European Athletics Championships 1986 / men's hammer throw
| 14th European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| discipline | Men's hammer throw |
| city |
 Stuttgart
|
| Stadion | Neckar Stadium |
| Attendees | 21 athletes from 11 countries |
| Competition phase | August 29th (qualification) August 30th (final) |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
Jurij Sjedych ( URS )
 |
 silver |
Sergei Litvinov ( URS )
|
 bronze |
Igor Nikulin ( URS )
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The men's hammer throw at the European Athletics Championships in 1986 was held on August 29 and 30, 1986 in the Neckar Stadium in Stuttgart .
In this competition there was a triple success for the Soviet hammer throwers. The defending champion and vice world champion from 1983 Jurij Sjedych became European champion . With his victory he improved his own world record to 86.74 m. Second place went to the reigning world champion and European Championship third from 1982 Sergei Litvinow . Bronze went to Igor Nikulin, second in the European Championship in 1982 .
Records
Existing records
| World record | 86.66 m |
Yuri Sedych
|
Tallinn , Soviet Union (now Estonia ) | June 22, 1986 |
| European record | ||||
| EM record | 81.66 m | EM Athens , Greece | September 10, 1982 |
Record improvements
European champion Jurij Sedych improved his own EM record twice:
- 82.90 m - qualification on August 29th
- 86.74 m - final on August 30th
With his victory distance in the final, he also set a new world record.
qualification
August 29, 1986
21 participants took part in the qualifying round. The qualification distance for the direct entry into the final was 76.00 m. Ten athletes exceeded this mark (highlighted in light blue). The final field was filled with the two next placed athletes to twelve throwers (highlighted in light green). So finally 75.46 m had to be achieved to take part in the finals.
| space | Surname | nation | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yury Sjedych |
Soviet Union
|
82.90 CR |
| 2 | Igor Nikulin |
Soviet Union
|
77.54 |
| 3 | Johann Lindner |
 Austria
|
77.48 |
| 4th | Christoph Sahner |
BR Germany
|
77.32 |
| 5 | Klaus Ploghaus |
BR Germany
|
77.30 |
| 6th | Gunther Rodehau |
 GDR
|
77.12 |
| 7th | Harri Huhtala |
 Finland
|
77.04 |
| 8th | Ralf Haber |
GDR
|
76.84 |
| 9 | Sergei Litvinov |
Soviet Union
|
76.34 |
| 10 | Jörg Schaefer |
BR Germany
|
76.24 |
| 11 | Tore Gustafsson |
 Sweden
|
75.78 |
| 12 | Matthias Moder |
GDR
|
75.46 |
| 13 | Michael Beierl |
Austria
|
75.38 |
| 14th | Ivan Tanev |
.svg){kind=small} Bulgaria
|
75.02 |
| 15th | Emanuil Dulgerow |
Bulgaria
|
73.80 |
| 16 | Dave Smith |
 Great Britain
|
73.58 |
| 17th | Henryk Królak |
 Poland
|
71.76 |
| 18th | Juha Tiainen |
Finland
|
71.16 |
| 19th | Walter Ciofani |
 France
|
70.84 |
| 20th | Kjell Bystedt |
Sweden
|
68.32 |
| 21st | Raúl Jimeno |
 Spain
|
65.62 |
final
Gunther Rodehau took fourth place
Ralf Haber reached number six - a year later he won World Cup - Bronze
August 30, 1986, 4:30 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yury Sjedych |
Soviet Union
|
86.74 WR |
| 2 | Sergei Litvinov |
Soviet Union
|
85.74 |
| 3 | Igor Nikulin |
Soviet Union
|
82.00 |
| 4th | Gunther Rodehau |
GDR
|
79.84 |
| 5 | Jörg Schaefer |
BR Germany
|
79.68 |
| 6th | Ralf Haber |
GDR
|
78.74 |
| 7th | Matthias Moder |
GDR
|
78.70 |
| 8th | Christoph Sahner |
BR Germany
|
77.12 |
| 9 | Klaus Ploghaus |
BR Germany
|
75.36 |
| 10 | Harri Huhtala |
Finland
|
74.94 |
| 11 | Johann Lindner |
Austria
|
74.32 |
| 12 | Tore Gustafsson |
Sweden
|
69.94 |
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Stuttgart 1986 at european-athletics.org, accessed on August 28, 2019
- European Championship 1986 Stuttgart, Men Hammer Throw on todor66.com, accessed September 3, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1986 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on September 3, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men Hammer Throw European Championship 1986 Stuttgart, p. 446f (PDF, 13.363 kB), Spanish / English at european-athletics.org, accessed on September 3, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1986, hammer throw men on sportschau.de, accessed on September 3, 2019
- 14th European Athletics Championships 1986 in Stuttgart, Germany from ifosta.de, accessed on September 3, 2019
Video
- 1986 European Championships Men's hammer throw , published August 25, 2019 on youtube.com, accessed September 3, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. Hammer Throw Men , accessed September 3, 2019