Men's hammer throw at the Games of the XX Olympiad
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | September 4 & 7 | |||||||||
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Anatoliy Bondarchuk![]() |
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Jochen Sachse![]() |
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Vasiliy Khmelevskiy![]() |
The men's hammer throw field event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place on September 4 & 7.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
All throwers reaching 66.00 m (216 ft 6 1⁄2 in) and the top 12 including ties advanced to the finals. All qualifiers are shown in blue. All distances are listed in metres.
Key: OR = Olympic record; p = pass; x = fault; NM = no mark; DNS = did not start