Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

Men's javelin throw
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Men's javelin throw; at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	September 2 (qualifications); September 3 (final)
Competitors	23 from 15 nations
Winning distance	90.48 OR
Medalists
	← 1968 1976 →

The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1972 Summer Olympics took place on September 2–3 at the Olympic Stadium, Munich.^[1] The qualifying standard was 80 m (262 ft 5+1⁄2 in).^[2]

Records edit

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:^[3]

World record	Jānis Lūsis	93.80 m	Stockholm, Sweden	July 6, 1972
Olympic record	Jānis Lūsis (URS)	90.10 m	Mexico City, Mexico	October 16, 1968

Rank	Series	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Klaus Wolfermann	West Germany	86.22			86.22	Q
2	B	Jānis Lūsis	Soviet Union	82.92			82.92	Q
3	A	Hannu Siitonen	Finland	81.80			81.80	Q
4	B	Miklós Németh	Hungary	70.90	81.78		81.78	Q
5	A	Fred Luke	United States	81.34			81.34	Q
6	B	Manfred Stolle	East Germany	80.78			80.78	Q
7	A	Jorma Kinnunen	Finland	80.10			80.10	Q
8	B	Milt Sonsky	United States	79.96	78.78	74.24	79.96	q
9	B	József Csík	Hungary	79.08	x	x	79.08	q
10	A	William Schmidt	United States	75.28	75.90	78.96	78.96	q
11	A	Lolesio Tuita	France	75.36	78.78	77.34	78.78	q
12	A	Bjørn Grimnes	Norway	x	77.54	x	77.54	q
13	B	Rick Dowswell	Canada	66.54	72.52	77.42	77.42
14	A	Gergely Kulcsár	Hungary	x	x	77.24	77.24
15	B	Urs von Wartburg	Switzerland	76.36	x	76.20	76.36
16	A	André Claude	Canada	75.56	x	x	75.56
17	B	Dave Travis	Great Britain	74.68	70.10	74.30	74.68
18	B	Günther Glassauer	West Germany	x	x	73.12	73.12
19	B	Jacques Abehi	Ivory Coast	72.20	x	x	72.20
20	A	Renzo Cramerotti	Italy	71.12	x	x	71.12
21	B	Donald Velez	Nicaragua	x	63.74	x	64.74
22	A	Abdul Atif Al-Qahtani	Saudi Arabia	x	x	53.06	53.06
	B	Leo Pusa	Finland	x	x	x	NM
	A	Edmund Jaworski	Poland				DNS

The eight highest-ranked competitors after three rounds qualified for the final three throws to decide the medals.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result
	Klaus Wolfermann	West Germany	86.68	85.14	x	88.40	90.48	84.70	90.48 OR
	Jānis Lūsis	Soviet Union	88.88	x	89.54	x	81.66	90.46	90.46
	William Schmidt	United States	75.96	84.42	x	79.92	84.12	x	84.42
4	Hannu Siitonen	Finland	84.32	x	x	x	x	x	84.32
5	Bjørn Grimnes	Norway	71.86	82.38	83.08	x	x	x	83.08
6	Jorma Kinnunen	Finland	x	82.08	75.76	x	x	77.60	82.08
7	Miklós Németh	Hungary	80.80	81.98	78.58	81.88	x	81.40	81.98
8	Fred Luke	United States	66.64	x	80.06	79.70	71.46	x	80.06

9	Manfred Stolle	East Germany	x	x	79.32				79.32
10	Milt Sonsky	United States	77.62	77.94	72.38				77.94
11	Lolesio Tuita	France	76.34	x	69.38				76.34
12	József Csík	Hungary	75.52	76.14	x				76.14