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

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.

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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2008 →

Disqualifications

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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, Ivan Tsikhan won the bronze medal. With Annus's disqualification, Tsikhan moved up to the silver medal. However, he was disqualified in 2012 after a retest of his samples from 2004 were positive for 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Qualifying

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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

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Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes
  Koji Murofushi   Japan 79.90 81.60 81.16 82.35 X 82.91 82.91 SB
Silver medal not awarded [note]
Bronze medal 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

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  1. ^ a b "Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics". 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. ^ a b c "Athens 2004 Athletics Hammer Throw Men Results". 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. ^ a b "IOC disqualifies four medallists from Athens 2004 following further analysis of stored samples". 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. 5 December 2012. 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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