1982 European Championships in Athletics - Men's Hammer
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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 deay earlier, on September 9, 1982.
Hammer throw
The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...
event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece was held on September 10, 1982. The qualification round was staged a deay earlier, on September 9, 1982.
Medalists
| Gold |  Yuriy SedykhYuriy Sedykh Yuriy Georgiyevich Sedykh is a retired Soviet/Ukrainian athlete who represented the USSR, specialising in the hammer throw.... Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... (URS) |
| Silver | Igor Nikulin Igor Nikulin (athlete) Igor Nikulin is a former hammer thrower who represented the USSR, the Unified Team, and later Russia. He won the bronze medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain.... Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... (URS) |
| Bronze | Sergey Litvinov Sergey Litvinov Sergey Nikolaevich Litvinov is a hammer thrower who won two Olympic medals representing USSR. Additionally, he won the World Championships twice. Litvinov trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Rostov on Don... Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... (URS) |
Abbreviations
- 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
| Standing records prior to the 1982 European Athletics Championships | ||||
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| World Record | 83.98 m | June 4, 1982 | Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... , Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... |
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| Event Record | 77.28 m | September 2, 1978 |  PraguePrague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... , Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992... |
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| Broken records during the 1982 European Athletics Championships | ||||
| Event Record | 77.58 m | September 9, 1982 |  Athens, Greece |
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| Event Record | 77.58 m | September 9, 1982 | Athens, Greece |
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| Event Record | 81.66 m | September 10, 1982 | Athens, Greece |
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Final Ranking
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 1 | 77.58 m | ||||
| 2 | 77.58 m | ||||
| 3 | 75.86 m | ||||
| 4 | 74.32 m | ||||
| 5 | 74.10 m | ||||
| 6 | 74.06 m | ||||
| 7 | 73.92 m | ||||
| 8 | 73.88 m | ||||
| 9 | 73.48 m | ||||
| 10 | 72.98 m | ||||
| 11 | 72.76 m | ||||
| 12 | 72.62 m | ||||
| 13 | 71.16 m | ||||
| 14 | 71.04 m | ||||
| 15 | 70.62 m | ||||
| 16 | 70.06 m | ||||
| 17 | 69.78 m | ||||
| 18 | 69.76 m | ||||
| 19 | 69.24 m | ||||
| 20 | 66.96 m | ||||
| — | X | X | X | NM | |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| 81.66 m | CR | ||||||||
| 79.44 m | |||||||||
| 78.66 m | |||||||||
| 4 | 76.58 m | ||||||||
| 5 | 76.12 m | ||||||||
| 6 | 75.32 m | ||||||||
| 7 | 74.76 m | ||||||||
| 8 | 74.52 m | ||||||||
| 9 | 74.08 m | ||||||||
| 10 | 73.74 m | ||||||||
| 11 | 73.72 m | ||||||||
| 12 | 72.12 m | ||||||||
See also
- 1980 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Moscow)
- 1982 Hammer Throw Year Ranking1982 Hammer Throw Year RankingThis page lists the World Best Year Performances in the year 1982 in the Men's hammer throw. One of the main events during this season were the 1982 European Athletics Championships in Athens, Greece, where the final of the men's competition was held on September 10, 1982...
- 1983 Men's World Championships Hammer Throw (Helsinki)
- 1984 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Los Angeles)
- 1987 Men's World Championships Hammer Throw (Rome)
- 1988 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Seoul)