2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

The men's hammer throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics is being held at the Olympic Stadium on 9 and 11 August.[1]

Men's hammer throw
at the 2017 World Championships
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates9 August (qualification)
11 August (final)
Competitors32 from 20 nations
Winning distance79.73 m (261 ft 6 34 in)
Medalists
    Poland
    Authorised Neutral Athletes
    Poland
Video on YouTube
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Summary

The final started with Aleksei Sokirskiy (ANA)'s 76.22 m early leader. Wojciech Nowicki (POL) slightly improved upon that to 77.36 m but the next thrower Quentin Bigot (FRA) hit the first round leader 77.05 m on the next throw. Near the end of the round, Valeriy Pronkin (ANA) moved into second place with his 77.00 m. In the second round, Sokirskiy improved to 77.50 m, while Olympic champion Dilshod Nazarov (TJK) moved into second with his best of the day 77.22m. In the third round, Nick Miller (GBR) put himself into bronze medal position with his 77.31 m best, but two throws later Nowicki threw his best of 78.03 m to take the lead followed by Bigot improving to 77.46 m. Near the end of the round, 2017 #1 Paweł Fajdek (POL) took a big lead with a 79.73 m. In the fourth round, Bigot again improved, 77.67 m enough to move into bronze position. At the end of the round, Fajdek threw his best of the day 79.81 m (261 ft 10 in). Two throws later, in the fifth round, Pronkin's 77.98 m leapfrogged him from seventh place to silver. He then improved upon that with a 78.16 m in the final round. It was the third silver medal for Authorised Neutral Athletes.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.DateLocation
World 86.74 Yuriy Sedykh  URS 30 Aug 1986 Stuttgart, West Germany
Championship 83.63 Ivan Tsikhan  BLR 27 Aug 2007 Osaka, Japan
World leading 83.44 Paweł Fajdek  POL 27 Jun 2017 Ostrava, Czech Republic
African 81.27 Mostafa Al-Gamel  EGY 21 Mar 2014 Cairo, Egypt
Asian 84.86 Koji Murofushi  JPN 29 Jun 2003 Prague, Czech Republic
NACAC 82.52 Lance Deal  USA 7 Sep 1996 Milan, Italy
South American 78.63 Wagner Domingos  BRA 19 Jun 2016 Celje, Slovenia
European 86.74 Yuriy Sedykh  URS 30 Aug 1986 Stuttgart, West Germany
Oceanian 79.29 Stuart Rendell  AUS 6 Jul 2002 Varaždin, Croatia

No records were set at the competition.[3]

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 76.00 metres.[4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:[5]

Date Time Round
9 August19:20Qualification
11 August20:30Final

Results

Qualification

The qualification round took place on 9 August, in two groups, with Group A starting at 19:22 and Group B starting at 20:50.[6] Athletes attaining a mark of at least 75.50 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:[7]

RankGroupNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123
1BWojciech Nowicki Poland (POL)76.8576.85Q
2APaweł Fajdek Poland (POL)71.4376.8276.82Q
3AQuentin Bigot France (FRA)76.1176.11Q
4APavel Bareisha Belarus (BLR)x74.0775.9875.98Q
5ABence Halász Hungary (HUN)75.5675.56Q
6ADilshod Nazarov Tajikistan (TJK)x75.5475.54Q
7ANick Miller Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)75.5275.52Q
8AAleksei Sokirskiy Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)75.50 75.50Q
9BSerghei Marghiev Moldova (MDA)75.1873.4174.9675.18q
10BValeriy Pronkin Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)74.1173.7575.0975.09q
11AÖzkan Baltacı Turkey (TUR)74.6974.1674.4674.69q
12AMarco Lingua Italy (ITA)74.41xx74.41q
13BMarcel Lomnický Slovakia (SVK)74.2673.35x74.26
14BKrisztián Pars Hungary (HUN)74.08x73.3674.08
15ADavid Söderberg Finland (FIN)73.76xx73.76
16BEşref Apak Turkey (TUR)73.55xx73.55
17ASergey Litvinov Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)73.3273.4873.3673.48
18BZakhar Makhrosenka Belarus (BLR)x72.58x72.58
19AAllan Wolski Brazil (BRA)xx72.5172.51
20BAlex Young United States (USA)x72.0770.9372.07
21BChris Bennett Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)x72.0569.1272.05
22BSiarhei Kalamoyets Belarus (BLR)71.9068.97x71.90
23BAshraf Amgad Elseify Qatar (QAT)71.87x71.0071.87
24BWagner Domingos Brazil (BRA)x69.5971.6971.69
25ASerhii Reheda Ukraine (UKR)70.0371.1071.5371.53
26BDiego del Real Mexico (MEX)68.1070.7271.2971.29
27AHilmar Örn Jónsson Iceland (ISL)71.12xx71.12
28BMihail Anastasakis Greece (GRE)70.9470.9369.9570.94
29AMohamed Mahmoud Hassan Egypt (EGY)xx69.9269.92
30BSimone Falloni Italy (ITA)x69.90x69.90
31ARudy Winkler United States (USA)68.77x68.8868.88
32BKibwé Johnson United States (USA)68.86x68.8168.86

Final

The final took place on 11 August at 20:30. The results were as follows:[8]

RankNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123456
Paweł Fajdek Poland (POL)x77.0979.7379.8179.40x79.81
Valeriy Pronkin Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)77.0077.2075.7176.2577.9878.1678.16
Wojciech Nowicki Poland (POL)76.3676.5478.0376.19xx78.03
4Quentin Bigot France (FRA)77.0576.2677.4677.67x76.8777.67
5Aleksei Sokirskiy Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)76.2277.5077.15xxx77.50SB
6Nick Miller Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)x75.7877.31x76.16x77.31
7Dilshod Nazarov Tajikistan (TJK)76.3377.2275.3676.0177.1474.9177.22
8Serghei Marghiev Moldova (MDA)75.4075.8775.8075.8574.57x75.87
9Pavel Bareisha Belarus (BLR)74.3575.86x75.86
10Marco Lingua Italy (ITA)69.6475.13x75.13
11Bence Halász Hungary (HUN)70.89x74.4574.45
12Özkan Baltacı Turkey (TUR)73.1772.9074.3974.39

References

  1. Start list
  2. "Hammer Throw Men – Records". IAAF. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  3. "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  4. "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  5. "Hammer Throw Men − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. "Hammer Throw Men − Qualification − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  7. "Hammer Throw Men − Qualification − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  8. "Hammer Throw Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
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