2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

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The final of the Men's hammer throw event at the 2002 European Championships in Munich, Germany was held on August 7, 2002. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged a day earlier, on August 6, with the mark set in 79.00 metres.

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Medalists

Gold Flag of Hungary.svg Adrián Annus
Hungary (HUN)
Silver Flag of Ukraine.svg Vladyslav Piskunov
Ukraine (UKR)
Bronze Flag of Greece.svg Alexandros Papadimitriou
Greece (GRE)

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 2002 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 Russia.svg  Aleksey Zagornyi  (RUS)80.16 m
23Flag of Hungary.svg  Adrián Annus  (HUN)79.82 m
37Flag of France.svg  Nicolas Figère  (FRA)78.50 m
48Flag of Greece.svg  Alexandros Papadimitriou  (GRE)78.39 m
59Flag of Belarus.svg  Ivan Tikhon  (BLR)78.24 m
610Flag of Slovakia.svg  Miloslav Konopka  (SVK)78.16 m
711Flag of Ukraine.svg  Vladyslav Piskunov  (UKR)78.06 m
813Flag of Italy.svg  Nicola Vizzoni  (ITA)77.57 m
914Flag of Germany.svg  Karsten Kobs  (GER)77.44 m
1015Flag of Poland.svg  Szymon Ziółkowski  (POL)77.17 m
1117Flag of Germany.svg  Holger Klose  (GER)76.98 m
1220Flag of Russia.svg  Ilya Konovalov  (RUS)76.79 m
1323Flag of Finland.svg  David Söderberg  (FIN)74.64 m
1424Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Vladimír Maška  (CZE)74.52 m
1528Flag of Sweden.svg  Bengt Johansson  (SWE)71.27 m
1630Flag of Albania.svg  Dorian Collaku  (ALB)67.47 m

Group B

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance
123
12Flag of Ukraine.svg  Andriy Skvaruk  (UKR)79.96 m
24Flag of Hungary.svg  Balázs Kiss  (HUN)79.32 m
35Flag of Slovakia.svg  Libor Charfreitag  (SVK)79.18 m
46Flag of Hungary.svg  Tibor Gécsek  (HUN)79.03 m
512Flag of Finland.svg  Olli-Pekka Karjalainen  (FIN)77.78 m
616Flag of Russia.svg  Vadim Khersontsev  (RUS)77.00 m
718Flag of Ukraine.svg  Oleksandr Krykun  (UKR)76.92 m
819Flag of Denmark.svg  Jan Bielecki  (DEN)76.82 m
921Flag of France.svg  Christophe Épalle  (FRA)76.27 m
1022Flag of Poland.svg  Maciej Pałyszko  (POL)75.51 m
1125Flag of Slovenia.svg  Primož Kozmus  (SLO)72.60 m
1226Flag of Portugal.svg  Vítor Costa  (POR)72.43 m
1327Flag of Greece.svg  Christos Polychroniou  (GRE)71.70 m
1429Flag of Germany.svg  Markus Esser  (GER)70.15 m
Flag of Croatia.svg  András Haklits  (CRO)XXX NM

Final

RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote
123456
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Hungary.svg  Adrián Annus  (HUN)76.0078.6580.6281.1780.3781.17 m
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Ukraine.svg  Vladyslav Piskunov  (UKR)X78.2379.58X80.39X80.39 m
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Greece.svg  Alexandros Papadimitriou  (GRE)76.8178.3178.5177.8680.2178.6180.21 m
4Flag of Hungary.svg  Balázs Kiss  (HUN)80.13X80.17X80.0680.0580.17 m
5Flag of Ukraine.svg  Andriy Skvaruk  (UKR)79.22X80.1578.68X79.2380.15 m
6Flag of Hungary.svg  Tibor Gécsek  (HUN)79.2578.62XX76.9178.5279.25 m
7Flag of Slovakia.svg  Libor Charfreitag  (SVK)79.20XXX76.93X79.20 m
8Flag of Finland.svg  Olli-Pekka Karjalainen  (FIN)X78.4178.57XXX78.57 m
9Flag of Belarus.svg  Ivan Tsikhan  (BLR)72.6077.86X77.86 m
10Flag of Slovakia.svg  Miloslav Konopka  (SVK)76.6976.9477.3377.33 m
11Flag of Russia.svg  Aleksey Zagornyi  (RUS)77.01XX77.01 m
12Flag of France.svg  Nicolas Figère  (FRA)76.17X76.4976.49 m

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