Hammer throw at the World Athletics Championships

Hammer throw at the World Athletics Championships
Anita Włodarczyk and Malwina Kopron during the 2017 championships
Overview
Gender	Men and women
Years held	Men: 1983 – 2025 Women: 1999 – 2025
Championship record
Men	84.70 m Ethan Katzberg (2025)
Women	80.85 m Anita Włodarczyk (2015)
Reigning champion
Men	Ethan Katzberg  (CAN)
Women	Camryn Rogers  (CAN)

The hammer throw at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by both men since the inaugural edition in 1983, and by women since 1999. The competition format typically has one qualifying round contested by two groups of athletes, with all those clearing the automatic qualifying distance or placing in top twelve overall advancing to the final round.

Poland is by far and away the most successful nation in the event, with 20 medals in total, 11 of them gold. They are the most successful nation in the men's event, as well as the women's event. Canada is the only nation aside from Poland that has won a gold medal in both the men's and the women's event.

Paweł Fajdek is the most successful athlete in the event, winning 5 gold medals in a row between 2013 and 2022. His 5 gold medals are the second-most for any athlete in a single individual event, a feat only bettered by Sergey Bubka in the pole vault. Anita Włodarczyk is the most successful woman, winning 4 gold medals between 2009 and 2017. Yipsi Moreno is the only other athlete besides Fajdek and Włodarczyk to have won more than 2 gold medals in the event.

The championship records for the event are 84.70 m for men, set by Ethan Katzberg in 2025, and 80.85 m for women, set by Włodarczyk in 2015.

Włodarczyk is the only athlete to have broken the world record at the championships, doing so in 2009.

The reigning world champions are Ethan Katzberg and Camryn Rogers, both from Canada.

Age records

• All information from World Athletics. ^[1]

Distinction	Male			Female
	Athlete	Age	Date	Athlete	Age	Date
Youngest champion	Ethan Katzberg  (CAN)	21 years, 137 days [2]	20 Aug 2023	Yipsi Moreno  (CUB)	20 years, 261 days	7 Aug 2001
Youngest medalist	Ethan Katzberg  (CAN)	21 years, 137 days [2]	20 Aug 2023	Yipsi Moreno  (CUB)	20 years, 261 days	7 Aug 2001
Youngest finalist	Myhaylo Kokhan  (UKR)	18 years, 253 days	2 Oct 2019	Zhang Wenxiu  (CHN)	15 years, 138 days	7 Aug 2001
Youngest participant	Ashraf Amgad Elseify  (QAT)	18 years, 171 days	10 Aug 2013	Zhang Wenxiu  (CHN)	15 years, 137 days	6 Aug 2001
Oldest champion	Koji Murofushi  (JPN)	36 years, 325 days	29 Aug 2011	Anita Włodarczyk  (POL)	31 years, 364 days	7 Aug 2017
Oldest medalist	Koji Murofushi  (JPN)	36 years, 325 days	29 Aug 2011	Olga Kuzenkova  (RUS)	32 years, 328 days	28 Aug 2003
Oldest finalist	Igor Astapkovich  (BLR)	40 years, 233 days	25 Aug 2003	Martina Hrašnová  (SVK)	36 years, 191 days	28 Sep 2019
Oldest participant	Ed Burke  (USA)	43 years, 157 days	8 Aug 1983	Elena Teloni  (CYP)	38 years, 253 days	26 Aug 2003

