The Men's Hammer Throw event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 6 and August 8.
Medalists
edit| Gold |  Vadim DevyatovskiyBelarus (BLR) |
| Silver |  Szymon ZiółkowskiPoland (POL) |
| Bronze |  Markus EsserGermany (GER) |
Schedule
edit- All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
| Qualification Round | |
|---|---|
| Group A | Group B |
| 06.08.2005 – 11:30h | 06.08.2005 – 13:05h |
| Final Round | |
| 08.08.2005 – 18:40h | |
Abbreviations
edit- All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Startlist
edit| Order | № | Athlete | Season Best | Personal Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GROUP A | ||||
| 1 | 7 |  Dorian Collaku (ALB) |
75.78 | 76.96 |
| 2 | 876 |  Miloslav Konopka (SVK) |
76.74 | 81.33 |
| 3 | 396 | Holger Klose (GER) |
79.23 | 82.22 |
| 4 | 814 |  Sergey Kirmasov (RUS) |
78.97 | 82.62 |
| 5 | 944 |  Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR) |
78.72 | 82.23 |
| 6 | 909 |  Dilshod Nazarov (TJK) |
77.63 | 79.05 |
| 7 | 1000 |  A.G. Kruger (USA) |
75.57 | 79.26 |
| 8 | 951 | Ihor Tuhay (UKR) |
78.85 | 79.46 |
| 9 | 782 |  Chris Harmse (RSA) |
80.63 | 80.63 |
| 10 | 930 |  Eşref Apak (TUR) |
81.45 | 81.45 |
| 11 | 21 |  Juan Ignacio Cerra (ARG) |
74.78 | 76.42 |
| 12 | 812 | Vadim Khersontsev (RUS) |
79.47 | 81.26 |
| 13 | 71 | Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR) |
84.90 | 84.90 |
| 14 | 169 |  András Haklits (CRO) |
80.41 | 80.41 |
| 15 | 287 |  Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN) |
79.81 | 83.30 |
| GROUP B | ||||
| 1 | 487 |  Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) |
74.82 | 80.50 |
| 2 | 744 | Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) |
79.35 | 83.38 |
| 3 | 437 |  Krisztián Pars (HUN) |
80.03 | 82.45 |
| 4 | 79 | Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) |
86.73 | 86.73 |
| 5 | 947 | Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) |
81.00 | 82.62 |
| 6 | 415 |  Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE) |
78.28 | 80.45 |
| 7 | 1017 | James Parker (USA) |
74.67 | 79.20 |
| 8 | 191 |  Lukáš Melich (CZE) |
79.36 | 79.36 |
| 9 | 378 | Markus Esser (GER) |
80.00 | 81.10 |
| 10 | 213 |  Mohsen El Anany (EGY) |
75.31 | 76.00 |
| 11 | 871 |  Patric Suter (SUI) |
78.43 | 80.51 |
| 12 | 874 | Libor Charfreitag (SVK) |
80.85 | 81.81 |
| 13 | 815 | Ilya Konovalov (RUS) |
79.92 | 82.28 |
| 14 | 637 |  Roman Rozna (MDA) |
75.80 | 76.62 |
| 15 | 594 |  Ali Al-Zinkawi (KUW) |
76.25 | 77.37 |
| 16 | 81 | Andrei Varantsou (BLR) |
78.93 | 81.31 |
Records
edit| Standing records prior to the 2005 World Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) |
86.74 m | August 30, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany
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| Event Record | Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) |
83.38 m | August 5, 2001 |  Edmonton, Canada
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| Season Best | Ivan Tikhon (BLR) |
86.73 m | July 3, 2005 | Brest, Belarus
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| Broken records during the 2005 World Athletics Championships | ||||
| Event Record | Ivan Tikhon (BLR) |
83.89 m | August 8, 2005 | Helsinki, Finland
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Qualification
edit| Rank | Group | Athlete | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR) |
76.86 | 81.20 | — | 81.20 m | |
| B | Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) |
