2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

The Men's Hammer throw event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 27 & 29.

Koji Murofushi victory celebration at Daegu
Official Video

Koji Murofushi took the lead with his first throw, improving on each of his first three throws to 81.24. Primož Kozmus moved into second place with a second round 79.39 while Krisztián Pars made a minor improvement with every throw (except his failed fifth attempt), passing Kozmus on his fourth throw. Pars last throw was his best, but 81.18 was not quite enough to catch Murofushi.

Medalists edit

Gold Silver Bronze
Koji Murofushi
  Japan (JPN)
Krisztián Pars
  Hungary (HUN)
Primož Kozmus
  Slovenia (SLO)

Records edit

World record   Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 86.74 Stuttgart, West Germany 30 August 1986
Championship record   Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) 83.89 Helsinki, Finland 8 August 2005
World leading   Aleksey Zagornyi (RUS) 81.73 Yerino, Russia 4 June 2011
African record   Chris Harmse (RSA) 80.63 Durban, South Africa 15 April 2005
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 edit

A standard B standard
78.00 m 74.00

Schedule edit

Date Time Round
August 27, 2011 20:30 Qualification
August 29, 2011 19:10 Final

Results edit

Qualification edit

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 77.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 A Koji Murofushi   Japan (JPN) 78.56 78.56 Q, SB
2 B Pavel Kryvitski   Belarus (BLR) x 76.80 78.16 78.16 Q
3 B Markus Esser   Germany (GER) 77.60 77.60 Q
4 A Krisztián Pars   Hungary (HUN) 77.21 77.21 Q
5 A Szymon Ziółkowski   Poland (POL) x 77.19 77.19 Q
6 A Dilshod Nazarov   Tajikistan (TJK) 75.34 75.17 76.93 76.93 q
7 B Yury Shayunou   Belarus (BLR) 76.74 76.63 76.07 76.74 q
8 B Nicola Vizzoni   Italy (ITA) 75.41 76.30 76.74 76.74 q
9 A Olli-Pekka Karjalainen   Finland (FIN) x 75.09 76.60 76.60 q, SB
10 B Primož Kozmus   Slovenia (SLO) 76.21 76.54 76.44 76.54 q
11 B Paweł Fajdek   Poland (POL) 75.83 76.10 75.66 76.10 q
12 A Kirill Ikonnikov   Russia (RUS) 75.36 x x 75.36 q
13 A Ali Al-Zinkawi   Kuwait (KUW) 75.35 x x 75.35
14 A Kibwe Johnson   United States (USA) 75.06 x x 75.06
15 B Sergej Litvinov   Russia (RUS) 74.80 x 73.11 74.80
16 B Kristóf Németh   Hungary (HUN) 73.36 74.09 73.87 74.09
17 B Aleksei Sokirskiy   Ukraine (UKR) x x 73.81 73.81
18 A Eşref Apak   Turkey (TUR) 73.38 71.99 x 73.38
19 B James Steacy   Canada (CAN) 73.32 71.74 x 73.32
20 A Igors Sokolovs   Latvia (LAT) 71.90 71.64 72.95 72.95
21 A Marcel Lomnický   Slovakia (SVK) 72.68 71.44 72.16 72.68
22 B Libor Charfreitag   Slovakia (SVK) x 71.87 72.20 72.20
23 A Valeriy Sviatokha   Belarus (BLR) x x 71.58 71.58
24 A Eivind Henriksen   Norway (NOR) 68.24 71.27 70.02 71.27
25 A András Haklits   Croatia (CRO) x 70.93 x 70.93
26 A Dzmitry Marshin   Azerbaijan (AZE) 70.04 68.94 68.99 70.04
27 B Michael Mai   United States (USA) 68.35 x 69.96 69.96
28 B Fatih Eryildirim   Turkey (TUR) x 69.37 69.04 69.37
29 A Lee Yun-chul   South Korea (KOR) x 67.14 68.98 68.98 SB
30 A Mostafa Al-Gamel   Egypt (EGY) x 64.17 68.38 68.38
31 A Kaveh Mousavi   Iran (IRI) x 68.01 x 68.01
32 B Mattias Jons   Sweden (SWE) 67.93 x x 67.93
33 B Javier Cienfuegos   Spain (ESP) x 66.78 67.49 67.49
34 B Juan Ignacio Cerra   Argentina (ARG) 63.04 x 64.27 64.27
35 B Amanmurad Hommadov   Turkmenistan (TKM) 61.31 59.94 62.97 62.97

Final edit

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
  Koji Murofushi   Japan (JPN) 79.72 81.03 81.24 79.42 81.24 80.83 81.24 SB
  Krisztián Pars   Hungary (HUN) 77.26 78.84 79.14 79.97 60.34 81.18 81.18 SB
  Primož Kozmus   Slovenia (SLO) 77.50 79.39 78.93 x 76.01 78.19 79.39 SB
4 Markus Esser   Germany (GER) x 78.56 76.71 75.01 79.12 77.88 79.12
5 Pavel Kryvitski   Belarus (BLR) 73.98 78.24 78.53 x 77.35 x 78.53
6 Kirill Ikonnikov   Russia (RUS) x x 77.22 x 78.37 78.12 78.37
7 Szymon Ziółkowski   Poland (POL) 75.04 77.64 76.75 x 74.99 75.10 77.64
8 Nicola Vizzoni   Italy (ITA) 77.04 76.31 76.94 76.01 75.82 x 77.04
9 Olli-Pekka Karjalainen   Finland (FIN) 75.38 76.60 71.34 76.60 SB
10 Dilshod Nazarov   Tajikistan (TJK) 75.05 74.34 76.58 76.58
11 Paweł Fajdek   Poland (POL) 74.86 x 75.20 75.20
Yury Shayunou   Belarus (BLR) x x x NM

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