Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's hammer throw

The men's hammer throw
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 2002 Commonwealth Games

Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held at the City of Manchester Stadium from the 26–30 July 2002. The route for the marathon event crossed Manchester city centre and finished in the stadium. The race walk events began alongside the Lowry Centre at Salford Quays...

was held on 28 July.

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result
	Mick Jones Mick Jones (athlete) Michael David Jones is an English athlete who competes in the hammer. He won the gold medal in the hammer throw in the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, beating New Zealand's Philip Jensen....		67.34	68.20	68.60	70.40	68.95	72.55	72.55
	Philip Jensen Philip Jensen Philip Jensen is a former New Zealand representative hammer thrower.His biggest success came at the 2002 Commonwealth Games held in Manchester, England where he won the silver medal...		65.95	66.77	68.42	69.48	66.16	68.40	69.48
	Paul Head Paul Head Paul Head is a retired male hammer thrower from England, who competed for Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. A member of the Newham & Essex Beagles Athletic Club he set his personal best in 1990.-Achievements:-References:**...		64.44	66.74	68.60	x	67.82	66.36	68.60
4	Stuart Rendell Stuart Rendell Stuart Rendell is an Australian hammer thrower. He competed in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics, but failed to qualify from his pool. His personal best throw is 79.29 metres, achieved in July 2002 in Varaždin. This is the current Oceanian record...		x	x	61.89	67.51	x	x	67.51
5	Iain Park		x	59.98	62.35	65.23	x	65.51	65.51
6	William Beauchamp		64.96	x	x	64.17	63.62	64.84	64.96
7	Petros Mitsides		51.66	53.34	x	51.78	53.22	52.40	53.34
8	Nicolas Li Yun Fong		x	45.21	50.84	x	51.66	53.13	53.13
9	Brentt Jones	Norfolk Island	x	49.84	50.38				50.38

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.