2004 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Hammer Throw (Men)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | Hammer throw | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 35 athletes from 24 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Athens Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 20, 2004 (qualification) August 22, 2004 (final) |
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The men's hammer throw at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens was held on August 20 and 22, 2004 in the Athens Olympic Stadium. 35 athletes took part.
Olympic champion was the Japanese Kōji Murofushi . No silver medal was awarded because of the doping-related disqualification of two athletes. Bronze went to the Turk Eşref Apak .
With Markus Esser and Karsten Kobs , two German participants started. Both reached the final, in which Esser finished fifth and Kobs finished eleventh.
Athletes from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein were not among the participants.
Current title holders
Olympic Champion 2000 | Szymon Ziółkowski ( Poland ) | 80.02 m | Sydney 2000 |
World Champion 2003 | Ivan Zichan ( Belarus ) | 83.05 m | Paris 2003 |
European Champion 2002 | Adrián Annus ( Hungary ) | 81.17 m | Munich 2002 |
Pan American Champion 2003 | Juan Ignacio Cerra ( Argentina ) | 75.53 m | Santo Domingo 2003 |
Central America and Caribbean champions 2003 | Hammer throw not held as a championship competition | St. George’s 2003 | |
South American Champion 2003 | Juan Ignacio Cerra ( Argentina ) | 73.31 m | Barquisimeto 2003 |
Asian champion 2003 | Ali Al-Zinkawi ( Kuwait ) | 70.62 m | Manila 2003 |
African champion 2004 | Chris Harmse ( South Africa ) | 75.90 m | Brazzaville 2004 |
Oceania Champion 2002 | Faleono Seve ( Solomon Islands ) | 53.00 m | Christchurch 2002 |
Existing records
World record | 86.74 m | Jurij Sedych ( Soviet Union ) | Stuttgart , then FR Germany (now Germany ) | August 30, 1986 |
Olympic record | 84.80 m | Sergei Litvinov ( Soviet Union ) | Final from Seoul , South Korea | September 26, 1988 |
Remarks:
- All times are based on Athens local time ( UTC + 2 ).
- All widths are given in meters (m).
doping
There were two doping cases to report in this competition. The Hungarian Adrián Annus originally took first place with a width of 83.19 m. After Annus did not show up for a target check scheduled by the International Olympic Committee in Hungary, the gold medal was revoked . In the end result, all finalists moved up one place. As a result of his cheating, the Russian Ilya Konovalov was denied participation in the final. In addition, the German Karsten Kobs would have had three more attempts in the final of the eight best throwers.
On December 5, 2012, the Belarusian bronze medalist Iwan Zichan , who had advanced to second place with 79.81 m after Annus' disqualification, was stripped of his medal because of doping. The IOC did not reassign the silver medal afterwards.
qualification
The qualification was carried out in two groups. The qualification distance for direct entry into the final was 78.00 m. Since only five athletes reached this distance (highlighted in light blue), the final field was filled with the next best athletes from both groups to twelve participants (highlighted in light green). Finally, 76.69 m had to be achieved to participate.
Group A
August 20, 2004, 9:15 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Expanse | annotation |
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1 | Markus Esser | Germany | 76.39 | 75.29 | 77.49 | 77.49 | |
2 | Ihar Astapkovich | Belarus | 76.70 | 76.08 | 76.88 | 76.88 | |
3 | Eşref Apak | Turkey | 76.74 | x | x | 76.74 | |
4th | Ilya Konovalov | Russia | 75.40 | x | 76.36 | 76.36 | would have been eligible to participate in the final after Annus' disqualification |
5 | Szymon Ziółkowski | Poland | 76.12 | 74.55 | 76.17 | 76.17 | |
6th | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen | Finland | x | 74.51 | 76.11 | 76.11 | |
7th | Alexandros Papadimitriou | Greece | x | x | 75.55 | 75.55 | |
8th | Oleksandr Krykun | Ukraine | x | 75.42 | 74.37 | 75.42 | |
9 | Patric Suter | Switzerland | 72.45 | x | 73.54 | 73.54 | |
10 | Stuart Rendell | Australia | x | 72.61 | x | 72.61 | |
11 | Juan Ignacio Cerra | Argentina | 69.10 | 72.53 | 68.64 | 72.53 | |
12 | Vítor Costa | Portugal | 72.47 | 72.44 | x | 72.47 | |
13 | Roman Rozna | Moldova | x | x | 71.78 | 71.78 | |
14th | Vladimir Maska | Czech Republic | 71.76 | x | x | 71.76 | |
15th | Alfred Kruger | United States | 69.38 | 68.03 | x | 69.38 | |
ogV | Dilschod Nazarov | Tajikistan | x | x | x | without space | |
Wladyslaw Piskunow | Ukraine | x | x | x | |||
DOP | Adrian Annus | Hungary |
Group B
August 20, 2004, 11:00 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Expanse | annotation |
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1 | Krisztián Pars | Hungary | 77.43 | 80.50 | - | 80.50 | |
2 | Kōji Murofushi | Japan | 79.55 | - | - | 79.55 | |
3 | Primož Kozmus | Slovenia | 76.97 | 78.81 | - | 78.81 | |
4th | Libor Good Friday | Slovakia | x | x | 77.30 | 77.30 | |
5 | Nicola Vizzoni | Italy | 76.84 | 75.35 | 75.03 | 76.84 | |
6th | Vadsim Dsevyatousky | Belarus | 71.69 | 74.81 | 76.72 | 76.72 | |
7th | Karsten Kobs | Germany | 76.69 | x | x | 76.69 | |
8th | Miloslav Konopka | Slovakia | 74.42 | x | 76.16 | 76.16 | |
9 | Sergei Kirmasov | Russia | 75.12 | 73.68 | 75.83 | 75.83 | |
10 | Artem Rubanko | Ukraine | 75.08 | x | x | 75.08 | |
11 | James Parker | United States | 73.15 | 74.09 | 75.04 | 75.04 | |
12 | Andras Haklits | Croatia | x | 73.51 | 74.43 | 74.43 | |
13 | David Soderberg | Finland | x | x | 74.14 | 74.14 | |
14th | Yuri Voronkin | Russia | 73.47 | 71.97 | x | 73.47 | |
15th | Ali Mohamed Al-Zankawi | Kuwait | 70.67 | 71.06 | 70.68 | 71.06 | |
16 | Dorian Çollaku | Albania | 70.06 | 69.27 | 67.61 | 70.06 | |
DOP | Ivan Zichan | Belarus |
final
August 22, 2004, 9:15 pm
Twelve athletes had qualified for the final, five of them by qualifying distance and another seven by their placements. All three Belarusians, two Germans, two Hungarians and one participant each from Italy, Japan, Slovakia, Slovenia and Turkey were represented. However, two of them dropped out of the ranking after positive doping tests.
