1998 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 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Thirty-six athletes took part. The qualification mark was set at 77.00 metres.

Medalists

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

Schedule

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

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

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 1998 European Athletics Championships
		86.74 m	August 30, 1986
		86.74 m	August 30, 1986

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1		76.29	79.52		79.52 m
2	5		77.99			77.99 m
3	6		77.46			77.46 m
4	7		77.43			77.43 m
5	8		76.66			76.66 m
6	10					76.24 m
7	13		75.07	75.60	75.56	75.56 m
8	14					75.56 m
9	15					75.00 m
10	16					74.91 m
11	18					74.50 m
12	21		73.92	73.21		73.92 m
13	22		71.18	x	73.41	73.41 m
14	25					72.68 m
15	28					72.28 m
16	30					71.50 m
17	33					66.25 m
-	-		x	x	x

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	2		79.44			79.44 m
2	3					78.09 m
3	4		x	78.06		78.06 m
4	9					76.67 m
5	11					75.90 m
6	12					75.75 m
7	17					74.65 m
8	19					74.12 m
9	20					74.05 m
10	23					73.30 m
11	24					73.13 m
12	26					72.48 m
13	27					72.47 m
14	29					72.03 m
15	31					69.11 m
16	32					67.20 m
17	34					64.88 m
18	35					63.75 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		80.94	X	81.66	X	82.87	82.25	82.87 m
		80.96	80.71	X	78.87	80.38	81.26	81.26 m
		X	77.83	75.22	X	80.13	X	80.13 m
4		76.89	80.04	78.79	X	77.28	77.15	80.04 m
5		X	X	77.37	X	X	78.16	78.16 m
6		X	77.97	X	74.95	77.43	X	77.97 m
7		X	X	77.81	X	X	76.93	77.81 m
8		75.77	76.19	X	77.29	76.43	76.09	77.29 m
9		76.11	75.66	75.32				76.11 m
10		X	74.30	75.10				75.10 m
11		74.34	73.41	X				74.34 m
12		70.33	74.00	73.82				74.00 m

See also

• 1995 Men's World Championships Hammer Throw (Gothenburg)
• 1996 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Atlanta)
• 1997 Men's World Championships Hammer Throw (Athens)
• 1998 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
• 1999 Men's World Championships Hammer Throw (Seville)
• 2000 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Sydney)

References

• Results
• hammerthrow.wz