# 2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

The final of the Men's hammer throw event at the 2002 European Championships in Munich, Germany was held on August 7, 2002. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged a day earlier, on August 6, with the mark set in 79.00 metres.

## Medalists

| Gold | Adrián Annus Hungary (HUN) |
| Silver | Vladyslav Piskunov Ukraine (UKR) |
| Bronze | Alexandros Papadimitriou Greece (GRE) |

## 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 2002 European Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.74 m | August 30, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |
| 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 | Aleksey Zagornyi (RUS) | | | | 80.16 m |
| 2 | 3 | Adrián Annus (HUN) | | | | 79.82 m |
| 3 | 7 | Nicolas Figère (FRA) | | | | 78.50 m |
| 4 | 8 | Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE) | | | | 78.39 m |
| 5 | 9 | Ivan Tikhon (BLR) | | | | 78.24 m |
| 6 | 10 | Miloslav Konopka (SVK) | | | | 78.16 m |
| 7 | 11 | Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR) | | | | 78.06 m |
| 8 | 13 | Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) | | | | 77.57 m |
| 9 | 14 | Karsten Kobs (GER) | | | | 77.44 m |
| 10 | 15 | Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) | | | | 77.17 m |
| 11 | 17 | Holger Klose (GER) | | | | 76.98 m |
| 12 | 20 | Ilya Konovalov (RUS) | | | | 76.79 m |
| 13 | 23 | David Söderberg (FIN) | | | | 74.64 m |
| 14 | 24 | Vladimír Maška (CZE) | | | | 74.52 m |
| 15 | 28 | Bengt Johansson (SWE) | | | | 71.27 m |
| 16 | 30 | Dorian Collaku (ALB) | | | | 67.47 m |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 2 | Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) | | | | 79.96 m |
| 2 | 4 | Balázs Kiss (HUN) | | | | 79.32 m |
| 3 | 5 | Libor Charfreitag (SVK) | | | | 79.18 m |
| 4 | 6 | Tibor Gécsek (HUN) | | | | 79.03 m |
| 5 | 12 | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN) | | | | 77.78 m |
| 6 | 16 | Vadim Khersontsev (RUS) | | | | 77.00 m |
| 7 | 18 | Oleksandr Krykun (UKR) | | | | 76.92 m |
| 8 | 19 | Jan Bielecki (DEN) | | | | 76.82 m |
| 9 | 21 | Christophe Épalle (FRA) | | | | 76.27 m |
| 10 | 22 | Maciej Pałyszko (POL) | | | | 75.51 m |
| 11 | 25 | Primož Kozmus (SLO) | | | | 72.60 m |
| 12 | 26 | Vítor Costa (POR) | | | | 72.43 m |
| 13 | 27 | Christos Polychroniou (GRE) | | | | 71.70 m |
| 14 | 29 | Markus Esser (GER) | | | | 70.15 m |
| — | — | András Haklits (CRO) | 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 |
| | Adrián Annus (HUN) | 76.00 | 78.65 | 80.62 | 81.17 | 80.37 | — | 81.17 m | |
| | Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR) | X | 78.23 | 79.58 | X | 80.39 | X | 80.39 m | |
| | Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE) | 76.81 | 78.31 | 78.51 | 77.86 | 80.21 | 78.61 | 80.21 m | |
| 4 | Balázs Kiss (HUN) | 80.13 | X | 80.17 | X | 80.06 | 80.05 | 80.17 m | |
| 5 | Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) | 79.22 | X | 80.15 | 78.68 | X | 79.23 | 80.15 m | |
| 6 | Tibor Gécsek (HUN) | 79.25 | 78.62 | X | X | 76.91 | 78.52 | 79.25 m | |
| 7 | Libor Charfreitag (SVK) | 79.20 | X | X | X | 76.93 | X | 79.20 m | |
| 8 | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN) | X | 78.41 | 78.57 | X | X | X | 78.57 m | |
| 9 | Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) | 72.60 | 77.86 | X | | | | 77.86 m | |
| 10 | Miloslav Konopka (SVK) | 76.69 | 76.94 | 77.33 | | | | 77.33 m | |
| 11 | Aleksey Zagornyi (RUS) | 77.01 | X | X | | | | 77.01 m | |
| 12 | Nicolas Figère (FRA) | 76.17 | X | 76.49 | | | | 76.49 m | |