1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

These are the official results of the Men's hammer throw event at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Thirty-six athletes took part. The qualification mark was set at 77.00 metres.

Medalists Gold Tibor GécsekHungary (HUN)Silver Balázs KissHungary (HUN)Bronze Karsten KobsGermany (GER)

Schedule All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B18.08.1998 – ??:??h18.08.1998 – ??:??hFinal Round19.08.1998 – ??:??h

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 1998 European Athletics Championships World Record 86.74 m August 30, 1986 Stuttgart, West Germany Event Record 86.74 m August 30, 1986 Stuttgart, West Germany

Qualification

Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 1 76.29 79.52 79.52 m 2 5 77.99 77.99 m 3 6 77.46 77.46 m 4 7 77.43 77.43 m 5 8 76.66 76.66 m 6 10 76.24 m 7 13 75.07 75.60 75.56 75.56 m 8 14 75.56 m 9 15 75.00 m 10 16 74.91 m 11 18 74.50 m 12 21 73.92 73.21 73.92 m 13 22 71.18 x 73.41 73.41 m 14 25 72.68 m 15 28 72.28 m 16 30 71.50 m 17 33 66.25 m — — x x x

Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance123 1 2 79.44 79.44 m 2 3 78.09 m 3 4 x 78.06 78.06 m 4 9 76.67 m 5 11 75.90 m 6 12 75.75 m 7 17 74.65 m 8 19 74.12 m 9 20 74.05 m 10 23 73.30 m 11 24 73.13 m 12 26 72.48 m 13 27 72.47 m 14 29 72.03 m 15 31 69.11 m 16 32 67.20 m 17 34 64.88 m 18 35 63.75 m

Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 80.94 X 81.66 X 82.87 82.25 82.87 m 80.96 80.71 X 78.87 80.38 81.2681.26 m X 77.83 75.22 X 80.13 X 80.13 m 4 76.89 80.04 78.79 X 77.28 77.15 80.04 m 5 X X 77.37 X X 78.16 78.16 m 6 X 77.97 X 74.95 77.43 X 77.97 m 7 X X 77.81 X X 76.93 77.81 m 8 75.77 76.19 X 77.29 76.43 76.09 77.29 m 9 76.11 75.66 75.32 76.11 m 10 X 74.30 75.10 75.10 m 11 74.34 73.41 X 74.34 m 12 70.33 74.00 73.82 74.00 m

See also 1995 Men's World Championships Hammer Throw (Gothenburg) 1996 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Atlanta) 1997 Men's World Championships Hammer Throw (Athens) 1998 Hammer Throw Year Ranking 1999 Men's World Championships Hammer Throw (Seville) 2000 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Sydney)

References Results hammerthrow.wz