1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

Events at the 1997 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 43 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday 3 August 1997.

Medalists

Gold	Heinz Weis Germany (GER)
Silver	Andriy Skvaruk Ukraine (UKR)
Bronze	Vasiliy Sidorenko Russia (RUS)

Schedule

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Records

Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	86.74 m	August 30, 1986	Stuttgart, West Germany
Event Record	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	83.06 m	September 1, 1987	Rome, Italy
Season Best	Heinz Weis (GER)	83.04 m	June 29, 1997	Frankfurt, Germany

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	3	Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS)	74.42	77.94	—	77.94 m
2	4	Andriy Skvaruk (UKR)	X	77.94	—	77.94 m
3	5	Heinz Weis (GER)	75.86	77.12	—	77.12 m
4	9	Raphaël Piolanti (FRA)	74.42	75.04	76.12	76.12 m
5	11	Oleksandr Krykun (UKR)	74.26	75.32	75.26	75.32 m
6	12	Koji Murofushi (JPN)	75.28	74.50	73.50	75.28 m
7	13	Holger Klose (GER)	75.16	X	74.18	75.16 m
8	15	Andrey Abduvaliyev (UZB)	68.92	74.30	74.96	74.96 m
9	17	Stuart Rendell (AUS)	74.28	X	X	74.28 m
10	18	Pavel Sedláček (CZE)	73.94	73.84	73.76	73.94 m
11	19	Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE)	73.92	X	73.48	73.92 m
12	21	Marko Wahlman (FIN)	73.00	72.22	73.60	73.60 m
13	22	Nicola Vizzoni (ITA)	71.52	73.42	72.62	73.42 m
14	23	Kevin McMahon (USA)	X	66.92	72.42	72.42 m
15	25	Jud Logan (USA)	X	70.66	71.92	71.92 m
16	26	Zsolt Németh (HUN)	71.80	X	X	71.80 m
17	28	Maciej Pałyszko (POL)	71.54	71.32	69.02	71.54 m
18	31	David Chaussinand (FRA)	71.20	70.20	68.54	71.20 m
19	33	Aleksandr Krasko (BLR)	70.84	X	X	70.84 m
20	38	Nikolaos Gentekos (GRE)	67.36	66.84	—	67.36 m
21	40	Brentt Jones (GBR)	49.30	53.04	52.60	53.04 m
22	41	Enrique Reina (HON)	47.92	—	—	47.92 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1	Balázs Kiss (HUN)	80.46	—	—	80.46 m
2	2	Igor Astapkovich (BLR)	75.90	77.96	—	77.96 m
3	6	Vadim Khersontsev (RUS)	76.44	75.58	75.12	76.44 m
4	7	Ilya Konovalov (RUS)	75.86	76.36	74.18	76.36 m
5	8	Karsten Kobs (GER)	72.96	76.20	X	76.20 m
6	10	Ivan Tikhon (BLR)	75.08	75.74	X	75.74 m
7	14	Vadim Kolesnik (UKR)	74.86	75.16	73.12	75.16 m
8	16	Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA)	74.70	73.50	72.84	74.70 m
9	20	Jan Bielecki (DEN)	71.70	73.36	73.82	73.82 m
10	24	Zoltán Fábián (HUN)	69.68	71.92	72.12	72.12 m
11	27	Christos Polychroniou (GRE)	71.56	X	X	71.56 m
12	29	David Popejoy (USA)	71.52	—	—	71.52 m
13	30	Loris Paoluzzi (ITA)	71.50	X	X	71.50 m
14	32	David Smith (GBR)	70.94	—	—	70.94 m
15	34	Vladimír Maška (CZE)	X	X	70.50	70.50 m
16	35	Vítor Costa (POR)	70.04	68.66	X	70.04 m
17	36	Hakim Toumi (ALG)	66.94	68.32	67.62	68.32 m
18	37	Roman Linscheid (IRL)	X	X	67.96	67.96 m
19	39	Eduardo Acuña (PER)	X	57.78	60.14	60.14 m
—	—	Christophe Épalle (FRA)	X	X	X	NM
—	—	Naser Al Husaini (KUW)	X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Heinz Weis (GER)	X	77.54	80.24	80.52	81.14	81.78	81.78 m
	Andrey Skvaruk (UKR)	76.88	76.94	X	78.04	X	81.46	81.46 m
	Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS)	78.26	79.10	79.80	80.38	80.76	78.32	80.76 m
4	Balázs Kiss (HUN)	77.86	78.32	X	79.32	79.96	79.28	79.96 m
5	Igor Astapkovich (BLR)	X	X	78.12	79.70	77.94	78.72	79.70 m
6	Ilya Konovalov (RUS)	75.18	76.60	76.46	77.36	78.12	78.68	78.68 m
7	Vadim Khersontsev (RUS)	76.24	77.42	77.00	X	X	X	77.42 m
8	Oleksandr Krykun (UKR)	75.02	76.44	75.26	76.62	77.14	76.76	77.14 m
9	Karsten Kobs (GER)	76.12	74.94	X				76.12 m
10	Koji Murofushi (JPN)	74.82	74.50	X				74.82 m
11	Raphaël Piolanti (FRA)	74.08	73.26	73.44				74.08 m
—	Ivan Tikhon (BLR)	X	X	X				NM

See also

• 1996 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Atlanta)
• 1997 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
• 1998 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Budapest)
• 2000 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Sydney)

References

• IAAF results
• hammerthrow.wz