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Athletics at the
1968 Summer Olympics
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The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place on October 15–16 at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario.[1] The qualifying standard was 80 m (262 ft 5+1⁄2 in).[2]

Records

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

World record Soviet Union Jānis Lūsis 91.98 m Saarijarvi, Finland June 23, 1968
Olympic record  Egil Danielsen (NOR) 85.71 m Melbourne, Australia November 26, 1956

Results

Qualifying round

Rank Series Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 A Karl-Åke Nilsson  Sweden x x 84.74 84.74 Q
2 A Jānis Lūsis  Soviet Union 83.68 83.68 Q
3 A Jorma Kinnunen  Finland x 74.16 83.16 83.16 Q
4 B Walter Pektor  Austria 82.16 82.16 Q
5 A Manfred Stolle  East Germany 81.88 81.88 Q
6 A Gergely Kulcsár  Hungary 81.56 81.56 Q
7 A Mark Murro  United States 74.14 81.14 81.14 Q
8 A Władysław Nikiciuk  Poland 74.16 78.22 81.00 81.00 Q
9 A Urs von Wartburg  Switzerland 76.58 80.66 80.66 Q
10 A Janusz Sidlo  Poland 74.90 80.12 80.12 Q
11 B Aurelio Janet  Cuba 80.10 80.10 Q
12 A Hermann Salomon  West Germany 79.48 x 76.50 79.48 q
13 A Rolf Herings  West Germany 79.08 77.00 78.70 79.08
14 A Pauli Nevala  Finland x 77.90 x 77.90
15 A Mart Paama  Soviet Union 74.18 77.26 74.64 77.26
16 B Klaus Wolfermann  West Germany 75.78 71.40 75.02 75.78
17 B Miklós Németh  Hungary 74.56 74.82 75.50 75.50
18 B Dave Travis  Great Britain 74.24 74.36 70.84 74.36
19 B Lode Wyns  Belgium 73.68 x x 73.68
20 B Gary Stenlund  United States 73.52 68.88 71.44 73.52
21 A Frank Covelli  United States 70.30 x 73.04 73.04
22 B William Heikkila  Canada 70.10 71.20 70.78 71.20
23 B Nashatar Singh Sidhu  Malaysia x 63.58 70.70 70.70
24 B Rolf Hoppe  Chile 68.32 65.82 65.86 68.32
25 B Viliame Liga  Fiji x 61.62 62.32 62.32
26 B Donald Velez  Nicaragua 48.92 x 61.32 61.32
27 B Rolf Bühler  Switzerland 61.06 x x 61.06
B Samsam Akka  Morocco DNS
B Panagiotis Pierrakos  Greece DNS

Finals

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jānis Lūsis  Soviet Union 81.74 86.34 82.66 84.40 x 90.10 90.10 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jorma Kinnunen  Finland 86.30 x x 79.00 85.82 88.58 88.58
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gergely Kulcsár  Hungary 83.10 x 83.82 87.06 85.14 83.40 87.06
4 Władysław Nikiciuk  Poland x 85.70 82.24 x 82.32 80.44 85.70
5 Manfred Stolle  East Germany x 76.86 81.52 84.42 x 79.72 84.42
6 Karl-Ake Nilsson  Sweden 83.48 x x x 76.74 79.76 83.48
7 Janusz Sidło  Poland 80.00 76.36 80.58 75.50 77.86 76.46 80.58
8 Urs von Wartburg  Switzerland 80.56 77.06 77.22 x x x 80.56
9 Mark Murro  United States 80.06 80.08 x 80.08
10 Walter Pektor  Austria 75.64 77.40 x 77.40
11 Aurelio Janet  Cuba x 74.88 x 74.88
12 Hermann Salomon  West Germany x 71.64 73.50 73.50

References

  1. ^ "Official report of the Games of the XIXth Olympiad - part 3" (PDF). Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Athletics at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Men's Javelin Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  3. ^ The Athletics Site: world record progression - javelin throw men
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