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.
| 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 – 2023 Women: 1999 – 2023 |
| Championship record | |
| Men | 83.63 m Ivan Tsikhan (2007) |
| Women | 80.85 m Anita Włodarczyk (2015) |
| Reigning champion | |
| Men |  Ethan Katzberg (CAN) |
| Women | Camryn Rogers (CAN) |
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.
Age records
edit- All information from World Athletics.[1]
| Distinction | Male | Female | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athlete | Age | Date | Athlete | Age | Date | |
| Youngest champion | Ethan Katzberg (CAN)
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21 years, 137 days[2] | 20 Aug 2023 |  Yipsi Moreno (CUB)
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20 years, 261 days | 7 Aug 2001 |
| Youngest medalist | Ethan Katzberg (CAN)
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21 years, 137 days[2] | 20 Aug 2023 | Yipsi Moreno (CUB)
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20 years, 261 days | 7 Aug 2001 |
| Youngest finalist |  Myhaylo Kokhan (UKR)
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18 years, 253 days | 2 Oct 2019 |  Zhang Wenxiu (CHN)
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15 years, 138 days | 7 Aug 2001 |
| Youngest participant |  Ashraf Amgad Elseify (QAT)
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18 years, 171 days | 10 Aug 2013 | Zhang Wenxiu (CHN)
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15 years, 137 days | 6 Aug 2001 |
| Oldest champion |  Koji Murofushi (JPN)
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36 years, 325 days | 29 Aug 2011 |  Anita Włodarczyk (POL)
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31 years, 364 days | 7 Aug 2017 |
| Oldest medalist | Koji Murofushi (JPN)
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36 years, 325 days | 29 Aug 2011 |  Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)
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32 years, 328 days | 28 Aug 2003 |
| Oldest finalist |  Igor Astapkovich (BLR)
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40 years, 233 days | 25 Aug 2003 |  Martina Hrašnová (SVK)
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36 years, 191 days | 28 Sep 2019 |
| Oldest participant |  Ed Burke (USA)
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43 years, 157 days | 8 Aug 1983 |  Elena Teloni (CYP)
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38 years, 253 days | 26 Aug 2003 |
Medalists
editMen
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Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland (POL) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 |  Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Belarus (BLR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 |  Germany (GER) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 |  Tajikistan (TJK) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 8 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 |  Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 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) | 19 | 19 | 20 | 58 | |
Multiple medalists
edit| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Period | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paweł Fajdek | Poland (POL)
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2013-2022 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Szymon Ziółkowski | Poland (POL)
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2001-2009 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Sergey Litvinov | Soviet Union (URS)
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1983-1987 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Andrey Abduvaliyev | Tajikistan (TJK)
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1993-1995 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ivan Tsikhan | Belarus (BLR)
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2003-2007 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | Koji Murofushi | Japan (JPN)
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2001-2011 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Primož Kozmus | Slovenia (SLO)
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2007-2011 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 7 | Heinz Weis | Germany (GER)
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1991-1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Igor Astapkovich | Soviet Union (URS) Belarus (BLR)
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1991-1995 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Wojciech Nowicki | Poland (POL)
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2015-2023 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | Krisztián Pars | Hungary (HUN)
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2011-2013 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Tibor Gécsek | Hungary (HUN)
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1993-1995 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Bence Halász | Hungary (HUN)
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2019-2023 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Women
editMedal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland (POL)
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4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Cuba (CUB)
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3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | United States (USA)
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2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Russia (RUS)
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1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Germany (GER)
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1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 |  Romania (ROU)
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Canada (CAN)
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1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | China (CHN)
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0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | France (FRA)
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0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 |  American Samoa (ASA)
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Australia (AUS)
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Slovakia (SVK)
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Multiple medalists
edit| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Period | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anita Włodarczyk | Poland (POL)
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2009-2017 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Yipsi Moreno | Cuba (CUB)
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2001-2007 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Betty Heidler | Germany (GER)
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2007-2011 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Tatyana Lysenko | Russia (RUS)
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2005-2011 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Camryn Rogers | Canada (CAN)
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2022-2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | DeAnna Price | United States (USA)
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2019-2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Olga Kuzenkova | Russia (RUS)
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1999-2003 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Zhang Wenxiu | China (CHN)
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2007-2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Wang Zheng | China (CHN)
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2013-2019 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Janee' Kassanavoid | United States (USA)
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2022-2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Manuela Montebrun | France (FRA)
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2003-2005 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Championship record progression
editMen
edit| Mark | Athlete | Nation | Year | Round | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75.78 m | Zdzisław Kwaśny | Poland (POL)
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1983 | Qualification | 1983-08-08 |
| 78.50 m | Sergey Litvinov | Soviet Union (URS)
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1983 | Qualification | 1983-08-08 |
| 79.22 m | Yuriy Sedykh | Soviet Union (URS)
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1983 | Final | 1983-08-08 |
| 82.68 m | Sergey Litvinov | Soviet Union (URS)
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1983 | Final | 1983-08-08 |
| 83.06 m | Sergey Litvinov | Soviet Union (URS)
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1987 | Final | 1987-09-01 |
| 83.38 m | Szymon Ziółkowski | Poland (POL)
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2001 | Final | 2001-08-05 |
| Belarus (BLR) |
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| 83.63 m | Ivan Tsikhan | Belarus (BLR)
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2007 | Final | 2007-08-27 |
1Subsequently disqualified after failing a doping test[4]
Women
edit| Time | Athlete | Nation | Year | Round | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65.52 m | Debbie Sosimenko | Australia (AUS)
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1999 | Final | 1999-08-24 |
| 71.57 m | Mihaela Melinte | Romania (ROM)
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1999 | Final | 1999-08-24 |
| 73.23 m | Mihaela Melinte | Romania (ROM)
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1999 | Final | 1999-08-24 |
| 75.20 m | Mihaela Melinte | Romania (ROM)
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1999 | Final | 1999-08-24 |
| 75.27 m | Betty Heidler | Germany (GER)
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2009 | Qualification | 2009-08-20 |
| 77.96 m WR | Anita Włodarczyk | Poland (POL)
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2009 | Final | 2009-08-22 |
| 78.46 m | Anita Włodarczyk | Poland (POL)
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2013 | Final | 2013-08-16 |
| Russia (RUS) |
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| 78.52 m | Anita Włodarczyk | Poland (POL)
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2015 | Final | 2015-08-27 |
| 80.27 m | Anita Włodarczyk | Poland (POL)
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2015 | Final | 2015-08-27 |
| 80.85 m | Anita Włodarczyk | Poland (POL)
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2015 | Final | 2015-08-27 |
1Subsequently disqualified after failing a doping test.
Best performances
editTop ten furthest World Championship throws1
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1Does not include ancillary marks
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "World Athletics Championships - Budapest 23 Statistical Booklet" (PDF). www.worldathletics.org: 42–45.
- ^ a b Mulkeen, Jon (20 August 2023). "Katzberg ends Fajdek's reign as world hammer champion in Budapest". World Athletics. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- ^ Main > Men's Hammer Throw > World Championships Records Progression. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2024-10-08.
- ^ Helsinki 2005 re-tests reveal six adverse findings
- ^ Main > Women's hammer throw > World Championships Records Progression. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2024-10-08.
- ^ "Men's hammer throw".
- ^ "Women's hammer throw". Archived from the original on 2024-04-23. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
Bibliography
edit- Butler, Mark (2023). World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023 Statistics Book. World Athletics.