Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3]
{{World Olympic RecordAll throwers reaching {{height|m=66.00}} and the top 12 including ties advanced to the finals. All qualifiers are shown in blue. All distances are listed in metres.
Rank | Name | Nationality | Group | Mark | 1st throw | 2nd throw | 3rd throw |
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1 | Anatoliy Bondarchuk | {{FlagIOC|URS|1972 Summer}} | B | 72.88 | 72.88 | p | p |
2 | Gyula Zsivótzky | {{FlagIOC|HUN|1972 Summer}} | B | 71.20 | 71.20 | p | p |
3 | Reinhard Theimer | {{FlagIOC|GDR|1972 Summer}} | A | 70.66 | 70.66 | p | p |
4 | Vasiliy Khmelevskiy | {{FlagIOC|URS|1972 Summer}} | A | 70.00 | 70.00 | p | p |
5 | Jochen Sachse | {{FlagIOC|GDR|1972 Summer}} | B | 69.94 | 69.94 | p | p |
6 | Strećko Štiglić | {{FlagIOC|YUG|1972 Summer}} | A | 69.60 | 65.52 | 69.60 | p |
7 | Tom Gage | {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | B | 69.40 | 65.32 | 65.14 | 69.40 |
8 | Mario Vecchiato | {{FlagIOC|ITA|1972 Summer}} | A | 68.12 | 68.12 | p | p |
9 | Jacques Accambray | {{FlagIOC|FRA|1972 Summer}} | B | 68.00 | 68.00 | p | p |
10 | Karl-Hans Riehm | {{FlagIOC|FRG|1972 Summer}} | A | 67.64 | 64.44 | 67.64 | p |
11 | István Encsi | {{FlagIOC|HUN|1972 Summer}} | A | 67.38 | 67.38 | p | p |
12 | Shigenobu Murofushi | {{FlagIOC|JPN|1972 Summer}} | B | 67.26 | 65.94 | 67.26 | p |
13 | Stavros Moutaftsidis | {{FlagIOC|GRE|1972 Summer}} | A | 67.22 | 67.22 | p | p |
14 | Edwin Klein | {{FlagIOC|FRG|1972 Summer}} | A | 67.14 | 67.14 | p | p |
15 | Uwe Beyer | {{FlagIOC|FRG|1972 Summer}} | B | 67.04 | 67.04 | p | p |
16 | Peter Sternad | {{FlagIOC|AUT|1972 Summer}} | B | 66.74 | x | 66.74 | p |
17 | Iosyp Hamskiy | {{FlagIOC|URS|1972 Summer}} | B | 66.72 | x | x | 66.72 |
18 | Takeo Sugawara | {{FlagIOC|JPN|1972 Summer}} | A | 66.50 | 65.94 | 64.56 | 66.50 |
19 | Sándor Eckschmiedt | {{FlagIOC|HUN|1972 Summer}} | B | 66.44 | 66.44 | p | p |
20 | Barry Williams | {{FlagIOC|GBR|1972 Summer}} | A | 66.32 | x | 66.32 | p |
21 | Todor Manolov | {{FlagIOC|BUL|1972 Summer}} | B | 65.62 | x | x | 65.62 |
22 | Al Schoterman | {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | A | 65.18 | 65.18 | 63.74 | 64.06 |
23 | Stanisław Lubiejewski | {{FlagIOC|POL|1972 Summer}} | A | 64.80 | 60.34 | 64.80 | x |
24 | Howard Payne | {{FlagIOC|GBR|1972 Summer}} | B | 64.56 | 63.58 | 64.56 | 64.10 |
25 | Yoshihisa Ishida | {{FlagIOC|JPN|1972 Summer}} | B | 63.82 | 63.00 | 63.82 | x |
26 | Georgios Georgiadis | {{FlagIOC|GRE|1972 Summer}} | B | 63.58 | 63.58 | x | x |
27 | George Frenn | {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | A | 62.14 | 57.28 | 62.14 | 58.86 |
28 | William Silen | {{FlagIOC|PUR|1972 Summer}} | B | 62.02 | x | x | 62.02 |
29 | Vladimir Prikhodko | {{FlagIOC|FRA|1972 Summer}} | A | 61.78 | 60.80 | 61.78 | 59.58 |
