1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

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 WeisGermany (GER)Silver Andriy SkvarukUkraine (UKR)Bronze Vasiliy SidorenkoRussia (RUS)

Schedule All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B02.08.1997 – 08:00h02.08.1997 – 10:00hFinal Round03.08.1997 – 17:30h

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 1997 World Athletics Championships World Record 86.74 m August 30, 1986 Stuttgart, West Germany Event Record 83.06 m September 1, 1987 Rome, Italy Season Best 83.04 m June 29, 1997 Frankfurt, Germany

Qualification

Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 3 74.42 77.94 — 77.94 m 2 4 X 77.94 — 77.94 m 3 5 75.86 77.12 — 77.12 m 4 9 74.42 75.04 76.12 76.12 m 5 11 74.26 75.32 75.26 75.32 m 6 12 75.28 74.50 73.50 75.28 m 7 13 75.16 X 74.18 75.16 m 8 15 68.92 74.30 74.96 74.96 m 9 17 74.28 X X 74.28 m 10 18 73.94 73.84 73.76 73.94 m 11 19 73.92 X 73.48 73.92 m 12 21 73.00 72.22 73.60 73.60 m 13 22 71.52 73.42 72.62 73.42 m 14 23 X 66.92 72.42 72.42 m 15 25 X 70.66 71.92 71.92 m 16 26 71.80 X X 71.80 m 17 28 71.54 71.32 69.02 71.54 m 18 31 71.20 70.20 68.54 71.20 m 19 33 70.84 X X 70.84 m 20 38 67.36 66.84 — 67.36 m 21 40 49.30 53.04 52.60 53.04 m 22 41 47.92 — — 47.92 m

Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 1 80.46 — — 80.46 m 2 2 75.90 77.96 — 77.96 m 3 6 76.44 75.58 75.12 76.44 m 4 7 75.86 76.36 74.18 76.36 m 5 8 72.96 76.20 X 76.20 m 6 10 75.08 75.74 X 75.74 m 7 14 74.86 75.16 73.12 75.16 m 8 16 74.70 73.50 72.84 74.70 m 9 20 71.70 73.36 73.8273.82 m 10 24 69.68 71.92 72.1272.12 m 11 27 71.56 X X 71.56 m 12 29 71.52 — — 71.52 m 13 30 71.50 X X 71.50 m 14 32 70.94 — — 70.94 m 15 34 X X 70.5070.50 m 16 35 70.04 68.66 X 70.04 m 17 36 66.94 68.32 67.62 68.32 m 18 37 X X 67.9667.96 m 19 39 X 57.78 60.1460.14 m — — X X X NM — — X X X NM

Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 X 77.54 80.24 80.52 81.14 81.7881.78 m 76.88 76.94 X 78.04 X 81.4681.46 m 78.26 79.10 79.80 80.38 80.76 78.32 80.76 m 4 77.86 78.32 X 79.32 79.96 79.28 79.96 m 5 X X 78.12 79.70 77.94 78.72 79.70 m 6 75.18 76.60 76.46 77.36 78.12 78.6878.68 m 7 76.24 77.42 77.00 X X X 77.42 m 8 75.02 76.44 75.26 76.62 77.14 76.76 77.14 m 9 76.12 74.94 X 76.12 m 10 74.82 74.50 X 74.82 m 11 74.08 73.26 73.44 74.08 m — 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