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Hammer Throw, Men

Date	25 – 26 September 1988
Status	Olympic
Location	Ol-lim-pik Ju-gyeong-gi-jang, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
Participants	30 from 16 countries

Since 1976, every major title had been won by Yury Sedykh and Sergey Litvinov, with the obvious exception of the 1984 Olympics, when they could not compete because of the Soviet boycott. Litvinov was a slight favorite in Seoul as the 1983 and 1987 World Champion. Assisted by Jüri Tamm the Soviet threesome swept the medals in this event, as they had in 1976 and 1980. Litvinov led from the first round with 84.76 (278-1), which was good enough for gold, but improved slightly in round five with 84.80 (278-2¾). Sedykh added a silver to his golds from 1976 and 1980.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	1046	Sergey Litvinov	URS	81.24 (1)	84.80 (1)	Gold	OR
2	1060	Yury Sedykh	URS	78.48 (3)	83.76 (2)	Silver
3	1064	Jüri Tamm	URS	79.68 (2)	81.16 (3)	Bronze
4	465	Ralf Haber	GDR	78.16 (4)	80.44 (4)
5	397	Heinz Weis	FRG	77.24 (7)	79.16 (5)
6	525	Tibor Gécsek	HUN	77.12 (8)	78.36 (6)
7	535	Imre Szitás	HUN	76.24 (12)	77.04 (7)
8	138	Ivan Tanev	BUL	76.84 (9)	76.08 (8)
9	299	Harri Huhtala	FIN	77.34 (6)	75.38 (9)
10	56	Hans Lindner	AUT	76.60 (10)	75.36 (10)
11	953	Tore Gustafsson	SWE	76.44 (11)	74.24 (11)
12	475	Gunther Rodehau	GDR	78.12 (5)	72.36 (12)
13 r1/2	381	Christoph Sahner	FRG	75.84 (13)	–
14 r1/2	136	Plamen Minev	BUL	74.46 (14)	–
15 r1/2	539	József Vida	HUN	74.30 (15)	–
16 r1/2	314	Juha Tiainen	FIN	73.74 (16)	–
17 r1/2	1084	Lance Deal	USA	73.66 (17)	–
18 r1/2	1092	Ken Flax	USA	72.70 (18)	–
19 r1/2	1105	Jud Logan	USA	72.64 (19)	–
20 r1/2	131	Viktor Apostolov	BUL	71.10 (20)	–
21 r1/2	602	Lucio Serrani	ITA	70.50 (21)	–
22 r1/2	430	Mick Jones	GBR	70.38 (22)	–
23 r1/2	454	Dave Smith	GBR	69.12 (23)	–
24 r1/2	550	Conor McCullough	IRL	68.66 (24)	–
25 r1/2	30	Andrés Charadía	ARG	68.26 (25)	–
26 r1/2	11	Hakim Toumi	ALG	65.78 (26)	–
27 r1/2	711	Waleed Al-Bekheet	KUW	63.86 (27)	–
28 r1/2	442	Matt Mileham	GBR	62.42 (28)	–
29 r1/2	694	Lee Ju-Hyeong	KOR	55.98 (29)	–
AC r1/2	1206	Kjell Bystedt	SWE	– (NM)	–

Qualifying Round (25 September 1988)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 77.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance
1	Sergey Litvinov	URS	81.24	Q
2	Jüri Tamm	URS	79.68	Q
3	Yury Sedykh	URS	78.48	Q
4	Ralf Haber	GDR	78.16	Q
5	Gunther Rodehau	GDR	78.12	Q
6	Harri Huhtala	FIN	77.34	Q
7	Heinz Weis	FRG	77.24	Q
8	Tibor Gécsek	HUN	77.12	Q
9	Ivan Tanev	BUL	76.84	q
10	Hans Lindner	AUT	76.60	q
11	Tore Gustafsson	SWE	76.44	q
12	Imre Szitás	HUN	76.24	q
13	Christoph Sahner	FRG	75.84
14	Plamen Minev	BUL	74.46
15	József Vida	HUN	74.30
16	Juha Tiainen	FIN	73.74
17	Lance Deal	USA	73.66
18	Ken Flax	USA	72.70
19	Jud Logan	USA	72.64
20	Viktor Apostolov	BUL	71.10
21	Lucio Serrani	ITA	70.50
22	Mick Jones	GBR	70.38
23	Dave Smith	GBR	69.12
24	Conor McCullough	IRL	68.66
25	Andrés Charadía	ARG	68.26
26	Hakim Toumi	ALG	65.78
27	Waleed Al-Bekheet	KUW	63.86
28	Matt Mileham	GBR	62.42
29	Lee Ju-Hyeong	KOR	55.98
NM	Kjell Bystedt	SWE	–

