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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Mariusz Tomaszewski (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 |  Tibor Tanczi (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 | Jukka Olkkonen (FIN) |
69.76 m | |||
| 19 | Christoph Sahner (FRG) |
69.24 m | |||
| 20 |  Sean Egan (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 | 80.48 | 80.96 | 79.36 | 81.62 | 80.94 | 81.66 m | CR |
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Igor Nikulin (URS) |
79.44 | X | 78.38 | 78.36 | 79.22 | X | 79.44 m | |
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Sergey Litvinov (URS) |
76.88 | 76.72 | 78.66 | 78.10 | X | 77.90 | 78.66 m | |
| 4 | Ireneusz Golda (POL) |
76.58 | 73.76 | 75.82 | 74.60 | 74.98 | 76.56 | 76.58 m | |
| 5 | Harri Huhtala (FIN) |
76.12 | X | 72.82 | 74.96 | 73.60 | 74.30 | 76.12 m | |
| 6 | Detlef Gerstenberg (GDR) |
X | 75.32 | 74.62 | X | 74.76 | X | 75.32 m | |
| 7 | Roland Steuk (GDR) |
74.76 | 74.50 | 72.50 | X | 72.22 | X | 74.76 m | |
| 8 | Klaus Ploghaus (FRG) |
X | 74.52 | 74.52 | X | 71.78 | X | 74.52 m | |
| 9 | Jörg Schäfer (FRG) |
74.08 m | |||||||
| 10 | Mariusz Tomaszewski (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.
Bulgaria (1)
East Germany (2)
Finland (3)
Hungary (1)
Ireland (1)
Italy (2)
Norway (1)
Poland (2)
Soviet Union (3)
Sweden (1)
United Kingdom (1)
West Germany (3)
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
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