1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw explained

These are the official results of the men's hammer throw event at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 43 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday 3 August 1997.

Medalists

Gold	Heinz Weis Germany (GER)
Silver	Andriy Skvaruk Ukraine (UKR)
Bronze	Vasiliy Sidorenko Russia (RUS)

Schedule

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
02.08.1997  - 08:00h	02.08.1997  - 10:00h
Final Round
03.08.1997  - 17:30h

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 1997 World Athletics Championships
		86.74 m	August 30, 1986
		83.06 m	September 1, 1987
		83.04 m	June 29, 1997

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	3		74.42	77.94	-	77.94 m
2	4		X	77.94	-	77.94 m
3	5		75.86	77.12	-	77.12 m
4	9		74.42	75.04	76.12	76.12 m
5	11		74.26	75.32	75.26	75.32 m
6	12		75.28	74.50	73.50	75.28 m
7	13		75.16	X	74.18	75.16 m
8	15		68.92	74.30	74.96	74.96 m
9	17		74.28	X	X	74.28 m
10	18		73.94	73.84	73.76	73.94 m
11	19		73.92	X	73.48	73.92 m
12	21		73.00	72.22	73.60	73.60 m
13	22		71.52	73.42	72.62	73.42 m
14	23		X	66.92	72.42	72.42 m
15	25		X	70.66	71.92	71.92 m
16	26		71.80	X	X	71.80 m
17	28		71.54	71.32	69.02	71.54 m
18	31		71.20	70.20	68.54	71.20 m
19	33		70.84	X	X	70.84 m
20	38		67.36	66.84	-	67.36 m
21	40		49.30	53.04	52.60	53.04 m
22	41		47.92	-	-	47.92 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1		80.46	-	-	80.46 m
2	2		75.90	77.96	-	77.96 m
3	6		76.44	75.58	75.12	76.44 m
4	7		75.86	76.36	74.18	76.36 m
5	8		72.96	76.20	X	76.20 m
6	10		75.08	75.74	X	75.74 m
7	14		74.86	75.16	73.12	75.16 m
8	16		74.70	73.50	72.84	74.70 m
9	20		71.70	73.36	73.82	73.82 m
10	24		69.68	71.92	72.12	72.12 m
11	27		71.56	X	X	71.56 m
12	29		71.52	-	-	71.52 m
13	30		71.50	X	X	71.50 m
14	32		70.94	-	-	70.94 m
15	34		X	X	70.50	70.50 m
16	35		70.04	68.66	X	70.04 m
17	36		66.94	68.32	67.62	68.32 m
18	37		X	X	67.96	67.96 m
19	39		X	57.78	60.14	60.14 m
-	-		X	X	X	NM
-	-		X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		X	77.54	80.24	80.52	81.14	81.78	81.78 m
		76.88	76.94	X	78.04	X	81.46	81.46 m
		78.26	79.10	79.80	80.38	80.76	78.32	80.76 m
4		77.86	78.32	X	79.32	79.96	79.28	79.96 m
5		X	X	78.12	79.70	77.94	78.72	79.70 m
6		75.18	76.60	76.46	77.36	78.12	78.68	78.68 m
7		76.24	77.42	77.00	X	X	X	77.42 m
8		75.02	76.44	75.26	76.62	77.14	76.76	77.14 m
9		76.12	74.94	X				76.12 m
10		74.82	74.50	X				74.82 m
11		74.08	73.26	73.44				74.08 m
-		X	X	X				NM

See also

• 1996 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Atlanta)
• 1997 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
• 1998 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Budapest)
• 2000 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Sydney)

References

• IAAF results
• hammerthrow.wz