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| 2 | B | Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) |
75.47 | 78.34 | — | 78.34 m | |
| 3 | A | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN) |
X | 76.09 | 77.30 | 77.30 m | |
| 4 | B | Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) |
75.69 | X | 77.21 | 77.21 m | |
| 5 | B | Krisztián Pars (HUN) |
75.62 | 75.55 | 76.86 | 76.86 m | |
| 6 | A | Holger Klose (GER) |
76.47 | 74.34 | 72.27 | 76.47 m | |
| 7 | B | Markus Esser (GER) |
73.19 | 71.62 | 76.45 | 76.45 m | |
| 8 | B | Ilya Konovalov (RUS) |
71.91 | 76.42 | 75.71 | 76.42 m | |
| 9 | B | Libor Charfreitag (SVK) |
76.30 | 75.28 | 75.00 | 76.30 m | |
| A | Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR) |
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| 10 | A | Vadim Khersontsev (RUS) |
74.94 | X | 75.92 | 75.92 m | |
| 11 | B | Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE) |
70.97 | 74.99 | X | 74.99 m | |
| 12 | B | Lukas Melich (CZE) |
X | 74.53 | X | 74.53 m | |
| 13 | A | Chris Harmse (RSA) |
72.30 | 74.37 | 73.17 | 74.37 m | |
| 14 | A | A.G. Kruger (USA) |
73.63 | 73.23 | 70.20 | 73.63 m | |
| 15 | A | Dilshod Nazarov (TJK) |
73.34 | 73.38 | 69.43 | 73.38 m | |
| 16 | A | András Haklits (CRO) |
73.26 | 71.51 | X | 73.26 m | |
| 17 | A | Eşref Apak (TUR) |
73.00 | X | 73.04 | 73.04 m | |
| 18 | A | Miloslav Konopka (SVK) |
X | 72.91 | X | 72.91 m | |
| 19 | B | Ali Al-Zinkawi (KUW) |
X | X | 72.28 | 72.28 m | |
| 20 | B | James Parker (USA) |
71.95 | X | 70.94 | 71.95 m | |
| 21 | B | Mohsen El Anany (EGY) |
71.78 | X | 68.95 | 71.78 m | |
| 22 | B | Roman Rozna (MDA) |
71.52 | 69.30 | 70.45 | 71.52 m | |
| 23 | A | Ihor Tuhay (UKR) |
70.66 | X | 70.85 | 70.85 m | |
| 24 | B | Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) |
X | 70.77 | X | 70.77 m | |
| 25 | B | Andrei Varantsou (BLR) |
X | 69.71 | X | 69.71 m | |
| 26 | B | Patric Suter (SUI) |
65.65 | 68.54 | X | 68.54 m | |
| 27 | A | Juan Ignacio Cerra (ARG) |
67.72 | 68.44 | 67.50 | 68.44 m | |
| 28 | A | Dorian Collaku (ALB) |
58.83 | — | — | 58.83 m | |
| — | A | Sergey Kirmasov (RUS) |
X | X | X | NM |
Final
edit| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
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Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR) |
78.11 | 80.45 | 82.60 | X | 80.47 | 82.19 | 82.60 m | |
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Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) |
78.27 | 76.44 | 79.35 | 77.35 | 78.39 | X | 79.35 m | SB |
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Markus Esser (GER) |
78.57 | 79.11 | 76.88 | 79.16 | 77.11 | X | 79.16 m | |
| 4 | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN) |
77.05 | X | 78.55 | 77.20 | X | 78.77 | 78.77 m | |
| 5 | Ilya Konovalov (RUS) |
78.59 | 76.21 | 76.60 | 78.08 | 78.44 | 75.36 | 78.59 m | |
| 6 | Krisztián Pars (HUN) |
76.21 | X | 77.26 | 78.03 | 76.85 | X | 78.03 m | |
| 7 | Vadim Khersontsev (RUS) |
76.16 | 77.59 | 73.63 | 76.81 | X | 72.24 | 77.59 m | |
| 8 | Libor Charfreitag (SVK) |
76.05 | 75.02 | X | 76.05 m | ||||
| 9 | Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) |
74.81 | 72.69 | 76.01 | 76.01 m | ||||
| 10 | Holger Klose (GER) |
74.41 | X | 74.80 | 74.80 m | ||||
| Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) |
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| Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR) |
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