Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade – Men's hammer throw

Athletics at the
1979 Summer Universiade
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The men's hammer throw event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 12 September 1979.[1][2][3][4]

Results

Rank Athlete Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Klaus Ploghaus  West Germany 75.74 UR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Manfred Hüning  West Germany 75.68
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yuriy Sedykh  Soviet Union 75.54
4 Roland Steuk  East Germany 72.96
5 Orlando Bianchini  Italy 69.34
6 Emanuil Dyulgerov  Bulgaria 66.48
7 Nicolae Bindar  Romania 65.96
8 Michel Decker  France 63.78
9 Juan Carlos Álvarez  Spain 61.50 [5][6]
10 John McArdle  United States 60.36
11 Gerardo Díaz  Mexico 49.30

References

  1. ^ "Results". The News-Press. 13 September 1979. p. 30. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Results". Victoria Advocate. 13 September 1979. p. 16. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  3. ^ Holzbach, Gerd (25 September 1979). "Pietro Mennea war der große Held von Mexico" [Pietro Mennea was the big hero of Mexico]. Leichtathletik (in German). 39/1979. Bartels & Wernitz: 1240–1245. ISSN 0343-5369.
  4. ^ Results at Tilastopaja
  5. ^ One of the sources gives 61.08 metres
  6. ^ "Mexico, oro en futbol y USA, en baloncesto y waterpolo" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 14 September 1979. p. 13.