2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

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Men's hammer throw
at the 2022 World Championships
Venue Hayward Field
Dates15 July (qualification)
16 July (final)
Competitors32 from 21 nations
Winning distance81.98
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
  2019
2023  

The men's hammer throw at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 15 and 16 July 2022. [1]

Contents

Summary

Back in 2011, Paweł Fajdek finished 11th and last in the final. Since then, the results have been the same, Paweł Fajdek World Champion. He was back for another spin.

In the first round, Rudy Winkler was the first to throw over 78 with a 78.91m. Quentin Bigot threw 79.52m to take the lead and Bence Halász was in second with 79.12m. Seven throwers were over 77 metres while Fajdek only managed 74.71m to find himself in a non-qualifying 9th place. Leading off the second round, Olympic Champion and World Leader Wojciech Nowicki threw 80.07m to take the lead. Then Fajdek put one out to 80.58m, that's more like it. Then the next thrower Eivind Henriksen pushed him to second position by throwing an 80.87m. Nowicki led off the third round with an 81.03m to take the lead. Later Fajdek threw 81.98 m (268 ft 11 in) to take the lead back. Bigot and Halász both threw beyond 80 metres in the third round. And that decided the medals. Nobody threw over 80 the rest of the finals.

For the fifth time in a row, Fajdek won the Championships, to become the first five time gold medalist. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce would duplicate the feat, non-consecutively at 100m the following day.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: [2]

RecordAthlete & Nat.Perf.LocationDate
World record Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yuriy Sedykh  (URS)86.74 m Stuttgart, West Germany 30 August 1986
Championship record Flag of Belarus.svg  Ivan Tsikhan  (BLR)83.63 m Osaka, Japan 27 August 2007
World Leading Flag of Poland.svg  Wojciech Nowicki  (POL)81.58 m Chorzów, Poland 5 June 2022
African Record Flag of Egypt.svg  Mostafa Elgamel  (EGY)81.27 m Cairo, Egypt 21 March 2014
Asian Record Flag of Japan.svg  Koji Murofushi  (JPN)84.86 m Prague, Czech Republic 29 June 2003
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of the United States.svg  Lance Deal  (USA)82.52 m Milan, Italy 7 September 1996
South American Record Flag of Brazil.svg  Wagner Domingos  (BRA)78.63 m Celje, Slovenia 19 June 2016
European Record Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yuriy Sedykh  (URS)86.74 m Stuttgart, West Germany 30 August 1986
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Stuart Rendell  (AUS)79.29 m Varaždin, Croatia 6 July 2002

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityDistanceRecord
17 July Final Paweł Fajdek Flag of Poland.svg  POL 81.98 WL

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 77.50 m. [3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

DateTimeRound
15 July09:05 Qualification
16 July12:00 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 77.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final. [4]

RankGroupNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123
1B Paweł Fajdek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)74.6380.0980.09Q
2A Daniel Haugh Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)74.5677.1379.3479.34Q
3A Wojciech Nowicki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)79.2279.22Q
4B Bence Halász Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)79.1379.13Q
5B Rudy Winkler Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)76.9778.6178.61Q
6A Eivind Henriksen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)78.1278.12Q
7B Quentin Bigot Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)75.6277.9577.95Q
8B Mykhaylo Kokhan Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)76.6274.9577.5877.58Q
9A Nick Miller Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)77.13xx77.13q, SB
10A Christos Frantzeskakis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)76.0374.4775.7976.03q
11B Humberto Mansilla Flag of Chile.svg  Chile  (CHI)72.8574.3975.3375.33q
12B Alex Young Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)74.67x72.9774.67q
13A Adam Keenan Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)74.3874.4472.2474.44
14B Javier Cienfuegos Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)73.1672.4374.2574.25
15B Serghei Marghiev Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova  (MDA)70.1373.4674.1774.17
16A Diego del Real Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)73.9674.1273.2374.12
17B Rowan Hamilton Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)73.5874.0272.2674.02
18A Yann Chaussinand Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)72.6273.95x73.95
19A Marcin Wrotyński  [ pl ]Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)73.0073.5573.2673.55
20B Ragnar Carlsson  [ sv ]Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)x72.2673.4573.45
21B Thomas Mardal Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)70.31x72.9072.90
22A Tristan Schwandke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)71.9472.8771.0272.87
23A Tuomas Seppänen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)72.6372.2972.8172.81
24A Hilmar Örn Jónsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland  (ISL)72.3672.72x72.72
25B Michail Anastasakis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)70.3570.0372.4072.40
26B Allan Wolski Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)x69.5671.2771.27
27B Aaron Kangas  [ de ]Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)69.6969.6468.3569.69
28A Joaquín Gómez Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)69.0368.41x69.03
A Denzel Comenentia Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)xxxNM
A Gabriel Kehr Flag of Chile.svg  Chile  (CHI) DNS

Final

RankNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123456
Gold medal icon.svg Paweł Fajdek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)74.7180.5881.9879.13xx81.98 WL
Silver medal icon.svg Wojciech Nowicki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)77.4080.0781.03x79.4579.5381.03
Bronze medal icon.svg Eivind Henriksen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)78.8980.87x75.5577.7478.1980.87 SB
4 Quentin Bigot Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)79.5278.8680.2479.9479.8579.3880.24
5 Bence Halász Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)79.1279.4680.15x78.7779.0780.15 PB
6 Rudy Winkler Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)78.9177.49x78.5178.9978.8978.99
7 Mykhaylo Kokhan Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)78.0778.83x77.9478.1677.9778.83 SB
8 Daniel Haugh Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)76.8078.10x76.5277.71x78.10
9 Christos Frantzeskakis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)77.0474.3476.8577.04
10 Humberto Mansilla Flag of Chile.svg  Chile  (CHI)73.9171.7173.0573.91
11 Nick Miller Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)xx73.7473.74
12 Alex Young Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)73.6073.53x73.60

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References

  1. Timetable
  2. "Hammer Throw Men − Records". IAAF . Retrieved 9 July 2022.
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