1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

These are the official results of the Men's hammer throw event at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Thirty-six athletes took part. The qualification mark was set at 77.00 metres.

Medalists edit

Gold   Tibor Gécsek
Hungary (HUN)
Silver   Balázs Kiss
Hungary (HUN)
Bronze   Karsten Kobs
Germany (GER)

Schedule edit

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

Abbreviations edit

  • 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 edit

Standing records prior to the 1998 European Athletics Championships
World Record   Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 86.74 m August 30, 1986   Stuttgart, West Germany
Event Record   Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 86.74 m August 30, 1986   Stuttgart, West Germany

Qualification edit

Group A edit

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 1   Adrián Annus (HUN) 76.29 79.52 79.52 m
2 5   Hristos Polihroniou (GRE) 77.99 77.99 m
3 6   Heinz Weis (GER) 77.46 77.46 m
4 7   Igor Astapkovich (BLR) 77.43 77.43 m
5 8   Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) 76.66 76.66 m
6 10   Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR) 76.24 m
7 13   Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS) 75.07 75.60 75.56 75.56 m
8 14   Andrey Skvaruk (UKR) 75.56 m
9 15   Loris Paoluzzi (ITA) 75.00 m
10 16   Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA) 74.91 m
11 18   Sergey Kirmasov (RUS) 74.50 m
12 21   Gilles Dupray (FRA) 73.92 73.21 73.92 m
13 22   András Haklits (CRO) 71.18 x 73.41 73.41 m
14 25   Pavel Sedláček (CZE) 72.68 m
15 28   Vítor Costa (POR) 72.28 m
16 30   Ivan Tikhon (BLR) 71.50 m
17 33   Paddy McGrath (IRL) 66.25 m
  Marko Wahlman (FIN) x x x NM

Group B edit

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 2   Tibor Gécsek (HUN) 79.44 79.44 m
2 3   Ilya Konovalov (RUS) 78.09 m
3 4   Balázs Kiss (HUN) x 78.06 78.06 m
4 9   Karsten Kobs (GER) 76.67 m
5 11   Oleksandr Krykun (UKR) 75.90 m
6 12   Christophe Épalle (FRA) 75.75 m
7 17   Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) 74.65 m
8 19   Vladimír Maška (CZE) 74.12 m
9 20   Holger Klose (GER) 74.05 m
10 23   David Chaussinand (FRA) 73.30 m
11 24   Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN) 73.13 m
12 26   Jan Bielecki (DEN) 72.48 m
13 27   Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE) 72.47 m
14 29   Maciej Pałyszko (POL) 72.03 m
15 31   Nikolay Avlasevich (BLR) 69.11 m
16 32   Per Karlsson (SWE) 67.20 m
17 34   Dorian Collaku (ALB) 64.88 m
18 35   Roman Linscheid (IRL) 63.75 m

Final edit

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
    Tibor Gécsek (HUN) 80.94 X 81.66 X 82.87 82.25 82.87 m
    Balázs Kiss (HUN) 80.96 80.71 X 78.87 80.38 81.26 81.26 m
    Karsten Kobs (GER) X 77.83 75.22 X 80.13 X 80.13 m
4   Heinz Weis (GER) 76.89 80.04 78.79 X 77.28 77.15 80.04 m
5   Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) X X 77.37 X X 78.16 78.16 m
6   Hristos Polihroniou (GRE) X 77.97 X 74.95 77.43 X 77.97 m
7   Igor Astapkovich (BLR) X X 77.81 X X 76.93 77.81 m
8   Adrián Annus (HUN) 75.77 76.19 X 77.29 76.43 76.09 77.29 m
9   Ilya Konovalov (RUS) 76.11 75.66 75.32 76.11 m
10   Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR) X 74.30 75.10 75.10 m
11   Oleksandr Krykun (UKR) 74.34 73.41 X 74.34 m
12   Christophe Épalle (FRA) 70.33 74.00 73.82 74.00 m

See also edit

References edit