2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

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]

Men's hammer throw at the 2015 World Championships
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Dates	22 August (qualification) 23 August (final)
Competitors	30 from 21 nations
Winning distance	80.88
Medalists
Paweł Fajdek    Poland   Dilshod Nazarov    Tajikistan   Wojciech Nowicki    Poland
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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 (POL)	76.46	78.38		78.38	Q
2	A	Nick Miller	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	77.42			77.42	Q
3	B	Sergej Litvinov	Russia (RUS)	74.75	76.79	–	76.79	q
4	B	Wojciech Nowicki	Poland (POL)	75.52	x	76.72	76.72	q
5	B	Ashraf Amgad Elseify	Qatar (QAT)	72.01	75.03	76.51	76.51	q
6	A	David Söderberg	Finland (FIN)	73.30	75.96	75.42	75.96	q
7	A	Dilshod Nazarov	Tajikistan (TJK)	74.86	75.56	–	75.56	q
8	B	Mostafa Al-Gamel	Egypt (EGY)	75.48	x	74.06	75.48	q
9	B	Krisztián Pars	Hungary (HUN)	75.37	74.41	75.02	75.37	q
10	B	Roberto Janet	Cuba (CUB)	x	74.77	75.28	75.28	q
11	B	Tuomas Seppänen	Finland (FIN)	74.74	x	73.43	74.74	q, SB
12	A	Marcel Lomnický	Slovakia (SVK)	73.10	x	74.51	74.51	q
13	B	Conor McCullough	United States (USA)	72.40	72.05	74.31	74.31
14	A	Yevhen Vynohradov	Ukraine (UKR)	71.01	x	74.09	74.09
15	B	Mark Dry	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	72.13	71.24	73.87	73.87
16	A	Kibwe Johnson	United States (USA)	71.72	73.75	73.33	73.75
17	B	Eşref Apak	Turkey (TUR)	73.01	x	x	73.01
18	A	Yury Shayunou	Belarus (BLR)	x	72.07	72.87	72.87
19	A	Marco Lingua	Italy (ITA)	72.01	x	72.85	72.85
20	A	Lukáš Melich	Czech Republic (CZE)	71.89	70.11	72.12	72.12
21	B	Ivan Tsikhan	Belarus (BLR)	70.30	71.88	x	71.88
22	A	Wagner Domingos	Brazil (BRA)	71.35	71.82	x	71.82
23	B	Serghei Marghiev	Moldova (MDA)	x	71.61	71.45	71.61
24	A	A. G. Kruger	United States (USA)	x	71.56	x	71.56
25	A	Pavel Bareisha	Belarus (BLR)	x	71.41	71.23	71.41
26	A	Suhrob Khodjaev	Uzbekistan (UZB)	70.45	70.99	71.24	71.24
27	B	Ákos Hudi	Hungary (HUN)	71.15	x	x	71.15
28	A	Bence Pásztor	Hungary (HUN)	71.10	70.68	71.14	71.14
29	B	Javier Cienfuegos	Spain (ESP)	69.38	68.37	70.96	70.96
30	B	Roberto Sawyers	Costa Rica (CRC)	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
	Paweł Fajdek	Poland (POL)	76.40	x	80.64	80.88	79.34	78.29	80.88
	Dilshod Nazarov	Tajikistan (TJK)	76.83	77.61	76.17	78.06	78.55	76.60	78.55
	Wojciech Nowicki	Poland (POL)	76.14	76.73	77.20	x	75.80	78.55	78.55
4	Krisztián Pars	Hungary (HUN)	76.33	75.98	77.32	x	76.40	77.05	77.32
5	Sergej Litvinov	Russia (RUS)	70.75	77.09	77.24 DQ	x	77.04	x	77.24 (DQ)
6	David Söderberg	Finland (FIN)	76.92	74.75	75.70	75.48	75.32	75.19	76.92	SB
7	Mostafa Al-Gamel	Egypt (EGY)	74.70	76.25	76.81	x	x	75.77	76.81
8	Marcel Lomnický	Slovakia (SVK)	73.71	74.36	75.62	75.79	75.72	74.82	75.79
9	Ashraf Amgad Elseify	Qatar (QAT)	x	72.90	74.09				74.09
10	Tuomas Seppänen	Finland (FIN)	x	71.85	73.18				73.18
11	Nick Miller	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	x	x	72.94				72.94
12	Roberto Janet	Cuba (CUB)	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