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.^[1]

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

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	^[2]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result
	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

Medalists