Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total number of 37 competitors, with twelve athletes reaching the final. The eight highest-ranked competitors after three rounds qualified for the final three throws to decide the medals. The qualification mark was set at 76.50 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Balázs Kiss  Hungary
Silver	Lance Deal  United States
Bronze	Oleksandr Krykun  Ukraine

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 1996 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	Balázs Kiss (HUN)	81.76 m	July 10, 1996	Nice, France

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	3	Balázs Kiss (HUN)	X	78.34	—	78.34 m
2	4	Heinz Weis (GER)	75.16	77.84	—	77.84 m
3	5	Szymon Ziółkowski (POL)	77.64	—	—	77.64 m
4	8	Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS)	76.64	—	—	76.64 m
5	10	Oleksandr Krykun (UKR)	73.82	75.78	75.70	75.78 m
6	12	Sergey Alay (BLR)	74.94	73.60	75.10	75.10 m
7	14	Claus Dethloff (GER)	74.60	73.68	72.68	74.60 m
8	16	Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE)	74.42	X	74.46	74.46 m
9	17	Christophe Épalle (FRA)	74.22	73.42	73.98	74.22 m
10	19	Gilles Dupray (FRA)	X	70.92	74.04	74.04 m
11	20	Pavel Sedláček (CZE)	72.60	73.98	X	73.98 m
12	24	Kevin McMahon (USA)	73.10	73.46	72.78	73.46 m
13	26	Jüri Tamm (EST)	72.14	73.16	X	73.16 m
14	27	Loris Paoluzzi (ITA)	71.38	71.68	72.82	72.82 m
15	28	Adrián Annus (HUN)	68.68	72.26	72.58	72.58 m
16	30	Tore Gustafsson (SWE)	70.36	71.02	X	71.02 m
17	31	Jan Bielecki (DEN)	X	X	69.40	69.40 m
18	33	Roman Linscheid (IRL)	X	68.14	66.90	68.14 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Lance Deal (USA)	75.10	76.34	78.56	78.56 m
2	2	Igor Astapkovich (BLR)	76.00	78.52	—	78.52 m
3	6	Andriy Skvaruk (UKR)	73.52	77.48	—	77.48 m
4	7	Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA)	77.36	—	—	77.36 m
5	9	Raphaël Piolanti (FRA)	75.46	X	76.44	76.44 m
6	11	Ilya Konovalov (RUS)	74.84	75.10	75.08	75.10 m
7	13	Alberto Sánchez (CUB)	73.16	74.22	74.82	74.82 m
8	15	Vadim Khersontsev (RUS)	73.62	74.00	74.48	74.48 m
9	18	Karsten Kobs (GER)	72.04	X	74.20	74.20 m
10	21	Aleksandr Krasko (BLR)	71.82	73.74	X	73.74 m
11	22	Zsolt Németh (HUN)	41.64	72.24	73.68	73.68 m
12	23	Marko Wahlman (FIN)	72.60	73.50	X	73.50 m
13	25	Sean Carlin (AUS)	73.32	72.00	X	73.32 m
14	29	Ken Popejoy (USA)	72.08	72.46	X	72.46 m
15	32	David Smith (GBR)	X	X	69.32	69.32 m
16	34	Aqarab Abbas (PAK)	65.60	X	64.34	65.60 m
17	35	Andrés Charadia (ARG)	65.26	X	X	65.26 m
18	36	Vitaliy Khozhatelyov (UZB)	64.52	X	X	64.52 m
—	2	Hristos Polyhroniou (GRE)	X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Balázs Kiss (HUN)	79.28	80.50	81.24	78.60	79.82	X	81.24 m
	Lance Deal (USA)	X	X	76.94	75.62	77.26	81.12	81.12 m
	Oleksandr Krykun (UKR)	76.24	77.64	79.44	X	78.14	80.02	80.02 m
4	Andriy Skvaruk (UKR)	74.24	X	79.92	75.80	76.56	X	79.92 m
5	Heinz Weis (GER)	78.78	79.30	X	78.10	78.98	79.78	79.78 m
6	Ilya Konovalov (RUS)	76.44	77.48	77.44	77.70	76.52	78.72	78.72 m
7	Igor Astapkovich (BLR)	76.38	78.20	X	76.62	77.38	X	78.20 m
8	Sergey Alay (BLR)	75.46	76.68	77.38	76.50	76.38	75.78	77.38 m
9	Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA)	76.34	76.94	75.22	76.88	74.78	76.98	76.98 m
10	Szymon Ziółkowski (POL)	76.30	74.90	76.64				76.64 m
11	Raphaël Piolanti (FRA)	74.34	75.24	X				75.24 m
12	Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS)	73.62	X	74.68				74.68 m

See also

• 1996 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

References

• Template:En icon Official Report
• Template:En icon Results
• Template:En icon sports-reference
• Template:En icon hammerthrow.wz