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)
Winning distance	84.70 m CR
Medalists
Ethan Katzberg    Canada   Merlin Hummel    Germany   Bence Halász    Hungary
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The men's hammer throw at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was 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
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), was 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	78.42			78.42 m	Q
2	Eivind Henriksen	Norway	x	77.70		77.70 m	Q, SB
3	Mykhaylo Kokhan	Ukraine	77.33			77.33 m	Q
4	Trey Knight	United States	70.92	73.13	76.40	76.40 m	q
5	Denzel Comenentia	Netherlands	x	72.63	75.91	75.91 m	q
6	Yann Chaussinand	France	75.46	x	74.15	75.46 m
7	Rowan Hamilton	Canada	70.75	75.38	x	75.38 m
8	Matija Gregurić	Croatia	74.66	74.31	x	74.66 m
9	Ronald Mencía Zayas	Cuba	73.98	73.33	74.14	74.14 m
10	Henri Liipola	Finland	72.36	72.77	73.82	73.82 m
11	Humberto Mansilla	Chile	72.88	73.34	72.89	73.34 m
12	Joaquín Gómez	Argentina	71.13	72.68	x	72.68 m
13	Patrik Hájek	Czech Republic	71.40	69.93	72.63	72.63 m
14	Ragnar Carlsson	Sweden	72.51	x	x	72.51 m
15	Giorgio Olivieri  [ it ]	Italy	71.41	70.82	68.39	71.41 m
16	Angelos Mantzouranis	Greece	70.94	x	x	70.94 m
17	Özkan Baltacı	Turkey	x	69.34	x	69.34 m
18	Marcin Wrotyński  [ pl ]	Poland	x	x	69.33	69.33 m
[4]

Group B

Place	Athlete	Nation	Round			Mark	Notes
			#1	#2	#3
1	Ethan Katzberg	Canada	81.85			81.85 m	Q
2	Paweł Fajdek	Poland	75.74	78.78		78.78 m	Q
3	Merlin Hummel	Germany	78.54			78.54 m	Q
4	Rudy Winkler	United States	77.46			77.46 m	Q
5	Thomas Mardal	Norway	77.34			77.34 m	Q
6	Ármin Szabados	Hungary	75.42	77.20		77.20 m	Q
7	Dániel Rába	Hungary	75.38	75.03	76.21	76.21 m	q, SB
8	Volodymyr Myslyvčuk	Czech Republic	75.32	74.31	75.69	75.69 m
9	Christos Frantzeskakis	Greece	73.41	x	75.43	75.43 m
10	Daniel Haugh	United States	x	74.87	74.11	74.87 m
11	Konstantinos Zaltos	Greece	73.21	73.80	73.96	73.96 m
12	Gabriel Kehr	Chile	73.59	73.32	x	73.59 m
13	Jerome Vega	Puerto Rico	72.90	x	73.12	73.12 m
14	Jake Norris	Great Britain & N.I.	73.07	x	72.82	73.07 m
15	Shota Fukuda	Japan	72.25	72.71	x	72.71 m
16	Mostafa El Gamel	Egypt	72.03	71.84	70.51	72.03 m
17	Halil Yilmazer	Turkey	71.41	70.44	71.71	71.71 m
18	Wang Qi	China	70.96	x	70.96	70.96 m
[4]

Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Round						Mark	Notes
			#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6
	Ethan Katzberg	Canada	82.66	84.70	82.01	81.86	83.07	83.73	84.70 m	CR , PB, WL
	Merlin Hummel	Germany	82.77	80.71	x	82.14	x	x	82.77 m	PB
	Bence Halász	Hungary	81.51	80.03	82.69	80.85	80.80	x	82.69 m
4	Mykhaylo Kokhan	Ukraine	x	x	78.36	79.51	82.02	x	82.02 m	PB
5	Rudy Winkler	United States	x	x	78.52	x	x	77.44	78.52 m
6	Thomas Mardal	Norway	77.11	77.70	78.02	x	76.83	75.92	78.02 m
7	Paweł Fajdek	Poland	x	76.69	x	77.75	76.63		77.75 m
8	Ármin Szabados	Hungary	75.65	75.69	76.21	77.15	x		77.15 m
9	Eivind Henriksen	Norway	76.36	x	76.47	x			76.47 m
10	Trey Knight	United States	68.24	76.11	74.63	x			76.11 m
11	Dániel Rába	Hungary	73.79	x	75.22				75.22 m
12	Denzel Comenentia	Netherlands	x	x	74.86				74.86 m
[5]

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.
4. "Men's hammer throw qualification results" (PDF). World Athletics. 15 September 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
5. "Hammer Throw Men - Final results" (PDF). World Athletics. 16 September 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.