2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw
The final of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada was held on Sunday August 5, 2001. There were a total number of 32 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged on Saturday August 4, with the mark set at 79.50 metres.
Medalists
| Gold |  Szymon ZiółkowskiPoland (POL) |
| Silver |  Koji MurofushiJapan (JPN) |
| Bronze |  Ilya KonovalovRussia (RUS) |
Schedule
- All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7)
| Qualification Round | |
|---|---|
| Group A | Group B |
| 04.08.2001 – 10:00h | 04.08.2001 – 12:08h |
| Final Round | |
| 05.08.2001 – 16:40h | |
Abbreviations
- All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Startlist
| Order | № | Athlete | Season Best | Personal Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GROUP A | ||||
| 1 | 1185 |  Kevin McMahon (USA) | 76.52 | 79.26 |
| 2 | 480 |  Karsten Kobs (GER) | 79.15 | 82.78 |
| 3 | 24 |  Juan Ignacio Cerra (ARG) | 76.42 | 76.42 |
| 4 | 602 |  Loris Paoluzzi (ITA) | 75.33 | 80.98 |
| 5 | 1048 |  Miloslav Konopka (SVK) | 78.58 | 78.58 |
| 6 | 46 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Stuart Rendell (AUS) | 78.93 | 78.93 |
| 7 | 908 | Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) | 83.38 | 83.38 |
| 8 | 1125 |  Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR) | 79.60 | 81.56 |
| 9 | 536 |  Adrián Annus (HUN) | 83.39 | 83.39 |
| 10 | 505 |  Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE) | 79.52 | 80.45 |
| 11 | 540 | Balázs Kiss (HUN) | 81.36 | 83.00 |
| 12 | 1120 | Oleksandr Krykun (UKR) | 80.38 | 80.38 |
| 13 | 113 |  Ivan Tikhon (BLR) | 75.92 | 79.85 |
| 14 | 377 |  Nicolas Figère (FRA) | 80.88 | 80.88 |
| 15 | 972 | Sergey Kirmasov (RUS) | 80.07 | 82.62 |
| 16 | 435 |  Michael Jones (GBR) | 76.43 | 76.43 |
| GROUP B | ||||
| 1 | 105 | Igor Astapkovich (BLR) | 79.72 | 84.62 |
| 2 | 1045 | Libor Charfreitag (SVK) | 77.65 | 77.65 |
| 3 | 1128 | Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) | 82.34 | 82.34 |
| 4 | 974 | Ilya Konovalov (RUS) | 80.27 | 80.51 |
| 5 | 1055 |  Bengt Johansson (SWE) | 76.32 | 76.32 |
| 6 | 478 | Holger Klose (GER) | 78.63 | 82.22 |
| 7 | 539 | Tibor Gécsek (HUN) | 81.76 | 83.68 |
| 8 | 353 |  Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN) | 78.66 | 80.55 |
| 9 | 151 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Dylan Armstrong (CAN) | 69.48 | 70.66 |
| 10 | 604 | Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) | 80.50 | 80.50 |
| 11 | 897 | Maciej Pałyszko (POL) | 79.29 | 80.25 |
| 12 | 992 | Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS) | 80.03 | 82.54 |
| 13 | 259 |  Vladimír Maška (CZE) | 80.09 | 81.28 |
| 14 | 651 | Koji Murofushi (JPN) | 83.47 | 83.47 |
| 15 | 506 | Hristos Polihroniou (GRE) | 78.34 | 79.83 |
| 16 | 370 | David Chaussinand (FRA) | 79.48 | 79.81 |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.74 m | August 30, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |
| Event Record | Sergey Litvinov (URS) | 83.06 m | September 1, 1987 | Rome, Italy |
| Season Best | Koji Murofushi (JPN) | 83.47 m | July 14, 2001 | Toyota, Japan |
| Broken records during the 2001 World Athletics Championships | ||||
| Event Record | Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) | 83.38 m | August 5, 2001 | Edmonton, Canada |
Qualification
Group A
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) | X | 81.85 | — | 81.85 m | |
