Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

Men's hammer throw at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venues	Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
Dates	August 1, 1992 (1992-08-01) (qualifications) August 2, 1992 (1992-08-02) (finals)
Competitors	26 from 19 nations
Winning distance	82.54
Medalists
Andrey Abduvaliyev  Unified Team Igor Astapkovich  Unified Team Igor Nikulin  Unified Team

Athletics at the 1992 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
10 km walk		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

These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes.^[1]

In this Olympics, the Unified Team comprised the remnants of what was the Soviet Union, essentially stripping the newfound countries of their individual identity. Including the Tajik Andrey Abduvaliyev, Belorussian Igor Astapkovich and Russian Igor Nikulin this created a sweep for the Unified Team. A fourth former Soviet, Jüri Tamm was able to compete separate from the Unified Team.

The three dominated the competition, almost consistently in the 80's when others were in the 70's. Astapkovich, the strongest in the season, held the lead after the first round and retook it in the third. Abduvaliyev settled it with his fourth round throw 82.54 m (270 ft 9​¹⁄₂ in) while both Astapkovich and Nikulin hit their best throws in the final round, they could not match it.

Medalists

Gold	Andrey Abduvaliyev  Unified Team
Silver	Igor Astapkovich  Unified Team
Bronze	Igor Nikulin  Unified Team

Schedule

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Records

Standing records prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics
World Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	86.74 m	August 30, 1986	Stuttgart, West Germany
Olympic Record	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	84.80 m	September 26, 1988	Seoul, South Korea
Season Best	Igor Astapkovich (BLR)	84.62 m	June 6, 1992	Sevilla, Spain

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	—	Jud Logan (USA)	78.40	—	—	78.40 m
2	3	Jüri Tamm (EST)	71.76	75.24	78.16	78.16 m
3	5	Igor Astapkovich (EUN)	76.50	—	—	76.50 m
4	9	Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA)	75.40	75.40	X	75.40 m
5	10	Johann Lindner (AUT)	75.28	75.24	74.02	75.28 m
6	11	Heinz Weis (GER)	74.86	74.64	X	74.86 m
7	16	Raphaël Piolanti (FRA)	X	73.22	71.98	73.22 m
8	18	Frédéric Kuhn (FRA)	71.20	71.76	71.64	71.76 m
9	19	Andrés Charadia (ARG)	70.82	70.64	X	70.82 m
10	20	Benjaminas Viluckis (LTU)	70.54	X	70.54	70.54 m
11	21	Plamen Minev (BUL)	68.78	X	69.90	69.90 m
12	22	Paul Head (GBR)	X	69.58	65.64	69.58 m
13	24	Pavel Sedláček (TCH)	67.76	64.98	67.34	67.76 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Igor Nikulin (EUN)	74.20	79.08	—	79.08 m
2	2	Andrey Abduvaliyev (EUN)	78.82	—	—	78.82 m
3	4	Lance Deal (USA)	X	75.58	77.00	77.00 m
4	6	Tibor Gécsek (HUN)	76.48	—	—	76.48 m
5	7	Christophe Épalle (FRA)	76.24	—	—	76.24 m
6	8	Sean Carlin (AUS)	74.48	74.38	75.90	75.90 m
7	12	Bi Zhong (CHN)	70.66	X	74.30	74.30 m
8	13	Savvas Saritzoglou (GRE)	X	73.06	74.16	74.16 m
9	14	Claus Dethloff (GER)	73.12	73.64	73.36	73.64 m
10	15	Tore Gustafsson (SWE)	73.52	X	71.92	73.52 m
11	17	Ivan Tanev (BUL)	70.20	71.16	72.62	72.62 m
12	23	Kenneth Flax (USA)	69.04	X	69.36	69.36 m
13	25	Waleed Al-Bekheet (KUW)	X	X	63.94	63.94 m
14	26	Rashid Riyadh Al-Ameeri (BRN)	X	X	56.08	56.08 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Andrey Abduvaliyev (EUN)	78.56	80.18	80.34	82.54	79.12	82.24	82.54 m
	Igor Astapkovich (EUN)	80.02	X	81.80	78.08	81.70	81.96	81.96 m
	Igor Nikulin (EUN)	78.46	78.56	X	78.32	80.44	81.38	81.38 m
4	Tibor Gécsek (HUN)	77.78	75.78	X	75.54	X	76.58	77.78 m
5	Jüri Tamm (EST)	76.36	77.00	X	76.80	75.82	77.52	77.52 m
6	Heinz Weis (GER)	76.72	X	76.90	X	75.32	76.28	76.90 m
7	Lance Deal (USA)	X	76.84	74.92	X	75.06	76.42	76.84 m
8	Sean Carlin (AUS)	75.08	76.16	75.10				76.16 m
9	Johann Lindner (AUT)	75.14	73.36	74.26				75.14 m
10	Christophe Epalle (FRA)	74.24	74.84	74.74				74.84 m
11	Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA)	72.98	72.34	X				72.98 m
—	Jud Logan (USA)	—	—	—				DSQ

See also

• 1990 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw
• 1991 Men's World Championship Hammer Throw
• 1992 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
• 1993 Men's World Championship Hammer Throw

References

External links

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