2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

Men's hammer throw
at the 2015 World Championships
VenueBeijing National Stadium
Dates22 August (qualification)
23 August (final)
Competitors30 from 21 nations
Winning distance80.88
Medalists
gold medal    Poland
silver medal    Tajikistan
bronze medal    Poland

The men's hammer throw at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 22 and 23 August.[1][2]

Returning champion and current world leader Paweł Fajdek looked to be the favorite. In the first round it was David Söderberg who took the lead. The second round saw Dilshod Nazarov and Sergej Litvinov get off 77 metre throws to take the top two spots. Then in the third round, Fajdek let out 80.64 and calmly walked out of the ring. Nobody else could get in that range, but Fajdek launched 80.88 on his next throw for the win. Nazarov got off a 78.55 in the fifth round to move into second, but that was matched exactly by Wojciech Nowicki on his final throw. With an exact tie for the silver medal, the second best throw became the tiebreaker, Nazarov's 78.06 in the fourth round being superior to Nowicki's third round 77.20.[3]

The world championships also incorporated the 2015 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge and Fajdek was the series winner.[4]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[5]

World record  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 86.74 Stuttgart, West Germany 30 August 1986
Championship record  Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) 83.63 Osaka, Japan 27 August 2007
World leading  Paweł Fajdek (POL) 83.93 Szczecin, Poland 9 August 2015
African record  Mostafa Al-Gamel (EGY) 81.27 Cairo, Egypt 21 March 2014
Asian record  Koji Murofushi (JPN) 84.86 Prague, Czech Republic 29 June 2003
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Lance Deal (USA) 82.52 Milan, Italy 7 September 1996
South American record  Juan Ignacio Cerra (ARG) 76.42 Trieste, Italy 25 July 2001
European record  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 86.74 Stuttgart, West Germany 30 August 1986
Oceanian record  Stuart Rendell (AUS) 79.29 Varaždin, Croatia 6 July 2002

Qualification standards

Entry standards[6]
76.00

Schedule

Date Time Round
22 August 2015 09:30 Qualification
23 August 2015 18:30 Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

KEY: Q Qualified q 12 best performers NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 77.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.[7]

Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Mark Notes
1 A Paweł Fajdek  Poland 76.46 78.38 78.38 Q
2 A Nick Miller  Great Britain & N.I. 77.42 77.42 Q
3 B Sergej Litvinov  Russia 74.75 76.79 76.79 q
4 B Wojciech Nowicki  Poland 75.52 x 76.72 76.72 q
5 B Ashraf Amgad Elseify  Qatar 72.01 75.03 76.51 76.51 q
6 A David Söderberg  Finland 73.30 75.96 75.42 75.96 q
7 A Dilshod Nazarov  Tajikistan 74.86 75.56 75.56 q
8 B Mostafa Al-Gamel  Egypt 75.48 x 74.06 75.48 q
9 B Krisztián Pars  Hungary 75.37 74.41 75.02 75.37 q
10 B Roberto Janet  Cuba x 74.77 75.28 75.28 q
11 B Tuomas Seppänen  Finland 74.74 x 73.43 74.74 q, SB
12 A Marcel Lomnický  Slovakia 73.10 x 74.51 74.51 q
13 B Conor McCullough  United States 72.40 72.05 74.31 74.31
14 A Yevhen Vynohradov  Ukraine 71.01 x 74.09 74.09
15 B Mark Dry  Great Britain & N.I. 72.13 71.24 73.87 73.87
16 A Kibwe Johnson  United States 71.72 73.75 73.33 73.75
17 B Eşref Apak  Turkey 73.01 x x 73.01
18 A Yury Shayunou  Belarus x 72.07 72.87 72.87
19 A Marco Lingua  Italy 72.01 x 72.85 72.85
20 A Lukáš Melich  Czech Republic 71.89 70.11 72.12 72.12
21 B Ivan Tsikhan  Belarus 70.30 71.88 x 71.88
22 A Wagner Domingos  Brazil 71.35 71.82 x 71.82
23 B Serghei Marghiev  Moldova x 71.61 71.45 71.61
24 A A. G. Kruger  United States x 71.56 x 71.56
25 A Pavel Bareisha  Belarus x 71.41 71.23 71.41
26 A Suhrob Khodjaev  Uzbekistan 70.45 70.99 71.24 71.24
27 B Ákos Hudi  Hungary 71.15 x x 71.15
28 A Bence Pásztor  Hungary 71.10 70.68 71.14 71.14
29 B Javier Cienfuegos  Spain 69.38 68.37 70.96 70.96
30 B Roberto Sawyers  Costa Rica x 65.53 66.64 66.64

Final

The final was started at 18:30.[8]

Rank Name Nationality # 1 # 2 # 3 # 4 # 5 # 6 Mark Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Paweł Fajdek  Poland 76.40 x 80.64 80.88 79.34 78.29 80.88
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dilshod Nazarov  Tajikistan 76.83 77.61 76.17 78.06 78.55 76.60 78.55
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Wojciech Nowicki  Poland 76.14 76.73 77.20 x 75.80 78.55 78.55
4 Krisztián Pars  Hungary 76.33 75.98 77.32 x 76.40 77.05 77.32
5 Sergej Litvinov  Russia 70.75 77.09 77.24 DQ x 77.04 x 77.24 (DQ)
6 David Söderberg  Finland 76.92 74.75 75.70 75.48 75.32 75.19 76.92 SB
7 Mostafa Al-Gamel  Egypt 74.70 76.25 76.81 x x 75.77 76.81
8 Marcel Lomnický  Slovakia 73.71 74.36 75.62 75.79 75.72 74.82 75.79
9 Ashraf Amgad Elseify  Qatar x 72.90 74.09 74.09
10 Tuomas Seppänen  Finland x 71.85 73.18 73.18
11 Nick Miller  Great Britain & N.I. x x 72.94 72.94
12 Roberto Janet  Cuba x 72.50 71.79 72.50

References

  1. ^ "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 11 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ "REPORT: MEN'S HAMMER FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  4. ^ 2015 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Calendar. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
  5. ^ "Records & Lists – Hammer Throw". IAAF. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  6. ^ IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 18 August 2015
  7. ^ Qualification results
  8. ^ Final results