2025 World Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

Men's hammer throw at the 2025 World Athletics Championships
Venue	National Stadium
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Dates	15 September (qualification) 16 September (final)
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The men's hammer throw at the 2025 World Athletics Championships will be held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 15 and 16 September 2025. ^[1]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: ^[2]

Record	Athlete & Nat.	Perf.	Location	Date
World record	Yuriy Sedykh  (URS)	86.74 m	Stuttgart, West Germany	30 August 1986
Championship record	Ivan Tsikhan  (BLR)	83.63 m	Osaka, Japan	27 August 2007
2025 World Leading	Bence Halász  (HUN)	83.18 m	Budapest, Hungary	12 August 2025
African Record	Mostafa Elgamel  (EGY)	81.27 m	Cairo, Egypt	21 March 2014
Asian Record	Koji Murofushi  (JPN)	84.86 m	Prague, Czech Republic	29 June 2003
European Record	Yuriy Sedykh  (URS)	86.74 m	Stuttgart, West Germany	30 August 1986
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Ethan Katzberg  (CAN)	84.38 m	Nairobi, Kenya	20 April 2024
Oceanian record	Stuart Rendell  (AUS)	79.29 m	Varaždin, Croatia	6 July 2002
South American Record	Wagner Domingos  (BRA)	78.63 m	Celje, Slovenia	19 June 2016

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 78.20 m. ^[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), is as follows: ^[1]

Date	Time	Round
15 September	09:00	Qualification
16 September	21:01	Final

Results

Qualification

All athletes over 76.50 m ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) advanced to the final.

Group A

Place	Athlete	Nation	Round			Mark	Notes
			#1	#2	#3
1	Bence Halász	Hungary  (HUN)	78.42			78.42 m	Q
2	Eivind Henriksen	Norway  (NOR)	x	77.70		77.70 m	Q, SB
3	Mykhaylo Kokhan	Ukraine  (UKR)	77.33			77.33 m	Q
4	Trey Knight	United States  (USA)	70.92	73.13	76.40	76.40 m
5	Denzel Comenentia	Netherlands  (NED)	x	72.63	75.91	75.91 m
6	Yann Chaussinand	France  (FRA)	75.46	x	74.15	75.46 m
7	Rowan Hamilton	Canada  (CAN)	70.75	75.38	x	75.38 m
8	Matija Gregurić	Croatia  (CRO)	74.66	74.31	x	74.66 m
9	Ronald Mencía Zayas	Cuba  (CUB)	73.98	73.33	74.14	74.14 m
10	Henri Liipola	Finland  (FIN)	72.36	72.77	73.82	73.82 m
11	Humberto Mansilla	Chile  (CHI)	72.88	73.34	72.89	73.34 m
12	Joaquín Gómez	Argentina  (ARG)	71.13	72.68	x	72.68 m
13	Patrik Hájek	Czech Republic  (CZE)	71.40	69.93	72.63	72.63 m
14	Ragnar Carlsson	Sweden  (SWE)	72.51	x	x	72.51 m
15	Giorgio Olivieri	Italy  (ITA)	71.41	70.82	68.39	71.41 m
16	Angelos Mantzouranis	Greece  (GRE)	70.94	x	x	70.94 m
17	Özkan Baltacı	Turkey  (TUR)	x	69.34	x	69.34 m
18	Marcin Wrotyński  [ de ]	Poland  (POL)	x	x	69.33	69.33 m

Group B

Place	Athlete	Nation	Round			Mark	Notes
			#1	#2	#3
	Merlin Hummel	Germany  (GER)
	Rudy Winkler	United States  (USA)
	Ethan Katzberg	Canada  (CAN)
	Paweł Fajdek	Poland  (POL)
	Shota Fukuda	Japan  (JPN)
	Ármin Szabados	Hungary  (HUN)
	Daniel Haugh	United States  (USA)
	Jerome Vega	Puerto Rico  (PUR)
	Halil Yilmazer	Turkey  (TUR)
	Mostafa El Gamel	Egypt  (EGY)
	Christos Frantzeskakis	Greece  (GRE)
	Wang Qi	China  (CHN)
	Dániel Rába	Hungary  (HUN)
	Gabriel Kehr	Chile  (CHI)
	Konstantinos Zaltos	Greece  (GRE)
	Volodymyr Myslyvčuk	Czech Republic  (CZE)
	Jake Norris	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)
	Thomas Mardal	Norway  (NOR)

References

1. "Timetable - Tokyo 25 - World Athletics Championship - Men hammer throw". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
2. "Men's hammer throw − Records". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
3. "World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 – Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.