Hammer throw at the World Athletics Championships | |
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![]() Anita Włodarczyk and Malwina Kopron during the 2017 championships | |
Overview | |
Gender | Men and women |
Years held | Men: 1983 – 2023 Women: 1999 – 2023 |
Championship record | |
Men | 83.63 m Ivan Tsikhan (2007) |
Women | 80.85 m Anita Włodarczyk (2015) |
Reigning champion | |
Men | ![]() |
Women | ![]() |
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 83.63 m for men, set by Ivan Tsikhan in 2007, and 80.85 m for women, set by Włodarczyk in 2015.
Additionally, Włodarczyk is the only athlete to have broken the world record at the championships, doing so in 2009.
Distinction | Male | Female | ||||
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Athlete | Age | Date | Athlete | Age | Date | |
Youngest champion | ![]() | 21 years, 137 days [2] | 20 Aug 2023 | ![]() | 20 years, 261 days | 7 Aug 2001 |
Youngest medalist | ![]() | 21 years, 137 days [2] | 20 Aug 2023 | ![]() | 20 years, 261 days | 7 Aug 2001 |
Youngest finalist | ![]() | 18 years, 253 days | 2 Oct 2019 | ![]() | 15 years, 138 days | 7 Aug 2001 |
Youngest participant | ![]() | 18 years, 171 days | 10 Aug 2013 | ![]() | 15 years, 137 days | 6 Aug 2001 |
Oldest champion | ![]() | 36 years, 325 days | 29 Aug 2011 | ![]() | 31 years, 364 days | 7 Aug 2017 |
Oldest medalist | ![]() | 36 years, 325 days | 29 Aug 2011 | ![]() | 32 years, 328 days | 28 Aug 2003 |
Oldest finalist | ![]() | 40 years, 233 days | 25 Aug 2003 | ![]() | 36 years, 191 days | 28 Sep 2019 |
Oldest participant | ![]() | 43 years, 157 days | 8 Aug 1983 | ![]() | 38 years, 253 days | 26 Aug 2003 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
5 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
– | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (17 entries) | 19 | 19 | 20 | 58 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Period | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Paweł Fajdek | ![]() | 2013-2022 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
2 | Szymon Ziółkowski | ![]() | 2001-2009 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
3 | Sergey Litvinov | ![]() | 1983-1987 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Andrey Abduvaliyev | ![]() | 1993-1995 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Ivan Tsikhan | ![]() | 2003-2007 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
6 | Koji Murofushi | ![]() | 2001-2011 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Primož Kozmus | ![]() | 2007-2011 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
7 | Heinz Weis | ![]() | 1991-1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
9 | Igor Astapkovich | ![]() ![]() | 1991-1995 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
10 | Wojciech Nowicki | ![]() | 2015-2023 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
11 | Krisztián Pars | ![]() | 2011-2013 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
12 | Tibor Gécsek | ![]() | 1993-1995 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Bence Halász | ![]() | 2019-2023 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Period | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Anita Włodarczyk | ![]() | 2009-2017 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
2 | Yipsi Moreno | ![]() | 2001-2007 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
3 | Betty Heidler | ![]() | 2007-2011 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
4 | Tatyana Lysenko | ![]() | 2005-2011 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Camryn Rogers | ![]() | 2022-2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
6 | DeAnna Price | ![]() | 2019-2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
7 | Olga Kuzenkova | ![]() | 1999-2003 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
8 | Zhang Wenxiu | ![]() | 2007-2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
9 | Wang Zheng | ![]() | 2013-2019 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
10 | Janee' Kassanavoid | ![]() | 2022-2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
11 | Manuela Montebrun | ![]() | 2003-2005 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Mark | Athlete | Nation | Year | Round | Date |
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75.78 m | Zdzisław Kwaśny | ![]() | 1983 | Qualification | 1983-08-08 |
78.50 m | Sergey Litvinov | ![]() | 1983 | Qualification | 1983-08-08 |
79.22 m | Yuriy Sedykh | ![]() | 1983 | Final | 1983-08-08 |
82.68 m | Sergey Litvinov | ![]() | 1983 | Final | 1983-08-08 |
83.06 m | Sergey Litvinov | ![]() | 1987 | Final | 1987-09-01 |
83.38 m | Szymon Ziółkowski | ![]() | 2001 | Final | 2001-08-05 |
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83.63 m | Ivan Tsikhan | ![]() | 2007 | Final | 2007-08-27 |
1Subsequently disqualified after failing a doping test [4]
Time | Athlete | Nation | Year | Round | Date |
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65.52 m | Debbie Sosimenko | ![]() | 1999 | Final | 1999-08-24 |
71.57 m | Mihaela Melinte | ![]() | 1999 | Final | 1999-08-24 |
73.23 m | Mihaela Melinte | ![]() | 1999 | Final | 1999-08-24 |
75.20 m | Mihaela Melinte | ![]() | 1999 | Final | 1999-08-24 |
75.27 m | Betty Heidler | ![]() | 2009 | Qualification | 2009-08-20 |
77.96 m WR | Anita Włodarczyk | ![]() | 2009 | Final | 2009-08-22 |
78.46 m | Anita Włodarczyk | ![]() | 2013 | Final | 2013-08-16 |
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78.52 m | Anita Włodarczyk | ![]() | 2015 | Final | 2015-08-27 |
80.27 m | Anita Włodarczyk | ![]() | 2015 | Final | 2015-08-27 |
80.85 m | Anita Włodarczyk | ![]() | 2015 | Final | 2015-08-27 |
1Subsequently disqualified after failing a doping test.
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1Does not include ancillary marks
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