# 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

The Men's Hammer throw event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 27 & 29.
Koji Murofushi took the lead with his first throw, improving on each of his first three throws to 81.24. Primož Kozmus moved into second place with a second round 79.39 while Krisztián Pars made a minor improvement with every throw (except his failed fifth attempt), passing Kozmus on his fourth throw. Pars last throw was his best, but 81.18 was not quite enough to catch Murofushi.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Koji Murofushi Japan (JPN) | Krisztián Pars Hungary (HUN) | Primož Kozmus Slovenia (SLO) |

## Records

| World record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.74 | Stuttgart, West Germany | 30 August 1986 |
| Championship record | Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) | 83.89 | Helsinki, Finland | 8 August 2005 |
| World leading | Aleksey Zagornyi (RUS) | 81.73 | Yerino, Russia | 4 June 2011 |
| African record | Chris Harmse (RSA) | 80.63 | Durban, South Africa | 15 April 2005 |
| Asian record | Koji Murofushi (JPN) | 84.86 | Prague, Czech Republic | 29 June 2003 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Lance Deal (USA) | 82.52 | Milan, Italy | 7 September 1996 |
| South American record | Juan Ignacio Cerra (ARG) | 76.42 | Trieste, Italy | 25 July 2001 |
| European record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.74 | Stuttgart, West Germany | 30 August 1986 |
| Oceanian record | Stuart Rendell (AUS) | 79.29 | Varaždin, Croatia | 6 July 2002 |

## Qualification standards

| A standard | B standard |
| 78.00 m | 74.00 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| August 27, 2011 | 20:30 | Qualification |
| August 29, 2011 | 19:10 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 77.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Koji Murofushi | Japan (JPN) | 78.56 | | | 78.56 | Q, SB |
| 2 | B | Pavel Kryvitski | Belarus (BLR) | x | 76.80 | 78.16 | 78.16 | Q |
| 3 | B | Markus Esser | Germany (GER) | 77.60 | | | 77.60 | Q |
| 4 | A | Krisztián Pars | Hungary (HUN) | 77.21 | | | 77.21 | Q |
| 5 | A | Szymon Ziółkowski | Poland (POL) | x | 77.19 | | 77.19 | Q |
| 6 | A | Dilshod Nazarov | Tajikistan (TJK) | 75.34 | 75.17 | 76.93 | 76.93 | q |
| 7 | B | Yury Shayunou | Belarus (BLR) | 76.74 | 76.63 | 76.07 | 76.74 | q |
| 8 | B | Nicola Vizzoni | Italy (ITA) | 75.41 | 76.30 | 76.74 | 76.74 | q |
| 9 | A | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen | Finland (FIN) | x | 75.09 | 76.60 | 76.60 | q, SB |
| 10 | B | Primož Kozmus | Slovenia (SLO) | 76.21 | 76.54 | 76.44 | 76.54 | q |
| 11 | B | Paweł Fajdek | Poland (POL) | 75.83 | 76.10 | 75.66 | 76.10 | q |
| 12 | A | Kirill Ikonnikov | Russia (RUS) | 75.36 | x | x | 75.36 | q |
| 13 | A | Ali Al-Zinkawi | Kuwait (KUW) | 75.35 | x | x | 75.35 | |
| 14 | A | Kibwe Johnson | United States (USA) | 75.06 | x | x | 75.06 | |
| 15 | B | Sergej Litvinov | Russia (RUS) | 74.80 | x | 73.11 | 74.80 | |
| 16 | B | Kristóf Németh | Hungary (HUN) | 73.36 | 74.09 | 73.87 | 74.09 | |
| 17 | B | Aleksei Sokirskiy | Ukraine (UKR) | x | x | 73.81 | 73.81 | |
| 18 | A | Eşref Apak | Turkey (TUR) | 73.38 | 71.99 | x | 73.38 | |
| 19 | B | James Steacy | Canada (CAN) | 73.32 | 71.74 | x | 73.32 | |
| 20 | A | Igors Sokolovs | Latvia (LAT) | 71.90 | 71.64 | 72.95 | 72.95 | |
| 21 | A | Marcel Lomnický | Slovakia (SVK) | 72.68 | 71.44 | 72.16 | 72.68 | |
| 22 | B | Libor Charfreitag | Slovakia (SVK) | x | 71.87 | 72.20 | 72.20 | |
| 23 | A | Valeriy Sviatokha | Belarus (BLR) | x | x | 71.58 | 71.58 | |
| 24 | A | Eivind Henriksen | Norway (NOR) | 68.24 | 71.27 | 70.02 | 71.27 | |
| 25 | A | András Haklits | Croatia (CRO) | x | 70.93 | x | 70.93 | |
| 26 | A | Dzmitry Marshin | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 70.04 | 68.94 | 68.99 | 70.04 | |
| 27 | B | Michael Mai | United States (USA) | 68.35 | x | 69.96 | 69.96 | |
| 28 | B | Fatih Eryildirim | Turkey (TUR) | x | 69.37 | 69.04 | 69.37 | |
| 29 | A | Lee Yun-chul | South Korea (KOR) | x | 67.14 | 68.98 | 68.98 | SB |
| 30 | A | Mostafa Al-Gamel | Egypt (EGY) | x | 64.17 | 68.38 | 68.38 | |
| 31 | A | Kaveh Mousavi | Iran (IRI) | x | 68.01 | x | 68.01 | |
| 32 | B | Mattias Jons | Sweden (SWE) | 67.93 | x | x | 67.93 | |
| 33 | B | Javier Cienfuegos | Spain (ESP) | x | 66.78 | 67.49 | 67.49 | |
| 34 | B | Juan Ignacio Cerra | Argentina (ARG) | 63.04 | x | 64.27 | 64.27 | |
| 35 | B | Amanmurad Hommadov | Turkmenistan (TKM) | 61.31 | 59.94 | 62.97 | 62.97 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Koji Murofushi | Japan (JPN) | 79.72 | 81.03 | 81.24 | 79.42 | 81.24 | 80.83 | 81.24 | SB |
| | Krisztián Pars | Hungary (HUN) | 77.26 | 78.84 | 79.14 | 79.97 | 60.34 | 81.18 | 81.18 | SB |
| | Primož Kozmus | Slovenia (SLO) | 77.50 | 79.39 | 78.93 | x | 76.01 | 78.19 | 79.39 | SB |
| 4 | Markus Esser | Germany (GER) | x | 78.56 | 76.71 | 75.01 | 79.12 | 77.88 | 79.12 | |
| 5 | Pavel Kryvitski | Belarus (BLR) | 73.98 | 78.24 | 78.53 | x | 77.35 | x | 78.53 | |
| 6 | Kirill Ikonnikov | Russia (RUS) | x | x | 77.22 | x | 78.37 | 78.12 | 78.37 | |
| 7 | Szymon Ziółkowski | Poland (POL) | 75.04 | 77.64 | 76.75 | x | 74.99 | 75.10 | 77.64 | |
| 8 | Nicola Vizzoni | Italy (ITA) | 77.04 | 76.31 | 76.94 | 76.01 | 75.82 | x | 77.04 | |
| 9 | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen | Finland (FIN) | 75.38 | 76.60 | 71.34 | | | | 76.60 | SB |
| 10 | Dilshod Nazarov | Tajikistan (TJK) | 75.05 | 74.34 | 76.58 | | | | 76.58 | |
| 11 | Paweł Fajdek | Poland (POL) | 74.86 | x | 75.20 | | | | 75.20 | |
| | Yury Shayunou | Belarus (BLR) | x | x | x | | | | NM | |