1986 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

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 day earlier, on August 29, 1986.

Medalists Gold Yuriy SedykhSoviet Union (URS)Silver Sergey LitvinovSoviet Union (URS)Bronze Igor NikulinSoviet Union (URS)

Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best

Records Standing records prior to the 1986 European Athletics Championships World Record 86.66 m June 22, 1986 Tallinn, Soviet Union Championship Record 81.66 m September 10, 1982 Athens, Greece Broken records during the 1986 European Athletics Championships Championship Record 82.90 m August 29, 1986 Stuttgart, West Germany Championship Record 83.94 m August 30, 1986 Stuttgart, West Germany Championship Record 85.74 m August 30, 1986 Stuttgart, West Germany World RecordEvent Record 86.74 m August 30, 1986 Stuttgart, West Germany

Qualification Qualification Distance = 76.00 metres (or top 12 to final)

Overall Ranking RankGroupAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 B 82.90 m 2 A 77.54 m 3 B 77.48 m 4 A 77.32 m 5 B 77.30 m 6 B 77.12 m 7 A 77.04 m 8 A 76.84 m 9 A 76.34 m 10 B 76.24 m 11 A 75.78 m 12 A 75.46 m 13 A 75.38 m 14 A 75.02 m 15 B 73.80 m 16 B 73.58 m 17 B 71.76 m 18 B 71.16 m 19 B 70.84 m 20 A 68.32 m 21 B 65.62 m

Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 83.94 85.28 85.46 86.74 86.68 86.62 86.74 m 85.74 81.60 X X 82.12 80.44 85.74 m 79.44 81.04 X X 82.00 79.96 82.00 m 4 78.14 77.44 79.10 79.84 79.66 74.34 79.84 m 5 X 73.32 76.34 77.16 79.68 79.36 79.68 m 6 77.06 77.02 X 76.76 78.74 78.40 78.74 m 7 78.70 X 78.50 77.90 77.12 73.98 78.70 m 8 76.12 X X X 77.12 X 77.12 m 9 75.36 m 10 74.94 m 11 74.32 m 12 69.94 m

Participation According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

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See also 1983 Men's World Championships Hammer Throw (Helsinki) 1984 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Los Angeles) 1986 Hammer Throw Year Ranking 1987 Men's World Championships Hammer Throw (Rome) 1988 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Seoul)

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