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Hammer Throw, Men

Date	23 – 24 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	44 from 24 countries

Many of the pre-Olympic favorites were eliminated in the qualifying round. The final was contested in a rainstorm which made the competition a true crapshoot. The winner was the very lightly-regarded Szymon Ziólkowski (POL), who won with his fourth-round throw of 80.02 (262-6½). His best previous year-end world ranking was ninth in 1998, and he had not been ranked in 1999. The 1992 silver medalist, Belarussian Igor Astapkovich, came thru in round five with his best mark of 79.17 (259-9) which tied his teammate, Ivan Tikhon, but Astapkovich won the bronze based on his second-best mark, 79.06 (259-4¾), which he recorded in the final round.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	2728	Szymon Ziółkowski	POL	77.81 (4)	80.02 (1)	Gold
2	2218	Nicola Vizzoni	ITA	77.56 (5)	79.64 (2)	Silver
3	1221	Ihar Astapkovich	BLR	79.81 (1)	79.17 (3)	Bronze
4	1233	Ivan Tsikhan	BLR	76.90 (10)	79.17 (4)
5	2882	Ilya Konovalov	RUS	77.07 (8)	78.56 (5)
6	2209	Loris Paoluzzi	ITA	76.91 (9)	78.18 (6)
7	2048	Tibor Gécsek	HUN	77.33 (6)	77.70 (7)
8	1517	Vladimír Maška	CZE	76.70 (11)	77.32 (8)
9	2314	Koji Murofushi	JPN	78.49 (3)	76.60 (9)
10	3213	Andriy Skvaruk	UKR	79.55 (2)	75.50 (10)
11	1712	David Chaussinand	FRA	77.12 (7)	75.26 (11)
12	1976	Alexandros Papadimitriou	GRE	76.61 (12)	73.30 (12)
13 r1/2	2718	Maciej Pałyszko	POL	76.33 (13)	–
14 r1/2	3208	Vladyslav Piskunov	UKR	76.08 (14)	–
15 r1/2	3381	Andrey Abduvaliyev	UZB	75.64 (15)	–
16 r1/2	3266	Lance Deal	USA	75.61 (16)	–
17 r1/2	2039	Adrián Annus	HUN	75.41 (17)	–
18 r1/2	1523	Pavel Sedláček	CZE	75.33 (18)	–
19 r1/2	1715	Gilles Dupray	FRA	75.05 (19)	–
20 r1/2	3203	Oleksandr Krykun	UKR	74.83 (20)	–
21 r1/2	2908	Vasily Sidorenko	RUS	74.72 (21)	–
22 r1/2	2922	Aleksey Zagorny	RUS	74.63 (22)	–
23 r1/2	1716	Christophe Épalle	FRA	74.22 (23)	–
24 r1/2	1979	Christos Polychroniou	GRE	74.02 (24)	–
25 r1/2	2061	Zsolt Németh	HUN	73.95 (25)	–
26 r1/2	1893	Heinz Weis	GER	73.51 (26)	–
27 r1/2	1034	Juan Ignacio Cerra	ARG	72.86 (27)	–
28 r1/2	1085	Stuart Rendell	AUS	72.78 (28)	–
29 r1/2	1449	Andraš Haklić	CRO	72.66 (29)	–
30 r1/2	3085	Libor Charfreitag	SVK	72.52 (30)	–
31 r1/2	1875	Karsten Kobs	GER	72.29 (31)	–
32 r1/2	3090	Miloslav Konopka	SVK	70.55 (32)	–
33 r1/2	1541	Jan Bielecki	DEN	70.46 (33)	–
34 r1/2	1691	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen	FIN	69.64 (34)	–
35 r1/2	1867	Markus Esser	GER	69.51 (35)	–
36 r1/2	3302	Kevin McMahon	USA	69.48 (36)	–
37 r1/2	2751	Vítor Costa	POR	68.89 (37)	–
38 r1/2	3023	Primož Kozmus	SLO	68.83 (38)	–
39 r1/2	3300	Jud Logan	USA	68.42 (39)	–
40 r1/2	2547	Roman Rozna	MDA	68.01 (40)	–
41 r1/2	2137	Paddy McGrath	IRL	67.00 (41)	–
42 r1/2	3387	Vitaly Khozhatelev	UZB	65.04 (42)	–
43 r1/2	3394	Viktor Ustinov	UZB	60.60 (43)	–
AC r1/2	2407	Nikolay Davydov	KGZ	– (NM)	–

