1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, held at Stadion Poljud on 30 and 31 August 1990.[1] There were a total number of twenty participating athletes.

Men's hammer throw
at the European Athletics Championships

The winning margin was four metres exactly. This is the greatest winning margin for the men's hammer throw at these championships and the only time the event was won by more than three metres.

Medalists

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Gold   Igor Astapkovich
Soviet Union (URS)
Silver   Tibor Gécsek
Hungary (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 1990 European Athletics Championships
World Record   Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 86.74 m August 30, 1986   Stuttgart, West Germany
Event Record   Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 86.74 m August 30, 1986   Stuttgart, West Germany

Qualification

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Group A

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Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 1   Igor Nikulin (URS) 79.06 m
2 4   Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA) 76.68 m
3 7   Ivan Tanev (BUL) 74.48 m
4 10   Johann Lindner (AUT) 74.00 m
5 11   Heinz Weis (FRG) 73.44 m
6 13   Tore Gustafsson (SWE) 72.86 m
7 14   Raphaël Piolanti (FRA) 72.50 m
8 15   József Vida (HUN) 72.46 m
9 16   Norbert Radefeld (FRG) 72.42 m
10 17   Esa Jantunen (FIN) 71.60 m
11 19   Viktor Apostolov (BUL) 68.92 m

Group B

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Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 2   Plamen Minev (BUL) 77.80 m
2 3   Igor Astapkovich (URS) 77.60 m
3 5   Günther Rodehau (GDR) 75.36 m
4 6   Tibor Gécsek (HUN) 74.68 m
5 8   Juha Tiainen (FIN) 74.30 m
6 9   Paul Head (GBR) 74.02 m
7 12   Claus Dethloff (FRG) 73.12 m
8 18   Frédéric Kuhn (FRA) 71.30 m
9 20   Giuliano Zanello (ITA) 68.64 m

Final

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Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
    Igor Astapkovich (URS) 84.14 m
    Tibor Gécsek (HUN) 80.14 m
    Igor Nikulin (URS) 80.02 m
4   Günther Rodehau (GDR) 77.90 m
5   Plamen Minev (BUL) 77.12 m
6   Ivan Tanev (BUL) 76.28 m
7   Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA) 75.82 m
8   Heinz Weis (FRG) 75.48 m
9   Juha Tiainen (FIN) 73.70 m
10   Johann Lindner (AUT) 73.68 m
11   Paul Head (GBR) 72.68 m
12   Claus Dethloff (FRG) 72.36 m

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 20 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. 451–460, retrieved 13 August 2014
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