1986 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

Events at the 1986 European
Athletics Championships

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
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The final of the Men's hammer throw event at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany was held on August 30, 1986. The qualification round was staged a day earlier, on August 29, 1986.[1]

Medalists

GoldSoviet Union Yuriy Sedykh
Soviet Union (URS)
SilverSoviet Union Sergey Litvinov
Soviet Union (URS)
BronzeSoviet Union Igor Nikulin
Soviet Union (URS)

Abbreviations

Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1986 European Athletics Championships
World Record  Sergey Litvinov (URS) 86.66 m June 22, 1986 Soviet Union Tallinn, Soviet Union
Championship Record  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 81.66 m September 10, 1982 Greece Athens, Greece
Broken records during the 1986 European Athletics Championships
Championship Record  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 82.90 m August 29, 1986 West Germany Stuttgart, West Germany
Championship Record  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 83.94 m August 30, 1986 West Germany Stuttgart, West Germany
Championship Record  Sergey Litvinov (URS) 85.74 m August 30, 1986 West Germany Stuttgart, West Germany
World Record
Event Record
 Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 86.74 m August 30, 1986 West Germany Stuttgart, West Germany

Qualification

Overall Ranking

Rank Group Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1 B  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 82.90 m CR
2 A  Igor Nikulin (URS) 77.54 m
3 B  Johann Lindner (AUT) 77.48 m
4 A  Christoph Sahner (FRG) 77.32 m
5 B  Klaus Ploghaus (FRG) 77.30 m
6 B  Günther Rodehau (GDR) 77.12 m
7 A  Harri Huhtala (FIN) 77.04 m
8 A  Ralf Haber (GDR) 76.84 m
9 A  Sergey Litvinov (URS) 76.34 m
10 B  Jörg Schäfer (FRG) 76.24 m
11 A  Tore Gustafsson (SWE) 75.78 m
12 A  Matthias Moder (GDR) 75.46 m
13 A  Michael Beierl (AUT) 75.38 m
14 A  Ivan Tanev (BUL) 75.02 m
15 B  Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL) 73.80 m
16 B  Dave Smith (GBR) 73.58 m
17 B  Henryk Królak (POL) 71.76 m
18 B  Juha Tiainen (FIN) 71.16 m
19 B  Walter Ciofani (FRA) 70.84 m
20 A  Kjell Bystedt (SWE) 68.32 m
21 B  Raúl Jimeno (ESP) 65.62 m

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st  Yuri Sedykh (URS) 86.74 m WR
2nd  Sergey Litvinov (URS) 85.74 m
3rd  Igor Nikulin (URS) 82.00 m
4  Günther Rodehau (GDR) 79.84 m
5  Jörg Schäfer (FRG) 79.68 m
6  Ralf Haber (GDR) 78.74 m
7  Matthias Moder (GDR) 78.70 m
8  Christoph Sahner (FRG) 77.12 m
9  Klaus Ploghaus (FRG) 75.36 m
10  Harri Huhtala (FIN) 74.94 m
11  Johann Lindner (AUT) 74.32 m
12  Tore Gustafsson (SWE) 69.94 m

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

See also

References