Qualifying Round, Group A (25 September 1988 — 9:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Group A Round One	Group A Round Two	Group A Round Three
1	13	Jüri Tamm	URS	79.68	79.68	-	-
2	12	Yury Sedykh	URS	78.48	78.48	-	-
3	1	Ralf Haber	GDR	78.16	75.64	78.16	-
4	2	Gunther Rodehau	GDR	78.12	×	78.12	-
5	11	Harri Huhtala	FIN	77.34	75.98	77.34	-
6	8	Tibor Gécsek	HUN	77.12	×	77.12	-
7	10	Imre Szitás	HUN	76.24	74.98	76.24	73.82
8	3	Juha Tiainen	FIN	73.74	72.44	73.74	×
9	5	Viktor Apostolov	BUL	71.10	×	×	71.10
10	7	Dave Smith	GBR	69.12	×	×	69.12
11	9	Hakim Toumi	ALG	65.78	65.78	65.72	×
12	6	Matt Mileham	GBR	62.42	59.94	62.42	×
13	4	Lee Ju-Hyeong	KOR	55.98	×	×	55.98
NM	14	Kjell Bystedt	SWE	–	×	×	×

Qualifying Round, Group B (25 September 1988 — 10:15)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Group B Round One	Group B Round Two	Group B Round Three
1	4	Sergey Litvinov	URS	81.24	81.24	-	-
2	13	Heinz Weis	FRG	77.24	76.40	76.70	77.24
3	2	Ivan Tanev	BUL	76.84	76.84	×	×
4	8	Hans Lindner	AUT	76.60	76.60	74.54	×
5	14	Tore Gustafsson	SWE	76.44	72.90	73.14	76.44
6	15	Christoph Sahner	FRG	75.84	75.84	72.42	72.46
7	12	Plamen Minev	BUL	74.46	74.46	70.22	×
8	5	József Vida	HUN	74.30	70.60	74.30	72.50
9	11	Lance Deal	USA	73.66	×	71.72	73.66
10	10	Ken Flax	USA	72.70	×	72.70	72.24
11	1	Jud Logan	USA	72.64	69.46	72.46	72.64
12	3	Lucio Serrani	ITA	70.50	70.50	×	70.00
13	6	Mick Jones	GBR	70.38	70.38	×	68.94
14	7	Conor McCullough	IRL	68.66	×	×	68.66
15	16	Andrés Charadía	ARG	68.26	66.86	66.02	68.26
16	9	Waleed Al-Bekheet	KUW	63.86	62.78	60.14	63.86

Final Round (26 September 1988 — 12:40)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	4	Sergey Litvinov	URS	84.80	84.76	83.82	83.86	83.98	84.80	83.80	OR
2	12	Yury Sedykh	URS	83.76	80.96	83.62	83.44	83.44	×	83.76
3	1	Jüri Tamm	URS	81.16	80.94	81.16	×	×	×	×
4	2	Ralf Haber	GDR	80.44	78.92	78.72	79.18	×	78.88	80.44
5	5	Heinz Weis	FRG	79.16	78.50	76.80	×	77.70	78.98	79.16
6	3	Tibor Gécsek	HUN	78.36	78.18	76.52	74.36	77.82	×	78.36
7	9	Imre Szitás	HUN	77.04	76.00	76.40	76.20	75.66	76.10	77.04
8	11	Ivan Tanev	BUL	76.08	75.56	75.76	×	75.28	75.54	76.08
9	8	Harri Huhtala	FIN	75.38	75.26	75.38	75.08	–	–	–
10	7	Hans Lindner	AUT	75.36	75.36	75.14	75.28	–	–	–
11	6	Tore Gustafsson	SWE	74.24	74.24	73.32	×	–	–	–
12	10	Gunther Rodehau	GDR	72.36	×	×	72.36	–	–	–