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Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

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Men's hammer throw
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Olympic Athletics
VenueJapan National Stadium
Dates2 August 2021
(qualifying)
4 August 2021
(final)
Competitors31 from 21 nations
Winning distance82.52
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Wojciech Nowicki  Poland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Eivind Henriksen  Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Paweł Fajdek  Poland
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The men's hammer throw event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place between 2 and 4 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium.[1] Approximately 35 athletes were expected to compete; the exact number was dependent on how many nations used universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 32 qualifying through distance or ranking (no universality places were used in 2016).[2] 31 athletes from 21 nations competed.[3] Wojciech Nowicki of Poland won the gold medal, adding to his 2016 bronze to become the 15th man to earn multiple hammer throw medals. It was Poland's second gold medal in the event, after Szymon Ziółkowski's 2000 victory. Nowicki's countryman Paweł Fajdek took bronze. Between them was Norwegian thrower Eivind Henriksen, with his silver being Norway's first-ever Olympic medal in the men's hammer.

Background

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This was the 28th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except the first in 1896.

Paweł Fajdek of Poland was the four-time reigning World Champion (2013, 2015, 2017, and 2019), qualified, and was a favorite in Tokyo.

No nations made their men's hammer throw debut, though Russian athletes competed as the "ROC" for the first time. The United States appeared for the 27th time, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

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A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the men's hammer throw event if all athletes meet the entry standard or qualify by ranking during the qualifying period. (The limit of 3 has been in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress.) The qualifying standard is 77.50 metres. This standard was "set for the sole purpose of qualifying athletes with exceptional performances unable to qualify through the IAAF World Rankings pathway." The world rankings, based on the average of the best five results for the athlete over the qualifying period and weighted by the importance of the meet, will then be used to qualify athletes until the cap of 32 is reached.[2][4]

The qualifying period was originally from 1 May 2019 to 29 June 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the period was suspended from 6 April 2020 to 30 November 2020, with the end date extended to 29 June 2021. The world rankings period start date was also changed from 1 May 2019 to 30 June 2020; athletes who had met the qualifying standard during that time were still qualified, but those using world rankings would not be able to count performances during that time. The qualifying time standards could be obtained in various meets during the given period that have the approval of the IAAF. Both outdoor and indoor meets are eligible. The most recent Area Championships may be counted in the ranking, even if not during the qualifying period.[2][5]

NOCs can also use their universality place—each NOC can enter one male athlete regardless of time if they had no male athletes meeting the entry standard for an athletics event—in the hammer throw.[2]

Competition format

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The 2020 competition continued to use the two-round format with divided final introduced in 1936. The qualifying round gave each competitor three throws to achieve a qualifying distance (77.50 metres); if fewer than 12 men did so, the top 12 will advance. The final provided each thrower with three throws; the top eight throwers received an additional three throws for a total of six, with the best to count (qualifying round throws were not considered for the final).[6]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world, Olympic, and area records were as follows.

World record  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 86.74 Stuttgart, Germany 30 August 1986
Olympic record  Sergey Litvinov (URS) 84.80 Seoul, South Korea 26 September 1988
Area Distance (m) Athlete Nation
Africa (records) 81.27 Mostafa Al-Gamel  Egypt
Asia (records) 84.86 Koji Murofushi  Japan
Europe (records) 86.74 WR Yuriy Sedykh  Soviet Union
North, Central America
and Caribbean
(records)
82.52 Lance Deal  United States
Oceania (records) 79.29 Stuart Rendell  Australia
South America (records) 78.63 Wagner Domingos  Brazil

Schedule

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All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

The men's hammer throw took place over two separate days.[1]

Date Time Round
Monday, 2 August 2021 9:00 Qualifying
Wednesday, 4 August 2021 18:30 Final

Results

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Qualifying

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Qualification rules: qualifying performance 77.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.[7][8]