Medalists

Men

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki details	Sergey Litvinov  (URS)	Yuriy Sedykh  (URS)	Zdzisław Kwaśny  (POL)
1987 Rome details	Sergey Litvinov  (URS)	Jüri Tamm  (URS)	Ralf Haber  (GDR)
1991 Tokyo details	Yuriy Sedykh  (URS)	Igor Astapkovich  (URS)	Heinz Weis  (GER)
1993 Stuttgart details	Andrey Abduvaliyev  (TJK)	Igor Astapkovich  (BLR)	Tibor Gécsek  (HUN)
1995 Gothenburg details	Andrey Abduvaliyev  (TJK)	Igor Astapkovich  (BLR)	Tibor Gécsek  (HUN)
1997 Athens details	Heinz Weis  (GER)	Andriy Skvaruk  (UKR)	Vasiliy Sidorenko  (RUS)
1999 Seville details	Karsten Kobs  (GER)	Zsolt Németh  (HUN)	Vladyslav Piskunov  (UKR)
2001 Edmonton details	Szymon Ziółkowski  (POL)	Koji Murofushi  (JPN)	Ilya Konovalov  (RUS)
2003 Saint-Denis details	Ivan Tsikhan  (BLR)	Adrián Annus  (HUN)	Koji Murofushi  (JPN)
2005 Helsinki details	Szymon Ziółkowski  (POL)	Markus Esser  (GER)	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen  (FIN)
2007 Osaka details	Ivan Tsikhan  (BLR)	Primož Kozmus  (SLO)	Libor Charfreitag  (SVK)
2009 Berlin details	Primož Kozmus  (SLO)	Szymon Ziółkowski  (POL)	Aleksey Zagornyi  (RUS)
2011 Daegu details	Koji Murofushi  (JPN)	Krisztián Pars  (HUN)	Primož Kozmus  (SLO)
2013 Moscow details	Paweł Fajdek  (POL)	Krisztián Pars  (HUN)	Lukáš Melich  (CZE)
2015 Beijing details	Paweł Fajdek  (POL)	Dilshod Nazarov  (TJK)	Wojciech Nowicki  (POL)
2017 London details	Paweł Fajdek  (POL)	Valeriy Pronkin  (ANA)	Wojciech Nowicki  (POL)
2019 Doha details	Paweł Fajdek  (POL)	Quentin Bigot  (FRA)	Bence Halász  (HUN)   Wojciech Nowicki  (POL)
2022 Eugene details	Paweł Fajdek  (POL)	Wojciech Nowicki  (POL)	Eivind Henriksen  (NOR)
2023 Budapest details	Ethan Katzberg  (CAN)	Wojciech Nowicki  (POL)	Bence Halász  (HUN)
2025 Tokyo details	Ethan Katzberg  (CAN)	Merlin Hummel  (GER)	Bence Halász  (HUN)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Poland  (POL)	7	3	4	14
2	Soviet Union  (URS)	3	3	0	6
3	Germany  (GER)	2	2	1	5
4	Belarus  (BLR)	2	2	0	4
5	Tajikistan  (TJK)	2	1	0	3
6	Canada  (CAN)	2	0	0	2
7	Japan  (JPN)	1	1	1	3
	Slovenia  (SLO)	1	1	1	3
9	Hungary  (HUN)	0	4	5	9
10	Ukraine  (UKR)	0	1	1	2
11	France  (FRA)	0	1	0	1
–	Authorised Neutral Athletes  (ANA)	0	1	0	1
12	Russia  (RUS)	0	0	3	3
13	Czech Republic  (CZE)	0	0	1	1
	East Germany  (GDR)	0	0	1	1
	Finland  (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Norway  (NOR)	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia  (SVK)	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 entries)		20	20	21	61

Multiple medalists

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Period	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Paweł Fajdek	Poland  (POL)	2013-2022	5	0	0	5
2	Szymon Ziółkowski	Poland  (POL)	2001-2009	2	1	0	3
3	Sergey Litvinov	Soviet Union  (URS)	1983-1987	2	0	0	2
	Andrey Abduvaliyev	Tajikistan  (TJK)	1993-1995	2	0	0	2
	Ivan Tsikhan	Belarus  (BLR)	2003-2007	2	0	0	2
	Ethan Katzberg	Canada  (CAN)	2023-2025	2	0	0	2
7	Koji Murofushi	Japan  (JPN)	2001-2011	1	1	1	3
	Primož Kozmus	Slovenia  (SLO)	2007-2011	1	1	1	3
9	Heinz Weis	Germany  (GER)	1991-1997	1	0	1	2
10	Igor Astapkovich	Soviet Union  (URS)   Belarus  (BLR)	1991-1995	0	3	0	3
11	Wojciech Nowicki	Poland  (POL)	2015-2023	0	2	3	5
12	Krisztián Pars	Hungary  (HUN)	2011-2013	0	2	0	2
13	Bence Halász	Hungary  (HUN)	2019-2025	0	0	3	3
14	Tibor Gécsek	Hungary  (HUN)	1993-1995	0	0	2	2

