1990 European Championships in Athletics - Men's Hammer
Encyclopedia
These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw
event at the 1990 European Championships in Split
, Yugoslavia
. There were a total number of twenty participating athletes. The final was held on August 31, 1990.
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 1990 European Championships in Split
Split (city)
Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and...
, Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
. There were a total number of twenty participating athletes. The final was held on August 31, 1990.
Medalists
| Gold |  Igor AstapkovichIgor Astapkovich Ihar Astapkovich , born in Minsk, is a hammer thrower who won two Olympic medals, first representing the Soviet Union and later his home country of Belarus.-Biography:... 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 |  Tibor GécsekTibor Gécsek Tibor Gécsek is a retired male hammer thrower from Hungary. Gécsek is of Hungarian Slovenian descent.... Hungary Hungary Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The... (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 1990 European Athletics Championships | ||||
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| World Record 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... |
86.74 m | August 30, 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 | 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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Group A
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 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
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 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
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| 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 | ||||||||
See also
- 1987 Men's World Championships Hammer Throw (Rome)
- 1988 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Seoul)
- 1990 Hammer Throw Year Ranking1990 Hammer Throw Year RankingThis page lists the World Best Year Performances in the year 1990 in the hammer throw for both men and women. One of the main events during this season were the 1990 European Athletics Championships in Split, FR Yugoslavia, where the final of the men's competition was held on August 31,...
- 1991 Men's World Championships Hammer Throw (Tokyo)
- 1992 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Barcelona)