Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

The men's hammer throw was an event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were 27 participating athletes from 19 nations.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress.

Men's hammer throw
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Soviet stamp commemorating 1992 Olympic athletics
VenueEstadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
DatesAugust 1, 1992 (1992-08-01) (qualifying)
August 2, 1992 (1992-08-02) (final)
Competitors27 from 19 nations
Winning distance82.54
Medalists
Andrey Abduvaliyev
 Unified Team
Igor Astapkovich
 Unified Team
Igor Nikulin
 Unified Team

In this Olympics, the Unified Team comprised some of the republics of the former Soviet Union. Andrey Abduvaliyev from Tajikistan, Igor Astapkovich from Belarus, and Igor Nikulin from Russia created a sweep for the Unified Team. It was the fourth sweep in five Games for Soviet/Unified Team athletes; only the boycotted 1984 Games broke the consistent dominance of the Soviets.

The three dominated the competition in the late 80s and early 90s. Astapkovich, the strongest in the season, held the lead after the first round and retook it in the third. Abduvaliyev settled it with his fourth round throw 82.54 m (270 ft 9 12 in) while both Astapkovich and Nikulin hit their best throws in the final round, they could not match it.

Background

This was the 21st appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1896. Six of the 12 finalists from the 1988 Games returned: two-time bronze medalist Jüri Tamm of the Soviet Union (now competing for independent Estonia), fifth-place finisher Heinz Weis of West Germany (now competing for united Germany), sixth-place finisher Tibor Gécsek of Hungary, eighth-place finisher Ivan Tanev of Bulgaria, tenth-place finisher Johann Lindner of Austria, and eleventh-place finisher Tore Gustafsson of Sweden. The Soviet trio that had swept the Olympic medals in both 1980 and 1988, and won the World Championships in 1983 (Sergey Litvinov), 1987 (Litvinov), and 1991 (Yuriy Sedykh), had been replaced by new throwers on the Unified Team, though Tamm continued to compete for Estonia (which was not part of the Unified Team). The new team, led by 1990 European champion Andrey Abduvaliyev, was still dominant and heavily favored.[2]

Bahrain, the People's Republic of China, and Lithuania each made their debut in the event. Some former Soviet Republics competed as the Unified Team; others (Lithuania and Estonia, appearing independently for the first time since 1936) competed separately. The United States appeared for the 20th time, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Competition format

The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1936, with the qualifying round completely separate from the divided final. In qualifying, each athlete received three attempts; those recording a mark of at least 76.00 metres advanced to the final. If fewer than 12 athletes achieved that distance, the top 12 would advance. The results of the qualifying round were then ignored. Finalists received three throws each, with the top eight competitors receiving an additional three attempts. The best distance among those six throws counted.[2][3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record Yuriy Sedykh (URS)86.74Stuttgart, West Germany30 August 1986
Olympic record Sergey Litvinov (URS)84.80Seoul, South Korea26 September 1988

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 1 August 19929:25Qualifying
Sunday, 2 August 199218:55Final

Results

Qualifying

RankAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1Igor Nikulin Unified Team 74.20 79.08 79.08Q
2Andrey Abduvaliyev Unified Team 78.82 78.82Q
3Jud Logan United States 78.40 78.40Q, DPG[2]
4Jüri Tamm Estonia 71.76 75.24 78.1678.16Q
5Lance Deal United States X 75.58 77.00 77.00Q
6Igor Astapkovich Unified Team 76.50 76.50Q
7Tibor Gécsek Hungary 76.48 76.48Q
8Christophe Épalle France 76.24 76.24Q
9Sean Carlin Australia 74.48 74.38 75.90 75.90q
10Enrico Sgrulletti Italy 75.40 75.40 X 75.40q
11Johann Lindner Austria 75.28 75.24 74.02 75.28q
12Heinz Weis Germany 74.86 74.64 X 74.86q
13Bi Zhong China 70.66 X 74.30 74.30
14Savvas Saritzoglou Greece X 73.06 74.16 74.16
15Claus Dethloff Germany 73.12 73.64 73.36 73.64
16Tore Gustafsson Sweden 73.52 X 71.92 73.52
17Raphaël Piolanti France X 73.22 71.98 73.22
18Ivan Tanev Bulgaria 70.20 71.16 72.62 72.62
19Frédéric Kuhn France 71.20 71.76 71.64 71.76
20Andrés Charadia Argentina 70.82 70.64 X 70.82
21Benjaminas Viluckis Lithuania 70.54 X 70.54 70.54
22Plamen Minev Bulgaria 68.78 X 69.90 69.90
23Paul Head Great Britain X 69.58 65.64 69.58
24Kenneth Flax United States 69.04 X 69.36 69.36
25Pavel Sedláček Czechoslovakia 67.76 64.98 67.34 67.76
26Waleed Al-Bekheet Kuwait X X 63.94 63.94
27Rashid Riyadh Al-Ameeri Bahrain X X 56.08 56.08

Final

RankAthleteNation123456DistanceNotes
Andrey Abduvaliyev Unified Team 78.56 80.18 80.34 82.54 79.12 82.24 82.54
Igor Astapkovich Unified Team 80.02 X 81.80 78.08 81.70 81.96 81.96
Igor Nikulin Unified Team 78.46 78.56 X 78.32 80.44 81.38 81.38
4Tibor Gécsek Hungary 77.78 75.78 X 75.54 X 76.58 77.78
5Jüri Tamm Estonia 76.36 77.00 X 76.80 75.82 77.52 77.52
6Heinz Weis Germany 76.72X 76.90X 75.32 76.28 76.90
7Lance Deal United States X 76.84 74.92 X 75.06 76.42 76.84
8Sean Carlin Australia 75.08 76.16 75.10Did not advance76.16
9Johann Lindner Austria 75.14 73.36 74.26Did not advance75.14
10Christophe Epalle France 74.24 74.84 74.74Did not advance74.84
11Enrico Sgrulletti Italy 72.98 72.34XDid not advance72.98
Jud Logan United States 79.0078.44XXX75.8079.00DPG[2]

See also

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's Hammer Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  2. "Hammer Throw, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  3. Official Report, vol. 5, p. 51.
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