Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw


The Men's hammer throw competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at the Olympic Stadium on 3–5 August. Each athlete receives three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieve the qualifying distance progress to the final. If less than twelve athletes achieve this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reach the final.
After a retesting of his 2004 sample, 2012 world leader Ivan Tsikhan's entry was withdrawn.
In the preliminary round, Primož Kozmus only needed one throw to make the automatic qualifier, while Krisztián Pars threw the best qualifying effort 79.37 on his second attempt. Koji Murofushi was the only other automatic qualifier, also in his second attempt. It took 74.69 to make the final.
Pars entered the final with the best 2012 performance among the finalists and took the lead with his first throw. Immediately before him, Kozmus threw far enough to win silver. Olexiy Sokyrskiyy put himself in third place with his second effort. That lasted until the third round when Murofushi's best effort put him in the bronze medal position. But one throw before, Pars let loose the only plus 80 metre throw, solidifying his grasp on the gold medal. After three fouls, in the fifth round Kozmus improved his hold on silver, but was still 1.23 behind the winner.
A great deal of photojournalist attention was devoted to the mini Cooper vehicles being used to retrieve the implements during the competition. The vehicles were used throughout the Olympics, but first appeared in the preliminary round of the hammer.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time
DateTimeRound
Friday, 3 August 201211:20Qualifications
Sunday, 5 August 201220:20Finals

Records

, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record86.74 mStuttgart, West Germany30 August 1986
Olympic record84.80 mSeoul, South Korea26 September 1988
2012 World leading82.81 mBrest, Belarus25 May 2012

Results

Qualifying Round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 78.00m or at least best 12 qualified.
RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1BKrisztián Pars77.1179.3779.37Q
2AKoji Murofushi77.1878.4878.48Q, SB
3APrimož Kozmus78.1278.12Q, SB
4AOlexiy SokyyrskiyyXX77.6577.65q
5AKibwe JohnsonXX77.1777.17q, SB
6AKirill IkonnikovX76.4376.8576.85DSQ
7ASzymon Ziółkowski76.22X75.6876.22q
8ADilshod Nazarov73.90X75.9175.91q
9ALukáš Melich75.8875.2972.4975.88q
10ANicola Vizzoni74.7973.8874.1274.79q
11AAlexander Smith72.5974.7173.2174.71q
12BValeriy Sviatokha73.1173.0774.6974.69q
13BEivind Henriksen72.67X74.6274.62
14BJérôme BortoluzziX70.3674.1574.15
15BMarcel LomnickyX74.00X74.00
16BJavier CienfuegosX63.7973.7373.73
17AEşref ApakXX73.4773.47
18BAli Al-Zinkawi70.6773.40X73.40
19BRoberto Janet72.5273.3470.1973.34
20BDzmitry Marshin72.06X72.8572.85
21AIgors SokolovsX71.7772.7672.76
22BKaveh Mousavi67.2571.4272.7072.70
23BAleksey Zagornyi71.0272.52X72.52
24AQuentin Bigot69.2268.1772.4272.42
25BA. G. KrugerX72.13X72.13
26BDavid SöderbergX71.2671.7671.76
27BLorenzo Povegliano71.5568.77X71.55
DSQAPavel Kryvitski71.49XX71.49
29AMostafa Al-GamelX70.2371.3671.36
30AAndrás HaklitsX70.61X70.61
31ASerghei Marghiev67.1767.3269.7669.76
32BNicolas Figère69.74XX69.74
33BConstantinos Stathelakos69.65XX69.65
DSQAOleksandr DryholX68.0269.5769.57
35BMergen Mamedov68.3966.9967.2368.39
36BJuan Ignacio Cerra68.2068.20
37AAlexandros PapadimitriouX66.9167.1967.19
38ASuhrob Khodjaev65.8864.74X65.88
BPaweł FajdekXXXNM
BArtem RubankoXXXNM
BJames SteacyXXXNM

Final

RankAthleteNationality1st2nd3rd4th5th6thResultNotes
Krisztián Pars79.1478.3380.5979.7079.2878.8880.59
Primož Kozmus78.97XXX79.3678.5979.36SB
Koji MurofushiX78.1678.7178.0977.1276.4778.71SB
4Olexiy Sokyyrskiyy76.5178.25XXX76.9978.25
5Kirill Ikonnikov77.86X77.8174.60X77.4677.86DSQ
6Lukáš Melich76.7375.6777.1776.2818.90X77.17
7Szymon Ziółkowski75.6974.9576.3076.8877.1075.8677.10
8Nicola Vizzoni75.7575.8475.4176.0775.79X76.07
9Kibwe Johnson73.3174.95X74.95
10Dilshod Nazarov70.0070.8873.8073.80
11Valeriy Sviatokha73.1372.7872.4273.13
12Alexander Smith69.7472.8771.4772.87