12; Finalists: 12)  
    Venue(s): Grand Arena, Central Lenin Stadium Area, Moskva
Overview by IAAF    1980_olympic_stadium.jpg
The boycott again interfered with what would have been a great duel. Karl-Hans Riehm was undefeated in 1980 and threw 80.80 in Germany the day before the Olympic final. Both Litvinov (81.66) and Sedykh (80.38 and 80.64) had set word records earlier in 1980. Sedykh led the qualifiers with 78.22, beating his own Olympic record, as eight automatically qualified at 72m+. The thinness of the boycotted fields was shown by 69.38 being the cut-off mark for the final 12. Sedykh opened the final, spinning quickly and showing immense power as he accelerated the hammer through three turns, letting fly a killer blow. The ball and chain flew out well beyond 80m to be measured at a world record of 81.80. Tamm followed with a steady 77.84, and then Litvinov – spinning even faster than Sedykh – produced 80.64. The first three throws of the competition had determined the medals, as only Roland Steuk of the non-Soviets was able to throw further than 75m. Sedykh threw 81.46 in round 2, but videotape shows this quite clearly to have been a foot foul. Litvinov, trying too hard, had five fouls, while Tamm improved with his second throw to reach 78.96. Sedykh finished his day with four efforts over 80m. Five days later Sedykh met Riehm, who had reportedly thrown 83m in practice on the day of the Olympic final. The German won 80.78 to 80.54, and he ended 2-0 up on Sedykh for the season.
       
Summary by Sports-reference.com      
The Americans were not present because of the boycott, but in this event nobody noticed. Defending champion Yury Sedykh was the best thrower in the world and always seemed to come thru in major meets, having won the 1978 European Championship as well. He was favored but his Soviet teammates were formidable, led by Sergey Litvinov and Estonian Jüri Tamm. The only important missing athlete was West Germany's Karl-Hans Riehm, a previous world record holder, who was undefeated in the pre-Olympic year. Sedykh settled the competition quickly. He threw first in the final and unleashed a world record 81.80 (268-4½). It would stand up for the gold. Sedykh had four of the longest throws in the event. Litvinov won silver with his opening 80.64 (264-6¾) and then had five fouls. Tamm completed the second consecutive Soviet medal sweep.
 

Records

Standing records prior to the 1980 Summer Olympics
World Record  Sergey Litvinov (URS) 81.66 m May 24, 1980 Soviet Union Sochi, Soviet Union
Olympic Record  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 77.52 m July 28, 1976 Canada Montréal, Canada
Season Best  Sergey Litvinov (URS) 81.66 m May 24, 1980 Soviet Union Sochi, Soviet Union
Standing records after the 1980 Summer Olympics
World Record  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 81.80 m July 31, 1980 Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union
Olympic Record  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 81.80 m July 31, 1980 Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union
Season Best  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 81.80 m July 31, 1980 Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union
 
