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Hammer Throw, Men

Date	27 – 28 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Centennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants	37 from 22 countries

The break-up of the Soviet Union had changed the picture in this event. Hungary had won gold in this event in 1948, 1952, and 1968 and returned to the top with Balázs Kiss, four-time NCAA Champion while competing for USC, winning with his third-round toss of 81.24 (266-6½). Lance Deal won the first hammer medal by an American since Hal Connolly in 1956. But he just barely did so. After three rounds, he was tied for eighth. On the tie-breaker he was actually ninth, because his second best mark trailed that of Italy’s Enrico Sgrulletti. But tie-breakers are not used in choosing the throwers advanced to the final three rounds, so the top nine continued for the final three throws. Deal had his second chance and made the most of it, throwing 81.12 (266-1¾) in the sixth round to win the silver medal.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	1649	Balázs Kiss	HUN	78.34 (3)	81.24 (1)	Gold
2	2348	Lance Deal	USA	78.56 (1)	81.12 (2)	Silver
3	2312	Oleksandr Krykun	UKR	75.78 (10)	80.02 (3)	Bronze
4	2320	Andriy Skvaruk	UKR	77.48 (6)	79.92 (4)
5	1582	Heinz Weis	GER	77.84 (4)	79.78 (5)
6	2139	Ilya Konovalov	RUS	75.10 (11)	78.72 (6)
7	1125	Ihar Astapkovich	BLR	78.52 (2)	78.20 (7)
8	1124	Siarhei Alai	BLR	75.10 (12)	77.38 (8)
9	1723	Enrico Sgrulletti	ITA	77.36 (7)	76.98 (9)
10	2057	Szymon Ziółkowski	POL	77.64 (5)	76.64 (10)
11	1446	Raphaël Piolanti	FRA	76.44 (9)	75.24 (11)
12	2162	Vasily Sidorenko	RUS	76.64 (8)	74.68 (12)
13 r1/2	1285	Alberto Sánchez	CUB	74.82 (13)	–
14 r1/2	1540	Claus Dethloff	GER	74.60 (14)	–
15 r1/2	2137	Vadim Khersontsev	RUS	74.48 (15)	–
16 r1/2	1606	Alexandros Papadimitriou	GRE	74.46 (16)	–
17 r1/2	1434	Christophe Épalle	FRA	74.22 (17)	–
18 r1/2	1556	Karsten Kobs	GER	74.20 (18)	–
19 r1/2	1433	Gilles Dupray	FRA	74.04 (19)	–
20 r1/2	1309	Pavel Sedláček	CZE	73.98 (20)	–
21 r1/2	1134	Aliaksandr Krasko	BLR	73.74 (21)	–
22 r1/2	1654	Zsolt Németh	HUN	73.68 (22)	–
23 r1/2	1422	Marko Wåhlman	FIN	73.50 (23)	–
24 r1/2	2377	Kevin McMahon	USA	73.46 (24)	–
25 r1/2	1037	Sean Carlin	AUS	73.32 (25)	–
26 r1/2	1384	Jüri Tamm	EST	73.16 (26)	–
27 r1/2	1718	Loris Paoluzzi	ITA	72.82 (27)	–
28 r1/2	1639	Adrián Annus	HUN	72.58 (28)	–
29 r1/2	2388	Dave Popejoy	USA	72.46 (29)	–
30 r1/2	2249	Tore Gustafsson	SWE	71.02 (30)	–
31 r1/2	1315	Jan Bielecki	DEN	69.40 (31)	–
32 r1/2	1508	David W. Smith	GBR	69.32 (32)	–
33 r1/2	1672	Roman Linscheid	IRL	68.14 (33)	–
34 r1/2	2027	Aqarab Abbas	PAK	65.60 (34)	–
35 r1/2	1021	Andrés Charadía	ARG	65.26 (35)	–
36 r1/2	2410	Vitaly Khozhatelev	UZB	64.52 (36)	–
AC r1/2	1608	Christos Polychroniou	GRE	– (NM)	–

Qualifying Round (27 July 1996)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 76.50 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance	2nd Best
1	Lance Deal	USA	78.56	–	Q
2	Ihar Astapkovich	BLR	78.52	–	Q
3	Balázs Kiss	HUN	78.34	–	Q
4	Heinz Weis	GER	77.84	–	Q
5	Szymon Ziółkowski	POL	77.64	–	Q
6	Andriy Skvaruk	UKR	77.48	–	Q
7	Enrico Sgrulletti	ITA	77.36	–	Q
8	Vasily Sidorenko	RUS	76.64	–	Q
9	Raphaël Piolanti	FRA	76.44	–	q
10	Oleksandr Krykun	UKR	75.78	–	q
11	Ilya Konovalov	RUS	75.10	75.08	q
12	Siarhei Alai	BLR	75.10	74.94	q
13	Alberto Sánchez	CUB	74.82	–
14	Claus Dethloff	GER	74.60	–
15	Vadim Khersontsev	RUS	74.48	–
16	Alexandros Papadimitriou	GRE	74.46	–
17	Christophe Épalle	FRA	74.22	–
18	Karsten Kobs	GER	74.20	–
19	Gilles Dupray	FRA	74.04	–
20	Pavel Sedláček	CZE	73.98	–
21	Aliaksandr Krasko	BLR	73.74	–
22	Zsolt Németh	HUN	73.68	–
23	Marko Wåhlman	FIN	73.50	–
24	Kevin McMahon	USA	73.46	–
25	Sean Carlin	AUS	73.32	–
26	Jüri Tamm	EST	73.16	–
27	Loris Paoluzzi	ITA	72.82	–
28	Adrián Annus	HUN	72.58	–
29	Dave Popejoy	USA	72.46	–
30	Tore Gustafsson	SWE	71.02	–
31	Jan Bielecki	DEN	69.40	–
32	David W. Smith	GBR	69.32	–
33	Roman Linscheid	IRL	68.14	–
34	Aqarab Abbas	PAK	65.60	–
35	Andrés Charadía	ARG	65.26	–
36	Vitaly Khozhatelev	UZB	64.52	–
NM	Christos Polychroniou	GRE	–	–