Qualifying Round (23 September 2000)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 77.50 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance
1	Ihar Astapkovich	BLR	79.81	Q
2	Andriy Skvaruk	UKR	79.55	Q
3	Koji Murofushi	JPN	78.49	Q
4	Szymon Ziółkowski	POL	77.81	Q
5	Nicola Vizzoni	ITA	77.56	Q
6	Tibor Gécsek	HUN	77.33	q
7	David Chaussinand	FRA	77.12	q
8	Ilya Konovalov	RUS	77.07	q
9	Loris Paoluzzi	ITA	76.91	q
10	Ivan Tsikhan	BLR	76.90	q
11	Vladimír Maška	CZE	76.70	q
12	Alexandros Papadimitriou	GRE	76.61	q
13	Maciej Pałyszko	POL	76.33
14	Vladyslav Piskunov	UKR	76.08
15	Andrey Abduvaliyev	UZB	75.64
16	Lance Deal	USA	75.61
17	Adrián Annus	HUN	75.41
18	Pavel Sedláček	CZE	75.33
19	Gilles Dupray	FRA	75.05
20	Oleksandr Krykun	UKR	74.83
21	Vasily Sidorenko	RUS	74.72
22	Aleksey Zagorny	RUS	74.63
23	Christophe Épalle	FRA	74.22
24	Christos Polychroniou	GRE	74.02
25	Zsolt Németh	HUN	73.95
26	Heinz Weis	GER	73.51
27	Juan Ignacio Cerra	ARG	72.86
28	Stuart Rendell	AUS	72.78
29	Andraš Haklić	CRO	72.66
30	Libor Charfreitag	SVK	72.52
31	Karsten Kobs	GER	72.29
32	Miloslav Konopka	SVK	70.55
33	Jan Bielecki	DEN	70.46
34	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen	FIN	69.64
35	Markus Esser	GER	69.51
36	Kevin McMahon	USA	69.48
37	Vítor Costa	POR	68.89
38	Primož Kozmus	SLO	68.83
39	Jud Logan	USA	68.42
40	Roman Rozna	MDA	68.01
41	Paddy McGrath	IRL	67.00
42	Vitaly Khozhatelev	UZB	65.04
43	Viktor Ustinov	UZB	60.60
NM	Nikolay Davydov	KGZ	–

Qualifying Round, Group A (23 September 2000 — 10:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Group A Round One	Group A Round Two	Group A Round Three
1	16	Andriy Skvaruk	UKR	79.55	79.55	-	-
2	5	Koji Murofushi	JPN	78.49	78.49	-	-
3	3	Szymon Ziółkowski	POL	77.81	77.81	-	-
4	22	Nicola Vizzoni	ITA	77.56	75.31	77.56	-
5	9	Tibor Gécsek	HUN	77.33	75.97	×	77.33
6	13	Ilya Konovalov	RUS	77.07	77.07	76.93	74.29
7	10	Ivan Tsikhan	BLR	76.90	76.43	76.90	×
8	8	Vladimír Maška	CZE	76.70	×	76.70	75.62
9	19	Pavel Sedláček	CZE	75.33	74.66	72.71	75.33
10	17	Gilles Dupray	FRA	75.05	×	74.71	75.05
11	15	Oleksandr Krykun	UKR	74.83	74.83	72.49	74.17
12	1	Zsolt Németh	HUN	73.95	73.95	×	×
13	12	Stuart Rendell	AUS	72.78	67.67	72.78	×
14	6	Andraš Haklić	CRO	72.66	×	×	72.66
15	7	Karsten Kobs	GER	72.29	72.29	×	71.65
16	11	Markus Esser	GER	69.51	×	69.51	×
17	4	Kevin McMahon	USA	69.48	69.48	65.97	×
18	20	Vítor Costa	POR	68.89	67.07	68.79	68.89
19	2	Roman Rozna	MDA	68.01	×	68.01	62.46
20	14	Paddy McGrath	IRL	67.00	67.00	64.09	64.35
21	18	Vitaly Khozhatelev	UZB	65.04	60.55	64.53	65.04
22	21	Viktor Ustinov	UZB	60.60	×	60.60	×

