1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

Events at the 1997 World Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
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		women
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

These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 43 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday 3 August 1997.

Medalists

Gold	Heinz Weis Germany (GER)
Silver	Andriy Skvaruk Ukraine (UKR)
Bronze	Vasiliy Sidorenko Russia (RUS)

Schedule

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Records

Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	86.74 m	August 30, 1986	Stuttgart, West Germany
Event Record	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	83.06 m	September 1, 1987	Rome, Italy
Season Best	Heinz Weis (GER)	83.04 m	June 29, 1997	Frankfurt, Germany

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	3	Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS)	74.42	77.94	—	77.94 m
2	4	Andriy Skvaruk (UKR)	X	77.94	—	77.94 m
3	5	Heinz Weis (GER)	75.86	77.12	—	77.12 m
4	9	Raphaël Piolanti (FRA)	74.42	75.04	76.12	76.12 m
5	11	Oleksandr Krykun (UKR)	74.26	75.32	75.26	75.32 m
6	12	Koji Murofushi (JPN)	75.28	74.50	73.50	75.28 m
7	13	Holger Klose (GER)	75.16	X	74.18	75.16 m
8	15	Andrey Abduvaliyev (UZB)	68.92	74.30	74.96	74.96 m
9	17	Stuart Rendell (AUS)	74.28	X	X	74.28 m
10	18	Pavel Sedláček (CZE)	73.94	73.84	73.76	73.94 m
11	19	Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE)	73.92	X	73.48	73.92 m
12	21	Marko Wahlman (FIN)	73.00	72.22	73.60	73.60 m
13	22	Nicola Vizzoni (ITA)	71.52	73.42	72.62	73.42 m
14	23	Kevin McMahon (USA)	X	66.92	72.42	72.42 m
15	25	Jud Logan (USA)	X	70.66	71.92	71.92 m
16	26	Zsolt Németh (HUN)	71.80	X	X	71.80 m
17	28	Maciej Pałyszko (POL)	71.54	71.32	69.02	71.54 m
18	31	David Chaussinand (FRA)	71.20	70.20	68.54	71.20 m
19	33	Aleksandr Krasko (BLR)	70.84	X	X	70.84 m
20	38	Nikolaos Gentekos (GRE)	67.36	66.84	—	67.36 m
21	40	Brentt Jones (GBR)	49.30	53.04	52.60	53.04 m
22	41	Enrique Reina (HON)	47.92	—	—	47.92 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1	Balázs Kiss (HUN)	80.46	—	—	80.46 m
2	2	Igor Astapkovich (BLR)	75.90	77.96	—	77.96 m
3	6	Vadim Khersontsev (RUS)	76.44	75.58	75.12	76.44 m
4	7	Ilya Konovalov (RUS)	75.86	76.36	74.18	76.36 m
5	8	Karsten Kobs (GER)	72.96	76.20	X	76.20 m
6	10	Ivan Tikhon (BLR)	75.08	75.74	X	75.74 m
7	14	Vadim Kolesnik (UKR)	74.86	75.16	73.12	75.16 m
8	16	Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA)	74.70	73.50	72.84	74.70 m
9	20	Jan Bielecki (DEN)	71.70	73.36	73.82	73.82 m
10	24	Zoltán Fábián (HUN)	69.68	71.92	72.12	72.12 m
11	27	Christos Polychroniou (GRE)	71.56	X	X	71.56 m
12	29	David Popejoy (USA)	71.52	—	—	71.52 m
13	30	Loris Paoluzzi (ITA)	71.50	X	X	71.50 m
14	32	David Smith (GBR)	70.94	—	—	70.94 m
15	34	Vladimír Maška (CZE)	X	X	70.50	70.50 m
16	35	Vítor Costa (POR)	70.04	68.66	X	70.04 m
17	36	Hakim Toumi (ALG)	66.94	68.32	67.62	68.32 m
18	37	Roman Linscheid (IRL)	X	X	67.96	67.96 m
19	39	Eduardo Acuña (PER)	X	57.78	60.14	60.14 m
—	—	Christophe Épalle (FRA)	X	X	X	NM
—	—	Naser Al Husaini (KUW)	X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
01 !	Heinz Weis (GER)	X	77.54	80.24	80.52	81.14	81.78	81.78 m
02 !	Andrey Skvaruk (UKR)	76.88	76.94	X	78.04	X	81.46	81.46 m
03 !	Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS)	78.26	79.10	79.80	80.38	80.76	78.32	80.76 m
4	Balázs Kiss (HUN)	77.86	78.32	X	79.32	79.96	79.28	79.96 m
5	Igor Astapkovich (BLR)	X	X	78.12	79.70	77.94	78.72	79.70 m
6	Ilya Konovalov (RUS)	75.18	76.60	76.46	77.36	78.12	78.68	78.68 m
7	Vadim Khersontsev (RUS)	76.24	77.42	77.00	X	X	X	77.42 m
8	Oleksandr Krykun (UKR)	75.02	76.44	75.26	76.62	77.14	76.76	77.14 m
9	Karsten Kobs (GER)	76.12	74.94	X				76.12 m
10	Koji Murofushi (JPN)	74.82	74.50	X				74.82 m
11	Raphaël Piolanti (FRA)	74.08	73.26	73.44				74.08 m
—	Ivan Tikhon (BLR)	X	X	X				NM

See also

• 1996 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Atlanta)
• 1997 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
• 1998 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Budapest)
• 2000 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Sydney)

References

• IAAF results
• hammerthrow.wz