The Men's Hammer Throw

Hammer throw

The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...

at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul a total number of 42 events in athletics were contested: 24 by men and 18 by women. There were a total number of 1617 participating athletes from 149 countries.-Men's events:...

 in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 30 competitors, with two qualifying groups before the final (12) took place on Monday September 26, 1988. In the final round the eight highest-ranked competitors after three rounds qualified for the final three throws to decide the medals.

Medalists

Abbreviations

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics
World Record Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...		86.74 m	August 30, 1986	Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... , West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
Olympic Record		81.80 m	July 31, 1980	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... , Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
Season Best 1988 Hammer Throw Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performances in the year 1988 in the Men's hammer throw. One of the main events during this season were the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where the final of the men's competition was held on Monday September 26, 1988...		85.14 m	September 4, 1988	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... , Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
Broken records during the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record		84.76 m	September 26, 1988	Seoul, South Korea
		84.80 m

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	2		79.68	—	—	79.68 m
2	3		78.48	—	—	78.48 m
3	4		75.64	78.16	—	78.16 m
4	5		X	78.12	—	78.12 m
5	6		75.98	77.34	—	77.34 m
6	8		X	77.12	—	77.12 m
7	12		74.98	76.24	73.82	76.24 m
8	16		72.44	73.74	X	73.24 m
9	20		X	X	71.10	71.10 m
10	23		X	X	69.12	69.12 m
11	26		65.78	65.72	X	65.78 m
12	28		59.94	62.42	X	62.42 m
13	29		X	X	55.98	55.98 m
—	—		X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1		81.24	—	—	81.24 m
2	7		76.40	76.70	77.24	77.24 m
3	9		76.84	X	X	76.24 m
4	10		76.60	74.54	X	76.60 m
5	11		72.90	73.14	76.44	76.44 m
6	13		75.84	72.42	72.46	75.84 m
7	14		74.46	70.22	X	74.46 m
8	15		70.60	74.30	72.50	74.30 m
9	17		X	71.72	73.66	73.66 m
10	18		X	72.70	72.24	72.70 m
11	19		69.46	72.46	72.64	72.64 m
12	21		70.50	X	70.00	70.50 m
13	22		70.38	X	68.94	70.38 m
14	24		X	X	68.66	68.66 m
15	25		66.86	66.02	68.26	68.26 m
16	27		62.78	60.14	63.86	63.86 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		84.76 OR	83.82	83.86	83.98	84.80 OR	83.80	84.80 m OR
		80.96	83.62	83.44	83.44	X	83.76	83.76 m
		80.94	81.16	X	X	X	X	81.16 m
4		78.92	78.72	79.18	X	78.88	80.44	80.44 m
5		78.50	76.80	X	77.70	78.98	79.16	79.16 m
6		78.18	76.52	74.36	77.82	X	78.36	78.36 m
7		76.00	76.40	76.20	75.66	76.10	77.04	77.04 m
8		75.56	75.76	X	75.28	75.54	76.08	76.08 m
9		75.26	75.38	75.08				75.38 m
10		75.36	75.14	75.28				75.36 m
11		74.24	73.32	X				74.24 m
12		X	X	72.36				72.36 m

See also

• 1986 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Stuttgart)
  1986 European Championships in Athletics - Men's Hammer
  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 deay earlier, on August 29, 1986.-Medalists:-Abbreviations:...
  
  
• 1987 Men's World Championships Hammer Throw (Rome)
  1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Hammer
  These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total of 26 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday September 1, 1987...
  
  
• 1988 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
  1988 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
  This page lists the World Best Year Performances in the year 1988 in the Men's hammer throw. One of the main events during this season were the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where the final of the men's competition was held on Monday September 26, 1988...
  
  
• 1990 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Split)
  1990 European Championships in Athletics - Men's Hammer
  These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia. There were a total number of twenty participating athletes...
  
  
• 1991 Men's World Championships Hammer Throw (Tokyo)
  1991 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Hammer
  These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 25, 1991...