Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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Hammer throw		men		women
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The Men's Hammer Throw event at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 20 and August 22. The eight highest-ranked competitors after three rounds qualified for the final three throws to decide the medals. The qualification mark was set at 78.00 metres.

There were three favorites in 2004: the 2003 World Champion Ivan Tsikhan (BLR), the 2002 European Champion Adrián Annus (HUN), and Japan’s Koji Murofushi, bronze medalist at the 2003 Worlds, who had the third-longest throw ever – 84.86 metres (278-5) in 2003. In the final, Annus led from the outset, with 80.53 metres (264-2½) in round one, and 82.32 metres (270-1) in round two. In the third round, he improved to 83.19 metres (272-11¼), the best mark of the competition.

Murofushi was second throughout, getting his best mark of 82.91 metres (272-0¼) in the final round, seeming to win the silver medal. Annus then passed his drug tests both before and after the competition, but after the disqualification of Róbert Fazekas from the discus, his training partner with whom he shared a coach, he was called back for another test. Annus was back in Hungary and refused to return for another test. Analysis of his samples revealed that they came from two different people and he was disqualified, the gold medal reverting to Murofushi.

Medalists

Gold	Adrián Annus Hungary (HUN)
Silver	Koji Murofushi Japan (JPN)
Bronze	Ivan Tsikhan Belarus (BLR)

Schedule

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
20.08.2004 – 09:15h	20.08.2004 – 11:00h
Final Round
22.08.2004 – 21:15h

Abbreviations

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics
World Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	86.74 m	August 30, 1986	Stuttgart, West Germany
Olympic Record	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	84.80 m	September 26, 1988	Seoul, South Korea
Season Best	Ivan Tikhon (BLR)	84.46 m	May 7, 2004	Minsk, Belarus

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	—	Adrián Annus (HUN)	79.59	—	—	79.59 m
2	5	Markus Esser (GER)	76.39	75.29	77.49	77.49 m
3	7	Igor Astapkovich (BLR)	76.70	76.08	76.88	76.88 m
4	9	Eşref Apak (TUR)	X	X	76.74	76.74 m
5	12	Ilya Konovalov (RUS)	75.40	X	76.36	76.36 m
6	13	Szymon Ziółkowski (POL)	76.12	74.55	76.17	76.17 m
7	15	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN)	X	74.51	76.11	76.11 m
8	17	Aléxandros Papadimitríou (GRE)	X	X	75.55	75.55 m
9	18	Oleksandr Krykun (UKR)	X	75.42	74.37	75.42 m
10	23	Patric Suter (SUI)	72.45	X	73.54	73.54 m
11	25	Stuart Rendell (AUS)	X	72.61	X	72.61 m
12	26	Juan Ignacio Cerra (ARG)	69.10	72.53	68.64	72.53 m
13	27	Vítor Costa (POR)	72.47	72.44	X	72.47 m
14	28	Roman Rozna (MDA)	X	X	71.78	71.78 m
15	29	Vladimír Maška (CZE)	71.76	X	X	71.76 m
16	32	A.G. Kruger (USA)	69.38	68.03	X	69.38 m
—	—	Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR)	X	X	X	NM
—	—	Dilshod Nazarov (TJK)	X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Ivan Tikhon (BLR)	77.85	77.12	80.78	80.78 m
2	2	Krisztián Pars (HUN)	77.43	80.50	—	80.50 m
3	3	Koji Murofushi (JPN)	79.55	—	—	79.55 m
4	4	Primož Kozmus (SLO)	76.97	78.81	—	78.81 m	SB
5	6	Libor Charfreitag (SVK)	X	X	77.30	77.30 m
6	8	Nicola Vizzoni (ITA)	76.84	75.35	75.03	76.84 m
7	10	Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR)	71.69	74.81	76.72	76.72 m
8	11	Karsten Kobs (GER)	76.69	X	X	76.69 m
9	14	Miloslav Konopka (SVK)	74.42	X	76.16	76.16 m
10	16	Sergey Kirmasov (RUS)	75.12	73.68	75.83	75.83 m
11	19	Artem Rubanko (UKR)	75.08	X	X	75.08 m
12	20	James Parker (USA)	73.15	74.09	75.04	75.04 m
13	21	András Haklits (CRO)	X	73.51	74.43	74.43 m
14	22	David Söderberg (FIN)	X	X	74.14	74.14 m
15	24	Yuriy Voronkin (RUS)	73.47	71.97	X	73.47 m
16	30	Ali Al-Zinkawi (KUW)	70.67	71.06	70.68	71.06 m
17	31	Dorian Collaku (ALB)	70.06	69.27	67.61	70.06 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
1 !	Adrián Annus (HUN)							83.19 m
2 !	Koji Murofushi (JPN)	79.90	81.60	81.16	82.35	X	82.91	82.91 m	SB
3 !	Ivan Tikhon (BLR)	X	X	78.55	78.31	79.81	X	79.81 m
4	Eşref Apak (TUR)	75.79	79.51	X	79.23	75.15	76.34	79.51 m
5	Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR)	78.67	78.82	X	75.41	76.61	X	78.82 m
6	Krisztián Pars (HUN)	76.94	78.16	77.55	78.73	X	77.26	78.73 m
7	Primož Kozmus (SLO)	75.82	77.08	76.45	78.56	77.61	78.24	78.56 m
8	Libor Charfreitag (SVK)	74.93	77.52	77.30	75.60	77.54	73.06	77.54 m
9	Karsten Kobs (GER)	75.72	75.97	76.30				76.30 m
10	Igor Astapkovich (BLR)	X	X	76.22				76.22 m
11	Nicola Vizzoni (ITA)	74.27	72.97	73.02				74.27 m
12	Markus Esser (GER)	72.51	X	71.31				72.51 m

See also

• 2004 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

References

• (English) Official Olympic Report
• (English) 2004 Olympic Results
• (English) sports-reference
• (English) hammerthrow.wz