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1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

1990 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
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3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
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10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1990 European ChampionshipsinSplit, Yugoslavia , held at Stadion Poljud on 30 and 31 August 1990.^[1] There were a total number of twenty participating athletes.

The winning margin was four metres exactly. This is the greatest winning margin for the men's hammer throw at these championships and the only time the event was won by more than three metres.

Medalists[edit]

Gold	Igor Astapkovich Soviet Union (URS)
Silver	Tibor Gécsek Hungary (URS)
Bronze	Igor Nikulin Soviet Union (URS)

Abbreviations[edit]

• All results shown are in metres

Records[edit]

Standing records prior to the 1990 European Athletics Championships
World Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	86.74 m	August 30, 1986	Stuttgart, West Germany
Event Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	86.74 m	August 30, 1986	Stuttgart, West Germany

Qualification[edit]

Group A[edit]

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1	Igor Nikulin (URS)				79.06 m
2	4	Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA)				76.68 m
3	7	Ivan Tanev (BUL)				74.48 m
4	10	Johann Lindner (AUT)				74.00 m
5	11	Heinz Weis (FRG)				73.44 m
6	13	Tore Gustafsson (SWE)				72.86 m
7	14	Raphaël Piolanti (FRA)				72.50 m
8	15	József Vida (HUN)				72.46 m
9	16	Norbert Radefeld (FRG)				72.42 m
10	17	Esa Jantunen (FIN)				71.60 m
11	19	Viktor Apostolov (BUL)				68.92 m

Group B[edit]

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	2	Plamen Minev (BUL)				77.80 m
2	3	Igor Astapkovich (URS)				77.60 m
3	5	Günther Rodehau (GDR)				75.36 m
4	6	Tibor Gécsek (HUN)				74.68 m
5	8	Juha Tiainen (FIN)				74.30 m
6	9	Paul Head (GBR)				74.02 m
7	12	Claus Dethloff (FRG)				73.12 m
8	18	Frédéric Kuhn (FRA)				71.30 m
9	20	Giuliano Zanello (ITA)				68.64 m

Final[edit]

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Igor Astapkovich (URS)							84.14 m
	Tibor Gécsek (HUN)							80.14 m
	Igor Nikulin (URS)							80.02 m
4	Günther Rodehau (GDR)							77.90 m
5	Plamen Minev (BUL)							77.12 m
6	Ivan Tanev (BUL)							76.28 m
7	Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA)							75.82 m
8	Heinz Weis (FRG)							75.48 m
9	Juha Tiainen (FIN)							73.70 m
10	Johann Lindner (AUT)							73.68 m
11	Paul Head (GBR)							72.68 m
12	Claus Dethloff (FRG)							72.36 m

Participation[edit]

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

 Bulgaria (3)

 East Germany (1)

 Finland (2)

 France (2)

 Hungary (2)

 Italy (2)

 Soviet Union (2)

 Sweden (1)

 United Kingdom (1)

 West Germany (3)

See also[edit]

• 1987 Men's World Championships Hammer Throw (Rome)
• 1988 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Seoul)
• 1990 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
• 1991 Men's World Championships Hammer Throw (Tokyo)
• 1992 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Barcelona)

References[edit]

• Results
• hammerthrow.wz