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1982 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

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Men's hammer throw
at the European Athletics Championships

The final of the Men's hammer throw event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece was held on September 10, 1982. The qualification round was staged a day earlier, on September 9, 1982.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Soviet Union Yuriy Sedykh
Soviet Union (URS)
Silver Soviet Union Igor Nikulin
Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze Soviet Union Sergey Litvinov
Soviet Union (URS)

Records

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Standing records prior to the 1982 European Athletics Championships
World Record  Sergey Litvinov (URS) 83.98 m June 4, 1982 Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union
Championship Record  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 77.28 m September 2, 1978 Czechoslovakia Prague, Czechoslovakia
Broken records during the 1982 European Athletics Championships
Championship Record  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 77.58 m September 9, 1982 Greece Athens, Greece
Championship Record  Sergey Litvinov (URS) 77.58 m September 9, 1982 Greece Athens, Greece
Championship Record  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 81.66 m September 10, 1982 Greece Athens, Greece

Qualification

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Q = automatic qualification; q = qualified by rank; DNS = did not start; NM = no mark; WR = world record; CR = championship record; AR = area record; NR = national record; PB = personal best; SB = season best

Final ranking

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Rank Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1  Sergey Litvinov (URS) 77.58 m CR
2  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 77.58 m CR
3  Harri Huhtala (FIN) 75.86 m
4  Klaus Ploghaus (FRG) 74.32 m
5  Roland Steuk (GDR) 74.10 m
6  Igor Nikulin (URS) 74.06 m
7  Ireneusz Golda (POL) 73.92 m
8  Detlef Gerstenberg (GDR) 73.88 m
9  Mariusz Tomaszewski (POL) 73.48 m
10  Jörg Schäfer (FRG) 72.98 m
11  Giampaolo Urlando (ITA) 72.76 m
12  Juha Tiainen (FIN) 72.62 m
13  Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL) 71.16 m
14  Tibor Tanczi (HUN) 71.04 m
15  Martin Girvan (GBR) 70.62 m
16  Orlando Bianchini (ITA) 70.06 m
17  Richard Olsen (NOR) 69.78 m
18  Jukka Olkkonen (FIN) 69.76 m
19  Christoph Sahner (FRG) 69.24 m
20  Sean Egan (IRL) 66.96 m
 Kjell Bystedt (SWE) X X X NM

Final

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Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Yuri Sedykh (URS) 81.66 80.48 80.96 79.36 81.62 80.94 81.66 m CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Igor Nikulin (URS) 79.44 X 78.38 78.36 79.22 X 79.44 m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Sergey Litvinov (URS) 76.88 76.72 78.66 78.10 X 77.90 78.66 m
4  Ireneusz Golda (POL) 76.58 73.76 75.82 74.60 74.98 76.56 76.58 m
5  Harri Huhtala (FIN) 76.12 X 72.82 74.96 73.60 74.30 76.12 m
6  Detlef Gerstenberg (GDR) X 75.32 74.62 X 74.76 X 75.32 m
7  Roland Steuk (GDR) 74.76 74.50 72.50 X 72.22 X 74.76 m
8  Klaus Ploghaus (FRG) X 74.52 74.52 X 71.78 X 74.52 m
9  Jörg Schäfer (FRG) 74.08 m
10  Mariusz Tomaszewski (POL) 73.74 m
11  Giampaolo Urlando (ITA) 73.72 m
12  Juha Tiainen (FIN) 72.12 m

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 436–443, retrieved 13 August 2014