2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

Men's hammer throw at the 2013 World Championships
Venue	Luzhniki Stadium
Dates	10 August (qualification) 12 August (final)
Competitors	28 from 22 nations
Winning distance	81.97 m (268 ft 11 in)
Medalists
Paweł Fajdek   Poland  (POL)   Krisztián Pars   Hungary  (HUN)   Lukáš Melich   Czech Republic  (CZE)
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The men's hammer throw at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 10–12 August. ^[1]

Performances in the World Championships contributed to the final scoring of the 2013 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge – a first for the series. Paweł Fajdek was victorious in both the World Championships and the seasonal challenge ^[2]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: ^[3]

World record	Yuriy Sedykh  (URS)	86.74	Stuttgart, West Germany	30 August 1986
Championship record	Ivan Tsikhan  (BLR)	83.89	Helsinki, Finland	8 August 2005
World leading	Krisztián Pars  (HUN)	81.02	Szczecin, Poland	15 June 2013
African record	Chris Harmse  (RSA)	80.63	Durban, South Africa	15 April 2005
Asian record	Koji Murofushi  (JPN)	84.86	Prague, Czech Republic	29 June 2003
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Lance Deal  (USA)	82.52	Milan, Italy	7 September 1996
South American record	Juan Ignacio Cerra  (ARG)	76.42	Trieste, Italy	25 July 2001
European record	Yuriy Sedykh  (URS)	86.74	Stuttgart, West Germany	30 August 1986
Oceanian record	Stuart Rendell  (AUS)	79.29	Varaždin, Croatia	6 July 2002

Qualification standards

A result [4]	B result
79.00	76.00

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
10 August 2013	17:05	Qualification
12 August 2013	20:30	Final

All times are local times (UTC+4)

Results

KEY:

Q

Qualified

q

12 best performers

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Qualification

Qualification: 77.00 m (Q) and at least 12 best (q) advanced to the final. ^[5]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	Mark	Notes
1	A	Krisztián Pars	Hungary  (HUN)	75.21	79.06		79.06	Q
2	A	Lukáš Melich	Czech Republic  (CZE)	78.52			78.52	Q
3	B	Primož Kozmus	Slovenia  (SLO)	78.10			78.10	Q
DQ	B	Dilshod Nazarov	Tajikistan  (TJK)	71.70	77.93		77.93	Doping
4	B	Sergej Litvinov	Russia  (RUS)	75.08	74.20	77.41	77.41	q
5	A	Marcel Lomnický	Slovakia  (SVK)	74.11	76.97	76.60	76.97	q
6	B	Szymon Ziółkowski	Poland  (POL)	76.19	76.85	75.15	76.85	q
7	A	Koji Murofushi	Japan  (JPN)	74.10	x	76.27	76.27	q
8	A	Paweł Fajdek	Poland  (POL)	x	76.17	75.18	76.17	q
9	B	Markus Esser	Germany  (GER)	70.44	72.54	75.90	75.90	q
10	B	Nicola Vizzoni	Italy  (ITA)	74.65	74.02	75.38	75.38	q
11	B	Yury Shayunou	Belarus  (BLR)	x	74.15	75.18	75.18	q
12	B	Quentin Bigot	France  (FRA)	73.69	70.46	74.98	74.98
DQ	B	Pavel Kryvitski	Belarus  (BLR)	74.45	x	x	74.45	Doping
13	B	Ákos Hudi	Hungary  (HUN)	70.56	74.30	73.72	74.30
14	A	Mattias Jons	Sweden  (SWE)	73.47	x	x	73.47
15	A	A. G. Kruger	United States  (USA)	x	73.35	73.23	73.35
16	A	Yevhen Vynohradov	Ukraine  (UKR)	71.05	x	72.90	72.90
17	B	Igors Sokolovs	Latvia  (LAT)	72.78	x	x	72.78
18	B	Dzmitry Marshin	Azerbaijan  (AZE)	72.43	x	x	72.43
19	A	Valeriy Sviatokha	Belarus  (BLR)	x	70.35	72.05	72.05
20	A	Hassan Mohamed Mahmoud	Egypt  (EGY)	70.11	71.88	x	71.88
21	A	Roberto Janet	Cuba  (CUB)	71.73	x	69.07	71.73
22	B	Chris Harmse	South Africa  (RSA)	71.42	x	x	71.42
23	A	Javier Cienfuegos	Spain  (ESP)	70.79	70.05	x	70.79
24	A	Mohamed Ashraf Amjad Al-Saifi	Qatar  (QAT)	69.70	x	x	69.70
25	B	Aleksey Korolev	Russia  (RUS)	69.69	x	x	69.69
	A	Aleksey Zagornyi	Russia  (RUS)	x	x	x	NM
	A	Ali Al-Zinkawi	Kuwait  (KUW)				DNS

Final

The final was started at 20:30. ^[6]

Rank	Name	Nationality	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 5	No. 6	Mark	Notes
	Paweł Fajdek	Poland  (POL)	81.97	80.92	x	78.41	x	79.57	81.97	WL, PB
	Krisztián Pars	Hungary  (HUN)	80.30	79.47	79.61	78.90	79.02	x	80.30
	Lukáš Melich	Czech Republic  (CZE)	70.66	77.11	79.36	76.88	x	75.52	79.36
4	Primož Kozmus	Slovenia  (SLO)	77.80	79.21	79.22	78.26	x	x	79.22
DQ	Dilshod Nazarov	Tajikistan  (TJK)	72.45	x 75.89	77.69	78.31	77.27	77.84	78.31	Doping
5	Koji Murofushi	Japan  (JPN)	78.03	75.38	77.17	77.63	77.92	76.03	78.03	SB
6	Nicola Vizzoni	Italy  (ITA)	75.33	77.61	75.29	x	75.42	x	77.61	SB
7	Marcel Lomnický	Slovakia  (SVK)	76.62	x	77.57	x	76.46	76.48	77.57
8	Szymon Ziółkowski	Poland  (POL)	75.93	76.84	76.50				76.84
9	Markus Esser	Germany  (GER)	74.07	76.25	x				76.25
10	Sergej Litvinov	Russia  (RUS)	75.90	x	x				75.90
11	Yury Shayunou	Belarus  (BLR)	73.68	x	72.64				73.68

References

1. Start list
2. 2013 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Calendar. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
3. "Records & Lists – Hammer Throw". IAAF . Retrieved 7 August 2013.
4. IAAF World Championships Moscow 2013 – Standards, All Russia Athletic Federation, 2012, archived from the original on 16 August 2013, retrieved 8 August 2013
5. Qualification Results
6. Final Results

External links

• Hammer throw results at IAAF website