1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

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Men's hammer throw
at the European Athletics Championships

These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, held at Stadion Poljud on 30 and 31 August 1990. [1] There were a total number of twenty participating athletes.

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The winning margin was four metres exactly. This is the greatest winning margin for the men's hammer throw at these championships and the only time the event was won by more than three metres.

Medalists

Gold Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Igor Astapkovich
Soviet Union (URS)
Silver Flag of Hungary.svg Tibor Gécsek
Hungary (URS)
Bronze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Igor Nikulin
Soviet Union (URS)

Abbreviations

Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1990 European Athletics Championships
World Record Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yuriy Sedykh  (URS)86.74 mAugust 30, 1986 Flag of Germany.svg Stuttgart, West Germany
Event Record Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yuriy Sedykh  (URS)86.74 mAugust 30, 1986 Flag of Germany.svg Stuttgart, West Germany

Qualification

Group A

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance
123
11Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Igor Nikulin  (URS)79.06 m
24Flag of Italy.svg  Enrico Sgrulletti  (ITA)76.68 m
37Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Ivan Tanev  (BUL)74.48 m
410Flag of Austria.svg  Johann Lindner  (AUT)74.00 m
511Flag of Germany.svg  Heinz Weis  (FRG)73.44 m
613Flag of Sweden.svg  Tore Gustafsson  (SWE)72.86 m
714Flag of France.svg  Raphaël Piolanti  (FRA)72.50 m
815Flag of Hungary.svg  József Vida  (HUN)72.46 m
916Flag of Germany.svg  Norbert Radefeld  (FRG)72.42 m
1017Flag of Finland.svg  Esa Jantunen  (FIN)71.60 m
1119Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Viktor Apostolov  (BUL)68.92 m

Group B

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance
123
12Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Plamen Minev  (BUL)77.80 m
23Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Igor Astapkovich  (URS)77.60 m
35Flag of East Germany.svg  Günther Rodehau  (GDR)75.36 m
46Flag of Hungary.svg  Tibor Gécsek  (HUN)74.68 m
58Flag of Finland.svg  Juha Tiainen  (FIN)74.30 m
69Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Paul Head  (GBR)74.02 m
712Flag of Germany.svg  Claus Dethloff  (FRG)73.12 m
818Flag of France.svg  Frédéric Kuhn  (FRA)71.30 m
920Flag of Italy.svg  Giuliano Zanello  (ITA)68.64 m

Final

RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote
123456
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Igor Astapkovich  (URS)84.14 m
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Hungary.svg  Tibor Gécsek  (HUN)80.14 m
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Igor Nikulin  (URS)80.02 m
4Flag of East Germany.svg  Günther Rodehau  (GDR)77.90 m
5Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Plamen Minev  (BUL)77.12 m
6Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Ivan Tanev  (BUL)76.28 m
7Flag of Italy.svg  Enrico Sgrulletti  (ITA)75.82 m
8Flag of Germany.svg  Heinz Weis  (FRG)75.48 m
9Flag of Finland.svg  Juha Tiainen  (FIN)73.70 m
10Flag of Austria.svg  Johann Lindner  (AUT)73.68 m
11Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Paul Head  (GBR)72.68 m
12Flag of Germany.svg  Claus Dethloff  (FRG)72.36 m

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

See also

References

  1. ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 451–460, retrieved 13 August 2014
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