Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw
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| Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics  |
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| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
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| Marathon | men | women | ||
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| Long jump | men | women | ||
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| Pole vault | men | |||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | |||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
| Wheelchair races | ||||
The Men's Hammer Throw at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 30 competitors, with two qualifying groups before the final (12) took place on Monday September 26, 1988. In the final round the eight highest-ranked competitors after three rounds qualified for the final three throws to decide the medals.
Contents
Medalists
| Gold | Sergey Litvinov Soviet Union |
| Silver | Yuri Sedykh Soviet Union |
| Bronze | Jüri Tamm Soviet Union |
Abbreviations
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| OR | olympic record |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) |
86.74 m | August 30, 1986 |  Stuttgart, West Germany |
| Olympic Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) |
81.80 m | July 31, 1980 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Season Best | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) |
85.14 m | September 4, 1988 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Broken records during the 1988 Summer Olympics | ||||
| Olympic Record |  Sergey Litvinov (URS) |
84.76 m | September 26, 1988 |  Seoul, South Korea |
| 84.80 m | ||||
Qualification
Group A
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 1 | 2 | Jüri Tamm (URS) |
79.68 | — | — | 79.68 m |
| 2 | 3 | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) |
78.48 | — | — | 78.48 m |
| 3 | 4 |  Ralf Haber (GDR) |
75.64 | 78.16 | — | 78.16 m |
| 4 | 5 | Günther Rodehau (GDR) |
X | 78.12 | — | 78.12 m |
| 5 | 6 |  Harri Huhtala (FIN) |
75.98 | 77.34 | — | 77.34 m |
| 6 | 8 |  Tibor Gécsek (HUN) |
X | 77.12 | — | 77.12 m |
| 7 | 12 | Imre Szitás (HUN) |
74.98 | 76.24 | 73.82 | 76.24 m |
| 8 | 16 | Juha Tiainen (FIN) |
72.44 | 73.74 | X | 73.24 m |
| 9 | 20 |  Viktor Apostolov (BUL) |
X | X | 71.10 | 71.10 m |
| 10 | 23 |  Dave Smith (GBR) |
X | X | 69.12 | 69.12 m |
| 11 | 26 |  Hakim Toumi (ALG) |
65.78 | 65.72 | X | 65.78 m |
| 12 | 28 | Matthew Mileham (GBR) |
59.94 | 62.42 | X | 62.42 m |
| 13 | 29 |  Lee Joo-Hyong (KOR) |
X | X | 55.98 | 55.98 m |
| — | — |  Kjell Bystedt (SWE) |
X | X | X | NM |
Group B
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Sergey Litvinov (URS) |
81.24 | — | — | 81.24 m |
| 2 | 7 |  Heinz Weis (FRG) |
76.40 | 76.70 | 77.24 | 77.24 m |
| 3 | 9 | Ivan Tanev (BUL) |
76.84 | X | X | 76.84 m |
| 4 | 10 |  Johann Lindner (AUT) |
76.60 | 74.54 | X | 76.60 m |
| 5 | 11 | Tore Gustafsson (SWE) |
72.90 | 73.14 | 76.44 | 76.44 m |
| 6 | 13 | Christoph Sahner (FRG) |
75.84 | 72.42 | 72.46 | 75.84 m |
| 7 | 14 | Plamen Minev (BUL) |
74.46 | 70.22 | X | 74.46 m |
| 8 | 15 | József Vida (HUN) |
70.60 | 74.30 | 72.50 | 74.30 m |
| 9 | 17 |  Lance Deal (USA) |
X | 71.72 | 73.66 | 73.66 m |
| 10 | 18 | Kenneth Flax (USA) |
X | 72.70 | 72.24 | 72.70 m |
| 11 | 19 | Jud Logan (USA) |
69.46 | 72.46 | 72.64 | 72.64 m |
| 12 | 21 |  Lucio Serrani (ITA) |
70.50 | X | 70.00 | 70.50 m |
| 13 | 22 | Michael Jones (GBR) |
70.38 | X | 68.94 | 70.38 m |
| 14 | 24 |  Connor McCullagh (IRL) |
X | X | 68.66 | 68.66 m |
| 15 | 25 |  Andrés Charadia (ARG) |
66.86 | 66.02 | 68.26 | 68.26 m |
| 16 | 27 |  Waleed Al-Bekheet (KUW) |
62.78 | 60.14 | 63.86 | 63.86 m |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||
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Sergey Litvinov (URS) |
84.76 OR | 83.82 | 83.86 | 83.98 | 84.80 OR | 83.80 | 84.80 m OR |
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Yuriy Sedykh (URS) |
80.96 | 83.62 | 83.44 | 83.44 | X | 83.76 | 83.76 m |
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Jüri Tamm (URS) |
80.94 | 81.16 | X | X | X | X | 81.16 m |
| 4 | Ralf Haber (GDR) |
78.92 | 78.72 | 79.18 | X | 78.88 | 80.44 | 80.44 m |
| 5 | Heinz Weis (FRG) |
78.50 | 76.80 | X | 77.70 | 78.98 | 79.16 | 79.16 m |
| 6 | Tibor Gécsek (HUN) |
78.18 | 76.52 | 74.36 | 77.82 | X | 78.36 | 78.36 m |
| 7 | Imre Szitás (HUN) |
76.00 | 76.40 | 76.20 | 75.66 | 76.10 | 77.04 | 77.04 m |
| 8 | Ivan Tanev (BUL) |
75.56 | 75.76 | X | 75.28 | 75.54 | 76.08 | 76.08 m |
| 9 | Harri Huhtala (FIN) |
75.26 | 75.38 | 75.08 | 75.38 m | |||
| 10 | Johann Lindner (AUT) |
75.36 | 75.14 | 75.28 | 75.36 m | |||
| 11 | Tore Gustafsson (SWE) |
74.24 | 73.32 | X | 74.24 m | |||
| 12 | Günther Rodehau (GDR) |
X | X | 72.36 | 72.36 m | |||
See also
- 1986 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Stuttgart)
- 1987 Men's World Championships Hammer Throw (Rome)
- 1988 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
- 1990 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Split)
- 1991 Men's World Championships Hammer Throw (Tokyo)
References
- (English) Official Report
- (English) sports-reference
- (English) hammerthrow.wz
