# 1982 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

The final of the Men's hammer throw event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece was held on September 10, 1982. The qualification round was staged a day earlier, on September 9, 1982.

## Medalists

| Gold | Yuriy Sedykh Soviet Union (URS) |
| Silver | Igor Nikulin Soviet Union (URS) |
| Bronze | Sergey Litvinov Soviet Union (URS) |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1982 European Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Sergey Litvinov (URS) | 83.98 m | June 4, 1982 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Championship Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 77.28 m | September 2, 1978 | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Broken records during the 1982 European Athletics Championships |||||
| Championship Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 77.58 m | September 9, 1982 | Athens, Greece |
| Championship Record | Sergey Litvinov (URS) | 77.58 m | September 9, 1982 | Athens, Greece |
| Championship Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 81.66 m | September 10, 1982 | Athens, Greece |

## Qualification

Q = automatic qualification; q = qualified by rank; DNS = did not start; NM = no mark; WR = world record; CR = championship record; AR = area record; NR = national record; PB = personal best; SB = season best

### Final ranking

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | Sergey Litvinov (URS) | | | | 77.58 m CR |
| 2 | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | | | | 77.58 m CR |
| 3 | Harri Huhtala (FIN) | | | | 75.86 m |
| 4 | Klaus Ploghaus (FRG) | | | | 74.32 m |
| 5 | Roland Steuk (GDR) | | | | 74.10 m |
| 6 | Igor Nikulin (URS) | | | | 74.06 m |
| 7 | Ireneusz Golda (POL) | | | | 73.92 m |
| 8 | Detlef Gerstenberg (GDR) | | | | 73.88 m |
| 9 | Mariusz Tomaszewski (POL) | | | | 73.48 m |
| 10 | Jörg Schäfer (FRG) | | | | 72.98 m |
| 11 | Giampaolo Urlando (ITA) | | | | 72.76 m |
| 12 | Juha Tiainen (FIN) | | | | 72.62 m |
| 13 | Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL) | | | | 71.16 m |
| 14 | Tibor Tanczi (HUN) | | | | 71.04 m |
| 15 | Martin Girvan (GBR) | | | | 70.62 m |
| 16 | Orlando Bianchini (ITA) | | | | 70.06 m |
| 17 | Richard Olsen (NOR) | | | | 69.78 m |
| 18 | Jukka Olkkonen (FIN) | | | | 69.76 m |
| 19 | Christoph Sahner (FRG) | | | | 69.24 m |
| 20 | Sean Egan (IRL) | | | | 66.96 m |
| — | Kjell Bystedt (SWE) | X | X | X | NM |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Yuri Sedykh (URS) | 81.66 | 80.48 | 80.96 | 79.36 | 81.62 | 80.94 | 81.66 m | CR |
| | Igor Nikulin (URS) | 79.44 | X | 78.38 | 78.36 | 79.22 | X | 79.44 m | |
| | Sergey Litvinov (URS) | 76.88 | 76.72 | 78.66 | 78.10 | X | 77.90 | 78.66 m | |
| 4 | Ireneusz Golda (POL) | 76.58 | 73.76 | 75.82 | 74.60 | 74.98 | 76.56 | 76.58 m | |
| 5 | Harri Huhtala (FIN) | 76.12 | X | 72.82 | 74.96 | 73.60 | 74.30 | 76.12 m | |
| 6 | Detlef Gerstenberg (GDR) | X | 75.32 | 74.62 | X | 74.76 | X | 75.32 m | |
| 7 | Roland Steuk (GDR) | 74.76 | 74.50 | 72.50 | X | 72.22 | X | 74.76 m | |
| 8 | Klaus Ploghaus (FRG) | X | 74.52 | 74.52 | X | 71.78 | X | 74.52 m | |
| 9 | Jörg Schäfer (FRG) | | | | | | | 74.08 m | |
| 10 | Mariusz Tomaszewski (POL) | | | | | | | 73.74 m | |
| 11 | Giampaolo Urlando (ITA) | | | | | | | 73.72 m | |
| 12 | Juha Tiainen (FIN) | | | | | | | 72.12 m | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.
* Bulgaria (1)
* East Germany (2)
* Finland (3)
* Hungary (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (2)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (2)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Sweden (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
* West Germany (3)