Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw


The Men's hammer throw competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico took place on October 16–17.

Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. Each athlete receives three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieve the qualifying distance progress to the final. If less than twelve athletes achieve this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reach the final. Each finalist is allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record73.76 mBudapest, HungarySeptember 14, 1968
Olympic record69.74 mTokyo, JapanOctober 18, 1964

Results

Qualifying round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 66.00m or at least best 12 qualified.
RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
A72.6072.60Q OR
A68.9668.96Q
B68.6068.60Q
A68.2468.24Q
A65.7868.1268.12Q
B65.5264.8068.0668.06Q
A65.8067.9067.90Q
A67.7667.76Q
A67.5667.56Q
10A67.3667.36Q
11B67.1667.16Q
12A66.8266.82Q
13A64.7866.5666.56Q
14B65.7058.2865.70
15B65.5464.7065.54
16A65.0264.8865.4465.44
17B65.0065.00
18B60.6063.4062.8463.40
19B61.4862.4062.40
20B59.8060.8460.84
21B43.8845.7645.76
22B37.0237.4637.46

Final