Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

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Men's hammer throw
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Koji Murofushi (2011)
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates20–22 August
Competitors35 from 24 nations
Winning distance82.91
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Koji Murofushi  Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) vacated
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) vacated
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The men's hammer throw competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 20–22 August.[1] There were 35 competitors from 24 nations.[2] After a series of doping-related disqualifications, the event was won by Koji Murofushi of Japan, the nation's first medal in the event.[3] All distances are given in metres.

Disqualifications

The event was marred by doping-related disqualifications, with the original first- and third-place athletes being removed. Adrián Annus of Hungary originally won the competition, but he was disqualified after being found guilty of tampering with his sample at the doping control.[4] The original runner-up, Koji Murofushi, was accordingly declared the 2004 Olympic champion.

Originally,

methandienone. Tsikhan withdrew from the 2012 Summer Olympics as a result.[5][6][7] The silver and bronze medal were not re-awarded. The athlete in a position to be elevated to the Olympic silver medal, Eşref Apak of Turkey, received a 2-year doping ban in 2013 for the use of a prohibited substance, which lasted from 8 June 2013 to 25 June 2015.[8] The athlete in a position to be elevated to the Olympic bronze medal, Vadim Devyatovskiy of Belarus, had previously been subject to a court case by the International Olympic Committee regarding doping at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[9][10] Аs the next two finishers Eşref Apak and Vadim Devyatovskiy had both been suspended from the sport for doping offenses since 2004, the IOC decided to declare the silver and bronze medals vacant, leaving the only medalists as Murofushi with gold (in the official publication of the results, Eşref Apak is listed second, but without getting a silver medal, Vadim Devyatovskiy is listed third, but without getting a bronze medal).[3][2][11]

Background

This was the 24th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1896. Seven of the 12 finalists from the 2000 Games returned: gold medalist (and 1996 finalist) Szymon Ziółkowski of Poland, silver medalist Nicola Vizzoni of Italy, bronze medalist (and 1992 silver medalist and 1996 finalist) Igor Astapkovich of Belarus, fifth-place finisher (and 1996 finalist) Ilya Konovalov of Russia, eighth-place finisher Vladimír Maška of the Czech Republic, ninth-place finisher Koji Murofushi of Japan, and twelfth-place finisher Alexandros Papadimitriou of Greece. The last two World Champions were Ziółkowski (2001) and Ivan Tsikhan of Belarus (2003). Tikhon, 2002 European champion Adrián Annus of Hungary, and Murofushi (bronze medalist in the 2003 World Championship and who, in 2003, had the best throw of anyone since 1986—a mark that is still, in 2021, the fourth-best throw of all time) were the favorites.[2]

Albania, Tajikistan, and Turkey each made their debut in the event. The United States appeared for the 23rd time, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

Main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The qualification period for Athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the men's hammer throw, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had thrown 78.65 metres or further during the qualification period. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had thrown 74.35 metres or further could be entered.[12]

Competition format

Each athlete received three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieved the qualifying distance of 78.00 metres progressed to the final. If fewer than twelve athletes achieved this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes would reach the final. Each finalist was allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.[1][11]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 86.74 Stuttgart, West Germany 30 August 1986
Olympic record  Sergey Litvinov (URS) 84.80 Seoul, South Korea 26 September 1988

No new records were set during the competition.

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (

UTC+2
)

Date Time Round
Friday, 20 August 2004 9:15 Qualifying
Sunday, 22 August 2004 21:15 Final

