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| Men's Hammer final. Olympic Games 1984 |
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| 1. Juha TIAINEN |
|
FIN |
|
78.08 |
| 2. Karl-Hans RIEHM |
|
GFR |
|
77.98 |
| 3. Klaus PLOGHAUS |
|
GFR |
|
76.68 |
| 4. Giampaolo URLANDO |
|
ITA |
|
75.96 |
| 5. Orlando BIANCHINI |
|
ITA |
|
75.94 |
| 6. Bill GREEN |
|
USA |
|
75.60 |
| 7. Harri HUHTALA |
|
FIN |
|
75.28 |
| 8. Walter CIOFANI |
|
FRA |
|
73.46 |
Juha Tiainen the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic gold medalist in the men’s
Hammer Throw, died on Sunday 27 April at his home in Lappeenranta, Finland.
Tiainen threw a Finnish and Scandinavian Hammer record of 81.52 metres on
11 June 1984. The record stood until 2002 when Finland’s former World Junior champion
and World Junior record holder Olli-Pekka Karjalainen broke
Tiainen's 18-year-old national record with a throw of 81.70 on 16th June that year
ANNUAL PROGRESS.
PERFORMANCE PLACE DATE
1987 75.10 Roma 31 AUG
1984 81.52 Tampere 11 JUN (personal best)
1983 75.60 Helsinki 09 AUG
1980 71.38 Moskva 31 JUL