2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

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.

Men's hammer throw
at the European Athletics Championships

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

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

Schedule

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

Abbreviations

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  • 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

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Standing records prior to the 2006 European Athletics Championships
World Record   Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 86.74 m August 30, 1986   Stuttgart, West Germany
Event Record   Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 86.74 m August 30, 1986   Stuttgart, West Germany

Qualification

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Group A

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Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 2   Karsten Kobs (GER) 75.47 75.72 77.52 77.52 m
2 3   Krisztián Pars (HUN) 77.20 77.20 m
3 6   Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) 76.39 X X 76.39 m
4 9   Andrey Vorontsov (BLR) X X 75.15 75.15 m
5 11   Marco Lingua (ITA) 74.69 X X 74.69 m
6 13   Libor Charfreitag (SVK) X 74.13 X 74.13 m
7 15   Vadim Khersontsev (RUS) 73.24 X 72.87 73.24 m
8 17   David Söderberg (FIN) 72.36 72.49 X 72.49 m
9 19   Christophe Épalle (FRA) 67.92 X 69.12 69.12 m
10 20   Vladimír Maška (CZE) 68.63 68.11 68.29 68.63 m
11 22   Fatih Eryildirim (TUR) X X 67.54 67.54 m
  Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) DNS

Group B

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Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 1   Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN) 79.00 79.00 m
2 4   Vadim Devyatovski (BLR) X 76.86 76.87 76.87 m
3 5   Markus Esser (GER) 73.25 76.67 X 76.67 m
4 7   Primož Kozmus (SLO) X 74.64 75.90 75.90 m
5 8   Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) 74.31 75.21 74.81 75.21 m
6 10   András Haklits (CRO) X 74.96 X 74.96 m
7 12   Miloslav Konopka (SVK) 71.98 74.64 X 74.64 m
8 14   Lukáš Melich (CZE) 70.33 73.77 71.90 73.77 m
9 16   Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE) 71.64 72.94 X 72.94 m
10 18   Eşref Apak (TUR) 70.17 X X 70.17 m
11 21   Roman Rozna (MDA) X 68.21 X 68.21 m
  Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) 77.21 X 74.40 77.21 m

Final

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Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
    Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN) 78.89 76.86 76.23 80.84 80.60 X 80.84 m SB
    Vadim Devyatovski (BLR) 77.44 77.89 78.55 80.76 79.78 75.69 80.76 m
    Markus Esser (GER) 74.53 X 76.79 X 77.75 79.19 79.19 m
4   Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) X 78.89 78.97 X X 74.82 78.97 m
5   Krisztián Pars (HUN) 38.33 75.60 78.34 X X X 78.34 m
6   Primož Kozmus (SLO) 77.10 78.18 X 76.07 75.49 77.47 78.18 m
7   Karsten Kobs (GER) 76.32 77.69 X X 77.84 77.93 77.93 m
8   Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) 76.55 75.51 76.06 76.55 m
9   András Haklits (CRO) X 74.83 X 74.83 m
10   Marco Lingua (ITA) X 73.73 73.64 73.73 m
  Andrey Vorontsov (BLR) X X X NM
  Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) 76.39 75.51 81.11 78.98 X 80.34 81.11 m DQ

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Revision of results following sanctions of Tsikhan and Ostapchuk". IAAF. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.