Results

Qualifying

Rule: Qualifying standard 78.00 (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank Group Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 B Ivan Tsikhan  Belarus 77.85 77.12 80.78 80.78 Q
2 A Adrián Annus  Hungary 79.59 — — 79.59 Q
3 B Krisztián Pars  Hungary 77.43 80.50 — 80.50 Q
4 B Koji Murofushi  Japan 79.55 — — 79.55 Q
5 B Primož Kozmus  Slovenia 76.97 78.81 — 78.81 Q, SB
6 A Markus Esser  Germany 76.39 75.29 77.49 77.49 q
7 B Libor Charfreitag  Slovakia X X 77.30 77.30 q
8 A Igor Astapkovich  Belarus 76.70 76.08 76.88 76.88 q
9 B Nicola Vizzoni  Italy 76.84 75.35 75.03 76.84 q
10 A Eşref Apak  Turkey X X 76.74 76.74 q
11 B Vadim Devyatovskiy  Belarus 71.69 74.81 76.72 76.72 q
12 B Karsten Kobs  Germany 76.69 X X 76.69 q
13 A Ilya Konovalov  Russia 75.40 X 76.36 76.36
14 A Szymon Ziółkowski  Poland 76.12 74.55 76.17 76.17
15 B Miloslav Konopka  Slovakia 74.42 X 76.16 76.16
16 A Olli-Pekka Karjalainen  Finland X 74.51 76.11 76.11
17 B Sergey Kirmasov  Russia 75.12 73.68 75.83 75.83
18 A
Aléxandros Papadimitríou
  Greece X X 75.55 75.55
19 A Oleksandr Krykun  Ukraine X 75.42 74.37 75.42
20 B Artem Rubanko  Ukraine 75.08 X X 75.08
21 B James Parker  United States 73.15 74.09 75.04 75.04
22 B András Haklits  Croatia X 73.51 74.43 74.43
23 B David Söderberg  Finland X X 74.14 74.14
24 A Patric Suter  Switzerland 72.45 X 73.54 73.54
25 B Yuriy Voronkin  Russia 73.47 71.97 X 73.47
26 A Stuart Rendell  Australia X 72.61 X 72.61
27 A Juan Ignacio Cerra  Argentina 69.10 72.53 68.64 72.53
28 A Vítor Costa  Portugal 72.47 72.44 X 72.47
29 A Roman Rozna  Moldova X X 71.78 71.78
30 A Vladimír Maška  Czech Republic 71.76 X X 71.76
31 B
Ali Al-Zinkawi
  Kuwait 70.67 71.06 70.68 71.06
32 B Dorian Çollaku  Albania 70.06 69.27 67.61 70.06
33 A
A.G. Kruger
  United States 69.38 68.03 X 69.38
— A Vladyslav Piskunov  Ukraine X X X NM
A Dilshod Nazarov  Tajikistan X X X NM

Final

Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Koji Murofushi  Japan 79.90 81.60 81.16 82.35 X 82.91 82.91 SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) not awarded [note]
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) not awarded [note]
2 Eşref Apak  Turkey 75.79 79.51 X 79.23 75.15 76.34 79.51 [note]
3 Vadim Devyatovskiy  Belarus 78.67 78.82 X 75.41 76.61 X 78.82 [note]
4 Krisztián Pars  Hungary 76.94 78.16 77.55 78.73 X 77.26 78.73
5 Primož Kozmus  Slovenia 75.82 77.08 76.45 78.56 77.61 78.24 78.56
6 Libor Charfreitag  Slovakia 74.93 77.52 77.30 75.60 77.54 73.06 77.54
7 Karsten Kobs  Germany 75.72 75.97 76.30 Did not advance 76.30
8 Igor Astapkovich  Belarus X X 76.22 Did not advance 76.22
9 Nicola Vizzoni  Italy 74.27 72.97 73.02 Did not advance 74.27
10 Markus Esser  Germany 72.51 X 71.31 Did not advance 72.51
— Adrián Annus  Hungary 80.53 82.32 83.19 82.64 82.04 — 83.19 DPG[4]
— Ivan Tsikhan  Belarus X X 78.55 78.31 79.81 X 79.81 DPG[5]

note IOC decided to declare the silver and bronze medals vacant (in the official publication of the results, Eşref Apak is listed second, but without getting a silver medal, Vadim Devyatovskiy is listed third, but without getting a bronze medal).[3][2]

References

  1. ^
    IAAF
    . 22 August 2004. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "Hammer Throw, Men". Olympedia.org. 22 August 2004. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  3. ^
    IOC
    . 22 August 2004. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  4. ^ a b "IOC strips Annus of hammer gold". CNN. 29 August 2004. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  5. ^
    IOC
    . 5 December 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Olympics 2012 drugs: Hammer thrower withdrawn over Athens test". BBC News Online. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Olympic drug tests: Four athletes stripped of 2004 Athens medals". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  8. ^ "Esref Apak among 31 Turkish athletes banned for two years". BBC Sport. 5 August 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  9. ^ "CAS Reinstates Olympic Medals for Hammer Throwers". ESPN. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  10. ^ "CAS Reinstates Olympic Medals for Hammer Throwers". FoxSports. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  11. ^ a b "Athletics at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Men's Hammer Throw". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  12. ^ "2004 Olympic Games - Athletics Qualifying Standards". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 21 October 2020.

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