2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw


The men's hammer throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 1 to 2 October 2019.

Summary

The finals opened with all but two already over 74 metres, three throwers over 76 metres, Eivind Henriksen, Wojciech Nowicki and Quentin Bigot; Bence Halász at 78.18m and Pawel Fajdek at 79.34m all in the first round. The second round saw the rest of the field over 74, Bigot solidifying his hold on third with a 78.06m and Fajdek improving to 80.16m. In the third, Henriksen challenged the podium with a 77.38m. It took exactly 76 metres just to get three more throws. In the fourth round Nowicki upped his challenge to 77.42m, Bigot edged into silver position with a 78.19m and then Fajdek landed the winner. In the fifth round, Mykhaylo Kokhan threw a personal best 77.39m, then in the final frame, Nowicki dropped his best of 77.69m, originally not enough to get onto the podium.
However, after the competition, the Polish delegation protested the officials call on Halász in the first round, claiming his stepping outside of the circle, a foul, being missed. On further review, IAAF decided the officials acted improperly but the early call affected the rest of way Halász performed in the competition. Nowicki was awarded an additional bronze medal.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
RecordAthleteDateLocation
World86.74Yuriy Sedykh30 Aug 1986Stuttgart, Germany
Championship83.38Szymon Ziółkowski5 Aug 2001Edmonton, Canada
World leading81.74Wojciech Nowicki2 Jul 2019Poznań, Poland
African81.27Mostafa El Gamel21 Mar 2014Cairo, Egyptz
Asian84.86Koji Murofushi29 Jun 2003Prague, Czech Republic
NACAC82.52Lance Deal7 Sep 1996Milan, Italy
South American78.63Wagner Domingos19 Jun 2016Celje, Slovenia
European86.74Yuriy Sedykh30 Aug 1986Stuttgart, Germany
Oceanian79.29Stuart Rendell6 Jul 2002Varaždin, Croatia

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time, was as follows:
DateTimeRound
1 October16:30Qualification
2 October21:40Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 76.50 or at least 12 best performers advanced to the final.

Final

The final was started on 2 October at 21:40.