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2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

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Men's hammer throw
at the 2023 World Championships
Ethan Katzberg shortly after the final.
VenueNational Athletics Centre
Dates19 August (Qualification)
20 August (Final)
Competitors35 from 22 nations
Winning distance81.25
Medalists
gold medal    Canada
silver medal    Poland
bronze medal    Hungary
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The men's hammer throw at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 19 and 20 August 2023.[1]

Summary

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Ethan Katzberg arrived at these championships with a respectable personal best of 78.73m set earlier in the season. As the fourth thrower in the preliminary rounds, he threw an 81.18m National Record, while no other athlete cleared 78.50 in the preliminaries.

Five time defending champion Paweł Fajdek started off the finals with an exact 80 metre throw. With the home crowd cheering, Bence Halász took the lead with an 80.82m. Katzberg closed off the first round with an 80.18m. In the second round, Olympic Champion Wojciech Nowicki knocked his teammate Fajdek off the podium with an 80.70m. He improved that to 80.83m in the fourth round to knock Halász off the top by a single cm. In the fifth round, Katzberg jumped into the lead with an 81.25 m (266 ft 6 in). On the next throw, Nowicki improved, but 81.02m wasn't enough to get back to the lead. Neither were able to improve in the final round, but Katzberg's 81.11m would have also won the competition.

Through two days of competition, Katzberg landed 6 legal throws, all of them more than a metre longer than he had ever thrown before. He took home a World Championship and set his National Record twice. He became the first athlete from NACAC to win a medal at a Men's Hammer throw in the World Athletics Championships.[2]

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:[3]

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) 81.92 m Oslo, Norway 15 June 2023
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  Rudy Winkler (USA) 82.71 m Eugene, United States 20 June 2021
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
19 August Qualification Ethan Katzberg  Canada (CAN) 81.18 NR
20 August Final Ethan Katzberg  Canada (CAN) 81.25 NR

Qualification standard

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The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 78.00.[4]

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (CEST), was as follows:[5]

Date Time Round
19 August 13:00 Qualification
14:45 Qualification
20 August 17:49 Final

Results

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Qualification

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Qualification: Qualifying Performance 77.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.[6][7]

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3
1 A Ethan Katzberg  Canada (CAN) 81.18 81.18 Q, NR
2 B Mykhaylo Kokhan  Ukraine (UKR) 76.59 78.47 78.47 Q
3 A Bence Halász  Hungary (HUN) 78.13 78.13 Q
4 A Wojciech Nowicki  Poland (POL) 78.04 78.04 Q
5 B Paweł Fajdek  Poland (POL) 77.98 77.98 Q
6 B Rudy Winkler  United States (USA) 75.37 77.06 77.06 Q
7 A Daniel Haugh  United States (USA) x x 76.64 76.64 q
8 B Michail Anastasakis  Greece (GRE) x 73.43 75.76 75.76 q
9 B Eivind Henriksen  Norway (NOR) 71.61 74.37 75.37 75.37 q
10 A Gabriel Kehr  Chile (CHI) 75.10 72.88 73.63 75.10 q
11 B Diego del Real  Mexico (MEX) 73.28 74.91 73.30 74.91 q
12 A Adam Keenan  Canada (CAN) 74.56 72.97 73.32 74.56 q
13 B Rowan Hamilton  Canada (CAN) 71.81 70.42 74.14 74.14
14 A Christos Frantzeskakis  Greece (GRE) 74.05 73.30 x 74.05
15 B Dániel Rába  Hungary (HUN) x 71.93 73.17 73.17 SB
16 A Thomas Mardal  Norway (NOR) 72.40 73.13 72.62 73.13
17 B Aaron Kangas [fi]  Finland (FIN) x 72.15 72.96 72.96
18 B Serghei Marghiev  Moldova (MDA) 72.91 68.76 71.50 72.91
19 A Jerome Vega  Puerto Rico (PUR) 71.61 x 72.87 72.87
20 B Humberto Mansilla  Chile (CHI) 72.32 72.80 72.01 72.80
21 B Joaquín Gómez  Argentina (ARG) 68.66 72.77 68.57 72.77
22 A Sören Klose  Germany (GER) 72.23 x x 72.23
23 B Yann Chaussinand  France (FRA) x 72.17 x 72.17
24 B Ragnar Carlsson [sv]  Sweden (SWE) 70.94 72.02 x 72.02
25 B Donát Varga  Hungary (HUN) x x 72.02 72.02
26 B Ronald Mencía  Cuba (CUB) 71.72 70.74 x 71.72
27 A Alexandros Poursanidis  Cyprus (CYP) 71.63 x 71.58 71.63
28 B Mostafa Elgamel  Egypt (EGY) x 71.36 x 71.36
29 A Denzel Comenentia  Netherlands (NED) 69.46 x 70.16 70.16
30 A Konstantinos Zaltos  Greece (GRE) 69.98 x 69.67 69.98
31 A Alex Young  United States (USA) 69.10 x 67.40 69.10
32 A Patrik Hájek  Czech Republic (CZE) 67.36 66.30 68.77 68.77
33 A Marcin Wrotyński [pl]  Poland (POL) 67.57 x 68.65 68.65
B Merlin Hummel  Germany (GER) x x x NM
A Hilmar Örn Jónsson  Iceland (ISL) x x x NM

Final

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The final was started on 20 August at 17:52.[8]

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ethan Katzberg  Canada (CAN) 80.18 80.02 x 79.82 81.25 81.11 81.25 NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wojciech Nowicki  Poland (POL) 79.14 80.70 78.94 80.83 81.02 80.36 81.02
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bence Halász  Hungary (HUN) 80.82 x x 80.59 79.94 x 80.82 SB
4 Paweł Fajdek  Poland (POL) 80.00 x 77.06 x x 77.99 80.00 SB
5 Mykhaylo Kokhan  Ukraine (UKR) x 77.41 79.34 78.37 79.59 79.52 79.59 SB
6 Daniel Haugh  United States (USA) 76.07 77.38 75.66 78.64 74.83 x 78.64 SB
7 Eivind Henriksen  Norway (NOR) 75.85 77.06 x x 76.81 x 77.06 SB
8 Rudy Winkler  United States (USA) x x 76.04 x 75.83 x 76.04
9 Gabriel Kehr  Chile (CHI) 75.99 75.54 74.24 75.99
10 Michail Anastasakis  Greece (GRE) 74.62 73.04 75.49 75.49
11 Adam Keenan  Canada (CAN) 74.49 73.96 72.58 74.49
12 Diego del Real  Mexico (MEX) 72.39 71.84 72.56 72.56

References

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  1. ^ "WCH Budapest 23 preview: hammer throw". World Athletics. 16 August 2023. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  2. ^ Hammer_throw#Men_3
  3. ^ "Hammer Throw Men − Records". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 23 July 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Qualifying System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. 20 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Men's Hammer Throw -Timetable". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Results Hammer Throw Men - Qualification" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Summary Hammer Throw Men - Qualification" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Results Hammer Throw Men - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 20 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.