Qualifying Round, Group A (27 July 1996 — 11:30)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Group A Round One	Group A Round Two	Group A Round Three
1	16	Balázs Kiss	HUN	78.34	×	78.34	-
2	14	Heinz Weis	GER	77.84	75.16	77.84	-
3	6	Szymon Ziółkowski	POL	77.64	77.64	-	-
4	5	Vasily Sidorenko	RUS	76.64	76.64	-	-
5	13	Oleksandr Krykun	UKR	75.78	73.82	75.78	75.70
6	9	Siarhei Alai	BLR	75.10	74.94	73.60	75.10
7	1	Claus Dethloff	GER	74.60	74.60	73.68	72.68
8	2	Alexandros Papadimitriou	GRE	74.46	74.42	×	74.46
9	12	Christophe Épalle	FRA	74.22	74.22	73.42	73.98
10	18	Gilles Dupray	FRA	74.04	×	70.92	74.04
11	8	Pavel Sedláček	CZE	73.98	72.60	73.98	×
12	10	Kevin McMahon	USA	73.46	73.10	73.46	72.78
13	7	Jüri Tamm	EST	73.16	72.14	73.16	×
14	15	Loris Paoluzzi	ITA	72.82	71.38	71.68	72.82
15	4	Adrián Annus	HUN	72.58	68.68	72.26	72.58
16	11	Tore Gustafsson	SWE	71.02	70.36	71.02	×
17	3	Jan Bielecki	DEN	69.40	×	×	69.40
18	17	Roman Linscheid	IRL	68.14	×	68.14	66.90

Qualifying Round, Group B (27 July 1996 — 13:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Group B Round One	Group B Round Two	Group B Round Three
1	18	Lance Deal	USA	78.56	75.10	76.34	78.56
2	15	Ihar Astapkovich	BLR	78.52	76.00	78.52	-
3	2	Andriy Skvaruk	UKR	77.48	73.52	77.48	-
4	16	Enrico Sgrulletti	ITA	77.36	77.36	-	-
5	3	Raphaël Piolanti	FRA	76.44	75.46	×	76.44
6	12	Ilya Konovalov	RUS	75.10	74.84	75.10	75.08
7	19	Alberto Sánchez	CUB	74.82	73.16	74.22	74.82
8	10	Vadim Khersontsev	RUS	74.48	73.62	74.00	74.48
9	14	Karsten Kobs	GER	74.20	72.04	×	74.20
10	8	Aliaksandr Krasko	BLR	73.74	71.82	73.74	×
11	13	Zsolt Németh	HUN	73.68	41.64	72.24	73.68
12	4	Marko Wåhlman	FIN	73.50	72.60	73.50	×
13	7	Sean Carlin	AUS	73.32	73.32	72.00	×
14	1	Dave Popejoy	USA	72.46	72.08	72.46	×
15	6	David W. Smith	GBR	69.32	×	×	69.32
16	17	Aqarab Abbas	PAK	65.60	65.60	×	64.34
17	11	Andrés Charadía	ARG	65.26	65.26	×	×
18	5	Vitaly Khozhatelev	UZB	64.52	64.52	×	×
NM	9	Christos Polychroniou	GRE	–	×	×	×

Final Round (28 July 1996 — 15:45)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	7	Balázs Kiss	HUN	81.24	79.28	80.50	81.24	78.60	79.82	×
2	10	Lance Deal	USA	81.12	×	×	76.94	75.62	77.26	81.12
3	12	Oleksandr Krykun	UKR	80.02	76.24	77.64	79.44	×	78.14	80.02
4	3	Andriy Skvaruk	UKR	79.92	74.24	×	79.92	75.80	76.56	×
5	5	Heinz Weis	GER	79.78	78.78	79.30	×	78.10	78.98	79.78
6	1	Ilya Konovalov	RUS	78.72	76.44	77.48	77.44	77.70	76.52	78.72
7	4	Ihar Astapkovich	BLR	78.20	76.38	78.20	×	76.62	77.38	×
8	6	Siarhei Alai	BLR	77.38	75.46	76.68	77.38	76.50	76.38	75.78
9	8	Enrico Sgrulletti	ITA	76.98	76.34	76.94	75.22	76.88	74.78	76.98
10	2	Szymon Ziółkowski	POL	76.64	76.30	74.90	76.64	–	–	–
11	11	Raphaël Piolanti	FRA	75.24	74.34	75.24	×	–	–	–
12	9	Vasily Sidorenko	RUS	74.68	73.62	×	74.68	–	–	–