Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Men's hammer throw

The men's hammer throw event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy, on 26 August.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Balázs Kiss Hungary	Vadim Kolesnik Ukraine	Ilya Konovalov Russia

Results

Qualification

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	Results	Notes
1	?	Vadim Khersontsev	Russia	73.94	Q
2	?	Balázs Kiss	Hungary	73.40	Q
3	?	Aleksandr Krasko	Belarus	71.60	Q
4	?	Nicola Vizzoni	Italy	71.02	Q
5	?	Koji Murofushi	Japan	70.42	Q
6	?	Vadym Grabovoyy	Ukraine	70.18	Q
6	?	Zsolt Németh	Hungary	70.18	Q
8	?	Jan Bielecki	Denmark	70.10	Q
9	?	Ilya Konovalov	Russia	69.78	Q
10	?	David Chaussinand	France	69.52	Q
11	?	Giovanni Sanguin	Italy	69.50	Q
12	?	Konstantin Astapkovich	Belarus	69.32	Q
13	?	Vadim Kolesnik	Ukraine	68.74	Q
14	?	Paddy McGrath	Ireland	68.10	Q
13	?	Siniša Svedrović	Croatia	67.64
14	?	Mark McGehearty	United States	63.50
15	?	Nicolas Rougetet	France	62.14
16	?	Eduardo Acuña	Peru	61.02
17	?	Andrej Šimonjik	Croatia	60.62
18	?	Damir Skripec	Slovenia	58.00
19	?	Aleksandr Cojocari	Moldova	57.20
20	?	Felipe Rios Garcia	Brazil	50.40
21	?	Israel Pérez	Puerto Rico	50.12
22	?	Cakra Hadi Mulya	Indonesia	44.94
	?	Vítor Costa	Portugal	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Balázs Kiss	Hungary	79.42
	Vadim Kolesnik	Ukraine	77.16
	Ilya Konovalov	Russia	76.16
4	Vadim Khersontsev	Russia	75.70
5	Nicola Vizzoni	Italy	75.12
6	Aleksandr Krasko	Belarus	74.96
7	Konstantin Astapkovich	Belarus	73.80
8	Koji Murofushi	Japan	73.46
9	Giovanni Sanguin	Italy	70.44
10	David Chaussinand	France	69.72
11	Zsolt Németh	Hungary	69.60
12	Vadym Grabovoyy	Ukraine	69.18
13	Jan Bielecki	Denmark	68.90
14	Paddy McGrath	Ireland	65.16