| 2 | 2 | Balázs Kiss (HUN) | 78.09 | 77.22 | 79.60 | 79.60 m | |
| 3 | 4 | Nicolas Figère (FRA) | 79.09 | 77.23 | X | 79.09 m | |
| 4 | 9 | Adrián Annus (HUN) | 78.57 | 78.15 | 77.95 | 78.57 m | |
| 5 | 14 | Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR) | 75.75 | 76.34 | X | 76.34 m | |
| 6 | 15 | Sergey Kirmasov (RUS) | 75.79 | X | 74.84 | 75.79 m | |
| 7 | 16 | Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE) | 75.60 | 74.21 | 75.63 | 75.63 m | |
| 8 | 17 | Kevin McMahon (USA) | 71.77 | 75.62 | 70.64 | 75.62 m | |
| 9 | 19 | Stuart Rendell (AUS) | 73.14 | 75.00 | X | 75.00 m | |
| 10 | 20 | Loris Paoluzzi (ITA) | 72.01 | X | 74.75 | 74.75 m | |
| 11 | 22 | Oleksandr Krykun (UKR) | 73.44 | 74.43 | X | 74.43 m | |
| 12 | 23 | Ivan Tikhon (BLR) | X | 74.43 | X | 74.43 m | |
| 13 | 27 | Michael Jones (GBR) | X | 73.31 | X | 73.31 m | |
| 14 | 28 | Miloslav Konopka (SVK) | 72.14 | X | X | 72.14 m | |
| 15 | 29 | Juan Ignacio Cerra (ARG) | 70.70 | 69.92 | 68.23 | 70.70 m | |
| — | — | Karsten Kobs (GER) | — | — | — | DNS | |
Group B
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 3 | Tibor Gécsek (HUN) | 77.50 | 79.29 | — | 79.29 m | |
| 2 | 5 | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN) | 78.82 | 75.91 | 78.78 | 78.82 m | |
| 3 | 6 | Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) | 77.34 | X | 78.80 | 78.80 m | |
| 4 | 7 | Ilya Konovalov (RUS) | 78.67 | 76.97 | 75.99 | 78.67 m | |
| 5 | 8 | Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) | 78.66 | X | 78.52 | 78.66 m | |
| 6 | 10 | Koji Murofushi (JPN) | 77.69 | 78.06 | 76.69 | 78.06 m | |
| 7 | 11 | Igor Astapkovich (BLR) | 74.84 | 76.99 | 75.69 | 76.99 m | SB |
| 8 | 12 | Maciej Pałyszko (POL) | 76.72 | 75.91 | 75.53 | 76.72 m | |
| 9 | 13 | David Chaussinand (FRA) | 76.02 | X | 76.66 | 76.66 m | |
| 10 | 18 | Libor Charfreitag (SVK) | 74.78 | 71.39 | 75.29 | 75.29 m | |
| 11 | 21 | Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS) | 74.56 | 72.29 | 73.86 | 74.56 m | |
| 12 | 24 | Vladimír Maška (CZE) | 74.20 | X | X | 74.20 m | |
| 13 | 25 | Holger Klose (GER) | X | 74.02 | X | 74.02 m | |
| 14 | 26 | Hristos Polihroniou (GRE) | 73.79 | X | 72.30 | 73.79 m | |
| 15 | 30 | Bengt Johansson (SWE) | X | 70.16 | 67.22 | 70.16 m | |
| 16 | 31 | Dylan Armstrong (CAN) | 63.89 | 63.69 | X | 63.89 m | |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
 | Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) | 81.88 | 79.69 | X | 80.32 | 83.38 | 80.39 | 83.38 m | CR |
 | Koji Murofushi (JPN) | 79.91 | 82.46 | 81.95 | 81.43 | 82.92 | 82.61 | 82.92 m | |
 | Ilya Konovalov (RUS) | 80.27 | 79.42 | 79.09 | 78.94 | 76.26 | X | 80.27 m | SB |
| 4 | Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) | 79.12 | 72.42 | 78.46 | X | 80.13 | X | 80.13 m | |
| 5 | Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) | 77.95 | X | 79.93 | X | X | X | 79.93 m | |
| 6 | Balázs Kiss (HUN) | 79.22 | 78.44 | X | 79.75 | 79.54 | X | 79.75 m | |
| 7 | Igor Astapkovich (BLR) | X | 78.35 | 79.20 | 79.72 | 78.57 | X | 79.72 m | SB |
| 8 | Tibor Gécsek (HUN) | 78.15 | X | X | 78.24 | 76.86 | 79.34 | 79.34 m | |
| 9 | Adrián Annus (HUN) | 77.86 | 75.92 | 78.10 | 78.10 m | ||||
| 10 | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN) | X | 76.76 | 75.86 | 76.76 m | ||||
| 11 | Maciej Pałyszko (POL) | 74.81 | 75.34 | 75.94 | 75.94 m | ||||
| 12 | Nicolas Figère (FRA) | X | 75.36 | X | 75.36 m | ||||
See also
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