Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

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Men's hammer throw
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Krisztian Pars 2010.jpg
Krisztián Pars (2010)
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates3–5 August
Competitors41 from 32 nations
Winning distance80.59
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Krisztián Pars
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Silver medal icon.svg Primož Kozmus
Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Bronze medal icon.svg Koji Murofushi
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
  2008
2016  
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The men's hammer throw competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at the Olympic Stadium on 3–5 August. [1] There were 41 competitors from 32 nations. [2] The event was won by Krisztián Pars of Hungary, the nation's first victory in the men's hammer throw since 1996 and fifth overall (third-most all-time behind the United States' seven and the Soviet Union's six). Primož Kozmus of Slovenia, the 2008 winner, took silver. Koji Murofushi of Japan, the 2004 winner, took bronze. Kozmus and Murofoshi were the 12th and 13th men to earn multiple medals in the hammer throw.

Background

This was the 26th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1896. Seven of the 12 finalists from the 2008 Games returned: gold medalist Primož Kozmus of Slovenia, fourth-place finisher (and 2004 finalist) Krisztián Pars of Hungary, fifth-place finisher (and 2008 gold medalist and 2000 finalist) Koji Murofushi of Japan, seventh-place finisher (and 2000 gold medalist) Szymon Ziółkowski of Poland, tenth-place finisher András Haklits of Croatia, eleventh-place finisher Dilshod Nazarov of Tajikistan, and twelfth-place finisher James Steacy of Canada. After a retesting of his 2004 sample (which resulted in his 2004 silver medal being stripped), 2008 bronze medalist and 2012 world leader Ivan Tsikhan's entry was withdrawn. [3] Kozmus had won the 2009 World Championship and finished third in 2011; Murofoshi had won the 2011 Worlds with Pars the runner-up. Pars was the favorite in London. [2]

Azerbaijan, Cyprus, and Iran each made their debut in the event. The United States appeared for the 25th time, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Summary

In the preliminary round, Primož Kozmus only needed one throw to make the automatic qualifier, while Krisztián Pars threw the best qualifying effort 79.37 on his second attempt. Koji Murofushi was the only other automatic qualifier, also in his second attempt. It took 74.69 to make the final.

Pars entered the final with the best 2012 performance among the finalists and took the lead with his first throw. Immediately before him, Kozmus threw far enough to win silver. Olexiy Sokyrskiyy put himself in third place with his second effort. That lasted until the third round when Murofushi's best effort put him in the bronze medal position. But one throw before, Pars let loose the only plus 80 metre throw, solidifying his grasp on the gold medal. After three fouls, in the fifth round Kozmus improved his hold on silver, but was still 1.23 behind the winner.

A great deal of photojournalist attention was devoted to the mini Cooper vehicles being used to retrieve the implements during the competition. [4] The vehicles were used throughout the Olympics, but first appeared in the preliminary round of the hammer.

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the men's hammer throw event if all athletes met the A standard, or 1 athlete if they met the B standard. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The qualifying distance standards could be obtained in various meets during the qualifying period that had the approval of the IAAF. Both outdoor and indoor meets were eligible. The A standard for the 2012 men's hammer throw was 78.00 metres; the B standard was 74.00 metres. The qualifying period for was from 1 May 2011 to 8 July 2012. NOCs could also have an athlete enter the hammer throw through a universality place. NOCs could enter one male athlete in an athletics event, regardless of time, if they had no male athletes meeting the qualifying A or B standards in any men's athletic event. [5] [6] [7]

Competition format

Each athlete received three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieved the qualifying distance of 78.00 metres progressed to the final. If fewer than twelve athletes achieved this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes would reach the final. [8]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World recordFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yuriy Sedykh  (URS)86.74 Stuttgart, Germany 30 August 1986
Olympic recordFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Sergey Litvinov  (URS)84.80 Seoul, South Korea 26 September 1988

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Friday, 3 August 201211:20Qualifying
Sunday, 5 August 201220:20Final

