Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

The men's hammer throw competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 20–22 August.[1]

Men's hammer throw
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates20–22 August
Competitors35 from 24 nations
Winning distance82.91
Medalists
Koji Murofushi  Japan
Eşref Apak  Turkey
Athletics at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmenwomen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen
Wheelchair races

Adrián Annus of Hungary originally won the competition, but he was disqualified after being found guilty of tampering with his sample at the doping control.[2] The original runner-up, Koji Murofushi, was accordingly declared the 2004 Olympic champion.

Originally, Ivan Tsikhan won the silver medal, but he was disqualified in 2012 after a retest of his samples from 2004 were positive for methandienone. Tsikhan withdrew from the 2012 Summer Olympics as a result.[3] [4][5] The decision was taken to vacate his medal, leaving the only medallists as Murofushi with gold and Eşref Apak of Turkey with the bronze.[6][7] The athlete in a position to be elevated to the Olympic bronze medal, Vadim Devyatovskiy of Belarus, had previously been subject to a court case by the International Olympic Committee regarding doping at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[8]

Competition format

Each athlete receives three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieve the qualifying distance progress to the final. If less than twelve athletes achieve this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reach the final. Each finalist is allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.[7]

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round
Friday, 20 August 200409:15Qualification
Sunday, 22 August 200421:15Final

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record Yuriy Sedykh (URS)86.74 mStuttgart, West Germany30 August 1986
Olympic record Sergey Litvinov (URS)84.80 mSeoul, South Korea26 September 1988

No new records were set during the competition.

Results

Qualifying round

Rule: Qualifying standard 78.00 (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1BIvan Tsikhan Belarus77.8577.1280.78 80.78 Q
2AAdrián Annus Hungary79.59 ——79.59 Q
3BKrisztián Pars Hungary77.4380.50—80.50 Q
4BKoji Murofushi Japan79.55 ——79.55 Q
5BPrimož Kozmus Slovenia76.9778.81 —78.81 Q, SB
6AMarkus Esser Germany76.3975.2977.49 77.49 q
7BLibor Charfreitag Slovakiaxx77.30 77.30 q
8AIgor Astapkovich Belarus76.7076.0876.88 76.88 q
9BNicola Vizzoni Italy76.84 75.3575.0376.84 q
10AEşref Apak Turkeyxx76.74 76.74 q
11BVadim Devyatovskiy Belarus71.6974.8176.72 76.72 q
12BKarsten Kobs Germany76.69 xx76.69 q
13AIlya Konovalov Russia75.40x76.36 76.36
14ASzymon Ziółkowski Poland76.1274.5576.17 76.17
15BMiloslav Konopka Slovakia74.42x76.16 76.16
16AOlli-Pekka Karjalainen Finlandx74.5176.11 76.11
17BSergey Kirmasov Russia75.1273.6875.83 75.83
18AAléxandros Papadimitríou Greecexx75.55 75.55
19AOleksandr Krykun Ukrainex75.42 74.3775.42
20BArtem Rubanko Ukraine75.08 xx75.08
21BJames Parker United States73.1574.0975.04 75.04
22BAndrás Haklits Croatiax73.5174.43 74.43
23BDavid Söderberg Finlandxx74.14 74.14
24APatric Suter Switzerland72.45x73.54 73.54
25BYuriy Voronkin Russia73.47 71.97x73.47
26AStuart Rendell Australiax72.61 x72.61
27AJuan Ignacio Cerra Argentina69.1072.53 68.6472.53
28AVítor Costa Portugal72.47 72.44x72.47
29ARoman Rozna Moldovaxx71.78 71.78
30AVladimír Maška Czech Republic71.76 xx71.76
31BAli Al-Zinkawi Kuwait70.6771.06 70.6871.06
32BDorian Çollaku Albania70.06 69.2767.6170.06
33AA.G. Kruger United States69.38 68.03x69.38
AVladyslav Piskunov UkrainexxxNM
ADilshod Nazarov TajikistanxxxNM

Final
RankNameNationality123456ResultNotes
Koji Murofushi Japan79.9081.6081.1682.35x82.91 82.91SB
Eşref Apak[6][7] Turkey75.7979.51 x79.2375.1576.3479.51
4Vadim Devyatovskiy Belarus78.6778.82 x75.4176.61x78.82
5Krisztián Pars Hungary76.9478.1677.5578.73 x77.2678.73
6Primož Kozmus Slovenia75.8277.0876.4578.56 77.6178.2478.56
7Libor Charfreitag Slovakia74.9377.5277.3075.6077.54 73.0677.54
8Karsten Kobs Germany75.7275.9776.30 76.30
9Igor Astapkovich Belarusxx76.22 76.22
10Nicola Vizzoni Italy74.27 72.9773.0274.27
11Markus Esser Germany72.51 x71.3172.51
Adrián Annus Hungary80.5382.32 83.1982.64 82.04—83.19DSQ[2]
Ivan Tsikhan Belarusxx78.5578.3179.81x79.81DSQ[4]

References
  1. "Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  2. "IOC strips Annus of hammer gold". CNN. 29 August 2004. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  3. "Olympics 2012 drugs: Hammer thrower withdrawn over Athens test". BBC News Online. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  4. "IOC disqualifies four medallists from Athens 2004 following further analysis of stored samples". IOC. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  5. "Olympic drug tests: Four athletes stripped of 2004 Athens medals". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  6. Athletics Results - Athens 2004
  7. "Athletics at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Men's Hammer Throw". Athens 2004. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  8. Engeler, Elaine (10 June 2010). "CAS Reinstates Medals for Hammer Throwers". Yahoo! Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
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