1986 European Championships in Athletics - Men's Hammer
Encyclopedia
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 deay earlier, on August 29, 1986.
Hammer throw
The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...
event at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart
Stuttgart
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, West Germany
West Germany
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was held on August 30, 1986. The qualification round was staged a deay earlier, on August 29, 1986.
Medalists
| Gold |  Yuriy SedykhYuriy Sedykh Yuriy Georgiyevich Sedykh is a retired Soviet/Ukrainian athlete who represented the USSR, specialising in the hammer throw.... Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... (URS) |
| Silver | Sergey Litvinov Sergey Litvinov Sergey Nikolaevich Litvinov is a hammer thrower who won two Olympic medals representing USSR. Additionally, he won the World Championships twice. Litvinov trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Rostov on Don... Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... (URS) |
| Bronze | Igor Nikulin Igor Nikulin (athlete) Igor Nikulin is a former hammer thrower who represented the USSR, the Unified Team, and later Russia. He won the bronze medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain.... Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... (URS) |
Abbreviations
- All results shown are in metres
Q automatic qualification q qualification by rank DNS did not start NM no mark WR world record AR area record NR national record PB personal best SB season best
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1986 European Athletics Championships | ||||
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| World Record | 86.66 m | June 22, 1986 | Tallinn Tallinn Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list... , Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... |
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| Event Record | 81.66 m | September 10, 1982 |  Athens, Greece |
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| Broken records during the 1986 European Athletics Championships | ||||
| Event Record | 82.90 m | August 29, 1986 |  StuttgartStuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... , West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990.... |
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| Event Record | 83.94 m | August 30, 1986 | Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... , West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990.... |
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| Event Record | 85.74 m | August 30, 1986 | Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... , West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990.... |
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| World Record Event Record |
86.74 m | August 30, 1986 | Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... , West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990.... |
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Final Ranking
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 1 | 82.90 m | CR | ||||
| 2 | 77.54 m | |||||
| 3 | 77.48 m | |||||
| 4 | 77.32 m | |||||
| 5 | 77.30 m | |||||
| 6 | 77.12 m | |||||
| 7 | 77.04 m | |||||
| 8 | 76.84 m | |||||
| 9 | 76.34 m | |||||
| 10 | 76.24 m | |||||
| 11 | 75.78 m | |||||
| 12 | 75.46 m | |||||
| 13 | 75.38 m | |||||
| 14 | 75.02 m | |||||
| 15 | 73.80 m | |||||
| 16 | 73.58 m | |||||
| 17 | 71.76 m | |||||
| 18 | 71.16 m | |||||
| 19 | 70.84 m | |||||
| 20 | 68.32 m | |||||
| 21 | 65.62 m | |||||
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| 86.74 m |  |
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| 85.74 m | |||||||||
| 82.00 m | |||||||||
| 4 | 79.84 m | ||||||||
| 5 | 79.68 m | ||||||||
| 6 | 78.74 m | ||||||||
| 7 | 78.70 m | ||||||||
| 8 | 77.12 m | ||||||||
| 9 | 75.36 m | ||||||||
| 10 | 74.94 m | ||||||||
| 11 | 74.32 m | ||||||||
| 12 | 69.94 m | ||||||||
See also
- 1983 Men's World Championships Hammer Throw (Helsinki)
- 1984 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Los Angeles)
- 1986 Hammer Throw Year Ranking1986 Hammer Throw Year RankingThis page lists the World Best Year Performances in the year 1986 in the Men's hammer throw. One of the main events during this season were the 1986 European Athletics Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany, where the final of the men's competition was held on August 30, 1986. The women did not...
- 1987 Men's World Championships Hammer Throw (Rome)
- 1988 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Seoul)