Rank Group Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 B Wojciech Nowicki  Poland 79.78 79.78 Q
2 B Rudy Winkler  United States 76.39 78.81 78.81 Q
3 B Eivind Henriksen  Norway 78.79 78.79 Q, NR
4 A Quentin Bigot  France 76.10 78.73 78.73 Q
5 A Mykhaylo Kokhan  Ukraine 76.82 78.36 78.36 Q
6 A Nick Miller  Great Britain X 76.93 X 76.93 q
7 B Javier Cienfuegos  Spain 72.76 75.56 76.91 76.91 q
8 A Eşref Apak  Turkey 75.87 76.76 75.15 76.76 q
9 A Paweł Fajdek  Poland 74.28 X 76.46 76.46 q
10 A Serghei Marghiev  Moldova 74.31 72.25 75.94 75.94 q
11 A Valeriy Pronkin  ROC 75.09 75.80 75.80 75.80 q
12 B Daniel Haugh  United States X X 75.73 75.73 q
13 A Gabriel Kehr  Chile 74.46 72.61 75.60 75.60
14 A Bence Halász  Hungary 75.39 X 75.03 75.39
15 A Diego del Real  Mexico X 73.32 75.17 75.17
16 A Alex Young  United States 75.09 75.02 X 75.09
17 B Humberto Mansilla  Chile 73.17 74.76 72.77 74.76
18 A Ivan Tsikhan  Belarus 72.48 74.57 X 74.57
19 B Yury Vasilchanka  Belarus X 73.27 74.00 74.00
20 B Hlib Piskunov  Ukraine 72.42 73.37 73.84 73.84
21 B Tristan Schwandke  Germany 72.92 72.74 73.77 73.77
22 B Mihail Anastasakis  Greece 73.52 73.22 X 73.52
23 B Mostafa El Gamel  Egypt 72.13 72.76 71.85 72.76
24 B Marcel Lomnický  Slovakia 71.17 X 72.52 72.52
25 A Christos Frantzeskakis  Greece 72.19 X 70.64 72.19
26 B Ashraf Amgad El-Seify  Qatar 71.84 X X 71.84
27 A Hleb Dudarau  Belarus X 71.04 71.60 71.60
28 B Taylor Campbell  Great Britain X 71.34 X 71.34
29 A Suhrob Khodjaev  Uzbekistan 70.87 X 71.26 71.26
30 B Mergen Mämmedow  Turkmenistan 62.93 67.41 67.53 67.53
31 B Özkan Baltacı  Turkey 63.63 r 63.63

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Wojciech Nowicki  Poland 81.18 81.72 82.52 81.39 82.06 X 82.52 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Eivind Henriksen  Norway 79.18 79.06 80.31 77.78 81.58 80.02 81.58 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Paweł Fajdek  Poland 77.58 78.58 78.83 78.04 81.53 79.66 81.53
4 Mykhaylo Kokhan  Ukraine 77.91 80.39 X 79.79 78.81 77.52 80.39
5 Quentin Bigot  France 77.93 79.39 78.30 78.84 X 75.78 79.39
6 Nick Miller  Great Britain 77.88 X 77.46 77.64 X 78.15 78.15 SB
7 Rudy Winkler  United States 77.08 X 75.95 X 75.34 X 77.08
8 Valeriy Pronkin  ROC 76.72 X X X 75.97 74.73 76.72
9 Eşref Apak  Turkey 76.22 76.71 74.28 Did not advance 76.71
10 Javier Cienfuegos  Spain 74.62 X 76.30 Did not advance 76.30
11 Daniel Haugh  United States X 76.22 X Did not advance 76.22
12 Serghei Marghiev  Moldova 73.28 75.24 74.95 Did not advance 75.24

References

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  1. ^ a b "Athletics Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Athletics" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Discus Throw, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  4. ^ "IAAF to follow other sports with world ranking system for athletes". BBC Sport. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Olympic qualification period suspended until 1 December 2020". World Athletics. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Athletics Explanatory Guide". Tokyo 2020. August 2019.
  7. ^ "Athletics – Men's Hammer Throw – Qualification – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Athletics – Men's Hammer Throw – Qualification – Results Summary" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.