1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

Events at the 1990 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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These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia , held at Stadion Poljud on 30 and 31 August 1990.[1]There were a total number of twenty participating athletes.

Medalists

GoldSoviet Union Igor Astapkovich
Soviet Union (URS)
SilverHungary Tibor Gécsek
Hungary (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 1990 European Athletics Championships
World Record  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 86.74 m August 30, 1986 West Germany Stuttgart, West Germany
Event Record  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 86.74 m August 30, 1986 West Germany Stuttgart, West Germany

Qualification

Group A

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 1  Igor Nikulin (URS) 79.06 m
2 4  Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA) 76.68 m
3 7  Ivan Tanev (BUL) 74.48 m
4 10  Johann Lindner (AUT) 74.00 m
5 11  Heinz Weis (FRG) 73.44 m
6 13  Tore Gustafsson (SWE) 72.86 m
7 14  Raphaël Piolanti (FRA) 72.50 m
8 15  József Vida (HUN) 72.46 m
9 16  Norbert Radefeld (FRG) 72.42 m
10 17  Esa Jantunen (FIN) 71.60 m
11 19  Viktor Apostolov (BUL) 68.92 m

Group B

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 2  Plamen Minev (BUL) 77.80 m
2 3  Igor Astapkovich (URS) 77.60 m
3 5  Günther Rodehau (GDR) 75.36 m
4 6  Tibor Gécsek (HUN) 74.68 m
5 8  Juha Tiainen (FIN) 74.30 m
6 9  Paul Head (GBR) 74.02 m
7 12  Claus Dethloff (FRG) 73.12 m
8 18  Frédéric Kuhn (FRA) 71.30 m
9 20  Giuliano Zanello (ITA) 68.64 m

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st  Igor Astapkovich (URS) 84.14 m
2nd  Tibor Gécsek (HUN) 80.14 m
3rd  Igor Nikulin (URS) 80.02 m
4  Günther Rodehau (GDR) 77.90 m
5  Plamen Minev (BUL) 77.12 m
6  Ivan Tanev (BUL) 76.28 m
7  Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA) 75.82 m
8  Heinz Weis (FRG) 75.48 m
9  Juha Tiainen (FIN) 73.70 m
10  Johann Lindner (AUT) 73.68 m
11  Paul Head (GBR) 72.68 m
12  Claus Dethloff (FRG) 72.36 m

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

See also

References