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Hammer Throw, Men

Date	16 – 17 October 1968
Status	Olympic
Location	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Ciudad de México
Participants	22 from 12 countries

The gold and silver medalists from 1964 were again favored – Romuald Klim (URS) and Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN). Zsivótzky was best on marks as the world record holder, one set only one month before the Mexico Olympics. But Klim always defeated him head-to-head, having done so nine straight times, including the 1966 European Championships. Zsivótzky opened in the final with 72.26 (237-1) to lead in round one. He improved in rounds two and three and still led, before fouling his fourth throw. Klim then moved ahead with 73.28 (240-5), but Zsivótzky answered on his fifth throw with 73.36 (240-8¼), and that would win the gold medal. Lázár Lovász (HUN) and Japan’s Takeo Sugawara tied for bronze with 69.78 (228-11¼) but Lovász won that medal based on the second longest throw (69.38-69.06).

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	477	Gyula Zsivótzky	HUN	72.60 (1)	73.36 (1)	Gold	OR
2	809	Romuald Klim	URS	66.82 (12)	73.28 (2)	Silver	OR
3	466	Lázár Lovász	HUN	68.96 (2)	69.78 (3)	Bronze
4	555	Takeo Sugawara	JPN	67.76 (8)	69.78 (4)
5	458	Sándor Eckschmiedt	HUN	68.60 (3)	69.46 (5)
6	810	Gennady Kondrashov	URS	67.56 (9)	69.08 (6)
7	91	Reinhard Theimer	GDR	68.12 (5)	68.84 (7)
8	58	Helmuth Baumann	GDR	68.24 (4)	68.26 (8)
9	826	Anatoly Shchuplyakov	URS	66.56 (13)	67.74 (9)
10	418	Howard Payne	GBR	68.06 (6)	67.62 (10)
11	11	Hans Faßl	FRG	67.90 (7)	66.36 (11)
12	258	Ed Burke	USA	67.36 (10)	65.72 (12)
13	543	Yoshihisa Ishida	JPN	67.16 (11)	65.04 (13)
14 r1/2	276	Al Hall	USA	65.70 (14)	–
15 r1/2	8	Lutz Caspers	FRG	65.54 (15)	–
16 r1/2	4	Uwe Beyer	FRG	65.44 (16)	–
17 r1/2	264	Hal Connolly	USA	65.00 (17)	–
18 r1/2	249	José Luis Martínez	ESP	63.40 (18)	–
19 r1/2	739	Ernst Ammann	SUI	62.40 (19)	–
20 r1/2	478	Praveen Kumar	IND	60.84 (20)	–
21 r1/2	630	Gustavo Morales	NCA	45.76 (21)	–
22 r1/2	239	Carlos Hasbún	ESA	37.46 (22)	–
DNS	441	Frangiskos Politis	GRE	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	16 October 1968 — 10:00
Format	Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 66.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	477	Gyula Zsivótzky	HUN	72.60	QOR
2	466	Lázár Lovász	HUN	68.96	Q
3	458	Sándor Eckschmiedt	HUN	68.60	Q
4	58	Helmuth Baumann	GDR	68.24	Q
5	91	Reinhard Theimer	GDR	68.12	Q
6	418	Howard Payne	GBR	68.06	Q
7	11	Hans Faßl	FRG	67.90	Q
8	555	Takeo Sugawara	JPN	67.76	Q
9	810	Gennady Kondrashov	URS	67.56	Q
10	258	Ed Burke	USA	67.36	Q
11	543	Yoshihisa Ishida	JPN	67.16	Q
12	809	Romuald Klim	URS	66.82	Q
13	826	Anatoly Shchuplyakov	URS	66.56	Q
14	276	Al Hall	USA	65.70
15	8	Lutz Caspers	FRG	65.54
16	4	Uwe Beyer	FRG	65.44
17	264	Hal Connolly	USA	65.00
18	249	José Luis Martínez	ESP	63.40
19	739	Ernst Ammann	SUI	62.40
20	478	Praveen Kumar	IND	60.84
21	630	Gustavo Morales	NCA	45.76
22	239	Carlos Hasbún	ESA	37.46
DNS	441	Frangiskos Politis	GRE	–

Group A

Date	16 October 1968

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	477	Gyula Zsivótzky	HUN	72.60	72.60	-	-	OR
2	466	Lázár Lovász	HUN	68.96	68.96	-	-
3	58	Helmuth Baumann	GDR	68.24	68.24	-	-
4	91	Reinhard Theimer	GDR	68.12	65.78	68.12	-
5	11	Hans Faßl	FRG	67.90	65.80	67.90	-
6	555	Takeo Sugawara	JPN	67.76	67.76	-	-
7	810	Gennady Kondrashov	URS	67.56	67.56	-	-
8	258	Ed Burke	USA	67.36	67.36	-	-
9	809	Romuald Klim	URS	66.82	66.82	-	-
10	826	Anatoly Shchuplyakov	URS	66.56	64.78	66.56	-
11	4	Uwe Beyer	FRG	65.44	65.02	64.88	65.44

Group B

Date	16 October 1968

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	458	Sándor Eckschmiedt	HUN	68.60	68.60	-	-
2	418	Howard Payne	GBR	68.06	65.52	64.80	68.06
3	543	Yoshihisa Ishida	JPN	67.16	67.16	-	-
4	276	Al Hall	USA	65.70	x	65.70	58.28
5	8	Lutz Caspers	FRG	65.54	x	65.54	64.70
6	264	Hal Connolly	USA	65.00	x	x	65.00
7	249	José Luis Martínez	ESP	63.40	60.60	63.40	62.84
8	739	Ernst Ammann	SUI	62.40	x	61.48	62.40
9	478	Praveen Kumar	IND	60.84	x	59.80	60.84
10	630	Gustavo Morales	NCA	45.76	x	43.88	45.76
11	239	Carlos Hasbún	ESA	37.46	x	37.02	37.46
DNS	441	Frangiskos Politis	GRE	–	–	–	–

Final Round

Date	17 October 1968 — 15:00

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	2nd-Best Mark Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance	Round #4 Distance	Round #5 Distance	Round #6 Distance
1	477	Gyula Zsivótzky	HUN	73.36	–	72.26	72.46	72.54	x	73.36	72.22	OR
2	809	Romuald Klim	URS	73.28	–	72.24	68.96	72.82	73.28	71.16	71.64	OR
3	466	Lázár Lovász	HUN	69.78	69.38	64.76	x	69.78	x	69.38	x
4	555	Takeo Sugawara	JPN	69.78	69.06	67.24	68.12	x	69.06	69.78	61.40
5	458	Sándor Eckschmiedt	HUN	69.46	–	67.84	68.50	69.46	x	67.64	68.08
6	810	Gennady Kondrashov	URS	69.08	–	69.08	67.00	68.64	67.10	67.98	67.70
7	91	Reinhard Theimer	GDR	68.84	–	68.82	x	66.16	68.84	67.86	63.54
8	58	Helmuth Baumann	GDR	68.26	–	65.94	66.98	68.26	x	63.76	x
9	826	Anatoly Shchuplyakov	URS	67.74	–	67.58	67.74	66.90	–	–	–
10	418	Howard Payne	GBR	67.62	–	65.98	67.62	66.58	–	–	–
11	11	Hans Faßl	FRG	66.36	–	x	64.00	66.36	–	–	–
12	258	Ed Burke	USA	65.72	–	x	65.72	65.46	–	–	–
13	543	Yoshihisa Ishida	JPN	65.04	65.04	65.04	63.72	x	–	–	–