2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

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]

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
← 2019
2023 →

Summary

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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

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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

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

Schedule

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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

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Qualification

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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   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

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Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
  Paweł Fajdek   Poland (POL) 74.71 80.58 81.98 79.13 x x 81.98 WL
  Wojciech Nowicki   Poland (POL) 77.40 80.07 81.03 x 79.45 79.53 81.03
  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

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  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