1982 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

The final of the Men's hammer throw event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece was held on September 10, 1982. The qualification round was staged a day earlier, on September 9, 1982.[1]

Men's hammer throw
at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

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Gold   Yuriy Sedykh
Soviet Union (URS)
Silver   Igor Nikulin
Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze   Sergey Litvinov
Soviet Union (URS)

Records

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Standing records prior to the 1982 European Athletics Championships
World Record   Sergey Litvinov (URS) 83.98 m June 4, 1982   Moscow, Soviet Union
Championship Record   Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 77.28 m September 2, 1978   Prague, Czechoslovakia
Broken records during the 1982 European Athletics Championships
Championship Record   Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 77.58 m September 9, 1982   Athens, Greece
Championship Record   Sergey Litvinov (URS) 77.58 m September 9, 1982   Athens, Greece
Championship Record   Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 81.66 m September 10, 1982   Athens, Greece

Qualification

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Q = automatic qualification; q = qualified by rank; DNS = did not start; NM = no mark; WR = world record; CR = championship record; AR = area record; NR = national record; PB = personal best; SB = season best

Final ranking

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Rank Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1   Sergey Litvinov (URS) 77.58 m CR
2   Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 77.58 m CR
3   Harri Huhtala (FIN) 75.86 m
4   Klaus Ploghaus (FRG) 74.32 m
5   Roland Steuk (GDR) 74.10 m
6   Igor Nikulin (URS) 74.06 m
7   Ireneusz Golda (POL) 73.92 m
8   Detlef Gerstenberg (GDR) 73.88 m
9   Mariusz Tomaszewski (POL) 73.48 m
10   Jörg Schäfer (FRG) 72.98 m
11   Giampaolo Urlando (ITA) 72.76 m
12   Juha Tiainen (FIN) 72.62 m
13   Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL) 71.16 m
14   Tibor Tanczi (HUN) 71.04 m
15   Martin Girvan (GBR) 70.62 m
16   Orlando Bianchini (ITA) 70.06 m
17   Richard Olsen (NOR) 69.78 m
18   Jukka Olkkonen (FIN) 69.76 m
19   Christoph Sahner (FRG) 69.24 m
20   Sean Egan (IRL) 66.96 m
  Kjell Bystedt (SWE) X X X NM

Final

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Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
    Yuri Sedykh (URS) 81.66 80.48 80.96 79.36 81.62 80.94 81.66 m CR
    Igor Nikulin (URS) 79.44 X 78.38 78.36 79.22 X 79.44 m
    Sergey Litvinov (URS) 76.88 76.72 78.66 78.10 X 77.90 78.66 m
4   Ireneusz Golda (POL) 76.58 73.76 75.82 74.60 74.98 76.56 76.58 m
5   Harri Huhtala (FIN) 76.12 X 72.82 74.96 73.60 74.30 76.12 m
6   Detlef Gerstenberg (GDR) X 75.32 74.62 X 74.76 X 75.32 m
7   Roland Steuk (GDR) 74.76 74.50 72.50 X 72.22 X 74.76 m
8   Klaus Ploghaus (FRG) X 74.52 74.52 X 71.78 X 74.52 m
9   Jörg Schäfer (FRG) 74.08 m
10   Mariusz Tomaszewski (POL) 73.74 m
11   Giampaolo Urlando (ITA) 73.72 m
12   Juha Tiainen (FIN) 72.12 m

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 436–443, retrieved 13 August 2014