2023 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's hammer throw explained

Event:	Men's hammer throw
Competition:	2023 European Athletics U23 Championships
Venue:	Leppävaara Stadium, Espoo
Dates:	13 July (qualification) 15 July (final)
Competitors:	21
Nations:	15
Win Value:	77.21
Win Label:	Winning distance
Gold:	Mykhaylo Kokhan
Goldnoc:	UKR
Silver:	Merlin Hummel
Silvernoc:	GER
Bronze:	Sören Klose
Bronzenoc:	GER
Prev:	2021
Next:	2025

The men's hammer throw event at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Espoo, Finland, at Leppävaara Stadium on 13 and 15 July.^[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

European U23 record		81.70 m	Lahti, Finland	16 June 2002
Championship U23 record		80.88 m	Amsterdam, Netherlands	15 July 2001

Results

Qualification

Qualification rules: All athletes over 71.00 m (Q) or at least 12 best (q) will advance to the final.^[2]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Mark	Notes
1	B			72.25			72.25	Q
2	B			72.24			72.24	Q
3	A			67.97	68.76	71.33	71.33	Q
4	B			70.08		68.72	70.08	q
5	A				69.85	68.21	69.85	q
6	B			69.40	69.53	69.33	69.53	q
7	A			66.63	63.60	69.30	69.30	q
8	A			68.74	67.31		68.74	q
9	B			68.66		66.60	68.66	q
10	A			68.36	68.35		68.36	q
11	B			67.64	67.07		67.64	q
12	B			64.51	67.22		67.22	q
13	A			65.14	66.43		66.43
14	A			64.04		66.09	66.09
15	A			62.32	65.92		65.92
16	A				65.78		65.78
17	B			63.40	64.09	65.30	65.30
18	A					64.10	64.10
19	B				63.42		63.42
20	A				61.79	63.07	63.07
	B						NM

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	align=left		align=left		73.68	76.16	76.08	75.35	70.73	77.21	77.21
	align=left		align=left		62.60	x	73.39	x	x	75.71	75.71
	align=left		align=left		71.31	72.42	73.70	x	72.51	71.42	73.70
4	align=left		align=left		x	69.36	71.09	68.01	72.44	x	72.44
5	align=left			70.68	71.50	71.09	70.12	69.19	x	71.50
6	align=left			70.86	70.46	x	70.70	x	x	70.86
7	align=left		align=left		69.77	70.67	x	x	67.23	68.79	70.67
8	align=left		align=left		68.74	69.46	70.36	68.68	70.58	69.04	70.58
9	align=left		align=left		70.14	x	x				70.14
10	align=left		align=left		67.26	x	68.56				68.56
11	align=left		align=left		x	67.05	68.40				68.40
12	align=left		align=left		68.09	68.38	x				68.38

Notes and References

1. Web site: Event Schedule: European Athletics U23 Championships 2023 . Watch Athletics . 6 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231128204031/https://www.watchathletics.com/page/4422/event-schedule-european-athletics-u23-championships-2023 . 28 November 2023 . live.
2. Web site: 11 July 2023 . Hammer Throw Men Qualification Start List . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230712091823/https://espoo23results.european-athletics.com/resEAA/pdf/ESP2023/ATH/ESP2023_ATH_C51F_ATHMHAMMER------------QUAL--------.pdf . 12 July 2023 . European Athletics.
3. Web site: Hammer Throw Men Final Results . . https://web.archive.org/web/20230716165111/https://espoo23results.european-athletics.com/resEAA/pdf/ESP2023/ATH/ESP2023_ATH_C73S_ATHMHAMMER------------FNL---------.pdf . 16 July 2023 . 15 July 2023 . dead.