Men Hammer Throw Athletics XVII Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 2000 - Sunday, 24th September

Men Hammer Throw Athletics XVII Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 2000 - Sunday, 24th September - Gold Medal: Szymon Ziolkowski, Poland

Final 20.50h	Team	Distance	1	2	3	4	5	6
1. Szymon Ziolkowski	POL	80.02m	74.89	79.87	X	80.02	78.68	78.32
2. Nicola Vizzoni	ITA	79.64m	76.35	76.57	79.64	76.07	76.99	X
3. Igor Astapkovich	BLR	79.17m	74.98	X	77.08	X	79.17	79.06
4. Ivan Tikhon	BLR	79.17m	78.85	78.11	79.17	X	75.93	X
5. Ilya Konovalov	RUS	78.56m	78.56	78.12	X	X	72.78	X
6. Loris Paoluzzi	ITA	78.18m	78.18	X	X	X	76.19	X
7. Tibor Gecsek	HUN	77.70m	75.25	76.99	77.70	75.81	77.06	76.82
8. Vladimir Maska	CZE	77.32m	77.32	75.37	76.39	73.86	X	75.52
9. Koji Murofushi	JPN	76.60m	X	76.24	76.60
10.Andrey Skvaruk	UKR	75.50m	71.60	75.50	X
11.David Chaussinand	FRA	75.26m	74.74	X	75.26
12.Alexandros Papadimitriou	GRE	73.30m	X	73.30	X

With a total of 44 throwers in two pools, competition was slow, and only five throwers achieved the automatic qualifying level of 77.50. Ten of the 19 throwers to have reached 80m during Olympic year failed to qualify. Three throwers reached 78m in round 1 of the rainsoaked final led by future (2003) World Champion Ivan Tikhon’s 78.85. Ziólkowski took over in the next round with 79.87, which Tikhon (79.27) and Vizzoni (79.64). Ziólkowski then produced the only 80m throw of the day (80.02) and only ’92 silver medallist Astapkovich was able to respond, with two throws further than 79m to wrest the bronze medal from team-mate Tikhon on the basis of a better second best throw. Curiously Vizzoni, a southpaw, succeeded Deal (also left-handed) as the Olympic silver medallist.

Qualifiying A Standard: 75.50m

Qualifiying B Standard: 72.50m

Qualification - Saturday 23.09

mark 77.50m 5+7 Athletes

Group A 10.00h	Team	Distance	1	2	3
1. Andrey Skvaruk	UKR	79.55m	79.55
2. Koji Murofushi	JPN	78.49m	78.49
3. Szymon Ziolkowski	POL	77.81m	77.81
4. Nicola Vizzoni	ITA	77.56m	75.31	77.56
5. Tibor Gecsek	HUN	77.33m	75.97	X	77.33
6. Ilya Konovalov	RUS	77.07m	77.07	76.93	74.29
7. Ivan Tikhon	BLR	76.90m	76.43	76.90	X
8. Vladimir Maska	CZE	76.70m	X	76.70	75.62
9. Pavel Sedlacek	CZE	75.33m	74.66	72.71	75.33
10.Gilles Dupray	FRA	75.05m	X	74.71	75.05
11.Aleksandr Krykun	UKR	74.83m	74.83	72.49	74.17
12.Zsolt Nemeth	HUN	73.95m	73.95	X	X
13.Stuart Rendell	AUS	72.78m	67.67	72.78	X
14.Andras Haklits	CRO	72.66m	X	X	72.66
15.Karsten Kobs	GER	72.29m	72.29	X	71.65
16.Markus Esser	GER	69.51m	X	69.51	X
17.Kevin McMahon	USA	69.48m	69.48	65.97	X
18.Vitor Costa	POR	68.89m	67.07	68.79	68.89
19.Roman Rozna	MDA	68.01m	X	68.01	62.46
20.Patrick McGrath	IRL	67.00m	67.00	64.09	64.35
21.Vitaliy Khozhatelyov	UZB	65.04m	60.55	64.53	65.04
22.Viktor Ustinov	UZB	60.60m	X	60.60	X

Group B 12.15h	Team	Distance	1	2	3
1. Igor Astapkovich	BLR	79.81m	79.81
2. David Chaussinand	FRA	77.12m	77.12	X	X
3. Loris Paoluzzi	ITA	76.91m	X	73.63	76.91
4. Alexandros Papadimitriou	GRE	76.61m	76.61	74.77	X
5. Maciej Palyszko	POL	76.33m	76.33	X	70.11
6. Vladislav Piskunov	UKR	76.08m	75.95	76.00	76.08
7. Andrey Abduvaliyev	UZB	75.64m	X	75.64	74.19
8. Lance Deal	USA	75.61m	73.84	75.61	73.93
9. Adrian Annus	HUN	75.41m	74.01	75.41	X
10.Vasiliy Sidorenko	RUS	74.72m	74.72	73.97	X
11.Aleksey Zagornyi	RUS	74.63m	70.58	74.00	74.63
12.Christophe Epalle	FRA	74.22m	70.46	72.70	74.22
13.Hristos Polihroniou	GRE	74.02m	X	X	74.02
14.Heinz Weis	GER	73.51m	73.51	73.19	X
15.Juan Ignacio Cerra	ARG	72.86m	X	72.86	X
16.Libor Charfreitag	SVK	72.52m	71.10	72.52	X
17.Miloslav Konopka	SVK	70.55m	70.55	X	X
18.Jan Bielecki	DEN	70.46m	68.56	70.46	X
19.Olli-Pekka Karjalainen	FIN	69.64m	69.64	X	X
20.Primoz Kozmus	SLO	68.83m	68.83	X	67.02
21.Jud Logan	USA	68.42m	68.42	68.05	X
-. Nikolay Davydov	KGZ	NM	X	X	X

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