1986 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

The final of the Men's hammer throw event at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany was held on August 30, 1986. The qualification round was staged a day earlier, on August 29, 1986.[1]

Men's hammer throw
at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

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Gold   Yuriy Sedykh
Soviet Union (URS)
Silver   Sergey Litvinov
Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze   Igor Nikulin
Soviet Union (URS)

Abbreviations

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  • All results shown are in metres
Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

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Standing records prior to the 1986 European Athletics Championships
World Record   Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 86.66 m June 22, 1986   Tallinn, Soviet Union
Championship Record   Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 81.66 m September 10, 1982   Athens, Greece
Broken records during the 1986 European Athletics Championships
Championship Record   Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 82.90 m August 29, 1986   Stuttgart, West Germany
Championship Record   Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 83.94 m August 30, 1986   Stuttgart, West Germany
Championship Record   Sergey Litvinov (URS) 85.74 m August 30, 1986   Stuttgart, West Germany
World Record
Event Record
  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 86.74 m August 30, 1986   Stuttgart, West Germany

Qualification

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  • Qualification Distance = 76.00 metres (or top 12 to final)

Overall Ranking

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Rank Group Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1 B   Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 82.90 m CR
2 A   Igor Nikulin (URS) 77.54 m
3 B   Johann Lindner (AUT) 77.48 m
4 A   Christoph Sahner (FRG) 77.32 m
5 B   Klaus Ploghaus (FRG) 77.30 m
6 B   Günther Rodehau (GDR) 77.12 m
7 A   Harri Huhtala (FIN) 77.04 m
8 A   Ralf Haber (GDR) 76.84 m
9 A   Sergey Litvinov (URS) 76.34 m
10 B   Jörg Schäfer (FRG) 76.24 m
11 A   Tore Gustafsson (SWE) 75.78 m
12 A   Matthias Moder (GDR) 75.46 m
13 A   Michael Beierl (AUT) 75.38 m
14 A   Ivan Tanev (BUL) 75.02 m
15 B   Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL) 73.80 m
16 B   Dave Smith (GBR) 73.58 m
17 B   Henryk Królak (POL) 71.76 m
18 B   Juha Tiainen (FIN) 71.16 m
19 B   Walter Ciofani (FRA) 70.84 m
20 A   Kjell Bystedt (SWE) 68.32 m
21 B   Raúl Jimeno (ESP) 65.62 m

Final

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Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
    Yuri Sedykh (URS) 83.94 85.28 85.46 86.74 86.68 86.62 86.74 m WR
    Sergey Litvinov (URS) 85.74 81.60 X X 82.12 80.44 85.74 m
    Igor Nikulin (URS) 79.44 81.04 X X 82.00 79.96 82.00 m
4   Günther Rodehau (GDR) 78.14 77.44 79.10 79.84 79.66 74.34 79.84 m
5   Jörg Schäfer (FRG) X 73.32 76.34 77.16 79.68 79.36 79.68 m
6   Ralf Haber (GDR) 77.06 77.02 X 76.76 78.74 78.40 78.74 m
7   Matthias Moder (GDR) 78.70 X 78.50 77.90 77.12 73.98 78.70 m
8   Christoph Sahner (FRG) 76.12 X X X 77.12 X 77.12 m
9   Klaus Ploghaus (FRG) 75.36 m
10   Harri Huhtala (FIN) 74.94 m
11   Johann Lindner (AUT) 74.32 m
12   Tore Gustafsson (SWE) 69.94 m

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 443–451, retrieved 13 August 2014