Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw
Rank Group Name Nationality # 1 # 2 # 3 Result Notes
1 A Gyula Zsivótzky Hungary 72.60 - - 72.60 Q OR
2 A Lázár Lovász Hungary 68.96 - - 68.96 Q
3 B Sándor Eckschmiedt Hungary 68.60 - - 68.60 Q
4 A Helmuth Baumann East Germany 68.24 - - 68.24 Q
5 A Reinhard Theimer East Germany 65.78 68.12 - 68.12 Q
6 B Howard Payne Great Britain 65.52 64.80 68.06 68.06 Q
7 A Hans Fahsl West Germany 65.80 67.90 - 67.90 Q
8 A Takeo Sugawara Japan 67.76 - - 67.76 Q
9 A Gennadiy Kondrashov Soviet Union 67.56 - - 67.56 Q
10 A Ed Burke United States 67.36 - - 67.36 Q
11 B Yoshihisa Ishida Japan 67.16 - - 67.16 Q
12 A Romuald Klim Soviet Union 66.82 - - 66.82 Q
13 A Anatoly Shchuplyakov Soviet Union 64.78 66.56 - 66.56 Q
14 B Al Hall United States X 65.70 58.28 65.70
15 B Lutz Caspers West Germany X 65.54 64.70 65.54
16 A Uwe Beyer West Germany 65.02 64.88 65.44 65.44
17 B Hal Connolly United States X X 65.00 65.00
18 B José Luis Martínez Spain 60.60 63.40 62.84 63.40
19 B Ernst Ammann Switzerland X 61.48 62.40 62.40
20 B Praveen Kumar India X 59.80 60.84 60.84
Results -- Qualifying round
Qual . rule : qualification standard 66.00m ( Q ) or at least best 12 qualified ( q ) .
The Men's hammer throw competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico took place on October 16-17.