1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

Events at the 1995 World Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 44 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 6, 1995. The qualification mark was set at 76.50 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Andrey Abduvaliyev Tajikistan (TJK)
Silver	Igor Astapkovich Belarus (BLR)
Bronze	Tibor Gécsek Hungary (HUN)

Schedule

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Records

Standing records prior to the 1995 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	86.74 m	August 30, 1986	Stuttgart, West Germany
Event Record	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	83.06 m	September 1, 1987	Rome, Italy
Season Best	Igor Astapkovich (BLR)	82.60 m	May 29, 1995	Szombathely, Hungary

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	2	Igor Astapkovich (BLR)	79.12	—	—	79.12 m
2	4	Lance Deal (USA)	76.38	76.70	—	76.70 m
3	5	Tibor Gécsek (HUN)	76.64	—	—	76.64 m
4	7	Aleksandr Seleznyov (RUS)	72.76	76.16	74.04	76.16 m
5	8	Ilya Konovalov (RUS)	75.58	—	—	75.58 m
6	12	Oleksandr Krykun (UKR)	72.32	74.48	74.30	74.48 m
7	18	Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA)	X	71.82	72.60	72.60 m
8	19	Plamen Minev (BUL)	70.94	72.60	67.90	72.60 m
9	20	Per Karlsson (SWE)	X	70.54	72.48	72.48 m
10	21	Mika Laaksonen (FIN)	71.46	71.72	72.20	72.20 m
11	22	Szymon Ziółkowski (POL)	71.08	71.84	71.30	71.84 m
12	24	Zoltán Fábián (HUN)	69.36	71.06	71.02	71.06 m
13	26	Gilles Dupray (FRA)	68.98	70.46	69.64	70.46 m
14	27	Claus Dethloff (GER)	67.14	69.64	X	69.64 m
15	30	José Manuel Perez (ESP)	68.42	67.10	65.28	68.42 m
16	33	Pavel Sedláček (CZE)	X	66.14	67.94	67.94 m
17	34	Peter Vivian (GBR)	X	67.28	65.90	67.28 m
18	36	Vitaliy Khozhatelyov (UZB)	65.60	66.46	65.82	66.46 m
19	39	Waleed Al-Bekheet (KUW)	X	59.22	61.50	61.50 m
20	41	Agustin Jarina (PHI)	49.98	49.94	—	49.98 m
—	—	Hristos Polihroniou (GRE)	X	X	X	NM
—	—	Heinz Weis (GER)	—	—	—	DNS

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1	Andrey Abduvaliyev (TJK)	75.50	79.18	—	79.18 m
2	3	Balázs Kiss (HUN)	78.04	—	—	78.04 m
3	6	Raphaël Piolanti (FRA)	74.00	76.26	—	76.26 m
4	9	Sergey Alay (BLR)	74.38	75.36	X	75.36 m
5	10	Vadim Kolesnik (UKR)	X	74.86	X	74.86 m
6	11	Marko Wahlman (FIN)	74.60	X	73.64	74.60 m
7	13	Tore Gustafsson (SWE)	72.64	71.92	74.44	74.44 m
8	14	Sean Carlin (AUS)	73.02	71.84	73.86	73.86 m
9	15	Christophe Épalle (FRA)	72.04	73.62	72.02	73.62 m
10	16	Karsten Kobs (GER)	72.96	X	X	72.96 m
11	17	Jüri Tamm (EST)	71.06	X	72.66	72.66 m
12	23	Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS)	71.78	X	71.22	71.78 m
13	25	Lasse Akselin (FIN)	70.82	70.22	X	70.82 m
14	28	Kevin McMahon (USA)	68.40	69.14	67.58	69.14 m
15	29	Jan Bielecki (DEN)	68.80	X	X	68.80 m
16	31	Hakim Toumi (ALG)	68.36	62.68	66.40	68.36 m
17	32	Roman Linscheid (IRL)	68.14	68.34	68.08	68.34 m
18	35	Koji Murofushi (JPN)	67.06	X	X	67.06 m
19	37	Andrés Charadia (ARG)	66.34	65.78	64.88	66.34 m
20	38	Cherif El Hennawi (EGY)	X	63.68	65.66	65.66 m
21	40	Brentt Jones (AUS)	50.52	49.44	46.80	50.52 m
—	—	Alberto Sánchez (CUB)	X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
		1	2	3	4	5	6
01 !	Andrey Abduvaliyev (TJK)	77.68	79.10	78.22	80.12	79.00	81.56	81.56 m
02 !	Igor Astapkovich (BLR)	X	79.02	79.98	81.10	80.58	80.26	81.10 m
03 !	Tibor Gécsek (HUN)	79.20	80.40	77.94	80.98	X	X	80.98 m
4	Balázs Kiss (HUN)	79.02	77.84	78.70	78.18	77.46	X	79.02 m
5	Lance Deal (USA)	X	73.12	76.24	77.86	78.12	78.66	78.66 m
6	Sergey Alay (BLR)	74.26	75.68	76.66	71.84	75.38	75.74	76.66 m
7	Ilya Konovalov (RUS)	75.84	75.52	76.50	X	72.46	76.46	76.50 m
8	Aleksandr Seleznyov (RUS)	76.18	X	X	X	X	72.02	76.18 m
9	Raphaël Piolanti (FRA)	75.98	X	75.18				75.98 m
10	Oleksandr Krykun (UKR)	73.32	75.52	74.10				75.52 m
11	Vadim Kolesnik (UKR)	X	75.18	74.50				75.18 m
12	Marko Wahlman (FIN)	73.02	X	71.04				73.02 m

See also

• 1992 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Barcelona)
• 1994 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Helsinki)
• 1995 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
• 1996 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Atlanta)
• 1998 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Budapest)

References

• Results
• IAAF
• hammerthrow.wz
• Die Leichtathletik-Statistik-Seite