Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Men's hammer throw

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The men's hammer throw was one of four men's throwing events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 17 October and 18 October 1964, with the qualification on the first day and the final the next. 25 athletes from 14 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the qualification round.

1 Medallists
2 Results
- 2.1 Qualification
- 2.2 Final
3 References

[edit] Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Romuald Klim Soviet Union	Gyula Zsivótzky Hungary	Uwe Beyer Unified Team of Germany

[edit] Results

[edit] Qualification

The qualification standard was 63.00 metres. Each thrower had three attempts to reach that standard.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Best mark	Throw 1	Throw 2	Throw 3
1	Gyula Zsivótzky	Hungary	67.99 metres OR	67.99	—
2	Harold Vincent Connolly	United States	67.40 metres	67.40	—
3	Romuald Klim	Soviet Union	67.10 metres	67.10	—
4	Zdzislaw Smolinski	Poland	66.00 metres	66.00	—
5	Yury Nikulin	Soviet Union	65.64 metres	65.64	—
6	Tadeusz Rut	Poland	65.03 metres	65.03	—
7	Uwe Beyer	Unified Team of Germany	65.01 metres	65.01	—
8	Edward Burke	United States	64.94 metres	62.23	64.94	—
9	Heinrich Thun	Austria	64.73 metres	64.73	—
10	Sandor Eckschmiedt	Hungary	64.64 metres	64.64	—
11	Albert William Hall	United States	64.31 metres	64.31	—
12	Yury Bakarinov	Soviet Union	63.86 metres	63.86	—
13	Sugawara Takeo	Japan	63.84 metres	63.84	—
14	Olgierd Cieply	Poland	63.66 metres	X	63.66	—
15	Josef Matousek	Czechoslovakia	63.53 metres	59.61	63.53	—
16	Hans Fahsl	Unified Team of Germany	62.35 metres	58.90	X	62.35
17	Andrew Howard Payne	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	61.90 metres	61.90	X	61.74
18	Martin Lotz	Unified Team of Germany	61.88 metres	60.97	61.88	58.66
19	Kashara Shohei	Japan	61.87 metres	56.38	61.87	X
20	Okamoto Noboru	Japan	61.51 metres	58.99	60.78	61.51
21	Karl Birger Asplund	Sweden	61.15 metres	60.60	61.15	60.91
22	Guy Husson	France	60.04 metres	60.04	59.86	X
23	John Francis Lawlor	Ireland	59.12 metres	X	58.22	59.12
24	Rim Dong Sil	Korea	56.43 metres	X	53.71	56.43
—	Nicolae Murafa	Romania	Did not start	—

[edit] Final

Zsivótzky threw 69.09 in the first throw, beating his own Olympic record from the qualifier. Klim's fourth throw overtook that record and held for the gold medal distance.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Best mark	Throw 1	Throw 2	Throw 3	Throw 4	Throw 5	Throw 6
1	Romuald Klim	Soviet Union	69.74 metres OR	67.19	64.64	68.59	69.74	68.81	68.17
2	Gyula Zsivótzky	Hungary	69.09 metres	69.09	66.20	68.47	67.41	67.85	67.32
3	Uwe Beyer	Unified Team of Germany	68.09 metres	68.09	65.64	62.91	X	65.71	X
4	Yury Nikulin	Soviet Union	67.69 metres	67.08	67.01	67.69	X	X	65.61
5	Yury Bakarinov	Soviet Union	66.72 metres	65.91	66.50	65.39	65.25	66.72	X
6	Harold Vincent Connolly	United States	66.65 metres	X	62.95	66.65	X	64.73	X
7	Edward Burke	United States	65.55 metres	65.66	65.06	62.68
8	Olgierd Cieply	Poland	64.83 metres	64.83	X	X
9	Josef Matousek	Czechoslovakia	64.59 metres	64.49	64.59	63.29
10	Tadeusz Rut	Poland	64.52 metres	61.03	61.94	64.52
11	Sandor Eckschmiedt	Hungary	63.83 metres	63.83	63.19	X
12	Albert William Hall	United States	63.82 metres	59.72	62.35	63.82
13	Sugawara Takeo	Japan	63.69 metres	X	62.66	63.69
14	Zdzislaw Smolinski	Poland	62.90 metres	X	X	62.90
15	Heinrich Thun	Austria	62.76 metres	62.76	62.42	X

[edit] References

Official Report

The 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo
Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Men's	100 m \| 200 m \| 400 m \| 800 m \| 1500 m \| 5000 m \| 10000 m \| 110 m hurdles \| 400 m hurdles \| 3000 m steeplechase \| 4x100 m \| 4x400 m \| marathon \| 20 km walk \| 50 km walk \| decathlon \| long jump \| triple jump \| high jump \| pole vault \| shot put \| discus \| javelin \| hammer
Women's	100 m \| 200 m \| 400 m \| 800 m \| 80 m hurdles \| 4x100 m \| pentathlon \| long jump \| high jump \| shot put \| discus \| javelin