1982 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw
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 day earlier, on September 9, 1982.[1]
Medalists[]
| Gold |  Yuriy SedykhSoviet Union (URS) |
| Silver | Igor Nikulin Soviet Union (URS) |
| Bronze | Sergey Litvinov Soviet Union (URS) |
Records[]
| Standing records prior to the 1982 European Athletics Championships | ||||
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| World Record | Sergey Litvinov (URS) |
83.98 m | June 4, 1982 | Moscow, Soviet Union
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| Championship Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) |
77.28 m | September 2, 1978 |  Prague, Czechoslovakia
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| Broken records during the 1982 European Athletics Championships | ||||
| Championship Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) |
77.58 m | September 9, 1982 |  Athens, Greece
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| Championship Record | Sergey Litvinov (URS) |
77.58 m | September 9, 1982 | Athens, Greece
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| Championship Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) |
81.66 m | September 10, 1982 | Athens, Greece
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Qualification[]
Q = automatic qualification; q = qualified by rank; DNS = did not start; NM = no mark; WR = world record; CR = championship record; AR = area record; NR = national record; PB = personal best; SB = season best
Final Ranking[]
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | ||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 1 | Sergey Litvinov (URS) |
77.58 m CR | |||
| 2 | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) |
77.58 m CR | |||
| 3 |  Harri Huhtala (FIN) |
75.86 m | |||
| 4 |  Klaus Ploghaus (FRG) |
74.32 m | |||
| 5 |  Roland Steuk (GDR) |
74.10 m | |||
| 6 | Igor Nikulin (URS) |
74.06 m | |||
| 7 |  Ireneusz Golda (POL) |
73.92 m | |||
| 8 | Detlef Gerstenberg (GDR) |
73.88 m | |||
| 9 | (POL) |
73.48 m | |||
| 10 | Jörg Schäfer (FRG) |
72.98 m | |||
| 11 |  Giampaolo Urlando (ITA) |
72.76 m | |||
| 12 | Juha Tiainen (FIN) |
72.62 m | |||
| 13 |  Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL) |
71.16 m | |||
| 14 |  (HUN) |
71.04 m | |||
| 15 |  Martin Girvan (GBR) |
70.62 m | |||
| 16 | Orlando Bianchini (ITA) |
70.06 m | |||
| 17 |  Richard Olsen (NOR) |
69.78 m | |||
| 18 | (FIN) |
69.76 m | |||
| 19 | Christoph Sahner (FRG) |
69.24 m | |||
| 20 |  (IRL) |
66.96 m | |||
| — |  Kjell Bystedt (SWE) |
X | X | X | NM |
Final[]
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
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Yuri Sedykh (URS) |
81.66 m | CR | ||||||
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Igor Nikulin (URS) |
79.44 m | |||||||
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Sergey Litvinov (URS) |
78.66 m | |||||||
| 4 | Ireneusz Golda (POL) |
76.58 m | |||||||
| 5 | Harri Huhtala (FIN) |
76.12 m | |||||||
| 6 | Detlef Gerstenberg (GDR) |
75.32 m | |||||||
| 7 | Roland Steuk (GDR) |
74.76 m | |||||||
| 8 | Klaus Ploghaus (FRG) |
74.52 m | |||||||
| 9 | Jörg Schäfer (FRG) |
74.08 m | |||||||
| 10 | (POL) |
73.74 m | |||||||
| 11 | Giampaolo Urlando (ITA) |
73.72 m | |||||||
| 12 | Juha Tiainen (FIN) |
72.12 m | |||||||
Participation[]
According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.
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See also[]
- 1980 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Moscow)
- 1982 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
- 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)
References[]
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 436–443, retrieved 13 August 2014
Categories:
- Events at the 1982 European Athletics Championships
- Hammer throw at the European Athletics Championships