1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

Men's hammer throw
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's hammer throw at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 19 and 20 September 1969.[1]

Medalists

Gold Anatoliy Bondarchuk
 Soviet Union
Silver Romuald Klim
 Soviet Union
Bronze Reinhard Theimer
 East Germany

Results

Final

20 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anatoliy Bondarchuk  Soviet Union 74.68 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Romuald Klim  Soviet Union 72.74
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Reinhard Theimer  East Germany 72.02
4 Gyula Zsivótzky  Hungary 69.68
5 Jochen Sachse  East Germany 68.60
6 Lázár Lovász  Hungary 66.90
7 Sándor Eckschmiedt  Hungary 66.02
8 Howard Payne  Great Britain 65.90
9 Kauko Harlos  Finland 65.16
10 Johann Pötsch  Austria 64.00
11 Dimitar Mindov  Bulgaria 61.48
12 Lars-Inge Ström  Sweden 61.44

Qualification

19 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Reinhard Theimer  East Germany 71.06 CR Q
2 Gyula Zsivótzky  Hungary 69.98 Q
3 Anatoliy Bondarchuk  Soviet Union 69.06 Q
4 Romuald Klim  Soviet Union 68.50 Q
5 Lázár Lovász  Hungary 66.86 Q
6 Jochen Sachse  East Germany 66.72 Q
7 Sándor Eckschmiedt  Hungary 66.68 Q
8 Kauko Harlos  Finland 64.74 Q
9 Howard Payne  Great Britain 64.58 Q
10 Johann Pötsch  Austria 63.20 Q
11 Lars-Inge Ström  Sweden 62.70 Q
12 Dimitar Mindov  Bulgaria 62.08 Q
13 Georgios Babaniotis  Greece 61.98
14 Ernst Ammann   Switzerland 60.88
15 Jacques Accambray  France 60.76
16 Carlos Sustelo  Portugal 60.54
17 Stanisław Lubiejewski  Poland 59.50
18 Gérard Chadefaux  France 59.42
19 Erlendur Valdimarsson  Iceland 51.04

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 405–412, retrieved 13 August 2014