Jump to content

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

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Yobot (talk | contribs) at 18:29, 27 March 2018 (→top: Removed invisible unicode characters + other fixes (Task 55), replaced: → using AWB (12151)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Men's hammer throw
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Pictogram for athletics
VenueCentennial Olympic Stadium
Date27 July 1996 (qualifications)
28 July 1996 (finals)
Competitors37 from 22 nations
Winning distance81.24
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Balázs Kiss
 Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lance Deal
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Oleksandr Krykun
 Ukraine
← 1992
2000 →
Athletics at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
10 km walkwomen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen
Wheelchair races

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.[1]

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 West Germany Stuttgart, West Germany
Olympic Record  Sergey Litvinov (URS) 84.80 m September 26, 1988 South Korea Seoul, South Korea
Season Best  Balázs Kiss (HUN) 81.76 m July 10, 1996 France 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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Balázs Kiss (HUN) 79.28 80.50 81.24 78.60 79.82 X 81.24 m
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Lance Deal (USA) X X 76.94 75.62 77.26 81.12 81.12 m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Hammer Throw". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Athletics_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_–_Men%27s_hammer_throw&oldid=832734736"