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

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

Gold	Yuriy Sedykh Soviet Union (URS)
Silver	Sergey Litvinov Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze	Igor Nikulin Soviet Union (URS)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Records

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

Qualification

• Qualification Distance = 76.00 metres (or top 12 to final)

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
01 !	Yuri Sedykh (URS)							86.74 m	WR
02 !	Sergey Litvinov (URS)							85.74 m
03 !	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

• 1983 Men's World Championships Hammer Throw (Helsinki)
• 1984 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
• 1987 Men's World Championships Hammer Throw (Rome)
• 1988 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Seoul)

References

• Results