Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

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Men's hammer throw
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Koji Murofushi Daegu 2011.jpg
Koji Murofushi (2011)
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates20–22 August
Competitors35 from 24 nations
Winning distance82.91
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Koji Murofushi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svgnot awarded
Bronze medal icon.svgnot awarded
  2000
2008  

The men's hammer throw competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 20–22 August. [1] There were 35 competitors from 24 nations. [2] After a series of doping-related disqualifications, the event was won by Koji Murofushi of Japan, the nation's first medal in the event. [3] All distances are given in metres.

Disqualifications

The event was marred by doping-related disqualifications, with the original first- and third-place athletes being removed. Adrián Annus of Hungary originally won the competition, but he was disqualified after being found guilty of tampering with his sample at the doping control. [4] The original runner-up, Koji Murofushi, was accordingly declared the 2004 Olympic champion.

Originally, Ivan Tsikhan won the bronze medal. With Annus's disqualification, Tsikhan moved up to the silver medal. However, he was disqualified in 2012 after a retest of his samples from 2004 were positive for methandienone. Tsikhan withdrew from the 2012 Summer Olympics as a result. [5] [6] [7] The silver and bronze medal were not re-awarded. The athlete in a position to be elevated to the Olympic silver medal, Eşref Apak of Turkey, received a 2-year doping ban in 2013 for the use of a prohibited substance, which lasted from 8 June 2013 to 25 June 2015. [8] The athlete in a position to be elevated to the Olympic bronze medal, Vadim Devyatovskiy of Belarus, had previously been subject to a court case by the International Olympic Committee regarding doping at the 2008 Summer Olympics. [9] [10] Аs the next two finishers Eşref Apak and Vadim Devyatovskiy had both been suspended from the sport for doping offenses since 2004, the IOC decided to declare the silver and bronze medals vacant, leaving the only medalists as Murofushi with gold (in the official publication of the results, Eşref Apak is listed second, but without getting a silver medal, Vadim Devyatovskiy is listed third, but without getting a bronze medal). [3] [2] [11]

Background

This was the 24th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1896. Seven of the 12 finalists from the 2000 Games returned: gold medalist (and 1996 finalist) Szymon Ziółkowski of Poland, silver medalist Nicola Vizzoni of Italy, bronze medalist (and 1992 silver medalist and 1996 finalist) Igor Astapkovich of Belarus, fifth-place finisher (and 1996 finalist) Ilya Konovalov of Russia, eighth-place finisher Vladimír Maška of the Czech Republic, ninth-place finisher Koji Murofushi of Japan, and twelfth-place finisher Alexandros Papadimitriou of Greece. The last two World Champions were Ziółkowski (2001) and Ivan Tsikhan of Belarus (2003). Tikhon, 2002 European champion Adrián Annus of Hungary, and Murofushi (bronze medalist in the 2003 World Championship and who, in 2003, had the best throw of anyone since 1986—a mark that is still, in 2021, the fourth-best throw of all time) were the favorites. [2]

Albania, Tajikistan, and Turkey each made their debut in the event. The United States appeared for the 23rd time, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

The qualification period for Athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the men's hammer throw, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had thrown 78.65 metres or further during the qualification period. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had thrown 74.35 metres or further could be entered. [12]

Competition format

Each athlete received three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieved the qualifying distance of 78.00 metres progressed to the final. If fewer than twelve athletes achieved this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes would reach the final. Each finalist was allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts. [1] [11]

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  Sergey Litvinov  (URS)84.80 Seoul, South Korea 26 September 1988

No new records were set during the competition.

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

DateTimeRound
Friday, 20 August 20049:15Qualifying
Sunday, 22 August 200421:15Final

Results

Qualifying

Rule: Qualifying standard 78.00 (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

RankGroupAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1B Ivan Tsikhan Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 77.8577.1280.78 80.78 Q
2A Adrián Annus Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 79.59 79.59 Q
3B Krisztián Pars Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 77.4380.5080.50 Q
4B Koji Murofushi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 79.55 79.55 Q
5B Primož Kozmus Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 76.9778.81 78.81 Q, SB
6A Markus Esser Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 76.3975.2977.49 77.49 q
7B Libor Charfreitag Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia XX77.30 77.30 q
8A Igor Astapkovich Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 76.7076.0876.88 76.88 q
9B Nicola Vizzoni Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 76.84 75.3575.0376.84 q
10A Eşref Apak Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey XX76.74 76.74 q
11B Vadim Devyatovskiy Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 71.6974.8176.72 76.72 q
12B Karsten Kobs Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 76.69 XX76.69 q
13A Ilya Konovalov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 75.40X76.36 76.36
14A Szymon Ziółkowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 76.1274.5576.17 76.17
15B Miloslav Konopka Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 74.42X76.16 76.16
16A Olli-Pekka Karjalainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland X74.5176.11 76.11
17B Sergey Kirmasov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 75.1273.6875.83 75.83
18A Aléxandros Papadimitríou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece XX75.55 75.55
19A Oleksandr Krykun Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine X75.42 74.3775.42
20B Artem Rubanko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 75.08 XX75.08
21B James Parker Flag of the United States.svg  United States 73.1574.0975.04 75.04
22B András Haklits Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia X73.5174.43 74.43
23B David Söderberg Flag of Finland.svg  Finland XX74.14 74.14
24A Patric Suter Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 72.45X73.54 73.54
25B Yuriy Voronkin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 73.47 71.97X73.47
26A Stuart Rendell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia X72.61 X72.61
27A Juan Ignacio Cerra Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 69.1072.53 68.6472.53
28A Vítor Costa Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 72.47 72.44X72.47
29A Roman Rozna Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova XX71.78 71.78
30A Vladimír Maška Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 71.76 XX71.76
31B Ali Al-Zinkawi Flag of Kuwait (3-2).svg  Kuwait 70.6771.06 70.6871.06
32B Dorian Çollaku Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 70.06 69.2767.6170.06
33A A.G. Kruger Flag of the United States.svg  United States 69.38 68.03X69.38
A Vladyslav Piskunov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine XXXNM
A Dilshod Nazarov Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan XXXNM

Final

RankAthleteNation123456DistanceNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Koji Murofushi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 79.9081.6081.1682.35X82.91 82.91SB
Silver medal not awarded [note]
Bronze medal not awarded [note]
2 Eşref Apak Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 75.7979.51 X79.2375.1576.3479.51 [note]
3 Vadim Devyatovskiy Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 78.6778.82 X75.4176.61X78.82 [note]
4 Krisztián Pars Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 76.9478.1677.5578.73 X77.2678.73
5 Primož Kozmus Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 75.8277.0876.4578.56 77.6178.2478.56
6 Libor Charfreitag Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 74.9377.5277.3075.6077.54 73.0677.54
7 Karsten Kobs Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 75.7275.9776.30 Did not advance76.30
8 Igor Astapkovich Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus XX76.22 Did not advance76.22
9 Nicola Vizzoni Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 74.27 72.9773.02Did not advance74.27
10 Markus Esser Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 72.51 X71.31Did not advance72.51
Adrián Annus Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 80.5382.32 83.1982.64 82.0483.19DPG [4]
Ivan Tsikhan Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus XX78.5578.3179.81X79.81DPG [5]

note IOC decided to declare the silver and bronze medals vacant (in the official publication of the results, Eşref Apak is listed second, but without getting a silver medal, Vadim Devyatovskiy is listed third, but without getting a bronze medal). [3] [2]

References

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