Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw

Men's javelin throw at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	25–26 July 1976
Competitors	23 from 15 nations
Winning distance	94.58 WR
Medalists
Miklós Németh  Hungary Hannu Siitonen  Finland Gheorghe Megelea  Romania
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Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, had an entry list of 23 competitors, with two qualifying groups (23 throwers) before the final (15) took place on Saturday Monday 26, 1976. The top twelve and ties, and all those reaching 79.00 metres advanced to the final. The qualification round was held on Sunday, July 25, 1976.^[1]

The winning margin was 6.66 metres which as of June 2024 remains the only time the men's javelin was won by more than six metres at the Olympics or the World Athletics Championships.

Gold	Miklós Németh  Hungary
Silver	Hannu Siitonen  Finland
Bronze	Gheorghe Megelea  Romania

• All results shown are in metres

Standing records prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics
World Record	Klaus Wolfermann (FRG)	94.08 m	May 5, 1973	Leverkusen, West Germany
Olympic Record	Klaus Wolfermann (FRG)	90.48 m	September 3, 1972	Munich, West Germany

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Seppo Hovinen (FIN)	89.76	—	—	89.76 m
2	2	Miklós Németh (HUN)	89.28	—	—	89.28 m
3	6	Jorma Jaakola (FIN)	83.84	—	—	83.84 m
4	7	Piotr Bielczyk (POL)	82.56	—	—	82.56 m
5	8	Michael Wessing (FRG)	75.98	78.28	82.54	82.54 m
6	9	Terje Thorslund (NOR)	82.52	—	—	82.52 m
7	10	Jānis Lūsis (URS)	82.08	—	—	82.08 m
8	14	Gheorghe Megelea (ROM)	80.28	—	—	80.28 m
9	16	Hannu Siitonen (FIN)	79.38	—	—	79.38 m
10	19	Sándor Boros (HUN)	77.60	77.18	70.06	77.60 m
11	20	Ferenc Paragi (HUN)	73.54	77.48	75.76	77.48 m

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	3	Phil Olsen (CAN)	87.76	—	—	87.76 m
2	4	Sam Colson (USA)	72.28	71.74	86.64	86.64 m
3	5	Vasyl Yershov (URS)	85.68	—	—	85.68 m
4	10	Amado Morales (PUR)	82.08	—	—	82.08 m
5	12	Valentin Dzhonev (BUL)	75.66	80.84	—	80.84 m
6	13	Bjørn Grimnes (NOR)	73.74	80.32	—	80.32 m
7	15	Anthony Hall (USA)	79.56	—	—	79.56 m
8	17	Jacques Aye Abehi (CIV)	74.76	78.40	70.10	78.40 m
9	18	Richard George (USA)	X	78.32	64.96	78.32 m
10	21	Óskar Jakobsson (ISL)	72.78	71.90	X	72.78 m
11	22	Ghassan Faddoul (LIB)	X	54.92	53.90	54.92 m
—	—	Urs von Wartburg (SUI)	X	X	X	NM

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Result	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Miklós Németh (HUN)	94.58	—	—	83.32	84.76	86.84	94.58 m	WR
	Hannu Siitonen (FIN)	87.92	X	86.58	X	X	80.92	87.92 m
	Gheorghe Megelea (ROM)	87.16	83.16	82.92	82.10	X	X	87.16 m
4	Piotr Bielczyk (POL)	X	77.90	86.50	81.00	82.28	82.94	86.50 m
5	Sam Colson (USA)	77.70	85.08	86.16	X	X	X	86.16 m
6	Vasyl Yershov (URS)	85.26	X	77.06	X	78.32	82.50	85.26 m
7	Seppo Hovinen (FIN)	83.46	83.92	84.26	X	X	X	84.26 m
8	Jānis Lūsis (URS)	79.74	77.58	73.76	74.00	X	80.26	80.26 m
9	Michael Wessing (FRG)	78.44	X	79.06				79.06 m
10	Terje Thorslund (NOR)	78.24	X	76.48				78.24 m
11	Phil Olsen (CAN)	X	X	77.70				77.70 m
12	Amado Morales (PUR)	71.30	X	75.54				75.54 m
13	Bjørn Grimnes (NOR)	X	73.24	74.88				74.88 m
14	Valentin Dzhonev (BUL)	73.16	X	73.88				73.88 m
15	Anthony Hall (USA)	X	68.92	71.70				71.70 m
—	Jorma Jaakola (FIN)	—	—	—				DNS

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