Qualifying Round, Group B (23 September 2000 — 12:15)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Group B Round One	Group B Round Two	Group B Round Three
1	7	Ihar Astapkovich	BLR	79.81	79.81	-	-
2	19	David Chaussinand	FRA	77.12	77.12	×	×
3	22	Loris Paoluzzi	ITA	76.91	×	73.63	76.91
4	13	Alexandros Papadimitriou	GRE	76.61	76.61	74.77	×
5	8	Maciej Pałyszko	POL	76.33	76.33	×	70.11
6	2	Vladyslav Piskunov	UKR	76.08	75.95	76.00	76.08
7	3	Andrey Abduvaliyev	UZB	75.64	×	75.64	74.19
8	15	Lance Deal	USA	75.61	73.84	75.61	73.93
9	14	Adrián Annus	HUN	75.41	74.01	75.41	×
10	18	Vasily Sidorenko	RUS	74.72	74.72	73.97	×
11	12	Aleksey Zagorny	RUS	74.63	70.58	74.00	74.63
12	11	Christophe Épalle	FRA	74.22	70.46	72.70	74.22
13	6	Christos Polychroniou	GRE	74.02	×	×	74.02
14	5	Heinz Weis	GER	73.51	73.51	73.19	×
15	21	Juan Ignacio Cerra	ARG	72.86	×	72.86	×
16	10	Libor Charfreitag	SVK	72.52	71.10	72.52	×
17	20	Miloslav Konopka	SVK	70.55	70.55	×	×
18	1	Jan Bielecki	DEN	70.46	68.56	70.46	×
19	17	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen	FIN	69.64	69.64	×	×
20	4	Primož Kozmus	SLO	68.83	68.83	×	67.02
21	16	Jud Logan	USA	68.42	68.42	68.05	×
NM	9	Nikolay Davydov	KGZ	–	×	×	×

Final Round (24 September 2000 — 20:50)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	9	Szymon Ziółkowski	POL	80.02	74.89	79.87	×	80.02	78.68	78.32
2	10	Nicola Vizzoni	ITA	79.64	76.35	76.57	79.64	76.07	76.99	×
3	8	Ihar Astapkovich	BLR	79.17	74.98	×	77.08	×	79.17	79.06
4	7	Ivan Tsikhan	BLR	79.17	78.85	78.11	79.17	×	75.93	×
5	2	Ilya Konovalov	RUS	78.56	78.56	78.12	×	×	72.78	×
6	3	Loris Paoluzzi	ITA	78.18	78.18	×	×	×	76.19	×
7	1	Tibor Gécsek	HUN	77.70	75.25	76.99	77.70	75.81	77.06	76.82
8	4	Vladimír Maška	CZE	77.32	77.32	75.37	76.39	73.86	×	75.52
9	5	Koji Murofushi	JPN	76.60	×	76.24	76.60	–	–	–
10	12	Andriy Skvaruk	UKR	75.50	71.60	75.50	×	–	–	–
11	11	David Chaussinand	FRA	75.26	74.74	×	75.26	–	–	–
12	6	Alexandros Papadimitriou	GRE	73.30	×	73.30	×	–	–	–