1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw explained

Event:	Men's hammer throw
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, held at Stadion Poljud on 30 and 31 August 1990. There were a total number of twenty participating athletes.

The winning margin was four metres exactly. This is the greatest winning margin for the men's hammer throw at these championships and the only time the event was won by more than three metres.

Medalists

Gold	Igor Astapkovich Soviet Union (URS)
Silver	Tibor Gécsek Hungary (URS)
Bronze	Igor Nikulin Soviet Union (URS)

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 1990 European Athletics Championships
		86.74 m	August 30, 1986
		86.74 m	August 30, 1986

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
1	1					79.06 m
2	4					76.68 m
3	7					74.48 m
4	10					74.00 m
5	11					73.44 m
6	13					72.86 m
7	14					72.50 m
8	15					72.46 m
9	16					72.42 m
10	17					71.60 m
11	19					68.92 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
1	2					77.80 m
2	3					77.60 m
3	5					75.36 m
4	6					74.68 m
5	8					74.30 m
6	9					74.02 m
7	12					73.12 m
8	18					71.30 m
9	20					68.64 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
								84.14 m
								80.14 m
								80.02 m
4								77.90 m
5								77.12 m
6								76.28 m
7								75.82 m
8								75.48 m

9								73.70 m
10								73.68 m
11								72.68 m
12								72.36 m

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.