1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw
These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 39 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday 22 August 1999.
Medalists
| Gold |  Karsten KobsGermany (GER) |
| Silver |  Zsolt NémethHungary (HUN) |
| Bronze |  Vladyslav PiskunovUkraine (UKR) |
Schedule
- All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
| Qualification Round | |
|---|---|
| Group A | Group B |
| 21.08.1999 – 10:00h | 21.08.1999 – 12:00h |
| Final Round | |
| 22.08.1999 – 21:45h | |
Abbreviations
- All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1999 World Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) |
86.74 m | August 30, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany
|
| Event Record | Sergey Litvinov (URS) |
83.06 m | September 1, 1987 |  Rome, Italy
|
| Season Best | Karsten Kobs (GER) |
82.78 m | June 26, 1999 | Dortmund, Germany
|
Qualification
Group A
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Karsten Kobs (GER) |
78.91 | — | — | 78.91 m |
| 2 | 3 | Zsolt Németh (HUN) |
X | 76.18 | 77.56 | 77.56 m |
| 3 | 6 | Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR) |
76.09 | 76.99 | 76.67 | 76.99 m |
| 4 | 8 |  Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN) |
74.23 | 75.11 | 75.89 | 75.89 m |
| 5 | 9 | Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) |
75.55 | X | 75.81 | 75.81 m |
| 6 | 12 |  Vadim Khersontsev (RUS) |
71.90 | 74.29 | 75.42 | 75.42 m |
| 7 | 13 |  Lance Deal (USA) |
73.28 | 73.66 | 75.29 | 75.29 m |
| 8 | 15 |  Andrey Abduvaliyev (UZB) |
72.36 | 75.12 | 72.91 | 75.12 m |
| 9 | 17 | Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS) |
73.01 | 74.85 | 73.04 | 74.85 m |
| 10 | 20 | Balázs Kiss (HUN) |
74.61 | 73.96 | X | 74.61 m |
| 11 | 22 |  Raphaël Piolanti (FRA) |
72.76 | 73.38 | 74.23 | 74.23 m |
| 12 | 23 |  Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) |
72.90 | X | 74.12 | 74.12 m |
| 13 | 26 |  András Haklits (CRO) |
71.67 | 72.89 | 73.28 | 73.28 m |
| 14 | 27 |  Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE) |
X | 72.97 | X | 72.97 m |
| 15 | 28 |  Pavel Sedláček (CZE) |
70.66 | 72.63 | 72.48 | 72.63 m |
| 16 | 30 |  Chris Harmse (RSA) |
X | 71.57 | 65.06 | 71.57 m |
| 17 | 32 |  Libor Charfreitag (SVK) |
X | 69.92 | 70.20 | 70.20 m |
| 18 | 36 |  Stuart Rendell (AUS) |
67.55 | X | X | 67.55 m |
| — | — | Holger Klose (GER) |
X | X | X | NM |
Group B
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 1 | 2 |  Igor Astapkovich (BLR) |
76.11 | 77.75 | — | 77.75 m |
| 2 | 4 | Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) |
77.42 | — | — | 77.42 m |
| 3 | 5 | Tibor Gécsek (HUN) |
76.47 | 75.35 | 77.27 | 77.27 m |
| 4 | 7 | Christos Polychroniou (GRE) |
76.55 | 76.82 | Ab | 76.82 m |
| 5 | 10 | Vladimír Maška (CZE) |
75.78 | 72.62 | 74.93 | 75.78 m |
| 6 | 11 | Ilya Konovalov (RUS) |
74.18 | 74.63 | 75.72 | 75.72 m |
| 7 | 14 |  Koji Murofushi (JPN) |
74.04 | 75.18 | 73.68 | 75.18 m |
| 8 | 16 | Marko Wahlman (FIN) |
74.32 | 75.04 | 74.58 | 75.04 m |
| 9 | 18 | Heinz Weis (GER) |
74.71 | 74.71 | 72.98 | 74.71 m |
| 10 | 19 | Kevin McMahon (USA) |
74.62 | 73.84 | X | 74.62 m |
| 11 | 21 | Loris Paoluzzi (ITA) |
72.75 | 74.26 | X | 74.26 m |
| 12 | 24 | David Chaussinand (FRA) |
71.64 | 72.83 | 74.02 | 74.02 m |
| 13 | 25 | Gilles Dupray (FRA) |
73.32 | 71.70 | 69.62 | 73.32 m |
| 14 | 29 | Maciej Pałyszko (POL) |
69.60 | 72.05 | 71.57 | 72.05 m |
| 15 | 31 |  Juan Ignacio Cerra (ARG) |
69.72 | 71.24 | 69.83 | 71.24 m |
| 16 | 33 |  Vítor Costa (POR) |
68.35 | 67.44 | 69.28 | 69.28 m |
| 17 | 34 |  Paddy McGrath (IRL) |
66.51 | 68.96 | 65.80 | 68.96 m |
| 18 | 35 | Vadim Kolesnik (UKR) |
X | 68.14 | 67.96 | 68.14 m |
| 19 | 37 |  Nikolay Davydov (KGZ) |
66.87 | 64.76 | 65.08 | 66.87 m |
| — | — |  Jan Bielecki (DEN) |
— | — | — | DNS |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||
 |
Karsten Kobs (GER)
|
80.24 | 78.87 | 79.90 | X | 79.12 | 78.00 | 80.24 m |
 |
Zsolt Németh (HUN)
|
74.52 | 76.15 | X | X | 77.72 | 79.05 | 79.05 m |
 |
Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR)
|
77.38 | 77.94 | 77.92 | 77.25 | 79.03 | 76.39 | 79.03 m |
| 4 | Tibor Gécsek (HUN)
|
X | X | 78.16 | X | 78.95 | 73.77 | 78.95 m |
| 5 | Andrey Skvaruk (UKR)
|
78.80 | 77.35 | 77.14 | 77.87 | X | X | 78.80 m |
| 6 | Christos Polychroniou (GRE)
|
76.43 | 78.31 | X | 77.01 | 77.15 | 76.84 | 78.31 m |
| 7 | Nicola Vizzoni (ITA)
|
76.54 | 77.07 | 74.89 | 74.76 | 78.31 | X | 78.31 m |
| 8 | Vadim Khersontsev (RUS)
|
76.17 | 76.73 | X | 76.96 | 76.30 | 74.05 | 76.96 m |
| 9 | Igor Astapkovich (BLR)
|
74.98 | 76.02 | 75.50 | 76.02 m | |||
| 10 | Ilya Konovalov (RUS)
|
X | 74.52 | 75.63 | 75.63 m | |||
| 11 | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN)
|
X | 75.59 | X | 75.59 m | |||
| 12 | Vladimír Maška (CZE)
|
X | 75.26 | X | 75.26 m | |||
See also
- 1996 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Atlanta)
- 1998 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Budapest)
- 1999 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
- 2000 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Sydney)
- 2002 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Munich)
References
- "Sevilla 99 Start Lists and Results". Archived from the original on 2000-08-16. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
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