Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

Athletics at the
1996 Summer Olympics
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These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total number of 37 competitors, with twelve athletes reaching the final. The eight highest-ranked competitors after three rounds qualified for the final three throws to decide the medals. The qualification mark was set at 76.50 metres.

Medalists

Gold Balázs Kiss
Hungary (HUN)
Silver Lance Deal
United States (USA)
Bronze Oleksandr Krykun
Ukraine (UKR)

Abbreviations

Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
OR olympic record
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics
World Record  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 86.74 m August 30, 1986 West Germany Stuttgart, West Germany
Olympic Record  Sergey Litvinov (URS) 84.80 m September 26, 1988 South Korea Seoul, South Korea
Season Best  Balázs Kiss (HUN) 81.76 m July 10, 1996 France Nice, France

Qualification

Group A

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1 3  Balázs Kiss (HUN) X 78.34 — 78.34 m
2 4  Heinz Weis (GER) 75.16 77.84 — 77.84 m
3 5  Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) 77.64 — — 77.64 m
4 8  Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS) 76.64 — — 76.64 m
5 10  Oleksandr Krykun (UKR) 73.82 75.78 75.70 75.78 m
6 12  Sergey Alay (BLR) 74.94 73.60 75.10 75.10 m
7 14  Claus Dethloff (GER) 74.60 73.68 72.68 74.60 m
8 16  Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE) 74.42 X 74.46 74.46 m
9 17  Christophe Épalle (FRA) 74.22 73.42 73.98 74.22 m
10 19  Gilles Dupray (FRA) X 70.92 74.04 74.04 m
11 20  Pavel Sedláček (CZE) 72.60 73.98 X 73.98 m
12 24  Kevin McMahon (USA) 73.10 73.46 72.78 73.46 m
13 26  Jüri Tamm (EST) 72.14 73.16 X 73.16 m
14 27  Loris Paoluzzi (ITA) 71.38 71.68 72.82 72.82 m
15 28  Adrián Annus (HUN) 68.68 72.26 72.58 72.58 m
16 30  Tore Gustafsson (SWE) 70.36 71.02 X 71.02 m
17 31  Jan Bielecki (DEN) X X 69.40 69.40 m
18 33  Roman Linscheid (IRL) X 68.14 66.90 68.14 m

Group B

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1 1  Lance Deal (USA) 75.10 76.34 78.56 78.56 m
2 2  Igor Astapkovich (BLR) 76.00 78.52 — 78.52 m
3 6  Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) 73.52 77.48 — 77.48 m
4 7  Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA) 77.36 — — 77.36 m
5 9  Raphaël Piolanti (FRA) 75.46 X 76.44 76.44 m
6 11  Ilya Konovalov (RUS) 74.84 75.10 75.08 75.10 m
7 13  Alberto Sánchez (CUB) 73.16 74.22 74.82 74.82 m
8 15  Vadim Khersontsev (RUS) 73.62 74.00 74.48 74.48 m
9 18  Karsten Kobs (GER) 72.04 X 74.20 74.20 m
10 21  Aleksandr Krasko (BLR) 71.82 73.74 X 73.74 m
11 22  Zsolt Németh (HUN) 41.64 72.24 73.68 73.68 m
12 23  Marko Wahlman (FIN) 72.60 73.50 X 73.50 m
13 25  Sean Carlin (AUS) 73.32 72.00 X 73.32 m
14 29  Ken Popejoy (USA) 72.08 72.46 X 72.46 m
15 32  David Smith (GBR) X X 69.32 69.32 m
16 34  Aqarab Abbas (PAK) 65.60 X 64.34 65.60 m
17 35  Andrés Charadia (ARG) 65.26 X X 65.26 m
18 36  Vitaliy Khozhatelyov (UZB) 64.52 X X 64.52 m
— 2  Hristos Polyhroniou (GRE) X X X NM

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st  Balázs Kiss (HUN) 79.28 80.50 81.24 78.60 79.82 X 81.24 m
2nd  Lance Deal (USA) X X 76.94 75.62 77.26 81.12 81.12 m
3rd  Oleksandr Krykun (UKR) 76.24 77.64 79.44 X 78.14 80.02 80.02 m
4  Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) 74.24 X 79.92 75.80 76.56 X 79.92 m
5  Heinz Weis (GER) 78.78 79.30 X 78.10 78.98 79.78 79.78 m
6  Ilya Konovalov (RUS) 76.44 77.48 77.44 77.70 76.52 78.72 78.72 m
7  Igor Astapkovich (BLR) 76.38 78.20 X 76.62 77.38 X 78.20 m
8  Sergey Alay (BLR) 75.46 76.68 77.38 76.50 76.38 75.78 77.38 m
9  Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA) 76.34 76.94 75.22 76.88 74.78 76.98 76.98 m
10  Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) 76.30 74.90 76.64 76.64 m
11  Raphaël Piolanti (FRA) 74.34 75.24 X 75.24 m
12  Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS) 73.62 X 74.68 74.68 m

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