Fajdek needed to launch his hammer 76.5 m to advance automatically from the preliminary stage .
Fajdek topped out at 72.0 , marking the second straight Olympics he 's fallen short of the final .
Needing to launch his hammer 76.5 m to advance automatically from the preliminary stage , Fajdek topped out at 72.0 , marking the second straight Olympics he 's fallen short of the final .