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Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw

The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, had an entry list of 23 competitors, with two qualifying groups (23 throwers) before the final (15) took place on Saturday Monday 26, 1976.

The top twelve and ties, and all those reaching 79.00 metres advanced to the final. The qualification round was held on Sunday 25, 1976.

Men's javelin throw
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date25–26 July
Competitors23 from 15 nations
Winning distance94.58 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Miklós Németh
Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hannu Siitonen
Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gheorghe Megelea
Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw Romania
← 1972
1980 →

Medalists

Gold Miklós Németh
Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Hungary
Silver Hannu Siitonen
Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Finland
Bronze Gheorghe Megelea
Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Romania

Abbreviations

  • All results shown are in metres
Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
OR olympic record
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics
World Record Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Klaus Wolfermann (FRG) 94.08 m May 5, 1973 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Leverkusen, West Germany
Olympic Record Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Klaus Wolfermann (FRG) 90.48 m September 3, 1972 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Munich, West Germany

Qualification

Group A

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Result Note
1 2 3
1 1 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Seppo Hovinen (FIN) 89.76 — — 89.76 m
2 2 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Miklós Németh (HUN) 89.28 — — 89.28 m
3 6 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Jorma Jaakola (FIN) 83.84 — — 83.84 m
4 7 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Piotr Bielczyk (POL) 82.56 — — 82.56 m
5 8 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Michael Wessing (FRG) 75.98 78.28 82.54 82.54 m
6 9 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Terje Thorslund (NOR) 82.52 — — 82.52 m
7 10 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Jānis Lūsis (URS) 82.08 — — 82.08 m
8 14 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Gheorghe Megelea (ROM) 80.28 — — 80.28 m
9 16 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Hannu Siitonen (FIN) 79.38 — — 79.38 m
10 19 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Sándor Boros (HUN) 77.60 77.18 70.06 77.60 m
11 20 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Ferenc Paragi (HUN) 73.54 77.48 75.76 77.48 m

Group B

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Result Note
1 2 3
1 3 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Phil Olsen (CAN) 87.76 — — 87.76 m
2 4 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Sam Colson (USA) 72.28 71.74 86.64 86.64 m
3 5 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Vasyl Yershov (URS) 85.68 — — 85.68 m
4 10 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Amado Morales (PUR) 82.08 — — 82.08 m
5 12 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Valentin Dzhonev (BUL) 75.66 80.84 — 80.84 m
6 13 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Bjørn Grimnes (NOR) 73.74 80.32 — 80.32 m
7 15 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Anthony Hall (USA) 79.56 — — 79.56 m
8 17 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Jacques Aye Abehi (CIV) 74.76 78.40 70.10 78.40 m
9 18 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Richard George (USA) X 78.32 64.96 78.32 m
10 21 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Óskar Jakobsson (ISL) 72.78 71.90 X 72.78 m
11 22 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Ghassan Faddoul (LIB) X 54.92 53.90 54.92 m
— — Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Urs von Wartburg (SUI) X X X NM

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Result Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Miklós Németh (HUN) 94.58 — — 83.32 84.76 86.84 94.58 m WR
Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Hannu Siitonen (FIN) 87.92 X 86.58 X X 80.92 87.92 m
Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Gheorghe Megelea (ROM) 87.16 83.16 82.92 82.10 X X 87.16 m
4 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Piotr Bielczyk (POL) X 77.90 86.50 81.00 82.28 82.94 86.50 m
5 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Sam Colson (USA) 77.70 85.08 86.16 X X X 86.16 m
6 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Vasyl Yershov (URS) 85.26 X 77.06 X 78.32 82.50 85.26 m
7 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Seppo Hovinen (FIN) 83.46 83.92 84.26 X X X 84.26 m
8 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Jānis Lūsis (URS) 79.74 77.58 73.76 74.00 X 80.26 80.26 m
9 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Michael Wessing (FRG) 78.44 X 79.06 79.06 m
10 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Terje Thorslund (NOR) 78.24 X 76.48 78.24 m
11 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Phil Olsen (CAN) X X 77.70 77.70 m
12 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Amado Morales (PUR) 71.30 X 75.54 75.54 m
13 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Bjørn Grimnes (NOR) X 73.24 74.88 74.88 m
14 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Valentin Dzhonev (BUL) 73.16 X 73.88 73.88 m
15 Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Anthony Hall (USA) X 68.92 71.70 71.70 m
— Athletics At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw  Jorma Jaakola (FIN) — — — DNS

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