Actually, the reigning world champion Iwan Zichan from Belarus started as the favorite . Together with one of his strongest competitors, the Hungarian vice world champion and European champion Adrián Annus, he was one of the two throwers who were later disqualified for doping offenses. Another favorite was the Japanese Kōji Murofushi as World Cup third in 2003 and vice world champion in 2001. A medal contender was also the Slovenian World Cup fifth Primož Kozmus. The 2000 Olympic champion , the Pole Szymon Ziółkowski, was among the participants again, but was no longer in the form of previous years.
In the final, Murofushi took the lead after round one with 79.90 m, which he expanded further in round two with the first throw of the competition over eighty meters. Then he exceeded this mark three times, only his penultimate attempt was invalid. In the sixth and last lap he achieved his greatest distance with 82.91 m. None of the other athletes could keep up. Apart from the Japanese, no thrower could surpass the 80-meter mark. But it was close and exciting in the fight for the further placements, although only afterwards, when Zichan and Annus had been disqualified, it became clear that it was actually a dispute about medals. In passage two, the Turk Eşref Apak reached 79.51 m. In the end he was first in fourth place, but moved up to the bronze rank due to Annus' disqualification. And even after Zichan was convicted of the doping offense, it stayed with bronze, because the IOC decided that a silver medal will not be awarded. Fourth was the Belarusian Wadsim Dzewjatouski ahead of the Hungarian Krisztián Pars and the Slovenian Primož Kozmus. There were only 95 centimeters between Apaks and Kozmus' bests. The Slovak Libor Charfreitag took seventh place ahead of the German Karsten Kobs.
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | 4th attempt | 5th attempt | 6th attempt | Bottom line | annotation |
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1 | Kōji Murofushi | Japan | 79.90 | 81.60 | 81.16 | 82.32 | x | 82.91 | 82.91 | |
The silver medal was not awarded. | ||||||||||
3 | Eşref Apak | Turkey | 75.51 | 79.51 | x | 79.23 | 75.15 | 76.34 | 79.51 | |
4th | Vadsim Dsevyatousky | Belarus | 78.67 | 78.82 | x | 75.41 | 76.61 | x | 78.82 | |
5 | Krisztián Pars | Hungary | 76.94 | 78.16 | 77.55 | 78.73 | x | 77.26 | 78.73 | |
6th | Primož Kozmus | Slovenia | 75.82 | 77.08 | 76.45 | 78.56 | 77.61 | 78.24 | 78.56 | |
7th | Libor Good Friday | Slovakia | 74.93 | 77.93 | 77.30 | 75.60 | 77.54 | 73.06 | 77.54 | |
8th | Karsten Kobs | Germany | 75.72 | 75.97 | 76.30 | not in the final of the eight best throwers |
76.30 | would be wg. Annus' disqualification. in the final d. best eight | ||
9 | Ihar Astapkovich | Belarus | x | x | 76.22 | 76.22 | ||||
10 | Nicola Vizzoni | Italy | 74.27 | 72.97 | 76.30 | 74.27 | ||||
11 | Markus Esser | Germany | 72.51 | x | 71.31 | 72.51 | ||||
DOP | Ivan Zichan | Belarus | ||||||||
Adrian Annus | Hungary |
Web links
- SportsReference Hammerwurf , accessed May 1, 2018
- Results on the IAAF website, accessed on May 1, 2018
- Official Report of the XXVIIIth Olympiad, Results Athletics , English / French (PDF, 3054 KB), accessed on May 1, 2018
Video
- Olympics 2004- Hammer Throw , published September 17, 2006 on youtube.com, accessed May 1, 2018
Individual evidence
- ^ Pan American Games on gbrathletics.com, accessed May 1, 2018
- ↑ Central American and Caribbean Championships (Men) on gbrathletics.com, accessed May 1, 2018
- ^ South American Championships (Men) on gbrathletics.com, accessed May 1, 2018
- ↑ Asian Championships on gbrathletics.com, accessed May 1, 2018
- ↑ African Championships on gbrathletics.com, accessed May 1, 2018
- ↑ Oceania Championships on gbrathletics.com, accessed May 1, 2018
- ↑ IAAF world records hammer throw men , accessed on May 1, 2018
- ↑ a b Olympic hammer throw winner Annus gives gold , RP Online October 21, 2004, accessed on April 19, 2018
- ↑ a b c IOC Media Relations Team: IOC disqualifies four medallists from Athens 2004 following further analysis of stored samples ( English ) International Olympic Committee. December 5, 2012. Accessed May 1, 2018.
- ^ Athletics at the 2004 Athina Summer Games: Men's Hammer Throw. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com, accessed May 1, 2018 .