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1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

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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.

Qualification

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Gold	Heinz Weis Germany (GER)
Silver	Andriy Skvaruk Ukraine (UKR)
Bronze	Vasiliy Sidorenko Russia (RUS)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
02.08.1997 – 08:00h	02.08.1997 – 10:00h
Final Round
03.08.1997 – 17:30h

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

Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	86.74 m	August 30, 1986	Stuttgart, West Germany
Event Record	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	83.06 m	September 1, 1987	Rome, Italy
Season Best	Heinz Weis (GER)	83.04 m	June 29, 1997	Frankfurt, Germany

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
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

1997_World_Championships_in_Athletics_–_Men's_hammer_throw

1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

Medalists

Schedule

Abbreviations

Records

Qualification

Group A

Group B

Final

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Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
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	73.82	73.82 m
10	24	Zoltán Fábián (HUN)	69.68	71.92	72.12	72.12 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	70.50	70.50 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	67.96	67.96 m
19	39	Eduardo Acuña (PER)	X	57.78	60.14	60.14 m
—	—	Christophe Épalle (FRA)	X	X	X	NM
—	—	Naser Al Husaini (KUW)	X	X	X	NM

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
	Heinz Weis (GER)	X	77.54	80.24	80.52	81.14	81.78	81.78 m
	Andrey Skvaruk (UKR)	76.88	76.94	X	78.04	X	81.46	81.46 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	78.68	78.68 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