Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total number of 37 competitors, with twelve athletes reaching the final. The eight highest-ranked competitors after three rounds qualified for the final three throws to decide the medals. The qualification mark was set at 76.50 metres.[1]

Men's hammer throw
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Pictogram for athletics
VenueCentennial Olympic Stadium
Date27 July 1996 (qualifications)
28 July 1996 (finals)
Competitors37 from 22 nations
Winning distance81.24
Medalists
Balázs Kiss
 Hungary
Lance Deal
 United States
Oleksandr Krykun
 Ukraine

Medalists

GoldBalázs Kiss
 Hungary
SilverLance Deal
 United States
BronzeOleksandr Krykun
 Ukraine

Abbreviations

Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
ORolympic record
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1996 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 Balázs Kiss (HUN)81.76 m July 10, 1996 Nice, France

Qualification

Group A

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
13 Balázs Kiss (HUN)X78.3478.34 m
24 Heinz Weis (GER)75.1677.8477.84 m
35 Szymon Ziółkowski (POL)77.6477.64 m
48 Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS)76.6476.64 m
510 Oleksandr Krykun (UKR)73.8275.7875.7075.78 m
612 Sergey Alay (BLR)74.9473.6075.1075.10 m
714 Claus Dethloff (GER)74.6073.6872.6874.60 m
816 Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE)74.42X74.4674.46 m
917 Christophe Épalle (FRA)74.2273.4273.9874.22 m
1019 Gilles Dupray (FRA)X70.9274.0474.04 m
1120 Pavel Sedláček (CZE)72.6073.98X73.98 m
1224 Kevin McMahon (USA)73.1073.4672.7873.46 m
1326 Jüri Tamm (EST)72.1473.16X73.16 m
1427 Loris Paoluzzi (ITA)71.3871.6872.8272.82 m
1528 Adrián Annus (HUN)68.6872.2672.5872.58 m
1630 Tore Gustafsson (SWE)70.3671.02X71.02 m
1731 Jan Bielecki (DEN)XX69.4069.40 m
1833 Roman Linscheid (IRL)X68.1466.9068.14 m

Group B

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
11 Lance Deal (USA)75.1076.3478.5678.56 m
22 Igor Astapkovich (BLR)76.0078.5278.52 m
36 Andriy Skvaruk (UKR)73.5277.4877.48 m
47 Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA)77.3677.36 m
59 Raphaël Piolanti (FRA)75.46X76.4476.44 m
611 Ilya Konovalov (RUS)74.8475.1075.0875.10 m
713 Alberto Sánchez (CUB)73.1674.2274.8274.82 m
815 Vadim Khersontsev (RUS)73.6274.0074.4874.48 m
918 Karsten Kobs (GER)72.04X74.2074.20 m
1021 Aleksandr Krasko (BLR)71.8273.74X73.74 m
1122 Zsolt Németh (HUN)41.6472.2473.6873.68 m
1223 Marko Wahlman (FIN)72.6073.50X73.50 m
1325 Sean Carlin (AUS)73.3272.00X73.32 m
1429 Ken Popejoy (USA)72.0872.46X72.46 m
1532 David Smith (GBR)XX69.3269.32 m
1634 Aqarab Abbas (PAK)65.60X64.3465.60 m
1735 Andrés Charadia (ARG)65.26XX65.26 m
1836 Vitaliy Khozhatelev (UZB)64.52XX64.52 m
2 Hristos Polyhroniou (GRE)XXXNM

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
 Balázs Kiss (HUN)79.2880.5081.2478.6079.82X81.24 m
 Lance Deal (USA)XX76.9475.6277.2681.1281.12 m
 Oleksandr Krykun (UKR)76.2477.6479.44X78.1480.0280.02 m
4 Andriy Skvaruk (UKR)74.24X79.9275.8076.56X79.92 m
5 Heinz Weis (GER)78.7879.30X78.1078.9879.7879.78 m
6 Ilya Konovalov (RUS)76.4477.4877.4477.7076.5278.7278.72 m
7 Igor Astapkovich (BLR)76.3878.20X76.6277.38X78.20 m
8 Sergey Alay (BLR)75.4676.6877.3876.5076.3875.7877.38 m
9 Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA)76.3476.9475.2276.8874.7876.9876.98 m
10 Szymon Ziółkowski (POL)76.3074.9076.6476.64 m
11 Raphaël Piolanti (FRA)74.3475.24X75.24 m
12 Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS)73.62X74.6874.68 m

See also

  • 1996 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Hammer Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
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