2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

The men's hammer throw at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 22 and 23 August.[1][2]

Men's hammer throw
at the 2015 World Championships
VenueBeijing National Stadium
Dates22 August (qualification)
23 August (final)
Competitors30 from 21 nations
Winning distance80.88
Medalists
gold medal    Poland
silver medal    Tajikistan
bronze medal    Poland
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Returning champion and current world leader Paweł Fajdek looked to be the favorite. In the first round it was David Söderberg who took the lead. The second round saw Dilshod Nazarov and Sergej Litvinov get off 77 metre throws to take the top two spots. Then in the third round, Fajdek let out 80.64 and calmly walked out of the ring. Nobody else could get in that range, but Fajdek launched 80.88 on his next throw for the win. Nazarov got off a 78.55 in the fifth round to move into second, but that was matched exactly by Wojciech Nowicki on his final throw. With an exact tie for the silver medal, the second best throw became the tiebreaker, Nazarov's 78.06 in the fourth round being superior to Nowicki's third round 77.20.[3]

The world championships also incorporated the 2015 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge and Fajdek was the series winner.[4]

Records

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Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[5]

World record   Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 86.74 Stuttgart, West Germany 30 August 1986
Championship record   Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) 83.63 Osaka, Japan 27 August 2007
World leading   Paweł Fajdek (POL) 83.93 Szczecin, Poland 9 August 2015
African record   Mostafa Al-Gamel (EGY) 81.27 Cairo, Egypt 21 March 2014
Asian record   Koji Murofushi (JPN) 84.86 Prague, Czech Republic 29 June 2003
North, Central American and Caribbean record   Lance Deal (USA) 82.52 Milan, Italy 7 September 1996
South American record   Juan Ignacio Cerra (ARG) 76.42 Trieste, Italy 25 July 2001
European record   Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 86.74 Stuttgart, West Germany 30 August 1986
Oceanian record   Stuart Rendell (AUS) 79.29 Varaždin, Croatia 6 July 2002

Qualification standards

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Entry standards[6]
76.00

Schedule

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Date Time Round
22 August 2015 09:30 Qualification
23 August 2015 18:30 Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

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KEY: Q Qualified q 12 best performers NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Qualification

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Qualification: Qualifying Performance 77.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.[7]

Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Mark Notes
1 A Paweł Fajdek   Poland (POL) 76.46 78.38 78.38 Q
2 A Nick Miller   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 77.42 77.42 Q
3 B Sergej Litvinov   Russia (RUS) 74.75 76.79 76.79 q
4 B Wojciech Nowicki   Poland (POL) 75.52 x 76.72 76.72 q
5 B Ashraf Amgad Elseify   Qatar (QAT) 72.01 75.03 76.51 76.51 q
6 A David Söderberg   Finland (FIN) 73.30 75.96 75.42 75.96 q
7 A Dilshod Nazarov   Tajikistan (TJK) 74.86 75.56 75.56 q
8 B Mostafa Al-Gamel   Egypt (EGY) 75.48 x 74.06 75.48 q
9 B Krisztián Pars   Hungary (HUN) 75.37 74.41 75.02 75.37 q
10 B Roberto Janet   Cuba (CUB) x 74.77 75.28 75.28 q
11 B Tuomas Seppänen   Finland (FIN) 74.74 x 73.43 74.74 q, SB
12 A Marcel Lomnický   Slovakia (SVK) 73.10 x 74.51 74.51 q
13 B Conor McCullough   United States (USA) 72.40 72.05 74.31 74.31
14 A Yevhen Vynohradov   Ukraine (UKR) 71.01 x 74.09 74.09
15 B Mark Dry   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 72.13 71.24 73.87 73.87
16 A Kibwe Johnson   United States (USA) 71.72 73.75 73.33 73.75
17 B Eşref Apak   Turkey (TUR) 73.01 x x 73.01
18 A Yury Shayunou   Belarus (BLR) x 72.07 72.87 72.87
19 A Marco Lingua   Italy (ITA) 72.01 x 72.85 72.85
20 A Lukáš Melich   Czech Republic (CZE) 71.89 70.11 72.12 72.12
21 B Ivan Tsikhan   Belarus (BLR) 70.30 71.88 x 71.88
22 A Wagner Domingos   Brazil (BRA) 71.35 71.82 x 71.82
23 B Serghei Marghiev   Moldova (MDA) x 71.61 71.45 71.61
24 A A. G. Kruger   United States (USA) x 71.56 x 71.56
25 A Pavel Bareisha   Belarus (BLR) x 71.41 71.23 71.41
26 A Suhrob Khodjaev   Uzbekistan (UZB) 70.45 70.99 71.24 71.24
27 B Ákos Hudi   Hungary (HUN) 71.15 x x 71.15
28 A Bence Pásztor   Hungary (HUN) 71.10 70.68 71.14 71.14
29 B Javier Cienfuegos   Spain (ESP) 69.38 68.37 70.96 70.96
30 B Roberto Sawyers   Costa Rica (CRC) x 65.53 66.64 66.64

Final

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The final was started at 18:30.[8]

Rank Name Nationality # 1 # 2 # 3 # 4 # 5 # 6 Mark Notes
  Paweł Fajdek   Poland (POL) 76.40 x 80.64 80.88 79.34 78.29 80.88
  Dilshod Nazarov   Tajikistan (TJK) 76.83 77.61 76.17 78.06 78.55 76.60 78.55
  Wojciech Nowicki   Poland (POL) 76.14 76.73 77.20 x 75.80 78.55 78.55
4 Krisztián Pars   Hungary (HUN) 76.33 75.98 77.32 x 76.40 77.05 77.32
5 Sergej Litvinov   Russia (RUS) 70.75 77.09 77.24 DQ x 77.04 x 77.24 (DQ)
6 David Söderberg   Finland (FIN) 76.92 74.75 75.70 75.48 75.32 75.19 76.92 SB
7 Mostafa Al-Gamel   Egypt (EGY) 74.70 76.25 76.81 x x 75.77 76.81
8 Marcel Lomnický   Slovakia (SVK) 73.71 74.36 75.62 75.79 75.72 74.82 75.79
9 Ashraf Amgad Elseify   Qatar (QAT) x 72.90 74.09 74.09
10 Tuomas Seppänen   Finland (FIN) x 71.85 73.18 73.18
11 Nick Miller   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) x x 72.94 72.94
12 Roberto Janet   Cuba (CUB) x 72.50 71.79 72.50

References

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  1. ^ "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 11 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ "REPORT: MEN'S HAMMER FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  4. ^ 2015 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Calendar. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
  5. ^ "Records & Lists – Hammer Throw". IAAF. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  6. ^ IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 18 August 2015
  7. ^ Qualification results
  8. ^ Final results