2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw explained

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

The final of the Men's hammer throw event at the 2002 European Championships in Munich, Germany was held on August 7, 2002. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged a day earlier, on August 6, with the mark set in 79.00 metres.

Medalists

Gold Adrián Annus
Hungary (HUN)
Silver Vladyslav Piskunov
Ukraine (UKR)
Bronze Alexandros Papadimitriou
Greece (GRE)

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 2002 European Athletics Championships
86.74 m August 30, 1986
86.74 m August 30, 1986

Qualification

Group A

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance
123
1 180.16 m
2 379.82 m
3 778.50 m
4 878.39 m
5 978.24 m
6 1078.16 m
7 1178.06 m
8 1377.57 m
9 1477.44 m
10 1577.17 m
11 1776.98 m
12 2076.79 m
13 2374.64 m
14 2474.52 m
15 2871.27 m
16 3067.47 m

Group B

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance
123
1 279.96 m
2 479.32 m
3 579.18 m
4 679.03 m
5 1277.78 m
6 1677.00 m
7 1876.92 m
8 1976.82 m
9 2176.27 m
10 2275.51 m
11 2572.60 m
12 2672.43 m
13 2771.70 m
14 2970.15 m
- - X X X

Final

RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote
123456
76.00 78.65 80.62 81.17 80.37 - 81.17 m
X78.23 79.58 X80.39 X80.39 m
76.81 78.31 78.51 77.86 80.21 78.6180.21 m
4 80.13 X80.17 X80.06 80.0580.17 m
5 79.22 X80.15 78.68 X79.2380.15 m
6 79.25 78.62 XX76.9178.5279.25 m
7 79.20 XX X 76.93 X79.20 m
8 X 78.41 78.57 XXX78.57 m
9 72.60 77.86 X77.86 m
10 76.69 76.94 77.3377.33 m
11 77.01 XX77.01 m
12 76.17 X76.4976.49 m

See also

References