1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw
# 1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia , held at Stadion Poljud on 30 and 31 August 1990. There were a total number of twenty participating athletes.

## Medalists

| Gold | Igor Astapkovich Soviet Union (URS) |
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| Silver | Tibor Gécsek Hungary (URS) |
| Bronze | Igor Nikulin Soviet Union (URS) |

## Abbreviations

* All results shown are in metres

| Q | automatic qualification |
| - | - |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1990 European Athletics Championships :

| World Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.74 m | August 30, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |
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| Event Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.74 m | August 30, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |

## Qualification

### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 1 | Igor Nikulin (URS) | | | | 79.06 m |
| 2 | 4 | Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA) | | | | 76.68 m |
| 3 | 7 | Ivan Tanev (BUL) | | | | 74.48 m |
| 4 | 10 | Johann Lindner (AUT) | | | | 74.00 m |
| 5 | 11 | Heinz Weis (FRG) | | | | 73.44 m |
| 6 | 13 | Tore Gustafsson (SWE) | | | | 72.86 m |
| 7 | 14 | Raphaël Piolanti (FRA) | | | | 72.50 m |
| 8 | 15 | József Vida (HUN) | | | | 72.46 m |
| 9 | 16 | Norbert Radefeld (FRG) | | | | 72.42 m |
| 10 | 17 | Esa Jantunen (FIN) | | | | 71.60 m |
| 11 | 19 | Viktor Apostolov (BUL) | | | | 68.92 m |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 2 | Plamen Minev (BUL) | | | | 77.80 m |
| 2 | 3 | Igor Astapkovich (URS) | | | | 77.60 m |
| 3 | 5 | Günther Rodehau (GDR) | | | | 75.36 m |
| 4 | 6 | Tibor Gécsek (HUN) | | | | 74.68 m |
| 5 | 8 | Juha Tiainen (FIN) | | | | 74.30 m |
| 6 | 9 | Paul Head (GBR) | | | | 74.02 m |
| 7 | 12 | Claus Dethloff (FRG) | | | | 73.12 m |
| 8 | 18 | Frédéric Kuhn (FRA) | | | | 71.30 m |
| 9 | 20 | Giuliano Zanello (ITA) | | | | 68.64 m |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Igor Astapkovich (URS) | | | | | | | 84.14 m | |
| | Tibor Gécsek (HUN) | | | | | | | 80.14 m | |
| | Igor Nikulin (URS) | | | | | | | 80.02 m | |
| 4 | Günther Rodehau (GDR) | | | | | | | 77.90 m | |
| 5 | Plamen Minev (BUL) | | | | | | | 77.12 m | |
| 6 | Ivan Tanev (BUL) | | | | | | | 76.28 m | |
| 7 | Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA) | | | | | | | 75.82 m | |
| 8 | Heinz Weis (FRG) | | | | | | | 75.48 m | |
| 9 | Juha Tiainen (FIN) | | | | | | | 73.70 m | |
| 10 | Johann Lindner (AUT) | | | | | | | 73.68 m | |
| 11 | Paul Head (GBR) | | | | | | | 72.68 m | |
| 12 | Claus Dethloff (FRG) | | | | | | | 72.36 m | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

* Austria (1)
* Bulgaria (3)
* East Germany (1)
* Finland (2)
* France (2)
* Hungary (2)
* Italy (2)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Sweden (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
* West Germany (3)
