2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

The Men's Hammer Throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on 25 August 2007 (qualification) and 27 August 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.

Medallists

Victory ceremony

Gold	Ivan Tsikhan (BLR)
Silver	Primož Kozmus (SLO)
Bronze	Libor Charfreitag (SVK)

Schedule

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
25.08.2007 – 19:30h	25.08.2007 – 21:00h
Final Round
27.08.2007 – 19:30h

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 2007 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	86.74 m	August 30, 1986	Stuttgart, West Germany
Event Record	Ivan Tsikhan (BLR)	83.89 m	August 8, 2005	Helsinki, Finland
Season Best	Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR)	82.94 m	July 28, 2007	Minsk, Belarus

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Libor Charfreitag (SVK)	80.61	—	—	80.61 m	Q
2	3	Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR)	76.85	79.30	—	79.30 m	Q
3	4	Krisztián Pars (HUN)	79.11	—	—	79.11 m	Q
4	8	Koji Murofushi (JPN)	73.11	77.25	—	77.25 m	q
5	12	Eşref Apak (TUR)	75.27	73.34	74.04	75.27 m	q
6	13	James Steacy (CAN)	74.11	X	73.07	74.11 m
7	15	Yevhen Vynohradov (UKR)	71.15	73.87	X	73.87 m
8	16	Nicola Vizzoni (ITA)	71.58	73.64	71.79	73.64 m
9	18	András Haklits (CRO)	71.75	X	73.04	73.04 m
10	19	Mohsen El Anany (EGY)	72.93	X	69.67	72.93 m
11	20	David Söderberg (FIN)	X	71.25	72.45	72.45 m
12	21	Dilshod Nazarov (TJK)	71.70	70.71	X	71.70 m
13	27	Dorian Collaku (ALB)	66.63	68.30	63.86	68.30 m	SB
—	—	Kibwe Johnson (USA)	X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	2	Miloslav Konopka (SVK)	X	79.83	—	79.83 m	Q / SB
2	5	Szymon Ziółkowski (POL)	73.87	78.90	—	78.90 m	Q
3	6	Primož Kozmus (SLO)	77.93	—	—	77.93 m	Q
4	7	Ivan Tsikhan (BLR)	X	77.75	—	77.75 m	Q
5	9	Ali Al-Zinkawi (KUW)	X	76.49	X	76.49 m	q
6	10	Markus Esser (GER)	76.36	74.12	X	76.36 m	q
7	11	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN)	75.04	X	76.12	76.12 m	q
8	14	Igors Sokolovs (LAT)	X	72.95	73.92	73.92 m
9	17	A.G. Kruger (USA)	73.19	69.39	X	73.19 m
10	22	Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE)	71.58	X	X	71.58 m
11	23	Cosmin Sorescu (ROM)	70.43	71.49	69.42	71.49 m
12	24	Chris Harmse (RSA)	71.07	X	X	71.07 m
13	25	Aleksey Zagornyi (RUS)	X	X	70.94	70.94 m
14	26	Hiroaki Doi (JPN)	67.57	69.89	X	69.89 m
15	28	Fatih Eryildirim (TUR)	67.87	67.62	66.09	67.87 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ivan Tsikhan (BLR)	X	X	79.35	X	80.77	83.63	83.63 m	SB
	Primož Kozmus (SLO)	80.68	79.62	82.12	X	X	82.29	82.29 m
	Libor Charfreitag (SVK)	X	80.93	79.10	76.88	81.60	80.48	81.60 m	SB
4	Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR)	76.28	80.95	X	81.22	81.57	81.20	81.57 m
5	Krisztián Pars (HUN)	78.29	79.49	79.55	79.63	77.29	80.93	80.93 m
6	Koji Murofushi (JPN)	76.94	79.46	80.38	79.56	80.13	80.46	80.46 m	SB
7	Szymon Ziółkowski (POL)	79.81	80.09	78.58	79.87	X	77.53	80.09 m
8	Markus Esser (GER)	78.67	79.66	78.37	X	79.19	79.46	79.66 m
9	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN)	78.15	78.27	78.35				78.35 m	SB
10	Miloslav Konopka (SVK)	X	78.09	X				78.09 m
11	Eşref Apak (TUR)	75.67	X	76.59				76.59 m
12	Ali Al-Zinkawi (KUW)	X	72.88	76.04				76.04 m

See also

• 2007 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

References

• Official results, qualification - IAAF.org
• Official results, final - IAAF.org
• Event report - IAAF.org
• hammerthrow.wz