Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw
| Men's hammer throw at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Date | 26–28 July | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 20 from 13 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning distance | 77.52 OR | ||||||||||||
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Yuriy Sedykh |
 Soviet Union
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Aleksey Spiridonov |
Soviet Union
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Anatoliy Bondarchuk |
Soviet Union
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The Men's hammer throw competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada took place on 26–28 July.
The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. Each athlete receives three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieve the qualifying distance progress to the final. If less than twelve athletes achieve this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reach the final. Each finalist is allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
Qual. rule: qualification standard 69.00m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).
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