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Javelin Throw, Men

Date	25 – 26 July 1976
Status	Olympic
Location	Stade olympique, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants	23 from 15 countries

The two leading Finns, Hannu Siitonen (1974 European Champion) and Seppo Hovinen, were favored. Hungary’s Miklós Németh had been world ranked since 1967 but had never won a medal at a major international event. In their preview Track and Field News mentioned that Nemeth “had been around since 1967 but had never lived up to the potential many think he has”. He led the qualifying with 89.76 (294-6). Then in the final, he opened with a world record of 94.58 (310-3¾) and was never challenged. Siitonen won the silver medal while Hovinen was back in 7th place, one spot ahead of Soviet legend Jānis Lūsis. Németh’s father, Imre Németh, also won a gold medal, in the 1948 hammer throw.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	504	Miklós Németh	HUN	89.28 (2)	94.58 (1)	Gold	WR
2	293	Hannu Siitonen	FIN	79.38 (16)	87.92 (2)	Silver
3	782	Gheorghe Megelea	ROU	80.26 (14)	87.16 (3)	Bronze
4	703	Piotr Bielczyk	POL	82.56 (7)	86.50 (4)
5	917	Sam Colson	USA	86.64 (4)	86.16 (5)
6	879	Vasily Yershov	URS	85.68 (5)	85.26 (6)
7	277	Seppo Hovinen	FIN	89.76 (1)	84.26 (7)
8	891	Jānis Lūsis	URS	82.08 (=10)	80.26 (8)
9	447	Michael Wessing	FRG	82.54 (8)	79.06 (9)
10	685	Terje Thorslund	NOR	82.52 (9)	78.24 (10)
11	166	Phil Olsen	CAN	87.76 (3)	77.70 (11)
12	765	Amado Morales	PUR	82.08 (=10)	75.54 (12)
13	680	Bjørn Grimnes	NOR	80.32 (13)	74.88 (13)
14	122	Valentin Dzhonev	BUL	80.84 (12)	73.88 (14)
15	930	Tony Hall	USA	79.56 (15)	71.70 (15)
6 QR	278	Jorma Jaakola	FIN	83.84 (6)	– (DNS)
17 QR	189	Jacques Abehi Ayé	CIV	78.40 (17)	–
18 QR	928	Richard George	USA	78.32 (18)	–
19 QR	493	Sándor Boros	HUN	77.60 (19)	–
20 QR	505	Ferenc Paragi	HUN	77.48 (20)	–
21 QR	529	Óskar Jakobsson	ISL	72.78 (21)	–
22 QR	627	Ghassan Faddoul	LBN	54.92 (22)	–
AC QR	806	Urs von Wartburg	SUI	– (NM)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	25 July 1976 — 10:00
Format	Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 79.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	277	Seppo Hovinen	FIN	89.76	Q
2	504	Miklós Németh	HUN	89.28	Q
3	166	Phil Olsen	CAN	87.76	Q
4	917	Sam Colson	USA	86.64	Q
5	879	Vasily Yershov	URS	85.68	Q
6	278	Jorma Jaakola	FIN	83.84	Q
7	703	Piotr Bielczyk	POL	82.56	Q
8	447	Michael Wessing	FRG	82.54	Q
9	685	Terje Thorslund	NOR	82.52	Q
=10	891	Jānis Lūsis	URS	82.08	Q
=10	765	Amado Morales	PUR	82.08	Q
12	122	Valentin Dzhonev	BUL	80.84	Q
13	680	Bjørn Grimnes	NOR	80.32	Q
14	782	Gheorghe Megelea	ROU	80.26	Q
15	930	Tony Hall	USA	79.56	Q
16	293	Hannu Siitonen	FIN	79.38	Q
17	189	Jacques Abehi Ayé	CIV	78.40
18	928	Richard George	USA	78.32
19	493	Sándor Boros	HUN	77.60
20	505	Ferenc Paragi	HUN	77.48
21	529	Óskar Jakobsson	ISL	72.78
22	627	Ghassan Faddoul	LBN	54.92
NM	806	Urs von Wartburg	SUI	–

Group A

Date	25 July 1976

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	1	Seppo Hovinen	FIN	89.76	89.76	p	p
2	2	Miklós Németh	HUN	89.28	89.28	p	p
3	5	Jorma Jaakola	FIN	83.84	83.84	p	p
4	3	Piotr Bielczyk	POL	82.56	82.56	p	p
5	9	Michael Wessing	FRG	82.54	75.98	78.28	82.54
6	10	Terje Thorslund	NOR	82.52	82.52	p	p
7	8	Jānis Lūsis	URS	82.08	82.08	p	p
8	11	Gheorghe Megelea	ROU	80.26	80.26	p	p
9	6	Hannu Siitonen	FIN	79.38	79.38	p	p
10	7	Sándor Boros	HUN	77.60	77.60	77.18	70.06
11	4	Ferenc Paragi	HUN	77.48	73.54	77.48	75.76

Group B

Date	25 July 1976

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	5	Phil Olsen	CAN	87.76	87.76	p	p
2	1	Sam Colson	USA	86.64	72.28	71.74	86.64
3	3	Vasily Yershov	URS	85.68	85.68	p	p
4	11	Amado Morales	PUR	82.08	82.08	p	p
5	2	Valentin Dzhonev	BUL	80.84	75.66	80.84	p
6	7	Bjørn Grimnes	NOR	80.32	73.74	80.32	p
7	8	Tony Hall	USA	79.56	79.56	p	p
8	9	Jacques Abehi Ayé	CIV	78.40	74.76	78.40	70.10
9	4	Richard George	USA	78.32	x	78.32	64.96
10	10	Óskar Jakobsson	ISL	72.78	72.78	71.90	x
11	12	Ghassan Faddoul	LBN	54.92	x	54.92	53.90
NM	6	Urs von Wartburg	SUI	–	x	x	x

Final Round

Date	26 July 1976 — 14:30

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance	Round #4 Distance	Round #5 Distance	Round #6 Distance
1	11	Miklós Németh	HUN	94.58	94.58	p	p	83.32	84.76	86.84	WR
2	12	Hannu Siitonen	FIN	87.92	87.92	x	86.58	x	x	80.92
3	15	Gheorghe Megelea	ROU	87.16	87.16	83.16	82.92	82.10	x	x
4	2	Piotr Bielczyk	POL	86.50	x	77.90	86.50	81.00	82.28	82.94
5	4	Sam Colson	USA	86.16	77.70	85.08	86.16	x	x	x
6	10	Vasily Yershov	URS	85.26	85.26	x	77.06	x	78.32	82.50
7	13	Seppo Hovinen	FIN	84.26	83.46	83.92	84.26	x	x	x
8	8	Jānis Lūsis	URS	80.26	79.74	77.58	73.76	74.00	x	80.26
9	1	Michael Wessing	FRG	79.06	78.44	x	79.06	–	–	–
10	5	Terje Thorslund	NOR	78.24	78.24	x	76.48	–	–	–
11	7	Phil Olsen	CAN	77.70	x	x	77.70	–	–	–
12	14	Amado Morales	PUR	75.54	71.30	x	75.54	–	–	–
13	9	Bjørn Grimnes	NOR	74.88	x	73.24	74.88	–	–	–
14	3	Valentin Dzhonev	BUL	73.88	73.16	x	73.88	–	–	–
15	16	Tony Hall	USA	71.70	x	68.92	71.70	–	–	–
DNS	6	Jorma Jaakola	FIN	–	–	–	–	–	–	–