1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

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These are the official results of the Men's hammer throw event at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Thirty-six athletes took part. The qualification mark was set at 77.00 metres.

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Medalists

Gold Flag of Hungary.svg Tibor Gécsek
Hungary (HUN)
Silver Flag of Hungary.svg Balázs Kiss
Hungary (HUN)
Bronze Flag of Germany.svg Karsten Kobs
Germany (GER)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group AGroup B
18.08.1998  ??:??h18.08.1998  ??:??h
Final Round
19.08.1998  ??:??h

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 1998 European Athletics Championships
World Record Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yuriy Sedykh  (URS)86.74 m August 30, 1986 Flag of Germany.svg Stuttgart, West Germany
Event Record Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yuriy Sedykh  (URS)86.74 m August 30, 1986 Flag of Germany.svg Stuttgart, West Germany

Qualification

Group A

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance
123
11Flag of Hungary.svg  Adrián Annus  (HUN)76.2979.5279.52 m
25Flag of Greece.svg  Hristos Polihroniou  (GRE)77.9977.99 m
36Flag of Germany.svg  Heinz Weis  (GER)77.4677.46 m
47Flag of Belarus.svg  Igor Astapkovich  (BLR)77.4377.43 m
58Flag of Poland.svg  Szymon Ziółkowski  (POL)76.6676.66 m
610Flag of Ukraine.svg  Vladyslav Piskunov  (UKR)76.24 m
713Flag of Russia.svg  Vasiliy Sidorenko  (RUS)75.0775.6075.5675.56 m
814Flag of Ukraine.svg  Andrey Skvaruk  (UKR)75.56 m
915Flag of Italy.svg  Loris Paoluzzi  (ITA)75.00 m
1016Flag of Italy.svg  Enrico Sgrulletti  (ITA)74.91 m
1118Flag of Russia.svg  Sergey Kirmasov  (RUS)74.50 m
1221Flag of France.svg  Gilles Dupray  (FRA)73.9273.2173.92 m
1322Flag of Croatia.svg  András Haklits  (CRO)71.18x73.4173.41 m
1425Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Pavel Sedláček  (CZE)72.68 m
1528Flag of Portugal.svg  Vítor Costa  (POR)72.28 m
1630Flag of Belarus.svg  Ivan Tikhon  (BLR)71.50 m
1733Flag of Ireland.svg  Paddy McGrath  (IRL)66.25 m
Flag of Finland.svg  Marko Wahlman  (FIN)xxx NM

Group B

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance
123
12Flag of Hungary.svg  Tibor Gécsek  (HUN)79.4479.44 m
23Flag of Russia.svg  Ilya Konovalov  (RUS)78.09 m
34Flag of Hungary.svg  Balázs Kiss  (HUN)x78.0678.06 m
49Flag of Germany.svg  Karsten Kobs  (GER)76.67 m
511Flag of Ukraine.svg  Oleksandr Krykun  (UKR)75.90 m
612Flag of France.svg  Christophe Épalle  (FRA)75.75 m
717Flag of Italy.svg  Nicola Vizzoni  (ITA)74.65 m
819Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Vladimír Maška  (CZE)74.12 m
920Flag of Germany.svg  Holger Klose  (GER)74.05 m
1023Flag of France.svg  David Chaussinand  (FRA)73.30 m
1124Flag of Finland.svg  Olli-Pekka Karjalainen  (FIN)73.13 m
1226Flag of Denmark.svg  Jan Bielecki  (DEN)72.48 m
1327Flag of Greece.svg  Alexandros Papadimitriou  (GRE)72.47 m
1429Flag of Poland.svg  Maciej Pałyszko  (POL)72.03 m
1531Flag of Belarus.svg  Nikolay Avlasevich  (BLR)69.11 m
1632Flag of Sweden.svg  Per Karlsson  (SWE)67.20 m
1734Flag of Albania.svg  Dorian Collaku  (ALB)64.88 m
1835Flag of Ireland.svg  Roman Linscheid  (IRL)63.75 m

Final

RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote
123456
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Hungary.svg  Tibor Gécsek  (HUN)80.94X81.66X82.8782.2582.87 m
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Hungary.svg  Balázs Kiss  (HUN)80.9680.71X78.8780.3881.2681.26 m
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Karsten Kobs  (GER)X77.8375.22X80.13X80.13 m
4Flag of Germany.svg  Heinz Weis  (GER)76.8980.0478.79X77.2877.1580.04 m
5Flag of Poland.svg  Szymon Ziółkowski  (POL)XX77.37XX78.1678.16 m
6Flag of Greece.svg  Hristos Polihroniou  (GRE)X77.97X74.9577.43X77.97 m
7Flag of Belarus.svg  Igor Astapkovich  (BLR)XX77.81XX76.9377.81 m
8Flag of Hungary.svg  Adrián Annus  (HUN)75.7776.19X77.2976.4376.0977.29 m
9Flag of Russia.svg  Ilya Konovalov  (RUS)76.1175.6675.3276.11 m
10Flag of Ukraine.svg  Vladyslav Piskunov  (UKR)X74.3075.1075.10 m
11Flag of Ukraine.svg  Oleksandr Krykun  (UKR)74.3473.41X74.34 m
12Flag of France.svg  Christophe Épalle  (FRA)70.3374.0073.8274.00 m

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