30 | José Alberto Vallejo | {{FlagIOC|ARG|1972 Summer}} | B | 60.08 | x | 60.08 | x |
31 | Darwin Piñeyrúa | {{FlagIOC|URU|1972 Summer}} | A | 59.84 | 59.84 | x | 58.50 |
- | Jorge Nuñez | {{FlagIOC|MEX|1972 Summer}} | B | DNS |
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Rank | Name | Nationality | Mark | 1st throw | 2nd throw | 3rd throw | 4th throw | 5th throw | 6th throw | Notes |
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{{Gold1}} | Anatoliy Bondarchuk | {{FlagIOC|URS|1972 Summer}} | 75.50 | 75.50 | 72.62 | 71.76 | 73.78 | 73.50 | 72.90 | OR |
{{Silver2}} | Jochen Sachse | {{FlagIOC|GDR|1972 Summer}} | 74.96 | 71.54 | x | 73.70 | 71.26 | x | 74.96 |
{{Bronze3}} | Vasiliy Khmelevskiy | {{FlagIOC|URS|1972 Summer}} | 74.04 | 68.82 | 71.62 | 74.04 | 68.16 | x | x |
4 | Uwe Beyer | {{FlagIOC|FRG|1972 Summer}} | 71.52 | 70.32 | 71.52 | x | 68.98 | 69.90 | x |
5 | Gyula Zsivótzky | {{FlagIOC|HUN|1972 Summer}} | 71.38 | 71.38 | 70.44 | 70.48 | x | 70.66 | 70.20 |
6 | Sándor Eckschmiedt | {{FlagIOC|HUN|1972 Summer}} | 71.20 | 71.20 | x | 67.26 | 69.24 | 67.90 | 68.86 |
7 | Edwin Klein | {{FlagIOC|FRG|1972 Summer}} | 71.14 | 71.14 | x | x | 69.70 | 70.26 | x |
8 | Shigenobu Murofushi | {{FlagIOC|JPN|1972 Summer}} | 70.88 | 69.36 | 70.88 | 70.32 | 65.70 | 69.08 | 68.54 |
9 | Mario Vecchiato | {{FlagIOC|ITA|1972 Summer}} | 70.58 | x | 69.46 | 70.58 |
10 | Karl-Hans Riehm | {{FlagIOC|FRG|1972 Summer}} | 70.12 | 70.12 | 68.98 | 69.44 |
11 | István Encsi | {{FlagIOC|HUN|1972 Summer}} | 70.06 | 66.32 | 69.82 | 70.06 |
12 | Tom Gage | {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | 69.50 | 66.94 | 69.50 | x |
13 | Reinhard Theimer | {{FlagIOC|GDR|1972 Summer}} | 69.16 | x | 69.16 | x |
14 | Strećko Štiglić | {{FlagIOC|YUG|1972 Summer}} | 68.34 | 67.60 | 68.34 | 67.60 |
15 | Stavros Moutaftsidis | {{FlagIOC|GRE|1972 Summer}} | 68.30 | 68.14 | 68.30 | 67.04 |
16 | Barry Williams | {{FlagIOC|GBR|1972 Summer}} | 68.18 | 68.18 | 66.56 | x |
17 | Peter Sternad | {{FlagIOC|AUT|1972 Summer}} | 66.64 | 65.60 | 65.94 | 66.64 |
18 | Iosyp Hamskiy | {{FlagIOC|URS|1972 Summer}} | 66.26 | 66.26 | x | 65.34 |
19 | Jacques Accambray | {{FlagIOC|FRA|1972 Summer}} | 65.06 | x | 65.06 | x |
20 | Takeo Sugawara | {{FlagIOC|JPN|1972 Summer}} | 64.70 | 55.82 | 64.56 | 64.70 |
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1. ^Official report of the Games of the XXth Olympiad - part 3
2. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/ATH/mens-hammer-throw.html |title=Athletics at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Hammer Throw |accessdate=22 January 2018 |work=sports-reference.com}}
3. ^[https://archive.is/20130112202416/http://athletix.org/?p=722 The Athletics Site: world record progression - hammer throw men]