Ilya is pictured above during the final of the mens Hammer at the
2005 World Championships in Helsinki. He finished in sixth place
with a throw of 78.59m. This sixth place finish continued Konovalov's
consistent performances at major championships with the high point
being his bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships.
In 2007 Konovalov was found guilty of acetazolamide doping.
The sample was delivered on 17 December 2006 in an in-competition
test in Kursk, Russia.
personal best throw was 82.28 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Tula.
He received a suspension from February 2007 to February 2009 and retired
from hammer throwing.
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Men's Hammer Put Final
1995 World Athletics Championships
|
| 1. Andrey Abduvaliyev |
|
TJK |
|
81.56 |
| 2. Igor Astapkovich |
|
BLR |
|
81.10 |
| 3. Tibor Gecsek |
|
HUN |
|
80.98 |
| 4. Balazs Kiss |
|
HUN |
|
79.02 |
| 5. Lance Deal |
|
USA |
|
78.66 |
| 6. Sergey Alay |
|
BLR |
|
76.66 |
| 7. Ilya Konovalov |
|
RUS |
|
76.50 |
| 8. Aleksandr Seleznyov |
|
RUS |
|
76.18 |
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Men's Hammer Final
1996 Olympic Games
|
| 1. Balazs Kiss |
|
HUN |
|
81.24 |
| 2. Lance Deal |
|
USA |
|
81.12 |
| 3. Oleksiy Krykun |
|
UKR |
|
80.21 |
| 4. Andriy Skvaruk |
|
UKR |
|
79.92 |
| 5. Heinz Weis |
|
GER |
|
79.78 |
| 6. Ilya Konovalov |
|
RUS |
|
78.72 |
| 7. Igor Astapkovich |
|
BEL |
|
78.20 |
| 8. Sergey Alay |
|
BEL |
|
77.38 |
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Men's Hammer Throw Final
1997 World Athletics Championships
|
| 1. Heinz Weis |
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GER |
|
81.78 |
| 2. Andrey Skvaruk |
|
UKR |
|
81.46 |
| 3. Vasiliy Sidorenko |
|
RUS |
|
80.76 |
| 4. Balazs Kiss |
|
HUN |
|
79.96 |
| 5. Igor Astapkovich |
|
BLR |
|
79.70 |
| 6. Ilya Konovalov |
|
RUS |
|
78.68 |
| 7. Vadim Khersontsev |
|
RUS |
|
77.42 |
| 8. Aleksandr Krykun |
|
UKR |
|
77.14 |
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Men's Hammer Final
2000 Olympic Games
|
| 1. Szymon Ziolkowski |
|
POL |
|
80.02 |
| 2. Nicola Vizzoni |
|
ITA |
|
79.64 |
| 3. Igor Astapkovich |
|
BEL |
|
79.17 |
| 4. Ivan Tikhon |
|
BEL |
|
79.17 |
| 5. Ilya Konovalov |
|
RUS |
|
78.56 |
| 6. Loris Paoluzzi |
|
ITA |
|
78.18 |
| 7. Tibor Gecsek |
|
HUN |
|
77.70 |
| 8. Vladimir Maska |
|
CZE |
|
77.32 |
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Men's Hammer Final
2001 World Athletics Championships
|
| 1. Szymon ZIOLKOWSKI |
|
POL |
|
83.38 |
| 2. Koji MUROFUSHI |
|
JAP |
|
82.92 |
| 3. Ilya KONOVALOV |
|
RUS |
|
80.27 |
| 4. Nicola VIZZONI |
|
ITA |
|
80.13 |
| 5. Andrey SKVARUK |
|
UKR |
|
79.93 |
| 6. Balazs KISS |
|
HUN |
|
79.75 |
| 7. Igor ASTAPKOVICH |
|
BEL |
|
79.72 |
| 8. Tibor GECSEK |
|
HUN |
|
79.34 |
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Men's Hammer Final
2003 World Athletics Championships
|
| 1. Ivan TIKHON |
|
BLR |
|
83.05 |
| 2. Adrián ANNUS |
|
HUN |
|
80.36 |
| 3. Koji MUROFUSHI |
|
JPN |
|
80.12 |
| 4. Andriy SKVARUK |
|
UKR |
|
79.68 |
| 5. Primoz KOZMUS |
|
SLO |
|
79.68 |
| 6. Ilya KONOVALOV |
|
RUS |
|
78.55 |
| 7. Vadim DEVYATOVSKIY |
|
BLR |
|
78.13 |
| 8. Aléxandros PAPADIMITRÍOU |
|
GRE |
|
77.79 |
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Men's Hammer Final
2005 World Athletics Championships
|
| 1. Ivan TIKHON |
|
BLR |
|
83.89 |
| 2. Vadim DEVYATOVSKIY |
|
BLR |
|
82.60 |
| 3. Szymon ZIOLKOWSKI |
|
POL |
|
79.35 |
| 4. Markus ESSER |
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GER |
|
79.16 |
| 5. Olli-Pekka KARJALAINEN |
|
FIN |
|
78.77 |
| 6. Ilya KONOVALOV |
|
RUS |
|
78.59 |
| 7. Krisztian PARS |
|
HUN |
|
78.03 |
| 8. Vadim KHERSONTSEV |
|
UKR |
|
76.01 |
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