Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

Men's hammer throw at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Pictogram for athletics
Venue	Stadium Australia
Date	23 September 2000 (qualifications) 24 September 2000 (finals)
Competitors	44 from 24 nations
Winning distance	80.02
Medalists
Szymon Ziółkowski  Poland Nicola Vizzoni  Italy Igor Astapkovich  Belarus

The Men's Hammer Throw at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Saturday, 23 September and Sunday, 24 September.

The qualifying athletes progressed through to the final where the qualifying distances are scrapped and they start afresh with up to six throws. The eight highest-ranked competitors after three rounds qualified for the final three throws to decide the medals. The qualifying distance was 77.50 metres. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest throws until a total of 12 qualifiers.

Medalists

Gold	Szymon Ziółkowski  Poland
Silver	Nicola Vizzoni  Italy
Bronze	Igor Astapkovich  Belarus

Schedule

• All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
23.09.2000 – 10:00h	23.09.2000 – 12:15h
Final Round
24.09.2000 – 20:50h

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 2000 Summer Olympics
World Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	86.74 m	30 August 1986	Stuttgart, West Germany
Olympic Record	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	84.80 m	26 September 1988	Seoul, South Korea
Season Best	Igor Astapkovich (BLR)	82.58 m	18 August 2000	Stayki, Belarus

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Country	Attempts			Distance	Note
				1	2	3
1	2	Andriy Skvaruk	Ukraine	79.55	—	—	79.55 m	Q
2	3	Koji Murofushi	Japan	78.49	—	—	78.49 m	Q
3	4	Szymon Ziółkowski	Poland	77.81	—	—	77.81 m	Q
4	5	Nicola Vizzoni	Italy	75.31	77.56	—	77.56 m	Q
5	6	Tibor Gécsek	Hungary	75.97	X	77.33	77.33 m	q
6	8	Ilya Konovalov	Russia	77.07	76.93	74.29	77.07 m	q
7	10	Ivan Tikhon	Belarus	76.43	76.90	X	76.90 m	q
8	11	Vladimír Maška	Czech Republic	X	76.70	75.62	76.70 m	q
9	18	Pavel Sedláček	Czech Republic	74.66	72.71	75.33	75.33 m
10	19	Gilles Dupray	France	X	74.71	75.05	75.05 m
11	20	Oleksandr Krykun	Ukraine	74.83	72.49	74.17	74.83 m
12	25	Zsolt Nemeth	Hungary	73.95	X	X	73.95 m
13	28	Stuart Rendell	Australia	67.67	72.78	X	72.78 m
14	29	András Haklits	Croatia	X	X	72.66	72.66 m
15	31	Karsten Kobs	Germany	72.29	X	71.65	72.29 m
16	35	Markus Esser	Germany	X	69.51	X	69.51 m
17	36	Kevin McMahon	United States	69.48	65.97	X	69.48 m
18	37	Vitor Costa	Portugal	67.07	68.79	68.89	68.89 m
19	40	Roman Rozna	Moldova	X	68.01	62.46	68.01 m
20	41	Paddy McGrath	Ireland	67.00	64.09	64.35	67.00 m
21	42	Vitaly Khojatelev	Uzbekistan	60.55	64.53	65.04	65.04 m
22	43	Victor Ustinov	Uzbekistan	X	60.60	X	60.60 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Country	Attempts			Distance	Note
				1	2	3
1	1	Igor Astapkovich	Belarus	79.81	—	—	79.81 m	Q
2	7	David Chaussinand	France	77.12	X	X	77.12 m	q
3	9	Loris Paoluzzi	Italy	X	73.63	76.91	76.91 m	q
4	12	Alexandros Papadimitriou	Greece	76.61	74.77	X	76.61 m	q
5	13	Maciej Pałyszko	Poland	76.33	X	70.11	76.33 m
6	14	Vladyslav Piskunov	Ukraine	75.95	76.00	76.08	76.08 m
7	15	Andrey Abduvaliyev	Uzbekistan	X	75.64	74.19	75.64 m
8	16	Lance Deal	United States	73.84	75.61	73.93	75.61 m
9	17	Adrián Annus	Hungary	74.01	75.41	X	75.41 m
10	21	Vasiliy Sidorenko	Russia	74.72	73.97	X	74.72 m
11	22	Aleksey Zagornyi	Russia	70.58	74.00	74.63	74.63 m
12	23	Christophe Épalle	France	70.46	72.70	74.22	74.22 m
13	24	Hristos Polihroniou	Greece	X	X	74.02	74.02 m
14	26	Heinz Weis	Germany	73.51	73.19	X	73.51 m
15	27	Juan Ignacio Cerra	Argentina	X	72.86	X	72.86 m
16	30	Libor Charfreitag	Slovakia	71.10	72.52	X	72.52 m
17	32	Miloslav Konopka	Slovakia	70.55	X	X	70.55 m
18	33	Jan Bielecki	Denmark	68.56	70.46	X	70.46 m
19	34	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen	Finland	69.64	X	X	69.64 m
20	38	Primož Kozmus	Slovenia	68.83	X	67.02	68.83 m
21	39	Jud Logan	United States	68.42	68.05	X	68.42 m
		Nikolay Davydov	Kyrgyzstan	X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Record
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Szymon Ziółkowski (POL)	74.89	79.87	X	80.02	78.68	78.32	80.02 m
	Nicola Vizzoni (ITA)	76.35	76.57	79.64	76.07	76.99	X	79.64 m	PB
	Igor Astapkovich (BLR)	74.98	X	77.08	X	79.17	79.06	79.17 m
4	Ivan Tikhon (BLR)	78.85	78.11	79.17	X	75.93	X	79.17 m
5	Ilya Konovalov (RUS)	78.56	78.12	X	X	72.78	X	78.56 m
6	Loris Paoluzzi (ITA)	78.18	X	X	X	76.19	X	78.18 m
7	Tibor Gécsek (HUN)	75.25	76.99	77.70	75.81	77.06	76.82	77.70 m
8	Vladimír Maška (CZE)	77.32	75.37	76.39	73.86	X	75.52	77.32 m
9	Koji Murofushi (JPN)	X	76.24	76.60				76.60 m
10	Andriy Skvaruk (UKR)	71.60	75.50	X				75.50 m
11	David Chaussinand (FRA)	74.74	X	75.26				75.26 m
12	Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE)	X	73.30	X				73.30 m

See also

• 2000 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

External links

• Template:En icon Official Report
• Template:En icon todor66
• Template:En icon hammerthrow.wz