Men Hammer Throw Athletics IV World Championship 1993 Stuttgart (GER) - Sunday 15.08 - Gold Medal: Andrey Abduvaliyev, Tajikistan

Men Hammer Throw Athletics IV World Championship 1993 Stuttgart (GER) - Sunday 15.08 - Gold Medal: Andrey Abduvaliyev, Tajikistan

Final 16.20h		Distance	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1. Andrey Abduvaliyev	TJK	81.64m	78.08	X	78.02	81.64	X	80.56
2. Igor Astapkovich	BLR	79.88m	77.54	X	X	79.88	79.48	79.16
3. Tibor Gecsek	HUN	79.54m	73.34	X	76.80	79.54	73.84	X
4. Sergey Alay	BLR	79.02m	71.42	76.56	77.12	X	77.40	79.02
5. Vasiliy Sidorenko	RUS	78.86m	X	76.82	76.62	77.12	78.86	77.36
6. Aleksandr Seleznyov	RUS	78.58m	76.48	78.58	76.34	X	X	75.28
7. Sergey Litvinov	RUS	78.56m	78.56	X	X	75.02	76.56	X
8. Christophe Epalle	FRA	76.22m	76.22	X	75.90	X	X	75.04
9. Lance Deal	USA	76.20m
10.Raphael Piolanti	FRA	75.88m
11.Vadim Kolesnik	UKR	73.08m
-. Andrey Skvaruk	UKR	NM	X	X	X

Men Hammer Throw - History.

The former USSR republics accounted for eight of the 12 finalists. These included the two-time former champion Litvinov. His opening throw held up for the bronze medal at the halfway point, but he dropped to seventh thereafter. Once again, Astapkovich was the favourite. But as he had in the Olympic Games, Abduvaliyev beat him when it mattered to become the first Asian men’s World Champion. His winning throw of 81.64 was also an Asian record – though not a national record, as that had been set in 1990 when Tajikistan was part of the USSR.
“My best throw was the best one from the technical point of view. My coach, Anatoliy Bondarchuk, who is now coaching in Portugal, phoned me to say ’You know what to do.’”
The winning throw came in the sixth round, and the two other medal-winning efforts came with the very next two throws from Astapkovich and Gécsek, who had earlier produced a foul in excess of 80m.

Qualification - Saturday 14.08

Mark 76.50m 6+6 Athletes

Group A 11:00		Distance	Rk.
1. Andrey Abduvaliyev	TJK	77.22m	3.
2. Aleksandr Seleznyov	RUS	77.12m	5.
3. Andrey Skvaruk	UKR	75.54m	7.
4. Raphael Piolanti	FRA	75.34m	8.
5. Sergey Alay	BLR	75.34m	9.
6. Vasiliy Sidorenko	RUS	74.40m	11.
7. Pavel Sedlacek	CZE	73.90m	13.
8. Tore Gustafsson	SWE	71.88m	15.
9. Karsten Kobs	GER	71.82m	16.
10.Savas Saritzoglou	GRE	71.76m	17.
11.Johann Lindner	AUT	71.46m	18.
12.Jim Driscoll	USA	69.40m	21.
13.Paul Head	GBR	68.88m	22.
14.Tuck Yim Wong	SIN	49.14m	28.

Group B 12:45		Distance	Rk.
1. Sergey Litvinov	RUS	77.96m	1.
2. Tibor Gecsek	HUN	77.82m	2.
3. Lance Deal	USA	77.14m	4.
4. Igor Astapkovich	BLR	76.82m	6.
5. Christophe Epalle	FRA	74.74m	10.
6. Vadim Kolesnik	UKR	74.36m	12.
7. Walter Ciofani	FRA	73.36m	14.
8. Alberto Sanchez	CUB	71.00m	19.
9. Marko Wahlman	FIN	69.62m	20.
10.Andres Charadia	ARG	68.48m	23.
11.Iosif Shaverdashvili	GEO	68.26m	24.
12.Guillermo Guzman	MEX	67.30m	25.
13.Hakim Toumi	ALG	66.16m	26.
14.Enrico Sgrulletti	ITA	63.58m	27.