1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw explained

This article documents the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 39 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday 22 August 1999.

Medalists

Gold	Karsten Kobs Germany (GER)
Silver	Zsolt Németh Hungary (HUN)
Bronze	Vladyslav Piskunov Ukraine (UKR)

Schedule

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

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
21.08.1999  - 10:00h	21.08.1999  - 12:00h
Final Round
22.08.1999  - 21:45h

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 1999 World Athletics Championships
		86.74 m	August 30, 1986
		83.06 m	September 1, 1987
		82.78 m	June 26, 1999

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1		78.91	-	-	78.91 m
2	3		X	76.18	77.56	77.56 m
3	6		76.09	76.99	76.67	76.99 m
4	8		74.23	75.11	75.89	75.89 m
5	9		75.55	X	75.81	75.81 m
6	12		71.90	74.29	75.42	75.42 m
7	13		73.28	73.66	75.29	75.29 m
8	15		72.36	75.12	72.91	75.12 m
9	17		73.01	74.85	73.04	74.85 m
10	20		74.61	73.96	X	74.61 m
11	22		72.76	73.38	74.23	74.23 m
12	23		72.90	X	74.12	74.12 m
13	26		71.67	72.89	73.28	73.28 m
14	27		X	72.97	X	72.97 m
15	28		70.66	72.63	72.48	72.63 m
16	30		X	71.57	65.06	71.57 m
17	32		X	69.92	70.20	70.20 m
18	36		67.55	X	X	67.55 m
-	-		X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	2		76.11	77.75	-	77.75 m
2	4		77.42	-	-	77.42 m
3	5		76.47	75.35	77.27	77.27 m
4	7		76.55	76.82	Ab	76.82 m
5	10		75.78	72.62	74.93	75.78 m
6	11		74.18	74.63	75.72	75.72 m
7	14		74.04	75.18	73.68	75.18 m
8	16		74.32	75.04	74.58	75.04 m
9	18		74.71	74.71	72.98	74.71 m
10	19		74.62	73.84	X	74.62 m
11	21		72.75	74.26	X	74.26 m
12	24		71.64	72.83	74.02	74.02 m
13	25		73.32	71.70	69.62	73.32 m
14	29		69.60	72.05	71.57	72.05 m
15	31		69.72	71.24	69.83	71.24 m
16	33		68.35	67.44	69.28	69.28 m
17	34		66.51	68.96	65.80	68.96 m
18	35		X	68.14	67.96	68.14 m
19	37		66.87	64.76	65.08	66.87 m
-	-		-	-	-	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		80.24	78.87	79.90	X	79.12	78.00	80.24 m
		74.52	76.15	X	X	77.72	79.05	79.05 m
		77.38	77.94	77.92	77.25	79.03	76.39	79.03 m
4		X	X	78.16	X	78.95	73.77	78.95 m
5		78.80	77.35	77.14	77.87	X	X	78.80 m
6		76.43	78.31	X	77.01	77.15	76.84	78.31 m
7		76.54	77.07	74.89	74.76	78.31	X	78.31 m
8		76.17	76.73	X	76.96	76.30	74.05	76.96 m
9		74.98	76.02	75.50				76.02 m
10		X	74.52	75.63				75.63 m
11		X	75.59	X				75.59 m
12		X	75.26	X				75.26 m

See also

• 1996 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Atlanta)
• 1998 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Budapest)
• 1999 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
• 2000 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Sydney)
• 2002 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Munich)

References

• Web site: Sevilla 99 Start Lists and Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20000816011816/http://www.iaaf.org/sevilla99/results/. 2000-08-16. dead . 2008-09-07.
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