2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

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Men's hammer throw
at the 2019 World Championships
Venue Khalifa International Stadium
Dates1 October (qualification)
2 October (final)
Competitors31 from 20 nations
Winning distance80.50 m
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
  2017
2022  

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]

Contents

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
World 86.74 Yuriy Sedykh Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  URS 30 Aug 1986 Stuttgart, Germany
Championship 83.38 Szymon Ziółkowski Flag of Poland.svg  POL 5 Aug 2001 Edmonton, Canada
World leading81.74 Wojciech Nowicki Flag of Poland.svg  POL 2 Jul 2019 Poznań, Poland
African 81.27 Mostafa El Gamel Flag of Egypt.svg  EGY 21 Mar 2014 Cairo, Egyptz
Asian 84.86 Koji Murofushi Flag of Japan.svg  JPN 29 Jun 2003 Prague, Czech Republic
NACAC 82.52 Lance Deal Flag of the United States.svg  USA 7 Sep 1996 Milan, Italy
South American 78.63 Wagner Domingos Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA 19 Jun 2016 Celje, Slovenia
European 86.74Yuriy SedykhFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  URS 30 Aug 1986Stuttgart, Germany
Oceanian 79.29 Stuart Rendell Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS 6 Jul 2002 Varaždin, Croatia

Schedule

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

DateTimeRound
1 October16:30 Qualification
2 October21:40 Final

Results

Qualification

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

RankGroupNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123
1B Paweł Fajdek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)79.2479.24 Q
2A Wojciech Nowicki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)77.8977.89 Q
3A Quentin Bigot Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)77.4477.44 Q
4B Rudy Winkler Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)76.0074.0377.0677.06 Q, PB
5A Javier Cienfuegos Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)74.8775.0676.9076.90 Q
6B Bence Halász Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)76.9076.90 Q
7B Mykhaylo Kokhan Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)x76.5676.56 Q
8B Eivind Henriksen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)76.2175.4876.4676.46 q
9A Yevgeniy Korotovskiy ANA flag (2017).svg  Authorised Neutral Athletes  (ANA)74.9675.9076.3676.36 q
10A Nick Miller Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)x76.36x76.36 q
11A Hleb Dudarau Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)71.7475.3876.2876.28 q
12A Ashraf Amgad El-Seify Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar  (QAT)72.3876.22x76.22 q, SB
13B Michail Anastasakis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)72.7573.6275.0775.07
14A Conor McCullough Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)74.2674.8872.8274.88
15B Zakhar Makhrosenka Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)71.7473.0874.8074.80
16B Serghei Marghiev Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova  (MDA)74.1574.2574.2874.28
17A Gabriel Kehr Flag of Chile.svg  Chile  (CHI)73.9973.8071.7973.99
18B Marcel Lomnický Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)73.5173.01x73.51
19B Denis Lukyanov ANA flag (2017).svg  Authorised Neutral Athletes  (ANA)71.4171.9373.4773.47
20B Özkan Baltaci Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)73.1972.68x73.19
21A Diego del Real Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)71.9073.1571.6273.15
22A Krisztián Pars Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)72.6972.3673.0573.05
23A Christos Frantzeskakis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)72.96x72.8172.96
24A Daniel Haugh Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)x68.5272.8572.85
25B Humberto Mansilla Flag of Chile.svg  Chile  (CHI)71.71x72.6872.68
26B Roberto Sawyers Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica  (CRC)x70.5872.4172.41
27A Serhiy Perevoznikov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)x72.1671.2672.16
28B Alberto González Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)71.6971.59x71.69
29B Serhiy Reheda Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)xx71.2871.28
30A Mostafa El Gamel Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)68.9970.4568.1670.45
31A Joaquín Gómez Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)70.0770.1768.4070.17

Final

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

RankNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123456
Gold medal icon.svg Paweł Fajdek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)79.3480.1679.3780.50xx80.50
Silver medal icon.svg Quentin Bigot Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)76.3478.0677.8978.19x74.8778.19 SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Bence Halász Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)78.18xxx73.76x78.18
Bronze medal icon.svg Wojciech Nowicki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)76.2576.50x77.42x77.6977.69 [8]
5 Mykhaylo Kokhan Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)74.5272.5875.8376.2177.3976.5077.39 PB
6 Eivind Henriksen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)76.03x77.38x75.3677.0777.38
7 Javier Cienfuegos Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)73.2574.7376.0076.5776.0174.6476.57
8 Hleb Dudarau Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)75.4574.3676.0074.3074.4675.3476.00
9 Ashraf Amgad El-Seify Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar  (QAT)75.2875.4175.0975.41
10 Nick Miller Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)75.31xx75.31
11 Rudy Winkler Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)74.4275.2073.4775.20
12 Yevgeniy Korotovskiy ANA flag (2017).svg  Authorised Neutral Athletes  (ANA)x74.6475.1475.14

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