1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

Events at the 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
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
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 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia , held at Stadion Poljud on 30 and 31 August 1990.There were a total number of twenty participating athletes.

Medalists

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

Group A

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

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

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

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

• Austria (1)
• 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

• 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

• Results
• hammerthrow.wz