| Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics  |
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 5000 m | men | women | ||
| 10000 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | women | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | women | ||
| 10 km walk | women | |||
| 20 km walk | men | |||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | |||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | |||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
These are the official results of the men's hammer throw event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total number of 37 competitors, with twelve athletes reaching the final.
Contents |
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
 Balázs KissHungary (HUN) |
 Lance DealUnited States (USA) |
 Oleksandr KrykunUkraine (UKR) |
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 86.74 |  Yuriy Sedykh |
Stuttgart (FRG) | August 30, 1986 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Record | 84.80 | Sergey Litvinov |
Seoul (KOR) | September 26, 1988 |
Results
Final
| RANK | NAME ATHLETE | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
 |
Balázs Kiss (HUN) |
81.24 m |
 |
Lance Deal (USA) |
81.12 m |
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Oleksandr Krykun (UKR) |
80.02 m |
| 4. | Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) |
79.92 m |
| 5. |  Heinz Weis (GER) |
79.78 m |
| 6. |  Ilya Konovalov (RUS) |
78.72 m |
| 7. |  Igor Astapkovich (BLR) |
78.20 m |
| 8. | Sergey Alay (BLR) |
77.38 m |
| 9. |  Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA) |
76.98 m |
| 10. |  Szymon Ziolkowski (POL) |
76.64 m |
| 11. |  Raphaël Piolanti (FRA) |
75.24 m |
| 12. | Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS) |
74.68 m |
Non-qualifiers
| RANK | NAME ATHLETE | DISTANCE |
|---|---|---|
| — |  Alberto Sánchez (CUB) |
74.82 m |
| — | Claus Dethloff (GER) |
74.60 m |
| — | Vadim Khersontsev (RUS) |
74.48 m |
| — |  Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE) |
74.46 m |
| — | Christophe Épalle (FRA) |
74.22 m |
| — | Karsten Kobs (GER) |
74.20 m |
| — | Gilles Dupray (FRA) |
74.04 m |
| — |  Pavol Sedláček (CZE) |
73.98 m |
| — | Aleksandr Krasko (BLR) |
73.74 m |
| — | Zsolt Németh (HUN) |
73.68 m |
| — |  Marko Wahlman (FIN) |
73.50 m |
| — | Kevin McMahon (USA) |
73.46 m |
| — |  Sean Carlin (AUS) |
72.32 m |
| — |  Jüri Tamm (EST) |
73.16 m |
| — | Loris Paoluzzi (ITA) |
72.82 m |
| — | Adrián Annus (HUN) |
72.58 m |
| — | Ken Popejoy (USA) |
72.46 m |
| — |  Tore Gustafsson (SWE) |
71.02 m |
| — |  Jan Bielecki (DEN) |
69.40 m |
| — |  David W. Smith (GBR) |
69.32 m |
| — |  Roman Linscheid (IRL) |
68.14 m |
| — |  Aqarab Abbas (PAK) |
65.60 m |
| — |  Andrés Charadia (ARG) |
65.26 m |
| — |  Vitaliy Khozhatelyov (UZB) |
64.52 m |
| — | Hristos Polihroniou (GRE) |
NM |
References
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