2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw explained

Event:	Men's hammer throw
Competition:	2022 World Championships
Venue:	Hayward Field
Dates:	15 July (qualification) 16 July (final)
Competitors:	32
Nations:	21
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	81.98
Gold:	Paweł Fajdek
Goldnoc:	POL
Silver:	Wojciech Nowicki
Silvernoc:	POL
Bronze:	Eivind Henriksen
Bronzenoc:	NOR
Prev:	2019
Next:	2023

The men's hammer throw at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 15 and 16 July 2022.^[1]

Summary

Back in 2011, Paweł Fajdek finished 11th and last in the final. Since then, the results have been the same, Paweł Fajdek World Champion. He was back for another spin.

In the first round, Rudy Winkler was the first to throw over 78 with a 78.91m. Quentin Bigot threw 79.52m to take the lead and Bence Halász was in second with 79.12m. Seven throwers were over 77 metres while Fajdek only managed 74.71m to find himself in a non-qualifying 9th place. Leading off the second round, Olympic Champion and World Leader Wojciech Nowicki threw 80.07m to take the lead. Then Fajdek put one out to 80.58m, that's more like it. Then the next thrower Eivind Henriksen pushed him to second position by throwing an 80.87m. Nowicki led off the third round with an 81.03m to take the lead. Later Fajdek threw to take the lead back. Bigot and Halász both threw beyond 80 metres in the third round. And that decided the medals. Nobody threw over 80 the rest of the finals.

For the fifth time in a row, Fajdek won the Championships, to become the first five time gold medalist. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce would duplicate the feat, non-consecutively at 100m the following day.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:^[2]

width=25% align=center	Record	width=25% align=center	Athlete &	width=10% align=center		width=25% align=center	Location	width=15% align=center	Date
World record		86.74 m	Stuttgart, West Germany	30 August 1986
Championship record		83.63 m	Osaka, Japan	27 August 2007
World Leading		81.58 m	Chorzów, Poland	5 June 2022
African Record		81.27 m	Cairo, Egypt	21 March 2014
Asian Record		84.86 m	Prague, Czech Republic	29 June 2003
North, Central American and Caribbean record		82.52 m	Milan, Italy	7 September 1996
South American Record		78.63 m	Celje, Slovenia	19 June 2016
European Record		86.74 m	Stuttgart, West Germany	30 August 1986
Oceanian record		79.29 m	Varaždin, Croatia	6 July 2002

The following records were established during the competition:

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 77.50 m.^[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Date	Time	Round
15 July	09:05	Qualification
16 July	12:00	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 77.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.^[4]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
				1	2	3
1	B			74.63	80.09		80.09	Q
2	A			74.56	77.13	79.34	79.34	Q
3	A			79.22			79.22	Q
4	B			79.13			79.13	Q
5	B			76.97	78.61		78.61	Q
6	A			78.12			78.12	Q
7	B			75.62	77.95		77.95	Q
8	B			76.62	74.95	77.58	77.58	Q
9	A			77.13			77.13	q,
10	A			76.03	74.47	75.79	76.03	q
11	B			72.85	74.39	75.33	75.33	q
12	B			74.67		72.97	74.67	q
13	A			74.38	74.44	72.24	74.44
14	B			73.16	72.43	74.25	74.25
15	B			70.13	73.46	74.17	74.17
16	A			73.96	74.12	73.23	74.12
17	B			73.58	74.02	72.26	74.02
18	A			72.62	73.95		73.95
19	A			73.00	73.55	73.26	73.55
20	B				72.26	73.45	73.45
21	B			70.31		72.90	72.90
22	A			71.94	72.87	71.02	72.87
23	A			72.63	72.29	72.81	72.81
24	A			72.36	72.72		72.72
25	B			70.35	70.03	72.40	72.40
26	B				69.56	71.27	71.27
27	B			69.69	69.64	68.35	69.69
28	A			69.03	68.41		69.03
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Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
			74.71	80.58	81.98	79.13	x	x	81.98
			77.40	80.07	81.03	x	79.45	79.53	81.03
			78.89	80.87	x	75.55	77.74	78.19	80.87
4			79.52	78.86	80.24	79.94	79.85	79.38	80.24
5			79.12	79.46	80.15	x	78.77	79.07	80.15
6			78.91	77.49	x	78.51	78.99	78.89	78.99
7			78.07	78.83	x	77.94	78.16	77.97	78.83
8			76.80	78.10	x	76.52	77.71	x	78.10
9			77.04	74.34	76.85				77.04
10			73.91	71.71	73.05				73.91
11			x	x	73.74				73.74
12			73.60	73.53	x				73.60

Notes and References

1. https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/oregon22/timetable/bydiscipline/men/hammer-throw Timetable
2. Web site: Hammer Throw Men − Records. IAAF. 9 July 2022.
3. News: Competitions Entry Standards 2022 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022. iaaf.org. 9 July 2022.
4. https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-HT-M-q----.SL2.pdf Qualification start list