        Results        
 
Hammer Throw Men     Final 31 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 81.80     Yuriy Sedykh Soviet Union URS 11 Jun 55  
2 80.64     Sergey Litvinov Soviet Union URS 23 Jan 58  
3 78.96     Jüri Tamm Soviet Union URS 5 Feb 57  
4 77.54     Roland Steuk East Germany GDR 5 Mar 59  
5 74.60     Detlef Gerstenberg East Germany GDR 5 Mar 57  
6 74.04     Emanuil Dulgherov Bulgaria BUL 7 Feb 55  
7 73.90     Gianpaolo Urlando Italy ITA 7 Jan 45  
8 73.74     Ireneusz Golda Poland POL 23 Jan 55  
9 71.96     Harri Huhtala Finland FIN 13 Aug 52  
10 71.38     Juha Tiainen Finland FIN 5 Dec 55  
11 68.68     Armando Orozco Cuba CUB 31 Jan 58  
12 68.16     Jirí Chamrád Czech Republic CZE 19 Jun 54  
Hammer Throw Men     Qualification 30 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 78.22     Yuriy Sedykh Soviet Union URS 11 Jun 55  
2 76.24     Jüri Tamm Soviet Union URS 5 Feb 57  
3 75.24     Sergey Litvinov Soviet Union URS 23 Jan 58  
4 75.04     Detlef Gerstenberg East Germany GDR 5 Mar 57  
5 73.52     Roland Steuk East Germany GDR 5 Mar 59  
6 72.46     Harri Huhtala Finland FIN 13 Aug 52  
7 72.28     Armando Orozco Cuba CUB 31 Jan 58  
8 72.20     Gianpaolo Urlando Italy ITA 7 Jan 45  
9 70.88     Ireneusz Golda Poland POL 23 Jan 55  
10 70.82     Juha Tiainen Finland FIN 5 Dec 55  
11 70.60     Emanuil Dulgherov Bulgaria BUL 7 Feb 55  
12 69.38     Jirí Chamrád Czech Republic CZE 19 Jun 54  
13 69.16     Peter Farmer United States USA 25 Jun 52  
14 66.74     Chris Black Great Britain GBR 1 Jan 50  
15 64.22     Paul Dickenson Great Britain GBR 4 Dec 49  
16 63.94     Sean Egan Ireland IRL 18 Jan 56  
17 47.40     Khaled Murad Ghaloum Kuwait KUW 18 Jan 58  
 
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Qualification

Final
Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1  Yury Sedykh (URS) 78.22 — — 78.22 m OR
2  Jüri Tamm (URS) 76.24 — — 76.24 m  
3  Sergey Litvinov (URS) X 75.24 — 75.24 m  
4  Detlef Gerstenberg (GDR) 75.04 — — 75.04 m  
5  Roland Steuk (GDR) X 73.52 — 73.52 m  
6  Harri Huhtala (FIN) 71.42 72.46 — 72.46 m  
7  Armando Orozco (CUB) X X 72.28 72.28 m  
8  Giampaolo Urlando (ITA) 68.40 72.20 — 72.20 m  
9  Ireneusz Golda (POL) X 69.98 70.88 70.88 m  
10  Juha Tiainen (FIN) 70.64 70.46 70.82 70.82 m  
11  Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL) X 69.24 70.60 70.60 m  
12  Jiří Chamrád (TCH) X 67.44 69.38 69.38 m  
13  Peter Farmer (AUS) 68.52 69.16 X 69.16 m  
14  Chris Black (GBR) 66.02 66.74 X 66.74 m  
15  Paul Dickenson (GBR) X 64.22 63.90 64.22 m  
16  Seán Egan (IRL) 63.34 63.94 X 63.94 m  
17  Khaled Murad Ghaloum (KUW) X 47.40 47.00 47.40 m  
Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 81.80 81.46 79.68 X 80.98 80.70 81.80 m WR
2nd  Sergey Litvinov (URS) 80.64 X X X X X 80.64 m  
3rd  Jüri Tamm (URS) 77.84 78.96 77.92 77.26 X 76.86 78.96 m  
4  Roland Steuk (GDR) 74.34 76.00 75.58 77.26 77.54 X 77.54 m  
5  Detlef Gerstenberg (GDR) 73.64 74.60 73.98 X X 73.40 74.60 m  
6  Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL) 70.14 71.34 71.82 71.34 74.04 X 74.04 m  
7  Giampaolo Urlando (ITA) 73.60 73.90 73.18 73.30 X X 73.90 m  
8  Ireneusz Golda (POL) 72.38 73.74 X X X X 73.74 m  
9  Harri Huhtala (FIN) 69.78 X 71.82 71.96 71.82 71.02 71.96 m  
 
10  Juha Tiainen (FIN) X 71.38 71.08   71.38 m  
11  Armando Orozco (CUB) X 67.76 68.68   68.68 m  
12  Jiří Chamrád (TCH) 68.16 65.94 66.58   68.16 m  
 
 
 

 

 

 

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