Men Hammer Throw Athletics XXVI Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 1996 - -- July

Men Hammer Throw Athletics XXVI Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 1996 - -- July - Gold Medal: Balazs Kiss, Hungary

Final	Team	Dist.	1	2	3	4	5	6
1. Balazs Kiss	HUN	81.24m	79.28	80.50	81.24	78.60	79.82	X
2. Lance Deal	USA	81.12m	X	X	76.94	75.62	77.26	81.12
3. Oleksiy Krykun	UKR	80.02m	76.24	77.64	79.44	X	78.14	80.02
4. Andriy Skvaruk	UKR	79.92m	74.24	X	79.92	75.80	76.56	X
5. Heinz Weis	GER	79.78m	78.78	79.30	X	78.10	78.98	79.78
6. llya Konovalov	RUS	78.72m	76.44	77.48	77.44	77.70	76.52	78.72
7. Igor Astapkovich	BLR	78.20m	76.38	78.20	X	76.62	77.38	X
8. Sergey Alay	BLR	77.38m	75.46	76.68	77.38	76.50	76.38	75.78
9. Enrico Sgrulletti	ITA	76.98m	76.34	76.94	75.22	76.88	74.78	76.98
10.Szymon Ziolkowski	POL	76.64m	76.30	74.90	76.64
11.Raphael Piolanti	FRA	75.24m	74.34	75.24	X
12.Vasiliy Sidorenko	RUS	74.68m	73.62	X	74.68

Deal led the qualifiers with 78.56, but after three rounds of the final was in ninth place on 76.94, with Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA) eighth with the same distance. Under the rules (as in the 1968 long jump) a tie in distance after three rounds meant that nine took three more attempts rather than eight, giving Deal a cat-like “ninth” life. The lead was held at that point by Balász Kiss, the 24 year-old US based Hungarian, who started with 79.28 and improved to 80.50 and then 81.24. Behind him was the relatively small (1.86/95kg) Ukrainian, Skvaruk, with 79.92, his teammate Krykun on 79.44, and big German veteran Heinz Weis (79.30). No-one improved until the last round, when Deal finally connected with a good throw and the hammer sailed out to 81.12. Konovalov, the bespectacled Russian, threw 78.72 to pass Igor Astapkovich (78.20), Weis passed Krykun with 79.78, and Krykun replied with 80.02 to overtake Weis and Skvaruk for the bronze medal.

Qualification

mark 76.50m 8+4 Athletes

Group A	Dist.	1	2	3
1. Balazs Kiss	HUN	78.34m	X	78.34
2. Heinz Weis	GER	77.84m	75.16	77.84
3. Szymon Ziolkowski	POL	77.64m	77.64
4. Vasiliy Sidorenko	RUS	76.64m	76.64
5. Oleksiy Krykun	UKR	75.78m	73.82	75.78	75.70
6. Sergey Alay	BLR	75.10m	74.94	73.60	75.10
7. Claus Dethloff	GER	74.60m	74.60	73.68	72.68
8. Alexandros Papadimitriou	GRE	74.46m	74.42	X	74.46
9. Christophe Epalle	FRA	74.22m	74.22	73.42	73.98
10.Gilles Dupray	FRA	74.04m	X	70.92	74.04
11.Pavel Sedlacek	CZE	73.98m	72.60	73.98	X
12.Kevin Mcmahon	USA	73.46m	73.10	73.46	72.78
13.Juri Tamm	EST	73.16m	72.14	73.16	X
14.Loris Paoluzzi	ITA	72.82m	71.38	71.68	72.82
15.Adrian Annus	HUN	72.58m	68.68	72.26	72.58
16.Tore Gustafsson	SWE	71.02m	70.36	71.02	X
17.Jan Bielecki	DEN	69.40m	X	X	69.40
18.Roman Linscheid	IRL	68.14m	X	68.14	66.90

Group B	Dist.	1	2	3
1. Lance Deal	USA	78.56m	75.10	76.34	78.56
2. Igor Astapkovich	BLR	78.52m	76.00	78.52
3. Andriy Skvaruk	UKR	77.48m	73.52	77.48
4. Enrico Sgrulletti	ITA	77.36m	77.36
5. Raphael Piolanti	FRA	76.44m	75.46	X	76.44
6. llya Konovalov	RUS	75.10m	74.84	75.10	75.08
7. Alberto Sanchez	CUB	74.82m	73.16	74.22	74.82
8. Vadim Khersontsev	RUS	74.48m	73.62	74.00	74.48
9. Karsten Kobs	GER	74.20m	72.04	X	74.20
10. Aleksandr Krasko	BLR	73.74m	71.82	73.74	X
11. Zsolt Nemeth	HUN	73.68m	41.64	72.24	73.68
12. Marko Wahlman	FIN	73.50m	72.60	73.50	X
13. Sean Carlin	AUS	73.32m	73.32	72.00	X
14. Ken Popejoy	USA	72.46m	72.08	72.46	X
15. David Smith	GBR	69.32m	X	X	69.32
16. Aqarab Abbas	PAK	65.60m	65.60	X	64.34
17. Andres Charadia	ARG	65.26m	65.26	X	X
18. Vitaliy Khozhatelyov	UZB	64.52m	64.52	X	X
-. Hristos Polyhroniou	GRE	NM	X	X	X

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