Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

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Men's hammer throw
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Athletics pictogram.svg
Athletics pictogram
Venues Olympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 25, 1988 (1988-09-25) (qualifying)
September 26, 1988 (1988-09-26) (final)
Competitors30 from 16 nations
Winning distance84.80 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Sergey Litvinov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Yuriy Sedykh
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Jüri Tamm
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
  1984
1992  

The men's hammer throw at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 30 competitors from 16 nations, with two qualifying groups before the final (12) took place on Monday September 26, 1988. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. In the final round the eight highest-ranked competitors after three rounds qualified for the final three throws to decide the medals. [1] The event was won by Sergey Litvinov of the Soviet Union, the nation's sixth victory in the event (second-most all-time behind the United States' seven). The Soviet team completed the medal sweep, with Yuriy Sedykh taking silver and Jüri Tamm bronze. It was the Soviets' third medal sweep in four Games, with only the boycotted 1984 Games missing. The 1988 team was the same as the 1980 squad, with Litvinov and Sedykh trading places. Litvinov and Tamm were the ninth and tenth men to earn multiple medals in the hammer throw, while Sedykh (the eighth man to do so) became the fourth to win three medals; his two golds and a silver trailed only John Flanagan's three gold medals in Olympic success.

Background

This was the 20th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1896. Four of the 12 finalists from the 1984 Games returned: gold medalist Juha Tiainen and sixth-place finisher Harri Huhtala of Finland, and Christoph Sahner of West Germany and Matthew Mileham of Great Britain, both of whom had failed to make a legal mark in the final. Also returning were Soviets Yuriy Sedykh, Sergey Litvinov, and Jüri Tamm, who had swept the medals (in that order) in 1980 but had been kept out of the 1984 Games due to the Soviet-led boycott. Sedykh had also won gold in 1976. He and Litvinov had dominated the event since that year, with Sedykh winning two Olympic gold medals and Litvinov winning both World Championships to date (1983 and 1987). Sedykh's world record of 86.74 metres, set in 1986, still stands as of 2021. Tamm was also a serious contender; in addition to the 1980 bronze, he had finished second at the 1987 World Championship. [2]

No nations made their debut in the event. The United States appeared for the 19th time, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Competition format

The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1936, with the qualifying round completely separate from the divided final. In qualifying, each athlete received three attempts; those recording a mark of at least 77.00 metres advanced to the final. If fewer than 12 athletes achieved that distance, the top 12 would advance. The results of the qualifying round were then ignored. Finalists received three throws each, with the top eight competitors receiving an additional three attempts. The best distance among those six throws counted. [2] [3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yuriy Sedykh  (URS)86.74 Stuttgart, West Germany 30 August 1986
Olympic recordFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yuriy Sedykh  (URS)81.80 Moscow, Soviet Union 31 July 1980

Sergey Litvinov broke the Olympic record with his first throw in the final, of 84.76 metres, and improved on that with his fifth throw, of 84.80 metres. All six of Litvinov's throws in the final surpassed the old record, as did four of Sedykh's five legal marks.

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time adjusted for daylight savings (UTC+10)

DateTimeRound
Sunday, 25 September 19889:00Qualifying
Monday, 26 September 198812:40Final

Results

Qualifying

RankAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1 Sergey Litvinov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 81.2481.24Q
2 Jüri Tamm Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 79.6879.68Q
3 Yuriy Sedykh Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 78.4878.48Q
4 Ralf Haber Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 75.6478.1678.16Q
5 Günther Rodehau Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany X78.1278.12Q
6 Harri Huhtala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 75.9877.3477.34Q
7 Heinz Weis Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 76.4076.7077.2477.24Q
8 Tibor Gécsek Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary X77.1277.12Q
9 Ivan Tanev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 76.84XX76.84q
10 Johann Lindner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 76.6074.54X76.60q
11 Tore Gustafsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 72.9073.1476.4476.44q
12 Imre Szitás Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 74.9876.2473.8276.24q
13 Christoph Sahner Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 75.8472.4272.4675.84
14 Plamen Minev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 74.4670.22X74.46
15 József Vida Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 70.6074.3072.5074.30
16 Juha Tiainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 72.4473.74X73.74
17 Lance Deal Flag of the United States.svg  United States X71.7273.6673.66
18 Kenneth Flax Flag of the United States.svg  United States X72.7072.2472.70
19 Jud Logan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 69.4672.4672.6472.64
20 Viktor Apostolov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria XX71.1071.10
21 Lucio Serrani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 70.50X70.0070.50
22 Michael Jones Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 70.38X68.9470.38
23 Dave Smith Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain XX69.1269.12
24 Connor McCullagh Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland XX68.6668.66
25 Andrés Charadia Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 66.8666.0268.2668.26
26 Hakim Toumi Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 65.7865.72X65.78
27 Waleed Al-Bekheet Flag of Kuwait (3-2).svg  Kuwait 62.7860.1463.8663.86
28 Matthew Mileham Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 59.9462.42X62.42
29 Lee Ju-hyeong Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea XX55.9855.98
Kjell Bystedt Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden XXXNM

Final

RankAthleteNation123456DistanceNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Sergey Litvinov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 84.76 OR 83.8283.8683.9884.80 OR 83.8084.80 OR
Silver medal icon.svg Yuriy Sedykh Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 80.9683.6283.4483.44X83.7683.76
Bronze medal icon.svg Jüri Tamm Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 80.9481.16XXXX81.16
4 Ralf Haber Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 78.9278.7279.18X78.8880.4480.44
5 Heinz Weis Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 78.5076.80X77.7078.9879.1679.16
6 Tibor Gécsek Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 78.1876.5274.3677.82X78.3678.36
7 Imre Szitás Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 76.0076.4076.2075.6676.1077.0477.04
8 Ivan Tanev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 75.5675.76X75.2875.5476.0876.08
9 Harri Huhtala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 75.2675.3875.08Did not advance75.38
10 Johann Lindner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 75.3675.1475.28Did not advance75.36
11 Tore Gustafsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 74.2473.32XDid not advance74.24
12 Günther Rodehau Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany XX72.36Did not advance72.36

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