2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

The men's hammer throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 1 to 2 October 2019.[1]

Men's hammer throw
at the 2019 World Championships
VenueKhalifa International Stadium
Dates1 October (qualification)
2 October (final)
Competitors31 from 20 nations
Winning distance80.50 m
Medalists
gold medal    Poland
silver medal    France
bronze medal    Hungary
bronze medal    Poland
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Summary

The finals opened with all but two already over 74 metres, three throwers over 76 metres, Eivind Henriksen, Wojciech Nowicki and Quentin Bigot; Bence Halász at 78.18m and Pawel Fajdek at 79.34m all in the first round. The second round saw the rest of the field over 74, Bigot solidifying his hold on third with a 78.06m and Fajdek improving to 80.16m. In the third, Henriksen challenged the podium with a 77.38m. It took exactly 76 metres just to get three more throws. In the fourth round Nowicki upped his challenge to 77.42m, Bigot edged into silver position with a 78.19m and then Fajdek landed the winner 80.50 m (264 ft 1 in). In the fifth round, Mykhaylo Kokhan threw a personal best 77.39m, then in the final frame, Nowicki dropped his best of 77.69m, originally not enough to get onto the podium.

However, after the competition, the Polish delegation protested the officials call on Halász in the first round, claiming his stepping outside of the circle, a foul, being missed. On further review, IAAF decided the officials acted improperly but the early call affected the rest of way Halász performed in the competition. Nowicki was awarded an additional bronze medal.[2]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[3]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.DateLocation
World86.74Yuriy Sedykh  URS30 Aug 1986Stuttgart, Germany
Championship83.38Szymon Ziółkowski  POL5 Aug 2001Edmonton, Canada
World leading81.74Wojciech Nowicki  POL2 Jul 2019Poznań, Poland
African81.27Mostafa El Gamel  EGY21 Mar 2014Cairo, Egyptz
Asian84.86Koji Murofushi  JPN29 Jun 2003Prague, Czech Republic
NACAC82.52Lance Deal  USA7 Sep 1996Milan, Italy
South American78.63Wagner Domingos  BRA19 Jun 2016Celje, Slovenia
European86.74Yuriy Sedykh  URS30 Aug 1986Stuttgart, Germany
Oceanian79.29Stuart Rendell  AUS6 Jul 2002Varaždin, Croatia

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:[4]

DateTimeRound
1 October16:30Qualification
2 October21:40Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 76.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.[5][6]

RankGroupNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123
1BPaweł Fajdek  Poland (POL)79.2479.24Q
2AWojciech Nowicki  Poland (POL)77.8977.89Q
3AQuentin Bigot  France (FRA)77.4477.44Q
4BRudy Winkler  United States (USA)76.0074.0377.0677.06Q, PB
5AJavier Cienfuegos  Spain (ESP)74.8775.0676.9076.90Q
6BBence Halász  Hungary (HUN)76.9076.90Q
7BMykhaylo Kokhan  Ukraine (UKR)x76.5676.56Q
8BEivind Henriksen  Norway (NOR)76.2175.4876.4676.46q
9AYevgeniy Korotovskiy  Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)74.9675.9076.3676.36q
10ANick Miller  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)x76.36x76.36q
11AHleb Dudarau  Belarus (BLR)71.7475.3876.2876.28q
12AAshraf Amgad El-Seify  Qatar (QAT)72.3876.22x76.22q, SB
13BMichail Anastasakis  Greece (GRE)72.7573.6275.0775.07
14AConor McCullough  United States (USA)74.2674.8872.8274.88
15BZakhar Makhrosenka  Belarus (BLR)71.7473.0874.8074.80
16BSerghei Marghiev  Moldova (MDA)74.1574.2574.2874.28
17AGabriel Kehr  Chile (CHI)73.9973.8071.7973.99
18BMarcel Lomnický  Slovakia (SVK)73.5173.01x73.51
19BDenis Lukyanov  Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)71.4171.9373.4773.47
20BÖzkan Baltaci  Turkey (TUR)73.1972.68x73.19
21ADiego del Real  Mexico (MEX)71.9073.1571.6273.15
22AKrisztián Pars  Hungary (HUN)72.6972.3673.0573.05
23AChristos Frantzeskakis  Greece (GRE)72.96x72.8172.96
24ADaniel Haugh  United States (USA)x68.5272.8572.85
25BHumberto Mansilla  Chile (CHI)71.71x72.6872.68
26BRoberto Sawyers  Costa Rica (CRC)x70.5872.4172.41
27ASerhiy Perevoznikov  Ukraine (UKR)x72.1671.2672.16
28BAlberto González  Spain (ESP)71.6971.59x71.69
29BSerhiy Reheda  Ukraine (UKR)xx71.2871.28
30AMostafa El Gamel  Egypt (EGY)68.9970.4568.1670.45
31AJoaquín Gómez  Argentina (ARG)70.0770.1768.4070.17

Final

The final was started on 2 October at 21:40.[7]

RankNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123456
Paweł Fajdek  Poland (POL)79.3480.1679.3780.50xx80.50
Quentin Bigot  France (FRA)76.3478.0677.8978.19x74.8778.19SB
Bence Halász  Hungary (HUN)78.18xxx73.76x78.18
Wojciech Nowicki  Poland (POL)76.2576.50x77.42x77.6977.69[8]
5Mykhaylo Kokhan  Ukraine (UKR)74.5272.5875.8376.2177.3976.5077.39PB
6Eivind Henriksen  Norway (NOR)76.03x77.38x75.3677.0777.38
7Javier Cienfuegos  Spain (ESP)73.2574.7376.0076.5776.0174.6476.57
8Hleb Dudarau  Belarus (BLR)75.4574.3676.0074.3074.4675.3476.00
9Ashraf Amgad El-Seify  Qatar (QAT)75.2875.4175.0975.41
10Nick Miller  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)75.31xx75.31
11Rudy Winkler  United States (USA)74.4275.2073.4775.20
12Yevgeniy Korotovskiy  Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)x74.6475.1475.14

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