2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw explained

The final of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada was held on Sunday August 5, 2001. There were a total number of 32 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged on Saturday August 4, with the mark set at 79.50 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Szymon Ziółkowski Poland (POL)
Silver	Koji Murofushi Japan (JPN)
Bronze	Ilya Konovalov Russia (RUS)

Schedule

• All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
04.08.2001  - 10:00h	04.08.2001  - 12:08h
Final Round
05.08.2001  - 16:40h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Startlist

Order	№	Athlete	Season Best	Personal Best
GROUP A
1	1185		76.52	79.26
2	480		79.15	82.78
3	24		76.42	76.42
4	602		75.33	80.98
5	1048		78.58	78.58
6	46		78.93	78.93
7	908		83.38	83.38
8	1125		79.60	81.56
9	536		83.39	83.39
10	505		79.52	80.45
11	540		81.36	83.00
12	1120		80.38	80.38
13	113		75.92	79.85
14	377		80.88	80.88
15	972		80.07	82.62
16	435		76.43	76.43
GROUP B
1	105		79.72	84.62
2	1045		77.65	77.65
3	1128		82.34	82.34
4	974		80.27	80.51
5	1055		76.32	76.32
6	478		78.63	82.22
7	539		81.76	83.68
8	353		78.66	80.55
9	151		69.48	70.66
10	604		80.50	80.50
11	897		79.29	80.25
12	992		80.03	82.54
13	259		80.09	81.28
14	651		83.47	83.47
15	506		78.34	79.83
16	370		79.48	79.81

Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
		86.74 m	August 30, 1986
		83.06 m	September 1, 1987
		83.47 m	July 14, 2001
Broken records during the 2001 World Athletics Championships
		83.38 m	August 5, 2001

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1		X	81.85	-	81.85 m
2	2		78.09	77.22	79.60	79.60 m
3	4		79.09	77.23	X	79.09 m
4	9		78.57	78.15	77.95	78.57 m
5	14		75.75	76.34	X	76.34 m
6	15		75.79	X	74.84	75.79 m
7	16		75.60	74.21	75.63	75.63 m
8	17		71.77	75.62	70.64	75.62 m
9	19		73.14	75.00	X	75.00 m
10	20		72.01	X	74.75	74.75 m
11	22		73.44	74.43	X	74.43 m
12	23		X	74.43	X	74.43 m
13	27		X	73.31	X	73.31 m
14	28		72.14	X	X	72.14 m
15	29		70.70	69.92	68.23	70.70 m
-	-		-	-	-	DNS

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	3		77.50	79.29	-	79.29 m
2	5		78.82	75.91	78.78	78.82 m
3	6		77.34	X	78.80	78.80 m
4	7		78.67	76.97	75.99	78.67 m
5	8		78.66	X	78.52	78.66 m
6	10		77.69	78.06	76.69	78.06 m
7	11		74.84	76.99	75.69	76.99 m	SB
8	12		76.72	75.91	75.53	76.72 m
9	13		76.02	X	76.66	76.66 m
10	18		74.78	71.39	75.29	75.29 m
11	21		74.56	72.29	73.86	74.56 m
12	24		74.20	X	X	74.20 m
13	25		X	74.02	X	74.02 m
14	26		73.79	X	72.30	73.79 m
15	30		X	70.16	67.22	70.16 m
16	31		63.89	63.69	X	63.89 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		81.88	79.69	X	80.32	83.38	80.39	83.38 m	CR
		79.91	82.46	81.95	81.43	82.92	82.61	82.92 m
		80.27	79.42	79.09	78.94	76.26	X	80.27 m	SB
4		79.12	72.42	78.46	X	80.13	X	80.13 m
5		77.95	X	79.93	X	X	X	79.93 m
6		79.22	78.44	X	79.75	79.54	X	79.75 m
7		X	78.35	79.20	79.72	78.57	X	79.72 m	SB
8		78.15	X	X	78.24	76.86	79.34	79.34 m
9		77.86	75.92	78.10				78.10 m
10		X	76.76	75.86				76.76 m
11		74.81	75.34	75.94				75.94 m
12		X	75.36	X				75.36 m

See also

• 2000 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Sydney)
• 2002 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Munich)
• 2001 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
• 2004 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Athens)

References

• Results
• IAAF
• hammerthrow.wz