# 1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

These are the official results of the Men's hammer throw event at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland, held at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 10 and 11 August 1994. There were a total number of 25 participating athletes.

## Medalists

| Gold | Vasiliy Sidorenko Russia (RUS) |
| Silver | Igor Astapkovich Belarus (BLR) |
| Bronze | Heinz Weis Germany (GER) |

## 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 1994 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 | Heinz Weis (GER) | | | | 79.56 m |
| 2 | 2 | Igor Astapkovich (BLR) | | | | 79.00 m |
| 3 | 6 | Igor Nikulin (RUS) | | | | 75.10 m |
| 4 | 9 | Tibor Gécsek (HUN) | | | | 74.74 m |
| 5 | 12 | Oleksandr Krykun (UKR) | | | | 74.16 m |
| 6 | 14 | Aleksandr Krasko (BLR) | | | | 73.88 m |
| 7 | 16 | Mika Laaksonen (FIN) | | | | 72.88 m |
| 8 | 19 | Claus Dethloff (GER) | | | | 72.08 m |
| 9 | 20 | Tore Gustafsson (SWE) | | | | 71.90 m |
| 10 | 21 | Gilles Dupray (FRA) | | | | 71.38 m |
| 11 | 22 | Pavel Sedláček (CZE) | | | | 71.36 m |
| 12 | 24 | Jan Bielecki (DEN) | | | | 66.72 m |
| 13 | 25 | Loris Paoluzzi (ITA) | | | | 66.50 m |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 3 | Vitaliy Alisevich (BLR) | | | | 75.84 m |
| 2 | 4 | Christophe Épalle (FRA) | | | | 75.44 m |
| 3 | 5 | Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS) | | | | 75.42 m |
| 4 | 7 | Balázs Kiss (HUN) | | | | 74.84 m |
| 5 | 8 | Karsten Kobs (GER) | | | | 74.76 m |
| 6 | 10 | Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) | | | | 74.70 m |
| 7 | 11 | Vadim Kolesnik (UKR) | | | | 74.28 m |
| 8 | 13 | Marko Wahlman (FIN) | | | | 73.96 m |
| 9 | 15 | Frédéric Kuhn (FRA) | | | | 73.30 m |
| 10 | 17 | Zoltán Fábián (HUN) | | | | 72.80 m |
| 11 | 18 | Per Karlsson (SWE) | | | | 72.56 m |
| 12 | 23 | Jüri Tamm (EST) | | | | 68.46 m |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS) | 79.54 | X | 81.10 | 80.26 | 79.54 | 80.90 | 81.10 m | |
| | Igor Astapkovich (BLR) | 79.54 | 80.40 | 78.64 | 78.46 | X | 79.88 | 80.40 m | |
| | Heinz Weis (GER) | X | 78.10 | 77.18 | 78.48 | X | 75.94 | 78.48 m | |
| 4 | Igor Nikulin (RUS) | | | | | | | 78.38 m | |
| 5 | Tibor Gécsek (HUN) | | | | | | | 77.62 m | |
| 6 | Oleksandr Krykun (UKR) | | | | | | | 76.08 m | |
| 7 | Christophe Épalle (FRA) | | | | | | | 75.22 m | |
| 8 | Vadim Kolesnik (UKR) | | | | | | | 75.22 m | |
| 9 | Vitaliy Alisevich (BLR) | | | | | | | 74.44 m | |
| 10 | Karsten Kobs (GER) | | | | | | | 74.40 m | |
| 11 | Andrey Skvaruk (UKR) | | | | | | | 74.22 m | |
| 12 | Balázs Kiss (HUN) | | | | | | | 73.08 m | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.
* Belarus (3)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Denmark (1)
* Estonia (1)
* Finland (2)
* France (3)
* Germany (3)
* Hungary (3)
* Italy (1)
* Russia (2)
* Sweden (2)
* Ukraine (3)