2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

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The final of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden was held on Saturday August 12, 2006. There were a total number of 24 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged three days earlier, on Wednesday August 9, with the mark set in 77.50 metres.

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Ivan Tsikhan had originally won the gold medal but later tested for doping and all his results between 22 August 2004 and 21 August 2006 were annulled. [1]

Medalists

Gold Flag of Finland.svg Olli-Pekka Karjalainen
Finland (FIN)
Silver Flag of Belarus.svg Vadim Devyatovski
Belarus (BLR)
Bronze Flag of Germany.svg Markus Esser
Germany (GER)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group AGroup B
09.08.2006 10:05h09.08.2006 11:30h
Final Round
12.08.2006 13:45h

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 2006 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
12Flag of Germany.svg  Karsten Kobs  (GER)75.4775.7277.5277.52 m
23Flag of Hungary.svg  Krisztián Pars  (HUN)77.2077.20 m
36Flag of Poland.svg  Szymon Ziółkowski  (POL)76.39XX76.39 m
49Flag of Belarus.svg  Andrey Vorontsov  (BLR)XX75.1575.15 m
511Flag of Italy.svg  Marco Lingua  (ITA)74.69XX74.69 m
613Flag of Slovakia.svg  Libor Charfreitag  (SVK)X74.13X74.13 m
715Flag of Russia.svg  Vadim Khersontsev  (RUS)73.24X72.8773.24 m
817Flag of Finland.svg  David Söderberg  (FIN)72.3672.49X72.49 m
919Flag of France.svg  Christophe Épalle  (FRA)67.92X69.1269.12 m
1020Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Vladimír Maška  (CZE)68.6368.1168.2968.63 m
1122Flag of Turkey.svg  Fatih Eryildirim  (TUR)XX67.5467.54 m
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Andriy Skvaruk  (UKR)DNS

Group B

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance
123
11Flag of Finland.svg  Olli-Pekka Karjalainen  (FIN)79.0079.00 m
24Flag of Belarus.svg  Vadim Devyatovski  (BLR)X76.8676.8776.87 m
35Flag of Germany.svg  Markus Esser  (GER)73.2576.67X76.67 m
47Flag of Slovenia.svg  Primož Kozmus  (SLO)X74.6475.9075.90 m
58Flag of Italy.svg  Nicola Vizzoni  (ITA)74.3175.2174.8175.21 m
610Flag of Croatia.svg  András Haklits  (CRO)X74.96X74.96 m
712Flag of Slovakia.svg  Miloslav Konopka  (SVK)71.9874.64X74.64 m
814Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Lukáš Melich  (CZE)70.3373.7771.9073.77 m
916Flag of Greece.svg  Alexandros Papadimitriou  (GRE)71.6472.94X72.94 m
1018Flag of Turkey.svg  Eşref Apak  (TUR)70.17XX70.17 m
1121Flag of Moldova.svg  Roman Rozna  (MDA)X68.21X68.21 m
Flag of Belarus.svg  Ivan Tsikhan  (BLR)77.21 X 74.40 77.21 m

Final

RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote
123456
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Finland.svg  Olli-Pekka Karjalainen  (FIN)78.8976.8676.2380.8480.60X80.84 m SB
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Belarus.svg  Vadim Devyatovski  (BLR)77.4477.8978.5580.7679.7875.6980.76 m
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Markus Esser  (GER)74.53X76.79X77.7579.1979.19 m
4Flag of Poland.svg  Szymon Ziółkowski  (POL)X78.8978.97XX74.8278.97 m
5Flag of Hungary.svg  Krisztián Pars  (HUN)38.3375.6078.34XXX78.34 m
6Flag of Slovenia.svg  Primož Kozmus  (SLO)77.1078.18X76.0775.4977.4778.18 m
7Flag of Germany.svg  Karsten Kobs  (GER)76.3277.69XX77.8477.9377.93 m
8Flag of Italy.svg  Nicola Vizzoni  (ITA)76.5575.5176.0676.55 m
9Flag of Croatia.svg  András Haklits  (CRO)X74.83X74.83 m
10Flag of Italy.svg  Marco Lingua  (ITA)X73.7373.6473.73 m
Flag of Belarus.svg  Andrey Vorontsov  (BLR)XXX NM
Flag of Belarus.svg  Ivan Tsikhan  (BLR)76.39 75.51 81.11 78.98 X 80.34 81.11 mDQ

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References

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