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Hammer Throw, Men

Date	17 – 18 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Kokuritsu Kyogijo, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Participants	24 from 13 countries

The 1956 gold medalist, Hal Connolly, was still the world record holder but was not favored. The two favorites were 1960 silver medalist Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN) and Sovet Belarussian Romuald Klim. Zsivótzky got his best throw in the first round with 69.09 (226-8¼). That led until Klim threw 69.74 (228-9¾) in round four, his best effort and the gold-medal winner. Germany’s Uwe Beyer placed third, his best mark coming in the first round.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	688	Romuald Klim	URS	67.10 (3)	69.74 (1)	Gold	OR
2	301	Gyula Zsivótzky	HUN	67.99 (1)	69.09 (2)	Silver	OR
3	251	Uwe Beyer	GER	65.01 (7)	68.09 (3)	Bronze
4	689	Yury Nikulin	URS	65.64 (5)	67.69 (4)
5	687	Yury Bakarinov	URS	63.86 (12)	66.72 (5)
6	756	Hal Connolly	USA	67.40 (2)	66.65 (6)
7	755	Ed Burke	USA	64.94 (8)	65.66 (7)
8	518	Olgierd Ciepły	POL	63.66 (14)	64.83 (8)
9	89	Josef Matoušek	TCH	63.53 (15)	64.59 (9)
10	516	Tadeusz Rut	POL	65.03 (6)	64.52 (10)
11	302	Sándor Eckschmiedt	HUN	64.64 (10)	63.83 (11)
12	757	Al Hall	USA	64.31 (11)	63.82 (12)
13	826	Takeo Sugawara	JPN	63.84 (13)	63.69 (13)
14	517	Zdzisław Smoliński	POL	66.00 (4)	62.90 (14)
15	31	Heinrich Thun	AUT	64.73 (9)	62.76 (15)
16 r1/2	252	Hans Faßl	GER	62.35 (16)	–
17 r1/2	185	Howard Payne	GBR	61.90 (17)	–
18 r1/2	250	Martin Lotz	GER	61.88 (18)	–
19 r1/2	828	Shohei Kasahara	JPN	61.87 (19)	–
20 r1/2	827	Noboru Okamoto	JPN	61.51 (20)	–
21 r1/2	573	Birger Asplund	SWE	61.15 (21)	–
22 r1/2	146	Guy Husson	FRA	60.04 (22)	–
23 r1/2	326	John Lawlor	IRL	59.12 (23)	–
24 r1/2	401	Im Dong-Sil	KOR	56.43 (24)	–
DNS	537	Nicolae Murafa	ROU	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round (17 October 1964 — 10:00)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 63.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	18	Gyula Zsivótzky	HUN	67.99	67.99	-	-	QOR
2	11	Hal Connolly	USA	67.40	67.40	-	-	QOR
3	4	Romuald Klim	URS	67.10	67.10	-	-	QOR
4	23	Zdzisław Smoliński	POL	66.00	66.00	-	-	Q
5	13	Yury Nikulin	URS	65.64	65.64	-	-	Q
6	3	Tadeusz Rut	POL	65.03	65.03	-	-	Q
7	17	Uwe Beyer	GER	65.01	65.01	-	-	Q
8	16	Ed Burke	USA	64.94	62.23	64.94	-	Q
9	21	Heinrich Thun	AUT	64.73	64.73	-	-	Q
10	1	Sándor Eckschmiedt	HUN	64.64	64.64	-	-	Q
11	25	Al Hall	USA	64.31	64.31	-	-	Q
12	19	Yury Bakarinov	URS	63.86	63.86	-	-	Q
13	15	Takeo Sugawara	JPN	63.84	63.84	-	-	Q
14	12	Olgierd Ciepły	POL	63.66	×	63.66	-	Q
15	14	Josef Matoušek	TCH	63.53	59.61	63.53	-	Q
16	2	Hans Faßl	GER	62.35	58.90	×	62.35
17	20	Howard Payne	GBR	61.90	61.90	×	61.74
18	24	Martin Lotz	GER	61.88	60.97	61.88	58.66
19	6	Shohei Kasahara	JPN	61.87	56.38	61.87	×
20	10	Noboru Okamoto	JPN	61.51	58.99	60.78	61.51
21	22	Birger Asplund	SWE	61.15	60.60	61.15	60.91
22	8	Guy Husson	FRA	60.04	60.04	59.86	×
23	7	John Lawlor	IRL	59.12	×	58.22	59.12
24	5	Im Dong-Sil	KOR	56.43	×	53.71	56.43
DNS	9	Nicolae Murafa	ROU	–	–	–	–

Final Round (18 October 1964 — 13:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	3	Romuald Klim	URS	69.74	67.19	64.64	68.59	69.74	68.81	68.17	OR
2	7	Gyula Zsivótzky	HUN	69.09	69.09	66.20	68.47	67.41	67.85	67.32	OR
3	13	Uwe Beyer	GER	68.09	68.09	65.64	62.91	×	65.71	×
4	1	Yury Nikulin	URS	67.69	67.08	67.01	67.69	×	×	65.61
5	15	Yury Bakarinov	URS	66.72	65.91	66.50	65.39	65.25	66.72	×
6	8	Hal Connolly	USA	66.65	×	62.95	66.65	×	64.73	×
7	10	Ed Burke	USA	65.66	65.66	65.06	62.68	–	–	–
8	14	Olgierd Ciepły	POL	64.83	64.83	×	×	–	–	–
9	6	Josef Matoušek	TCH	64.59	64.49	64.59	63.29	–	–	–
10	2	Tadeusz Rut	POL	64.52	61.03	61.94	64.52	–	–	–
11	11	Sándor Eckschmiedt	HUN	63.83	63.83	63.19	×	–	–	–
12	5	Al Hall	USA	63.82	59.72	62.35	63.82	–	–	–
13	9	Takeo Sugawara	JPN	63.69	×	62.66	63.69	–	–	–
14	12	Zdzisław Smoliński	POL	62.90	×	×	62.90	–	–	–
15	4	Heinrich Thun	AUT	62.76	62.76	62.41	×	–	–	–