1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

None 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 GoldGER Heinz WeisGermany (GER)SilverUKR Andriy SkvarukUkraine (UKR)BronzeRUS Vasiliy SidorenkoRussia (RUS) Schedule All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B02.08.1997 – 08:00h02.08.1997 – 10:00hFinal Round03.08.1997 – 17:30h Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best Records Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships World Record Yuriy Sedykh URS 86.74 m August 30, 1986 FRG Stuttgart, West Germany Event Record Sergey Litvinov URS 83.06 m September 1, 1987 ITA Rome, Italy Season Best Heinz Weis GER 83.04 m June 29, 1997 GER Frankfurt, Germany Qualification Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 3 Vasiliy Sidorenko RUS 74.42 77.94 — 77.94 m 2 4 Andriy Skvaruk UKR X 77.94 — 77.94 m 3 5 Heinz Weis GER 75.86 77.12 — 77.12 m 4 9 Raphaël Piolanti FRA 74.42 75.04 76.12 76.12 m 5 11 Oleksandr Krykun UKR 74.26 75.32 75.26 75.32 m 6 12 Koji Murofushi JPN 75.28 74.50 73.50 75.28 m 7 13 Holger Klose GER 75.16 X 74.18 75.16 m 8 15 Andrey Abduvaliyev UZB 68.92 74.30 74.96 74.96 m 9 17 Stuart Rendell AUS 74.28 X X 74.28 m 10 18 Pavel Sedláček CZE 73.94 73.84 73.76 73.94 m 11 19 Alexandros Papadimitriou GRE 73.92 X 73.48 73.92 m 12 21 Marko Wahlman FIN 73.00 72.22 73.60 73.60 m 13 22 Nicola Vizzoni ITA 71.52 73.42 72.62 73.42 m 14 23 Kevin McMahon USA X 66.92 72.42 72.42 m 15 25 Jud Logan USA X 70.66 71.92 71.92 m 16 26 Zsolt Németh HUN 71.80 X X 71.80 m 17 28 Maciej Pałyszko POL 71.54 71.32 69.02 71.54 m 18 31 David Chaussinand FRA 71.20 70.20 68.54 71.20 m 19 33 Aleksandr Krasko BLR 70.84 X X 70.84 m 20 38 Nikolaos Gentekos GRE 67.36 66.84 — 67.36 m 21 40 Brentt Jones GBR 49.30 53.04 52.60 53.04 m 22 41 Enrique Reina HON 47.92 — — 47.92 m Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 1 Balázs Kiss HUN 80.46 — — 80.46 m 2 2 Igor Astapkovich BLR 75.90 77.96 — 77.96 m 3 6 Vadim Khersontsev RUS 76.44 75.58 75.12 76.44 m 4 7 Ilya Konovalov RUS 75.86 76.36 74.18 76.36 m 5 8 Karsten Kobs GER 72.96 76.20 X 76.20 m 6 10 Ivan Tikhon BLR 75.08 75.74 X 75.74 m 7 14 Vadim Kolesnik UKR 74.86 75.16 73.12 75.16 m 8 16 Enrico Sgrulletti ITA 74.70 73.50 72.84 74.70 m 9 20 Jan Bielecki DEN 71.70 73.36 73.8273.82 m 10 24 Zoltán Fábián HUN 69.68 71.92 72.1272.12 m 11 27 Christos Polychroniou GRE 71.56 X X 71.56 m 12 29 David Popejoy USA 71.52 — — 71.52 m 13 30 Loris Paoluzzi ITA 71.50 X X 71.50 m 14 32 David Smith GBR 70.94 — — 70.94 m 15 34 Vladimír Maška CZE X X 70.5070.50 m 16 35 Vítor Costa POR 70.04 68.66 X 70.04 m 17 36 Hakim Toumi ALG 66.94 68.32 67.62 68.32 m 18 37 Roman Linscheid IRL X X 67.9667.96 m 19 39 Eduardo Acuña PER X 57.78 60.1460.14 m — — Christophe Épalle FRA X X X NM — — Naser Al Husaini KUW X X X NM Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 Heinz Weis GER X 77.54 80.24 80.52 81.14 81.7881.78 m Andrey Skvaruk UKR 76.88 76.94 X 78.04 X 81.4681.46 m Vasiliy Sidorenko RUS 78.26 79.10 79.80 80.38 80.76 78.32 80.76 m 4 Balázs Kiss HUN 77.86 78.32 X 79.32 79.96 79.28 79.96 m 5 Igor Astapkovich BLR X X 78.12 79.70 77.94 78.72 79.70 m 6 Ilya Konovalov RUS 75.18 76.60 76.46 77.36 78.12 78.6878.68 m 7 Vadim Khersontsev RUS 76.24 77.42 77.00 X X X 77.42 m 8 Oleksandr Krykun UKR 75.02 76.44 75.26 76.62 77.14 76.76 77.14 m 9 Karsten Kobs GER 76.12 74.94 X 76.12 m 10 Koji Murofushi JPN 74.82 74.50 X 74.82 m 11 Raphaël Piolanti FRA 74.08 73.26 73.44 74.08 m — Ivan Tikhon BLR 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 H Category:Hammer throw at the World Athletics Championships