Events at the 1999 World Championships
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Decathlon	men

This article documents the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 39 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday 22 August 1999.

Medalists

Gold	Karsten Kobs Germany (GER)
Silver	Zsolt Németh Hungary (HUN)
Bronze	Vladyslav Piskunov Ukraine (UKR)

Schedule

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

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Records

Standing records prior to the 1999 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	Karsten Kobs (GER)	82.78 m	June 26, 1999	Dortmund, Germany

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1	Karsten Kobs (GER)	78.91	—	—	78.91 m
2	3	Zsolt Németh (HUN)	X	76.18	77.56	77.56 m
3	6	Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR)	76.09	76.99	76.67	76.99 m
4	8	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN)	74.23	75.11	75.89	75.89 m
5	9	Nicola Vizzoni (ITA)	75.55	X	75.81	75.81 m
6	12	Vadim Khersontsev (RUS)	71.90	74.29	75.42	75.42 m
7	13	Lance Deal (USA)	73.28	73.66	75.29	75.29 m
8	15	Andrey Abduvaliyev (UZB)	72.36	75.12	72.91	75.12 m
9	17	Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS)	73.01	74.85	73.04	74.85 m
10	20	Balázs Kiss (HUN)	74.61	73.96	X	74.61 m
11	22	Raphaël Piolanti (FRA)	72.76	73.38	74.23	74.23 m
12	23	Szymon Ziółkowski (POL)	72.90	X	74.12	74.12 m
13	26	András Haklits (CRO)	71.67	72.89	73.28	73.28 m
14	27	Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE)	X	72.97	X	72.97 m
15	28	Pavel Sedláček (CZE)	70.66	72.63	72.48	72.63 m
16	30	Chris Harmse (RSA)	X	71.57	65.06	71.57 m
17	32	Libor Charfreitag (SVK)	X	69.92	70.20	70.20 m
18	36	Stuart Rendell (AUS)	67.55	X	X	67.55 m
—	—	Holger Klose (GER)	X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	2	Igor Astapkovich (BLR)	76.11	77.75	—	77.75 m
2	4	Andriy Skvaruk (UKR)	77.42	—	—	77.42 m
3	5	Tibor Gécsek (HUN)	76.47	75.35	77.27	77.27 m
4	7	Christos Polychroniou (GRE)	76.55	76.82	Ab	76.82 m
5	10	Vladimír Maška (CZE)	75.78	72.62	74.93	75.78 m
6	11	Ilya Konovalov (RUS)	74.18	74.63	75.72	75.72 m
7	14	Koji Murofushi (JPN)	74.04	75.18	73.68	75.18 m
8	16	Marko Wahlman (FIN)	74.32	75.04	74.58	75.04 m
9	18	Heinz Weis (GER)	74.71	74.71	72.98	74.71 m
10	19	Kevin McMahon (USA)	74.62	73.84	X	74.62 m
11	21	Loris Paoluzzi (ITA)	72.75	74.26	X	74.26 m
12	24	David Chaussinand (FRA)	71.64	72.83	74.02	74.02 m
13	25	Gilles Dupray (FRA)	73.32	71.70	69.62	73.32 m
14	29	Maciej Pałyszko (POL)	69.60	72.05	71.57	72.05 m
15	31	Juan Ignacio Cerra (ARG)	69.72	71.24	69.83	71.24 m
16	33	Vítor Costa (POR)	68.35	67.44	69.28	69.28 m
17	34	Paddy McGrath (IRL)	66.51	68.96	65.80	68.96 m
18	35	Vadim Kolesnik (UKR)	X	68.14	67.96	68.14 m
19	37	Nikolay Davydov (KGZ)	66.87	64.76	65.08	66.87 m
—	—	Jan Bielecki (DEN)	—	—	—	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Karsten Kobs (GER)	80.24	78.87	79.90	X	79.12	78.00	80.24 m
	Zsolt Németh (HUN)	74.52	76.15	X	X	77.72	79.05	79.05 m
	Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR)	77.38	77.94	77.92	77.25	79.03	76.39	79.03 m
4	Tibor Gécsek (HUN)	X	X	78.16	X	78.95	73.77	78.95 m
5	Andrey Skvaruk (UKR)	78.80	77.35	77.14	77.87	X	X	78.80 m
6	Christos Polychroniou (GRE)	76.43	78.31	X	77.01	77.15	76.84	78.31 m
7	Nicola Vizzoni (ITA)	76.54	77.07	74.89	74.76	78.31	X	78.31 m
8	Vadim Khersontsev (RUS)	76.17	76.73	X	76.96	76.30	74.05	76.96 m
9	Igor Astapkovich (BLR)	74.98	76.02	75.50				76.02 m
10	Ilya Konovalov (RUS)	X	74.52	75.63				75.63 m
11	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN)	X	75.59	X				75.59 m
12	Vladimír Maška (CZE)	X	75.26	X				75.26 m

See also

• 1996 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Atlanta)
• 1998 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Budapest)
• 1999 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
• 2000 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Sydney)
• 2002 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Munich)

References

• "Sevilla 99 Start Lists and Results". Archived from the original on 2000-08-16. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
• hammerthrow.wz
• trackandfieldnews