The final of the Men's hammer throw event at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany was held on August 30, 1986. The qualification round was staged a day earlier, on August 29, 1986.[1]
Medalists
| Gold |  Yuriy SedykhSoviet Union (URS) |
| Silver | Sergey Litvinov Soviet Union (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 1986 European Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.66 m | June 22, 1986 | Tallinn, Soviet Union |
| Championship Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 81.66 m | September 10, 1982 |  Athens, Greece |
| Broken records during the 1986 European Athletics Championships | ||||
| Championship Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 82.90 m | August 29, 1986 |  Stuttgart, West Germany |
| Championship Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 83.94 m | August 30, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |
| Championship Record | Sergey Litvinov (URS) | 85.74 m | August 30, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |
| World Record Event Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.74 m | August 30, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |
Qualification
- Qualification Distance = 76.00 metres (or top 12 to final)
Overall Ranking
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | B | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 82.90 m | CR | |||
| 2 | A | Igor Nikulin (URS) | 77.54 m | ||||
| 3 | B |  Johann Lindner (AUT) | 77.48 m | ||||
| 4 | A | Christoph Sahner (FRG) | 77.32 m | ||||
| 5 | B | Klaus Ploghaus (FRG) | 77.30 m | ||||
| 6 | B |  Günther Rodehau (GDR) | 77.12 m | ||||
| 7 | A |  Harri Huhtala (FIN) | 77.04 m | ||||
| 8 | A | Ralf Haber (GDR) | 76.84 m | ||||
| 9 | A | Sergey Litvinov (URS) | 76.34 m | ||||
| 10 | B | Jörg Schäfer (FRG) | 76.24 m | ||||
| 11 | A |  Tore Gustafsson (SWE) | 75.78 m | ||||
| 12 | A | Matthias Moder (GDR) | 75.46 m | ||||
| 13 | A | Michael Beierl (AUT) | 75.38 m | ||||
| 14 | A | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Ivan Tanev (BUL) | 75.02 m | ||||
| 15 | B | Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL) | 73.80 m | ||||
| 16 | B |  Dave Smith (GBR) | 73.58 m | ||||
| 17 | B |  Henryk Królak (POL) | 71.76 m | ||||
| 18 | B | Juha Tiainen (FIN) | 71.16 m | ||||
| 19 | B |  Walter Ciofani (FRA) | 70.84 m | ||||
| 20 | A | Kjell Bystedt (SWE) | 68.32 m | ||||
| 21 | B |  Raúl Jimeno (ESP) | 65.62 m | ||||
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
 | Yuri Sedykh (URS) | 83.94 | 85.28 | 85.46 | 86.74 | 86.68 | 86.62 | 86.74 m | WR |
 | Sergey Litvinov (URS) | 85.74 | 81.60 | X | X | 82.12 | 80.44 | 85.74 m | |
 | Igor Nikulin (URS) | 79.44 | 81.04 | X | X | 82.00 | 79.96 | 82.00 m | |
| 4 | Günther Rodehau (GDR) | 78.14 | 77.44 | 79.10 | 79.84 | 79.66 | 74.34 | 79.84 m | |
| 5 | Jörg Schäfer (FRG) | X | 73.32 | 76.34 | 77.16 | 79.68 | 79.36 | 79.68 m | |
| 6 | Ralf Haber (GDR) | 77.06 | 77.02 | X | 76.76 | 78.74 | 78.40 | 78.74 m | |
| 7 | Matthias Moder (GDR) | 78.70 | X | 78.50 | 77.90 | 77.12 | 73.98 | 78.70 m | |
| 8 | Christoph Sahner (FRG) | 76.12 | X | X | X | 77.12 | X | 77.12 m | |
| 9 | Klaus Ploghaus (FRG) | 75.36 m | |||||||
| 10 | Harri Huhtala (FIN) | 74.94 m | |||||||
| 11 | Johann Lindner (AUT) | 74.32 m | |||||||
| 12 | Tore Gustafsson (SWE) | 69.94 m | |||||||
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.
- Austria (2)
- Bulgaria (2)
- East Germany (3)
- Finland (2)
- France (1)
- Poland (1)
- Soviet Union (3)
- Spain (1)
- Sweden (2)
- United Kingdom (1)
- West Germany (3)
See also
References
- ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 443–451, retrieved 13 August 2014
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