1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 44 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 6, 1995. The qualification mark was set at 76.50 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Andrey Abduvaliyev Tajikistan (TJK)
Silver	Igor Astapkovich Belarus (BLR)
Bronze	Tibor Gécsek Hungary (HUN)

Schedule

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
05.08.1995 – 11:00h	05.08.1995 – 13:00h
Final Round
06.08.1995 – 14:15h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 1995 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Yuriy Sedykh  (URS)	86.74 m	August 30, 1986	Stuttgart, West Germany
Event Record	Sergey Litvinov  (URS)	83.06 m	September 1, 1987	Rome, Italy
Season Best	Igor Astapkovich  (BLR)	82.60 m	May 29, 1995	Szombathely, Hungary

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	2	Igor Astapkovich  (BLR)	79.12	—	—	79.12 m
2	4	Lance Deal  (USA)	76.38	76.70	—	76.70 m
3	5	Tibor Gécsek  (HUN)	76.64	—	—	76.64 m
4	7	Aleksandr Seleznyov  (RUS)	72.76	76.16	74.04	76.16 m
5	8	Ilya Konovalov  (RUS)	75.58	—	—	75.58 m
6	12	Oleksandr Krykun  (UKR)	72.32	74.48	74.30	74.48 m
7	18	Enrico Sgrulletti  (ITA)	X	71.82	72.60	72.60 m
8	19	Plamen Minev  (BUL)	70.94	72.60	67.90	72.60 m
9	20	Per Karlsson  (SWE)	X	70.54	72.48	72.48 m
10	21	Mika Laaksonen  (FIN)	71.46	71.72	72.20	72.20 m
11	22	Szymon Ziółkowski  (POL)	71.08	71.84	71.30	71.84 m
12	24	Zoltán Fábián  (HUN)	69.36	71.06	71.02	71.06 m
13	26	Gilles Dupray  (FRA)	68.98	70.46	69.64	70.46 m
14	27	Claus Dethloff  (GER)	67.14	69.64	X	69.64 m
15	30	José Manuel Perez  (ESP)	68.42	67.10	65.28	68.42 m
16	33	Pavel Sedláček  (CZE)	X	66.14	67.94	67.94 m
17	34	Peter Vivian  (GBR)	X	67.28	65.90	67.28 m
18	36	Vitaliy Khozhatelev  (UZB)	65.60	66.46	65.82	66.46 m
19	39	Waleed Al-Bekheet  (KUW)	X	59.22	61.50	61.50 m
20	41	Agustin Jarina  (PHI)	49.98	49.94	—	49.98 m
—	—	Hristos Polihroniou  (GRE)	X	X	X	NM
—	—	Heinz Weis  (GER)	—	—	—	DNS

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1	Andrey Abduvaliyev  (TJK)	75.50	79.18	—	79.18 m
2	3	Balázs Kiss  (HUN)	78.04	—	—	78.04 m
3	6	Raphaël Piolanti  (FRA)	74.00	76.26	—	76.26 m
4	9	Sergey Alay  (BLR)	74.38	75.36	X	75.36 m
5	10	Vadim Kolesnik  (UKR)	X	74.86	X	74.86 m
6	11	Marko Wahlman  (FIN)	74.60	X	73.64	74.60 m
7	13	Tore Gustafsson  (SWE)	72.64	71.92	74.44	74.44 m
8	14	Sean Carlin  (AUS)	73.02	71.84	73.86	73.86 m
9	15	Christophe Épalle  (FRA)	72.04	73.62	72.02	73.62 m
10	16	Karsten Kobs  (GER)	72.96	X	X	72.96 m
11	17	Jüri Tamm  (EST)	71.06	X	72.66	72.66 m
12	23	Vasiliy Sidorenko  (RUS)	71.78	X	71.22	71.78 m
13	25	Lasse Akselin  (FIN)	70.82	70.22	X	70.82 m
14	28	Kevin McMahon  (USA)	68.40	69.14	67.58	69.14 m
15	29	Jan Bielecki  (DEN)	68.80	X	X	68.80 m
16	31	Hakim Toumi  (ALG)	68.36	62.68	66.40	68.36 m
17	32	Roman Linscheid  (IRL)	68.14	68.34	68.08	68.34 m
18	35	Koji Murofushi  (JPN)	67.06	X	X	67.06 m
19	37	Andrés Charadia  (ARG)	66.34	65.78	64.88	66.34 m
20	38	Cherif El Hennawi  (EGY)	X	63.68	65.66	65.66 m
21	40	Brentt Jones  (NFK)	50.52	49.44	46.80	50.52 m
—	—	Alberto Sánchez  (CUB)	X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Andrey Abduvaliyev  (TJK)	77.68	79.10	78.22	80.12	79.00	81.56	81.56 m
	Igor Astapkovich  (BLR)	X	79.02	79.98	81.10	80.58	80.26	81.10 m
	Tibor Gécsek  (HUN)	79.20	80.40	77.94	80.98	X	X	80.98 m
4	Balázs Kiss  (HUN)	79.02	77.84	78.70	78.18	77.46	X	79.02 m
5	Lance Deal  (USA)	X	73.12	76.24	77.86	78.12	78.66	78.66 m
6	Sergey Alay  (BLR)	74.26	75.68	76.66	71.84	75.38	75.74	76.66 m
7	Ilya Konovalov  (RUS)	75.84	75.52	76.50	X	72.46	76.46	76.50 m
8	Aleksandr Seleznyov  (RUS)	76.18	X	X	X	X	72.02	76.18 m
9	Raphaël Piolanti  (FRA)	75.98	X	75.18				75.98 m
10	Oleksandr Krykun  (UKR)	73.32	75.52	74.10				75.52 m
11	Vadim Kolesnik  (UKR)	X	75.18	74.50				75.18 m
12	Marko Wahlman  (FIN)	73.02	X	71.04				73.02 m

See also

• 1992 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Barcelona)
• 1994 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Helsinki)
• 1995 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
• 1996 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Atlanta)
• 1998 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Budapest)

References

• Results
• IAAF
• hammerthrow.wz
• Die Leichtathletik-Statistik-Seite