Women

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Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1999 Seville details	Mihaela Melinte  (ROU)	Olga Kuzenkova  (RUS)	Lisa Misipeka  (ASA)
2001 Edmonton details	Yipsi Moreno  (CUB)	Olga Kuzenkova  (RUS)	Bronwyn Eagles  (AUS)
2003 Saint-Denis details	Yipsi Moreno  (CUB)	Olga Kuzenkova  (RUS)	Manuela Montebrun  (FRA)
2005 Helsinki details	Yipsi Moreno  (CUB)	Tatyana Lysenko  (RUS)	Manuela Montebrun  (FRA)
2007 Osaka details	Betty Heidler  (GER)	Yipsi Moreno  (CUB)	Zhang Wenxiu  (CHN)
2009 Berlin details	Anita Włodarczyk  (POL)	Betty Heidler  (GER)	Martina Hrašnová  (SVK)
2011 Daegu details	Tatyana Lysenko  (RUS)	Betty Heidler  (GER)	Zhang Wenxiu  (CHN)
2013 Moscow details	Anita Włodarczyk  (POL)	Zhang Wenxiu  (CHN)	Wang Zheng  (CHN)
2015 Beijing details	Anita Włodarczyk  (POL)	Zhang Wenxiu  (CHN)	Alexandra Tavernier  (FRA)
2017 London details	Anita Włodarczyk  (POL)	Wang Zheng  (CHN)	Malwina Kopron  (POL)
2019 Doha details	DeAnna Price  (USA)	Joanna Fiodorow  (POL)	Wang Zheng  (CHN)
2022 Eugene details	Brooke Andersen  (USA)	Camryn Rogers  (CAN)	Janee' Kassanavoid  (USA)
2023 Budapest details	Camryn Rogers  (CAN)	Janee' Kassanavoid  (USA)	DeAnna Price  (USA)
2025 Tokyo details	Camryn Rogers  (CAN)	Zhao Jie  (PRC)	Zhang Jiale  (PRC)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Poland  (POL)	4	1	1	6
2	Cuba  (CUB)	3	1	0	4
3	United States  (USA)	2	1	2	5
4	Canada  (CAN)	2	1	0	3
5	Russia  (RUS)	1	4	0	5
6	Germany  (GER)	1	2	0	3
7	Romania  (ROU)	1	0	0	1
8	China  (CHN)	0	4	5	9
9	France  (FRA)	0	0	3	3
10	American Samoa  (ASA)	0	0	1	1
	Australia  (AUS)	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia  (SVK)	0	0	1	1

Multiple medalists

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Period	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Anita Włodarczyk	Poland  (POL)	2009-2017	4	0	0	4
2	Yipsi Moreno	Cuba  (CUB)	2001-2007	3	1	0	4
3	Camryn Rogers	Canada  (CAN)	2022-2025	2	1	0	3
4	Betty Heidler	Germany  (GER)	2007-2011	1	2	0	3
5	Tatyana Lysenko	Russia  (RUS)	2005-2011	1	1	0	2
6	DeAnna Price	United States  (USA)	2019-2023	1	0	1	2
7	Olga Kuzenkova	Russia  (RUS)	1999-2003	0	3	0	3
8	Zhang Wenxiu	China  (CHN)	2007-2015	0	2	2	4
9	Wang Zheng	China  (CHN)	2013-2019	0	1	2	3
10	Janee' Kassanavoid	United States  (USA)	2022-2023	0	1	1	2
11	Manuela Montebrun	France  (FRA)	2003-2005	0	0	2	2

Championship record progression

Men

Men's hammer throw World Championships record progression ^[3]

Mark	Athlete	Nation	Year	Round	Date
75.78 m	Zdzisław Kwaśny	Poland  (POL)	1983	Qualification	1983-08-08
78.50 m	Sergey Litvinov	Soviet Union  (URS)	1983	Qualification	1983-08-08
79.22 m	Yuriy Sedykh	Soviet Union  (URS)	1983	Final	1983-08-08
82.68 m	Sergey Litvinov	Soviet Union  (URS)	1983	Final	1983-08-08
83.06 m	Sergey Litvinov	Soviet Union  (URS)	1987	Final	1987-09-01
83.38 m	Szymon Ziółkowski	Poland  (POL)	2001	Final	2001-08-05
83.89 m1	Ivan Tsikhan	Belarus  (BLR)	2005	Final	2005-08-08
83.63 m	Ivan Tsikhan	Belarus  (BLR)	2007	Final	2007-08-27
84.70 m	Ethan Katzberg	Canada  (CAN)	2025	Final	2025-09-16