Results

Qualifying

Qual. rule: qualification standard 78.00m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

RankGroupAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1B Krisztián Pars Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 77.1179.3779.37Q
2A Koji Murofushi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 77.1878.4878.48Q, SB
3A Primož Kozmus Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 78.1278.12Q, SB
4A Olexiy Sokyyrskiyy Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine XX77.6577.65q
5A Kibwe Johnson Flag of the United States.svg  United States XX77.1777.17q, SB
6A Kirill Ikonnikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia X76.4376.8576.85q, DPG [10]
7A Szymon Ziółkowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 76.22X75.6876.22q
8A Dilshod Nazarov Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 73.90X75.9175.91q, DPG [11]
9A Lukáš Melich Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 75.8875.2972.4975.88q
10A Nicola Vizzoni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 74.7973.8874.1274.79q
11A Alexander Smith Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 72.5974.7173.2174.71q
12B Valeriy Sviatokha Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 73.1173.0774.6974.69q
13B Eivind Henriksen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 72.67X74.6274.62
14B Jérôme Bortoluzzi Flag of France.svg  France X70.3674.1574.15
15B Marcel Lomnicky Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia X74.00X74.00
16B Javier Cienfuegos Flag of Spain.svg  Spain X63.7973.7373.73
17A Eşref Apak Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey XX73.4773.47
18B Ali Al-Zinkawi Flag of Kuwait (3-2).svg  Kuwait 70.6773.40X73.40
19B Roberto Janet Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 72.5273.3470.1973.34
20B Dzmitry Marshin Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Azerbaijan 72.06X72.8572.85
21A Igors Sokolovs Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia X71.7772.7672.76
22B Kaveh Mousavi Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 67.2571.4272.7072.70
23B Aleksey Zagornyi Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 71.0272.52X72.52
24A Quentin Bigot Flag of France.svg  France 69.2268.1772.4272.42
25B A. G. Kruger Flag of the United States.svg  United States X72.13X72.13
26B David Söderberg Flag of Finland.svg  Finland X71.2671.7671.76
27B Lorenzo Povegliano Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 71.5568.77X71.55
28A Pavel Kryvitski Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 71.49XX71.49DPG [12]
29A Mostafa Al-Gamel Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt X70.2371.3671.36
30A András Haklits Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia X70.61X70.61
31A Serghei Marghiev Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova 67.1767.3269.7669.76
32B Nicolas Figère Flag of France.svg  France 69.74XX69.74
33B Constantinos Stathelakos Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 69.65XX69.65
34A Oleksandr Dryhol Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine X68.0269.5769.57DPG [13]
35B Mergen Mamedov Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 68.3966.9967.2368.39
36B Juan Ignacio Cerra Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 65.8266.2568.2068.20
37A Alexandros Papadimitriou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece X66.9167.1967.19
38A Suhrob Khodjaev Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan 65.8864.74X65.88
B Paweł Fajdek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland XXXNM
B Artem Rubanko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine XXXNM
B James Steacy Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada XXXNM

Final

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RankAthleteNation123456DistanceNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Krisztián Pars Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 79.1478.3380.5979.7079.2878.8880.59
Silver medal icon.svg Primož Kozmus Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 78.97XXX79.3678.5979.36SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Koji Murofushi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan X78.1678.7178.0977.1276.4778.71SB
4 Olexiy Sokyyrskiyy Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 76.5178.25XXX76.9978.25
5 Kirill Ikonnikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 77.86X77.8174.60X77.4677.86DPG
5 Lukáš Melich Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 76.7375.6777.1776.2818.90X77.17
6 Szymon Ziółkowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 75.6974.9576.3076.8877.1075.8677.10
7 Nicola Vizzoni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 75.7575.8475.4176.0775.79X76.07
8 Kibwe Johnson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 73.3174.95XDid not advance74.95
10 Dilshod Nazarov Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 70.0070.8873.80Did not advance73.80DPG
9 Valeriy Sviatokha Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 73.1372.7872.42Did not advance73.13
10 Alexander Smith Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 69.7472.8771.47Did not advance72.87

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