1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

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. There were a total number of twenty participating athletes.

The winning margin was four metres exactly. This is the greatest winning margin for the men's hammer throw at these championships and the only time the event was won by more than three metres.

Medalists Gold Igor AstapkovichSoviet Union (URS)Silver Tibor GécsekHungary (URS)Bronze Igor NikulinSoviet Union (URS)

Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best

Records Standing records prior to the 1990 European Athletics Championships World Record 86.74 m August 30, 1986 Stuttgart, West Germany Event Record 86.74 m August 30, 1986 Stuttgart, West Germany

Qualification

Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 1 79.06 m 2 4 76.68 m 3 7 74.48 m 4 10 74.00 m 5 11 73.44 m 6 13 72.86 m 7 14 72.50 m 8 15 72.46 m 9 16 72.42 m 10 17 71.60 m 11 19 68.92 m

Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 2 77.80 m 2 3 77.60 m 3 5 75.36 m 4 6 74.68 m 5 8 74.30 m 6 9 74.02 m 7 12 73.12 m 8 18 71.30 m 9 20 68.64 m

Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 84.14 m 80.14 m 80.02 m 4 77.90 m 5 77.12 m 6 76.28 m 7 75.82 m 8 75.48 m 9 73.70 m 10 73.68 m 11 72.68 m 12 72.36 m

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

(1) (3) (1) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (1) (1) (3)

See also 1987 Men's World Championships Hammer Throw (Rome) 1988 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Seoul) 1991 Men's World Championships Hammer Throw (Tokyo) 1992 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Barcelona)

References

Results hammerthrow.wz