1998 European Championships in Athletics - Men's Hammer

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 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Thirty-six athletes took part. The qualification mark was set at 77.00 metres.

Medalists

Gold	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)
Silver	Balázs Kiss Balázs Kiss Balázs Kiss is a retired Hungarian hammer thrower. He is the 1996 Olympic champion and the 1998 European Championships silver medalist, and has two fourth places from World Championships. His personal best throw was 83.00 metres, achieved during the 1998 Golden League circuit.-Early career:Kiss... 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)
Bronze	Karsten Kobs Karsten Kobs Karsten Kobs is a German hammer thrower, whose personal best throw is 82.78 metres, achieved in June 1999 in Dortmund. This ranks him third among German hammer throwers, only behind Ralf Haber and Heinz Weis.... Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... (GER)

Schedule

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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
18.08.1998 – ??:??h 18.08.1998 – ??:??h
Final Round
19.08.1998 – ??:??h

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
18.08.1998 – ??:??h	18.08.1998 – ??:??h
Final Round
19.08.1998 – ??:??h

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 1998 European Athletics Championships
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	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		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....

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
1	1					79.52 m
2	5					77.99 m
3	6					77.46 m
4	7					77.43 m
5	8					76.66 m
6	10					76.24 m
7	13					75.56 m
8	14					75.56 m
9	15					75.00 m
10	16					74.91 m
11	18					74.50 m
12	21					73.92 m
13	22					73.41 m
14	25					72.68 m
15	28					72.28 m
16	30					71.50 m
17	33					66.25 m
—	—		X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
1	2					79.44 m
2	3					78.09 m
3	4					78.06 m
4	9					76.67 m
5	11					75.90 m
6	12					75.75 m
7	17					74.65 m
8	19					74.12 m
9	20					74.05 m
10	23					73.30 m
11	24					73.13 m
12	26					72.48 m
13	27					72.47 m
14	29					72.03 m
15	31					69.11 m
16	32					67.20 m
17	34					64.88 m
18	35					63.75 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
		80.94	X	81.66	X	82.87	82.25	82.87 m
		80.96	80.71	X	78.87	80.38	81.26	81.26 m
		X	77.83	75.22	X	80.13	X	80.13 m
4		76.89	80.04	78.79	X	77.28	77.15	80.04 m
5		X	X	77.37	X	X	78.16	78.16 m
6		X	77.97	X	74.95	77.43	X	77.97 m
7		X	X	77.81	X	X	76.93	77.81 m
8		75.77	76.19	X	77.29	76.43	76.09	77.29 m

9		76.11	75.66	75.32				76.11 m
10		X	74.30	75.10				75.10 m
11		74.34	73.41	X				74.34 m
12		70.33	74.00	73.82				74.00 m