Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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The Men's Hammer Throw at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Saturday, 23 September and Sunday, 24 September.

The qualifying athletes progressed through to the final where the qualifying distances are scrapped and they start afresh with up to six throws. The eight highest-ranked competitors after three rounds qualified for the final three throws to decide the medals. The qualifying distance was 77.50 metres. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest throws until a total of 12 qualifiers.

Medalists

Gold	Szymon Ziółkowski Poland (POL)
Silver	Nicola Vizzoni Italy (ITA)
Bronze	Igor Astapkovich Belarus (BLR)

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
23.09.2000 – 10:00h	23.09.2000 – 12:15h
Final Round
24.09.2000 – 20:50h

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 2000 Summer Olympics
World Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	86.74 m	30 August 1986	Stuttgart, West Germany
Olympic Record	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	84.80 m	26 September 1988	Seoul, South Korea
Season Best	Igor Astapkovich (BLR)	82.58 m	18 August 2000	Stayki, Belarus

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	2	Andriy Skvaruk (UKR)	79.55	—	—	79.55 m	Q
2	3	Koji Murofushi (JPN)	78.49	—	—	78.49 m	Q
3	4	Szymon Ziółkowski (POL)	77.81	—	—	77.81 m	Q
4	5	Nicola Vizzoni (ITA)	75.31	77.56	—	77.56 m	Q
5	6	Tibor Gécsek (HUN)	75.97	X	77.33	77.33 m	q
6	8	Ilya Konovalov (RUS)	77.07	76.93	74.29	77.07 m	q
7	10	Ivan Tikhon (BLR)	76.43	76.90	X	76.90 m	q
8	11	Vladimír Maška (CZE)	X	76.70	75.62	76.70 m	q
9	18	Pavel Sedláček (CZE)	74.66	72.71	75.33	75.33 m
10	19	Gilles Dupray (FRA)	X	74.71	75.05	75.05 m
11	20	Oleksandr Krykun (UKR)	74.83	72.49	74.17	74.83 m
12	25	Zsolt Nemeth (HUN)	73.95	X	X	73.95 m
13	28	Stuart Rendell (AUS)	67.67	72.78	X	72.78 m
14	29	András Haklits (CRO)	X	X	72.66	72.66 m
15	31	Karsten Kobs (GER)	72.29	X	71.65	72.29 m
16	35	Markus Esser (GER)	X	69.51	X	69.51 m
17	36	Kevin McMahon (USA)	69.48	65.97	X	69.48 m
18	37	Vitor Costa (POR)	67.07	68.79	68.89	68.89 m
19	40	Roman Rozna (MDA)	X	68.01	62.46	68.01 m
20	41	Paddy McGrath (IRL)	67.00	64.09	64.35	67.00 m
21	42	Vitaly Khojatelev (UZB)	60.55	64.53	65.04	65.04 m
22	43	Victor Ustinov (UZB)	X	60.60	X	60.60 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	1	Igor Astapkovich (BLR)	79.81	—	—	79.81 m	Q
2	7	David Chaussinand (FRA)	77.12	X	X	77.12 m	q
3	9	Loris Paoluzzi (ITA)	X	73.63	76.91	76.91 m	q
4	12	Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE)	76.61	74.77	X	76.61 m	q
5	13	Maciej Pałyszko (POL)	76.33	X	70.11	76.33 m
6	14	Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR)	75.95	76.00	76.08	76.08 m
7	15	Andrey Abduvaliyev (UZB)	X	75.64	74.19	75.64 m
8	16	Lance Deal (USA)	73.84	75.61	73.93	75.61 m
9	17	Adrián Annus (HUN)	74.01	75.41	X	75.41 m
10	21	Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS)	74.72	73.97	X	74.72 m
11	22	Aleksey Zagornyi (RUS)	70.58	74.00	74.63	74.63 m
12	23	Christophe Épalle (FRA)	70.46	72.70	74.22	74.22 m
13	24	Hristos Polihroniou (GRE)	X	X	74.02	74.02 m
14	26	Heinz Weis (GER)	73.51	73.19	X	73.51 m
15	27	Juan Ignacio Cerra (ARG)	X	72.86	X	72.86 m
16	30	Libor Charfreitag (SVK)	71.10	72.52	X	72.52 m
17	32	Miloslav Konopka (SVK)	70.55	X	X	70.55 m
18	33	Jan Bielecki (DEN)	68.56	70.46	X	70.46 m
19	34	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN)	69.64	X	X	69.64 m
20	38	Primož Kozmus (SLO)	68.83	X	67.02	68.83 m
21	39	Jud Logan (USA)	68.42	68.05	X	68.42 m
		Nikolay Davydov (KGZ)	X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Record
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Record
01 !	Szymon Ziółkowski (POL)	74.89	79.87	X	80.02	78.68	78.32	80.02 m
02 !	Nicola Vizzoni (ITA)	76.35	76.57	79.64	76.07	76.99	X	79.84 m	PB
03 !	Igor Astapkovich (BLR)	74.98	X	77.08	X	79.17	79.06	79.17 m
4	Ivan Tikhon (BLR)	78.85	78.11	79.17	X	75.93	X	79.17 m
5	Ilya Konovalov (RUS)	78.56	78.12	X	X	72.78	X	78.56 m
6	Loris Paoluzzi (ITA)	78.18	X	X	X	76.19	X	78.18 m
7	Tibor Gécsek (HUN)	75.25	76.99	77.70	75.81	77.06	76.82	77.70 m
8	Vladimír Maška (CZE)	77.32	75.37	76.39	73.86	X	75.52	77.32 m

9	Koji Murofushi (JPN)	X	76.24	76.60				76.60 m
10	Andriy Skvaruk (UKR)	71.60	75.50	X				75.50 m
11	David Chaussinand (FRA)	74.74	X	75.26				75.26 m
12	Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE)	X	73.30	X				73.30 m

References

(English) Official Report
(English) todor66
(English) sports-reference
(English) hammerthrow.wz

Hammer throw at the Olympic Games

Summary

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