1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

The men's hammer throw at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 13 and 14 August 1971.[1]

Men's hammer throw
at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

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Gold Uwe Beyer
  West Germany
Silver Reinhard Theimer
  East Germany
Bronze Anatoliy Bondarchuk
  Soviet Union

Results

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Final

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14 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Uwe Beyer   West Germany 72.36
  Reinhard Theimer   East Germany 71.80
  Anatoliy Bondarchuk   Soviet Union 71.40
4 Romuald Klim   Soviet Union 70.64
5 Walter Schmidt   West Germany 70.54
6 Sándor Eckschmiedt   Hungary 69.74
7 Jochen Sachse   East Germany 69.74
8 Stanisław Lubiejewski   Poland 67.50
9 Vasiliy Khmelevskiy   Soviet Union 67.00
10 Mario Vecchiato   Italy 66.96
11 Gyula Zsivótzky   Hungary 64.94
Lutz Caspers   West Germany NM

Qualification

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13 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Gyula Zsivótzky   Hungary 71.58 Q
2 Reinhard Theimer   East Germany 71.44 Q
3 Sándor Eckschmiedt   Hungary 69.98 Q
4 Anatoliy Bondarchuk   Soviet Union 69.42 Q
5 Vasiliy Khmelevskiy   Soviet Union 68.32 Q
6 Jochen Sachse   East Germany 68.24 Q
7 Romuald Klim   Soviet Union 67.90 Q
8 Lutz Caspers   West Germany 67.02 Q
9 Uwe Beyer   West Germany 66.98 Q
10 Walter Schmidt   West Germany 66.90 Q
11 Stanisław Lubiejewski   Poland 66.18 Q
12 Mario Vecchiato   Italy 66.02 Q
13 István Encsi   Hungary 65.96
14 Ernst Ammann    Switzerland 65.74
15 Howard Payne   Great Britain 65.54
16 Jacques Accambray   France 65.50
17 Srećko Štiglić   Yugoslavia 65.14
18 Risto Miettinen   Finland 64.12
19 Vladimir Prikhodko   France 63.48
20 Sune Blomqvist   Sweden 62.68
21 Hans Pötsch   Austria 62.60
22 Barry Williams   Great Britain 60.56
Carlos Sustelo   Portugal NM

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 412–420, retrieved 13 August 2014