2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

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Men's hammer throw
at the 2022 World Championships
VenueHayward Field
Dates15 July (qualification)
16 July (final)
Competitors32 from 21 nations
Winning distance81.98
Medalists
gold medal    Poland
silver medal    Poland
bronze medal    Norway
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The men's hammer throw at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 15 and 16 July 2022.[1]

Summary[edit]

Back in 2011, Paweł Fajdek finished 11th and last in the final. Since then, the results have been the same, Paweł Fajdek World Champion. He was back for another spin.

In the first round, Rudy Winkler was the first to throw over 78 with a 78.91m. Quentin Bigot threw 79.52m to take the lead and Bence Halász was in second with 79.12m. Seven throwers were over 77 metres while Fajdek only managed 74.71m to find himself in a non-qualifying 9th place. Leading off the second round, Olympic Champion and World Leader Wojciech Nowicki threw 80.07m to take the lead. Then Fajdek put one out to 80.58m, that's more like it. Then the next thrower Eivind Henriksen pushed him to second position by throwing an 80.87m. Nowicki led off the third round with an 81.03m to take the lead. Later Fajdek threw 81.98 m (268 ft 11 in) to take the lead back. Bigot and Halász both threw beyond 80 metres in the third round. And that decided the medals. Nobody threw over 80 the rest of the finals.

For the fifth time in a row, Fajdek won the Championships, to become the first five time gold medalist. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce would duplicate the feat, non-consecutively at 100m the following day.

Records[edit]

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date
World record  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 86.74 m Stuttgart, West Germany 30 August 1986
Championship record  Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) 83.63 m Osaka, Japan 27 August 2007
World Leading  Wojciech Nowicki (POL) 81.58 m Chorzów, Poland 5 June 2022
African Record  Mostafa Elgamel (EGY) 81.27 m Cairo, Egypt 21 March 2014
Asian Record  Koji Murofushi (JPN) 84.86 m Prague, Czech Republic 29 June 2003
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Lance Deal (USA) 82.52 m Milan, Italy 7 September 1996
South American Record  Wagner Domingos (BRA) 78.63 m Celje, Slovenia 19 June 2016
European Record  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 86.74 m Stuttgart, West Germany 30 August 1986
Oceanian record  Stuart Rendell (AUS) 79.29 m Varaždin, Croatia 6 July 2002

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Distance Record
17 July Final Paweł Fajdek  POL 81.98 WL

Qualification standard[edit]

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 77.50 m.[3]

Schedule[edit]

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Date Time Round
15 July 09:05 Qualification
16 July 12:00 Final

Results[edit]

Qualification[edit]

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 77.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.[4]

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3
1 B Paweł Fajdek  Poland (POL) 74.63 80.09 80.09 Q
2 A Daniel Haugh  United States (USA) 74.56 77.13 79.34 79.34 Q
3 A Wojciech Nowicki  Poland (POL) 79.22 79.22 Q
4 B Bence Halász  Hungary (HUN) 79.13 79.13 Q
5 B Rudy Winkler  United States (USA) 76.97 78.61 78.61 Q
6 A Eivind Henriksen  Norway (NOR) 78.12 78.12 Q
7 B Quentin Bigot  France (FRA) 75.62 77.95 77.95 Q
8 B Mykhaylo Kokhan  Ukraine (UKR) 76.62 74.95 77.58 77.58 Q
9 A Nick Miller  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 77.13 x x 77.13 q, SB
10 A Christos Frantzeskakis  Greece (GRE) 76.03 74.47 75.79 76.03 q
11 B Humberto Mansilla  Chile (CHI) 72.85 74.39 75.33 75.33 q
12 B Alex Young  United States (USA) 74.67 x 72.97 74.67 q
13 A Adam Keenan  Canada (CAN) 74.38 74.44 72.24 74.44
14 B Javier Cienfuegos  Spain (ESP) 73.16 72.43 74.25 74.25
15 B Serghei Marghiev  Moldova (MDA) 70.13 73.46 74.17 74.17
16 A Diego del Real  Mexico (MEX) 73.96 74.12 73.23 74.12
17 B Rowan Hamilton  Canada (CAN) 73.58 74.02 72.26 74.02
18 A Yann Chaussinand  France (FRA) 72.62 73.95 x 73.95
19 A Marcin Wrotyński [pl]  Poland (POL) 73.00 73.55 73.26 73.55
20 B Ragnar Carlsson [sv]  Sweden (SWE) x 72.26 73.45 73.45
21 B Thomas Mardal [no]  Norway (NOR) 70.31 x 72.90 72.90
22 A Tristan Schwandke  Germany (GER) 71.94 72.87 71.02 72.87
23 A Tuomas Seppänen  Finland (FIN) 72.63 72.29 72.81 72.81
24 A Hilmar Örn Jónsson  Iceland (ISL) 72.36 72.72 x 72.72
25 B Michail Anastasakis  Greece (GRE) 70.35 70.03 72.40 72.40
26 B Allan Wolski  Brazil (BRA) x 69.56 71.27 71.27
27 B Aaron Kangas [de]  Finland (FIN) 69.69 69.64 68.35 69.69
28 A Joaquín Gómez  Argentina (ARG) 69.03 68.41 x 69.03
A Denzel Comenentia  Netherlands (NED) x x x NM
A Gabriel Kehr  Chile (CHI) DNS

Final[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s) Paweł Fajdek  Poland (POL) 74.71 80.58 81.98 79.13 x x 81.98 WL
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wojciech Nowicki  Poland (POL) 77.40 80.07 81.03 x 79.45 79.53 81.03
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eivind Henriksen  Norway (NOR) 78.89 80.87 x 75.55 77.74 78.19 80.87 SB
4 Quentin Bigot  France (FRA) 79.52 78.86 80.24 79.94 79.85 79.38 80.24
5 Bence Halász  Hungary (HUN) 79.12 79.46 80.15 x 78.77 79.07 80.15 PB
6 Rudy Winkler  United States (USA) 78.91 77.49 x 78.51 78.99 78.89 78.99
7 Mykhaylo Kokhan  Ukraine (UKR) 78.07 78.83 x 77.94 78.16 77.97 78.83 SB
8 Daniel Haugh  United States (USA) 76.80 78.10 x 76.52 77.71 x 78.10
9 Christos Frantzeskakis  Greece (GRE) 77.04 74.34 76.85 77.04
10 Humberto Mansilla  Chile (CHI) 73.91 71.71 73.05 73.91
11 Nick Miller  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) x x 73.74 73.74
12 Alex Young  United States (USA) 73.60 73.53 x 73.60

References[edit]

  1. ^ Timetable
  2. ^ "Hammer Throw Men − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Competitions Entry Standards 2022 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022" (PDF). iaaf.org. 9 July 2022.
  4. ^ Qualification start list