2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

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
gold medal    Poland
silver medal    Authorised Neutral Athletes
bronze medal    Poland
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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]

Summary

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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

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Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date Location
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

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

Schedule

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

Date Time Round
9 August 19:20 Qualification
11 August 20:30 Final

Results

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Qualification

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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]

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3
1 B Wojciech Nowicki  Poland (POL) 76.85 76.85 Q
2 A Paweł Fajdek  Poland (POL) 71.43 76.82 76.82 Q
3 A Quentin Bigot  France (FRA) 76.11 76.11 Q
4 A Pavel Bareisha  Belarus (BLR) x 74.07 75.98 75.98 Q
5 A Bence Halász  Hungary (HUN) 75.56 75.56 Q
6 A Dilshod Nazarov  Tajikistan (TJK) x 75.54 75.54 Q
7 A Nick Miller  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 75.52 75.52 Q
8 A Aleksei Sokirskiy  Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) 75.50 75.50 Q
9 B Serghei Marghiev  Moldova (MDA) 75.18 73.41 74.96 75.18 q
10 B Valeriy Pronkin  Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) 74.11 73.75 75.09 75.09 q
11 A Özkan Baltacı  Turkey (TUR) 74.69 74.16 74.46 74.69 q
12 A Marco Lingua  Italy (ITA) 74.41 x x 74.41 q
13 B Marcel Lomnický  Slovakia (SVK) 74.26 73.35 x 74.26
14 B Krisztián Pars  Hungary (HUN) 74.08 x 73.36 74.08
15 A David Söderberg  Finland (FIN) 73.76 x x 73.76
16 B Eşref Apak  Turkey (TUR) 73.55 x x 73.55
17 A Sergey Litvinov  Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) 73.32 73.48 73.36 73.48
18 B Zakhar Makhrosenka  Belarus (BLR) x 72.58 x 72.58
19 A Allan Wolski  Brazil (BRA) x x 72.51 72.51
20 B Alex Young  United States (USA) x 72.07 70.93 72.07
21 B Chris Bennett  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) x 72.05 69.12 72.05
22 B Siarhei Kalamoyets  Belarus (BLR) 71.90 68.97 x 71.90
23 B Ashraf Amgad Elseify  Qatar (QAT) 71.87 x 71.00 71.87
24 B Wagner Domingos  Brazil (BRA) x 69.59 71.69 71.69
25 A Serhii Reheda  Ukraine (UKR) 70.03 71.10 71.53 71.53
26 B Diego del Real  Mexico (MEX) 68.10 70.72 71.29 71.29
27 A Hilmar Örn Jónsson  Iceland (ISL) 71.12 x x 71.12
28 B Mihail Anastasakis  Greece (GRE) 70.94 70.93 69.95 70.94
29 A Mohamed Mahmoud Hassan  Egypt (EGY) x x 69.92 69.92
30 B Simone Falloni  Italy (ITA) x 69.90 x 69.90
31 A Rudy Winkler  United States (USA) 68.77 x 68.88 68.88
32 B Kibwé Johnson  United States (USA) 68.86 x 68.81 68.86

Final

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

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s) Paweł Fajdek  Poland (POL) x 77.09 79.73 79.81 79.40 x 79.81
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Valeriy Pronkin  Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) 77.00 77.20 75.71 76.25 77.98 78.16 78.16
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Wojciech Nowicki  Poland (POL) 76.36 76.54 78.03 76.19 x x 78.03
4 Quentin Bigot  France (FRA) 77.05 76.26 77.46 77.67 x 76.87 77.67
5 Aleksei Sokirskiy  Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) 76.22 77.50 77.15 x x x 77.50 SB
6 Nick Miller  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) x 75.78 77.31 x 76.16 x 77.31
7 Dilshod Nazarov  Tajikistan (TJK) 76.33 77.22 75.36 76.01 77.14 74.91 77.22
8 Serghei Marghiev  Moldova (MDA) 75.40 75.87 75.80 75.85 74.57 x 75.87
9 Pavel Bareisha  Belarus (BLR) 74.35 75.86 x 75.86
10 Marco Lingua  Italy (ITA) 69.64 75.13 x 75.13
11 Bence Halász  Hungary (HUN) 70.89 x 74.45 74.45
12 Özkan Baltacı  Turkey (TUR) 73.17 72.90 74.39 74.39

References

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  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.