1994 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 1994 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland, held at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 10 and 11 August 1994. There were a total number of 25 participating athletes.

Medalists

Gold Vasiliy Sidorenko
Russia (RUS)
Silver Igor Astapkovich
Belarus (BLR)
Bronze Heinz Weis
Germany (GER)

Abbreviations

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 1994 European Athletics Championships
86.74 m August 30, 1986
86.74 m August 30, 1986

Qualification

Group A

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance
123
1 1 79.56 m
2 2 79.00 m
3 6 75.10 m
4 9 74.74 m
5 12 74.16 m
6 14 73.88 m
7 16 72.88 m
8 19 72.08 m
9 20 71.90 m
10 21 71.38 m
11 22 71.36 m
12 24 66.72 m
13 25 66.50 m

Group B

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance
123
1 3 75.84 m
2 4 75.44 m
3 5 75.42 m
4 7 74.84 m
5 8 74.76 m
6 10 74.70 m
7 11 74.28 m
8 13 73.96 m
9 15 73.30 m
10 17 72.80 m
11 18 72.56 m
12 23 68.46 m

Final

RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote
123456
79.54 X 81.1080.26 79.54 80.90 81.10 m
79.54 80.4078.64 78.46X 79.88 80.40 m
X 78.10 77.18 78.48X 75.94 78.48 m
4 78.38 m
5 77.62 m
6 76.08 m
7 75.22 m
8 75.22 m
9 74.44 m
10 74.40 m
11 74.22 m
12 73.08 m

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

See also

References