2006 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 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden was held on Saturday August 12, 2006. There were a total number of 24 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged three days earlier, on Wednesday August 9, with the mark set in 77.50 metres.

Ivan Tsikhan had originally won the gold medal but later tested for doping and all his results between 22 August 2004 and 21 August 2006 were annulled.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen Finland (FIN)
Silver	Vadim Devyatovski Belarus (BLR)
Bronze	Markus Esser Germany (GER)

Schedule

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

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
09.08.2006  - 10:05h	09.08.2006  - 11:30h
Final Round
12.08.2006  - 13:45h

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 2006 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	2		75.47	75.72	77.52	77.52 m
2	3		77.20	-	-	77.20 m
3	6		76.39	X	X	76.39 m
4	9		X	X	75.15	75.15 m
5	11		74.69	X	X	74.69 m
6	13		X	74.13	X	74.13 m
7	15		73.24	X	72.87	73.24 m
8	17		72.36	72.49	X	72.49 m
9	19		67.92	X	69.12	69.12 m
10	20		68.63	68.11	68.29	68.63 m
11	22		X	X	67.54	67.54 m
-	-		-	-	-	DNS

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1		79.00	-	-	79.00 m
2	4		X	76.86	76.87	76.87 m
3	5		73.25	76.67	X	76.67 m
4	7		X	74.64	75.90	75.90 m
5	8		74.31	75.21	74.81	75.21 m
6	10		X	74.96	X	74.96 m
7	12		71.98	74.64	X	74.64 m
8	14		70.33	73.77	71.90	73.77 m
9	16		71.64	72.94	X	72.94 m
10	18		70.17	X	X	70.17 m
11	21		X	68.21	X	68.21 m
-	-		77.21	X	74.40	77.21 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		78.89	76.86	76.23	80.84	80.60	X	80.84 m	SB
		77.44	77.89	78.55	80.76	79.78	75.69	80.76 m
		74.53	X	76.79	X	77.75	79.19	79.19 m
4		X	78.89	78.97	X	X	74.82	78.97 m
5		38.33	75.60	78.34	X	X	X	78.34 m
6		77.10	78.18	X	76.07	75.49	77.47	78.18 m
7		76.32	77.69	X	X	77.84	77.93	77.93 m
8		76.55	75.51	76.06				76.55 m
9		X	74.83	X				74.83 m
10		X	73.73	73.64				73.73 m
-		X	X	X
-		76.39	75.51	81.11	78.98	X	80.34	81.11 m	DQ

See also

• 2006 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

References

• todor66
• hammerthrow.wz
• Official results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Revision of results following sanctions of Tsikhan and Ostapchuk. 27 April 2014. IAAF. 4 April 2014.