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

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]

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

In this Olympics, the Unified Team comprised the republics of the former Soviet Union. Andrey Abduvaliyev from Tajikistan, Igor Astapkovich from Belarus and Igor Nikulin from Russia created a sweep for the Unified Team.

The three dominated the competition in the 80s and early 90s. 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.