2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw explained

Event:	Men's hammer throw
Competition:	2015 World Championships
Venue:	Beijing National Stadium
Dates:	22 August (qualification) 23 August (final)
Competitors:	30
Nations:	21
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	80.88
Gold:	Paweł Fajdek
Goldnoc:	POL
Silver:	Dilshod Nazarov
Silvernoc:	TJK
Bronze:	Wojciech Nowicki
Bronzenoc:	POL
Prev:	2013
Next:	2017

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]}

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		86.74	Stuttgart, West Germany	30 August 1986
Championship record		83.63	Osaka, Japan	27 August 2007
World leading		83.93	Szczecin, Poland	9 August 2015
African record		81.27	Cairo, Egypt	21 March 2014
Asian record		84.86	Prague, Czech Republic	29 June 2003
North, Central American and Caribbean record		82.52	Milan, Italy	7 September 1996
South American record		76.42	Trieste, Italy	25 July 2001
European record		86.74	Stuttgart, West Germany	30 August 1986
Oceanian record		79.29	Varaždin, Croatia	6 July 2002

Results

KEY:

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Q

Qualified

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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.^[6]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Mark	Notes
1	A			76.46	78.38		78.38
2	A			77.42			77.42
3	B			74.75	76.79		76.79
4	B			75.52		76.72	76.72
5	B			72.01	75.03	76.51	76.51
6	A			73.30	75.96	75.42	75.96
7	A			74.86	75.56		75.56
8	B			75.48		74.06	75.48
9	B			75.37	74.41	75.02	75.37
10	B				74.77	75.28	75.28
11	B			74.74		73.43	74.74	,
12	A			73.10		74.51	74.51
13	B			72.40	72.05	74.31	74.31
14	A			71.01		74.09	74.09
15	B			72.13	71.24	73.87	73.87
16	A			71.72	73.75	73.33	73.75
17	B			73.01			73.01
18	A				72.07	72.87	72.87
19	A			72.01		72.85	72.85
20	A			71.89	70.11	72.12	72.12
21	B			70.30	71.88		71.88
22	A			71.35	71.82		71.82
23	B				71.61	71.45	71.61
24	A				71.56		71.56
25	A				71.41	71.23	71.41
26	A			70.45	70.99	71.24	71.24
27	B			71.15			71.15
28	A			71.10	70.68	71.14	71.14
29	B			69.38	68.37	70.96	70.96
30	B				65.53	66.64	66.64

Final

The final was started at 18:30.^[7]

Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Mark	Notes
			76.40		80.64	80.88	79.34	78.29	80.88
			76.83	77.61	76.17	78.06	78.55	76.60	78.55
			76.14	76.73	77.20		75.80	78.55	78.55
			76.33	75.98	77.32		76.40	77.05	77.32
			70.75	77.09	77.24 DQ		77.04		77.24 (DQ)
			76.92	74.75	75.70	75.48	75.32	75.19	76.92
			74.70	76.25	76.81			75.77	76.81
			73.71	74.36	75.62	75.79	75.72	74.82	75.79
				72.90	74.09				74.09
10				71.85	73.18				73.18
11					72.94				72.94
12				72.50	71.79				72.50

Notes and References

1. Web site: Beijing 2015: Timetable . https://web.archive.org/web/20141201205133/http://www.iaafbeijing2015.com/special/iaaf_sch_en/ . dead . 1 December 2014 . 11 August 2015 . 10 August 2015 . Beijing 2015 .
2. http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-HT-M-q----.SL2.pdf Start list
3. Web site: REPORT: MEN'S HAMMER FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015. 23 August 2015. iaaf.org. 27 August 2015.
4. http://www.iaaf.org/Competitions/iaaf-hammer-throw-challenge/calendar/2015 2015 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Calendar
5. Web site: Records & Lists – Hammer Throw. IAAF. 7 August 2013.
6. http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-HT-M-q----.RS4.pdf Qualification results
7. http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-HT-M-f----.RS6.pdf Final results