¹Subsequently disqualified after failing a doping test ^[4]

Women

Women's hammer throw World Championships record progression ^[5]

Time	Athlete	Nation	Year	Round	Date
65.52 m	Debbie Sosimenko	Australia  (AUS)	1999	Final	1999-08-24
71.57 m	Mihaela Melinte	Romania  (ROM)	1999	Final	1999-08-24
73.23 m	Mihaela Melinte	Romania  (ROM)	1999	Final	1999-08-24
75.20 m	Mihaela Melinte	Romania  (ROM)	1999	Final	1999-08-24
75.27 m	Betty Heidler	Germany  (GER)	2009	Qualification	2009-08-20
77.96 m WR	Anita Włodarczyk	Poland  (POL)	2009	Final	2009-08-22
78.46 m	Anita Włodarczyk	Poland  (POL)	2013	Final	2013-08-16
78.80 m1	Tatyana Lysenko	Russia  (RUS)	2013	Final	2013-08-16
78.52 m	Anita Włodarczyk	Poland  (POL)	2015	Final	2015-08-27
80.27 m	Anita Włodarczyk	Poland  (POL)	2015	Final	2015-08-27
80.85 m	Anita Włodarczyk	Poland  (POL)	2015	Final	2015-08-27

¹Subsequently disqualified after failing a doping test.

Best performances

Top ten furthest World Championship throws¹

Furthest men's throws at the World Championships [6] Rank Distance (m) Athlete Nation Year Date 1 84.70 m Ethan Katzberg   Canada 2025 2025-09-16 2 83.63 m Ivan Tsikhan   Belarus 2007 2007-08-27 3 83.38 m Szymon Ziółkowski   Poland 2001 2001-08-05 4 83.07 m Sergey Litvinov   Soviet Union 1987 1987-09-01 5 83.05 m Ivan Tsikhan   Belarus 2003 2003-08-25 6 82.92 m Koji Murofushi   Japan 2001 2001-08-05 7 82.77 m Merlin Hummel   Germany 2025 2025-09-16 8 82.69 m Bence Halász   Hungary 2025 2025-09-16 9 82.68 m Sergey Litvinov   Soviet Union 1983 1983-08-09 10 82.60 m Vadim Devyatovskiy   Belarus 2005 2005-08-08

Furthest women's throws at the World Championships [7] Rank Distance (m) Athlete Nation Year Date 1 80.85 m Anita Włodarczyk   Poland 2015 2015-08-27 2 80.51 m Camryn Rogers   Canada 2025 2025-09-15 3 78.96 m Brooke Andersen   United States 2022 2022-07-17 4 78.46 m Anita Włodarczyk   Poland 2013 2013-08-16 5 77.96 m Anita Włodarczyk   Poland 2009 2009-08-22 6 77.90 m Anita Włodarczyk   Poland 2017 2017-08-07 7 77.60 m Zhao Jie   China 2025 2025-09-15 8 77.54 m DeAnna Price   United States 2019 2019-09-28 9 77.52 m Camryn Rogers   Canada 2025 Q 2025-09-15 10 77.22 m Camryn Rogers   Canada 2023 2023-08-24

¹Does not include ancillary marks

See also

• Hammer throw
• Hammer throw at the Olympics

References

1. "World Athletics Championships - Budapest 23 Statistical Booklet" (PDF). www.worldathletics.org : 42–45.
2. Mulkeen, Jon (20 August 2023). "Katzberg ends Fajdek's reign as world hammer champion in Budapest". World Athletics . Retrieved 22 October 2024.
3. Main > Men's Hammer Throw > World Championships Records Progression. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2024-10-08.
4. Helsinki 2005 re-tests reveal six adverse findings
5. Main > Women's hammer throw > World Championships Records Progression. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2024-10-08.
6. "Men's hammer throw".
7. "Women's hammer throw". Archived from the original on 2024-04-23. Retrieved 2024-04-23.

Bibliography

• Butler, Mark (2023). World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023 Statistics Book. World Athletics.

External links

• Official World Athletics website