2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

The final of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden was held on Saturday August 12, 2006. There were a total number of 24 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged three days earlier, on Wednesday August 9, with the mark set in 77.50 metres.

Ivan Tsikhan had originally won the gold medal but later tested for doping and all his results between 22 August 2004 and 21 August 2006 were annulled.

Medalists Gold Olli-Pekka KarjalainenFinland (FIN)Silver Vadim DevyatovskiBelarus (BLR)Bronze Markus EsserGermany (GER)

Schedule All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B09.08.2006 – 10:05h09.08.2006 – 11:30hFinal Round12.08.2006 – 13:45h

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 2006 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 2 75.47 75.72 77.52 77.52 m 2 3 77.20 — — 77.20 m 3 6 76.39 X X 76.39 m 4 9 X X 75.15 75.15 m 5 11 74.69 X X 74.69 m 6 13 X 74.13 X 74.13 m 7 15 73.24 X 72.87 73.24 m 8 17 72.36 72.49 X 72.49 m 9 19 67.92 X 69.12 69.12 m 10 20 68.63 68.11 68.29 68.63 m 11 22 X X 67.54 67.54 m — — — — — DNS

Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 1 79.00 — — 79.00 m 2 4 X 76.86 76.87 76.87 m 3 5 73.25 76.67 X 76.67 m 4 7 X 74.64 75.90 75.90 m 5 8 74.31 75.21 74.81 75.21 m 6 10 X 74.96 X 74.96 m 7 12 71.98 74.64 X 74.64 m 8 14 70.33 73.77 71.90 73.77 m 9 16 71.64 72.94 X 72.94 m 10 18 70.17 X X 70.17 m 11 21 X 68.21 X 68.21 m — — 77.21 X 74.40 77.21 m

Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 78.89 76.86 76.23 80.84 80.60 X 80.84 m SB 77.44 77.89 78.55 80.76 79.78 75.69 80.76 m 74.53 X 76.79 X 77.75 79.19 79.19 m 4 X 78.89 78.97 X X 74.82 78.97 m 5 38.33 75.60 78.34 X X X 78.34 m 6 77.10 78.18 X 76.07 75.49 77.47 78.18 m 7 76.32 77.69 X X 77.84 77.93 77.93 m 8 76.55 75.51 76.06 76.55 m 9 X 74.83 X 74.83 m 10 X 73.73 73.64 73.73 m — X X X — 76.39 75.51 81.11 78.98 X 80.34 81.11 m DQ

See also 2006 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

References todor66 hammerthrow.wz Official results