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

Men's hammer throw at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venues	Olympic Stadium
Dates	September 25, 1988 (1988-09-25) (qualifications) September 26, 1988 (1988-09-26) (finals)
Competitors	30 from 16 nations
Winning distance	84.80 OR
Medalists
Sergey Litvinov  Soviet Union Yuriy Sedykh  Soviet Union Jüri Tamm  Soviet Union

Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
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
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Wheelchair races

The Men's Hammer Throw at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 30 competitors, with two qualifying groups before the final (12) took place on Monday September 26, 1988. In the final round the eight highest-ranked competitors after three rounds qualified for the final three throws to decide the medals.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Sergey Litvinov  Soviet Union
Silver	Yuri Sedykh  Soviet Union
Bronze	Jüri Tamm  Soviet Union

Abbreviations

Records

Standing records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics
World Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	86.74 m	August 30, 1986	Stuttgart, West Germany
Olympic Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	81.80 m	July 31, 1980	Moscow, Soviet Union
Season Best	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	85.14 m	September 4, 1988	Moscow, Soviet Union
Broken records during the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	84.76 m	September 26, 1988	Seoul, South Korea
		84.80 m

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	2	Jüri Tamm (URS)	79.68	—	—	79.68 m
2	3	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	78.48	—	—	78.48 m
3	4	Ralf Haber (GDR)	75.64	78.16	—	78.16 m
4	5	Günther Rodehau (GDR)	X	78.12	—	78.12 m
5	6	Harri Huhtala (FIN)	75.98	77.34	—	77.34 m
6	8	Tibor Gécsek (HUN)	X	77.12	—	77.12 m
7	12	Imre Szitás (HUN)	74.98	76.24	73.82	76.24 m
8	16	Juha Tiainen (FIN)	72.44	73.74	X	73.24 m
9	20	Viktor Apostolov (BUL)	X	X	71.10	71.10 m
10	23	Dave Smith (GBR)	X	X	69.12	69.12 m
11	26	Hakim Toumi (ALG)	65.78	65.72	X	65.78 m
12	28	Matthew Mileham (GBR)	59.94	62.42	X	62.42 m
13	29	Lee Ju-hyeong (KOR)	X	X	55.98	55.98 m
—	—	Kjell Bystedt (SWE)	X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	81.24	—	—	81.24 m
2	7	Heinz Weis (FRG)	76.40	76.70	77.24	77.24 m
3	9	Ivan Tanev (BUL)	76.84	X	X	76.84 m
4	10	Johann Lindner (AUT)	76.60	74.54	X	76.60 m
5	11	Tore Gustafsson (SWE)	72.90	73.14	76.44	76.44 m
6	13	Christoph Sahner (FRG)	75.84	72.42	72.46	75.84 m
7	14	Plamen Minev (BUL)	74.46	70.22	X	74.46 m
8	15	József Vida (HUN)	70.60	74.30	72.50	74.30 m
9	17	Lance Deal (USA)	X	71.72	73.66	73.66 m
10	18	Kenneth Flax (USA)	X	72.70	72.24	72.70 m
11	19	Jud Logan (USA)	69.46	72.46	72.64	72.64 m
12	21	Lucio Serrani (ITA)	70.50	X	70.00	70.50 m
13	22	Michael Jones (GBR)	70.38	X	68.94	70.38 m
14	24	Connor McCullagh (IRL)	X	X	68.66	68.66 m
15	25	Andrés Charadia (ARG)	66.86	66.02	68.26	68.26 m
16	27	Waleed Al-Bekheet (KUW)	62.78	60.14	63.86	63.86 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	84.76 OR	83.82	83.86	83.98	84.80 OR	83.80	84.80 m OR
	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	80.96	83.62	83.44	83.44	X	83.76	83.76 m
	Jüri Tamm (URS)	80.94	81.16	X	X	X	X	81.16 m
4	Ralf Haber (GDR)	78.92	78.72	79.18	X	78.88	80.44	80.44 m
5	Heinz Weis (FRG)	78.50	76.80	X	77.70	78.98	79.16	79.16 m
6	Tibor Gécsek (HUN)	78.18	76.52	74.36	77.82	X	78.36	78.36 m
7	Imre Szitás (HUN)	76.00	76.40	76.20	75.66	76.10	77.04	77.04 m
8	Ivan Tanev (BUL)	75.56	75.76	X	75.28	75.54	76.08	76.08 m
9	Harri Huhtala (FIN)	75.26	75.38	75.08				75.38 m
10	Johann Lindner (AUT)	75.36	75.14	75.28				75.36 m
11	Tore Gustafsson (SWE)	74.24	73.32	X				74.24 m
12	Günther Rodehau (GDR)	X	X	72.36				72.36 m

See also

• 1986 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Men's World Championships Hammer Throw (Rome)
• 1988 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
• 1990 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Split)
• 1991 Men's World Championships Hammer Throw (Tokyo)

References

External links

• (in English) Official Report
• (in English) hammerthrow.wz