1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw

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 1995 World Championships

1995 World Championships in Athletics

The 5th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden between August 5 and August 13.This edition featured 1804 athletes from 191 nations....

in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 44 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 6, 1995. The qualification mark was set at 76.50 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Andrey Abduvaliyev Andrey Abduvaliyev Andrey Hakimovich Abduvaliyev is a former Soviet, Tajikistani, and Uzbekistani hammer thrower.He won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics while representing the Unified Team. After competing for USSR he chose to represent Tajikistan when USSR was dissolved. In 1997 he changed his nationality... Tajikistan Tajikistan Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east.... (TJK)
Silver	Igor Astapkovich Igor 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:... Belarus Belarus Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,... (BLR)
Bronze	Tibor Gécsek Tibor 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... (HUN)

Schedule

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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
05.08.1995 – 11:00h 05.08.1995 – 13:00h
Final Round
06.08.1995 – 14:15h

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
05.08.1995 – 11:00h	05.08.1995 – 13:00h
Final Round
06.08.1995 – 14:15h

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

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 1995 World Athletics Championships
World Record World records in athletics World records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking....	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....
Event Record	83.06 m	September 1, 1987	Rome, Italy
Season Best 1995 Hammer Throw Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1995 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, where the men's final was held on Sunday August 6, 1995.-Records:-1995 World Year...	82.60 m	May 29, 1995	Szombathely Szombathely Szombathely is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas county in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria... , 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...

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
1	2		79.12	—	—	79.12 m
2	4		76.38	76.70	—	76.70 m
3	5		76.64	—	—	76.64 m
4	7		72.76	76.16	74.04	76.16 m
5	8		75.58	—	—	75.58 m
6	12		72.32	74.48	74.30	74.48 m
7	18		X	71.82	72.60	72.60 m
8	19		70.94	72.60	67.90	72.60 m
9	20		X	70.54	72.48	72.48 m
10	21		71.46	71.72	72.20	72.20 m
11	22		71.08	71.84	71.30	71.84 m
12	24		69.36	71.06	71.02	71.06 m
13	26		68.98	70.46	69.64	70.46 m
14	27		67.14	69.64	X	69.64 m
15	30		68.42	67.10	65.28	68.42 m
16	33		X	66.14	67.94	67.94 m
17	34		X	67.28	65.90	67.28 m
18	36		65.60	66.46	65.82	66.46 m
19	39		X	59.22	61.50	61.50 m
20	41		49.98	49.94	—	49.98 m
—	—		X	X	X	NM
—	—		—	—	—	DNS

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
1	1		75.50	79.18	—	79.18 m
2	3		78.04	—	—	78.04 m
3	6		74.00	76.26	—	76.26 m
4	9		74.38	75.36	X	75.36 m
5	10		X	74.86	X	74.86 m
6	11		74.60	X	73.64	74.60 m
7	13		72.64	71.92	74.44	74.44 m
8	14		73.02	71.84	73.86	73.86 m
9	15		72.04	73.62	72.02	73.62 m
10	16		72.96	X	X	72.96 m
11	17		71.06	X	72.66	72.66 m
12	23		71.78	X	71.22	71.78 m
13	25		70.82	70.22	X	70.82 m
14	28		68.40	69.14	67.58	69.14 m
15	29		68.80	X	X	68.80 m
16	31		68.36	62.68	66.40	68.36 m
17	32		68.14	68.34	68.08	68.34 m
18	35		67.06	X	X	67.06 m
19	37		66.34	65.78	64.88	66.34 m
20	38		X	63.68	65.66	65.66 m
21	40		50.52	49.44	46.80	50.52 m
—	—		X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance
		77.68	79.10	78.22	80.12	79.00	81.56	81.56 m
		X	79.02	79.98	81.10	80.58	80.26	81.10 m
		79.20	80.40	77.94	80.98	X	X	80.98 m
4		79.02	77.84	78.70	78.18	77.46	X	79.02 m
5		X	73.12	76.24	77.86	78.12	78.66	78.66 m
6		74.26	75.68	76.66	71.84	75.38	75.74	76.66 m
7		75.84	75.52	76.50	X	72.46	76.46	76.50 m
8		76.18	X	X	X	X	72.02	76.18 m

9		75.98	X	75.18				75.98 m
10		73.32	75.52	74.10				75.52 m
11		X	75.18	74.50				75.18 m
12		73.02	X	71.04				73.02 m