# 2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

The Men's Hammer Throw event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 6 and August 8.

## Medalists

| Gold | Vadim Devyatovskiy Belarus (BLR) |
| Silver | Szymon Ziółkowski Poland (POL) |
| Bronze | Markus Esser Germany (GER) |

## Schedule

* All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 06.08.2005 – 11:30h | 06.08.2005 – 13:05h |
| Final Round ||
| 08.08.2005 – 18:40h ||

## 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 |

## Startlist

| Order | № | Athlete | Season Best | Personal Best |
| GROUP A |||||
| 1 | 7 | Dorian Collaku (ALB) | 75.78 | 76.96 |
| 2 | 876 | Miloslav Konopka (SVK) | 76.74 | 81.33 |
| 3 | 396 | Holger Klose (GER) | 79.23 | 82.22 |
| 4 | 814 | Sergey Kirmasov (RUS) | 78.97 | 82.62 |
| 5 | 944 | Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR) | 78.72 | 82.23 |
| 6 | 909 | Dilshod Nazarov (TJK) | 77.63 | 79.05 |
| 7 | 1000 | A.G. Kruger (USA) | 75.57 | 79.26 |
| 8 | 951 | Ihor Tuhay (UKR) | 78.85 | 79.46 |
| 9 | 782 | Chris Harmse (RSA) | 80.63 | 80.63 |
| 10 | 930 | Eşref Apak (TUR) | 81.45 | 81.45 |
| 11 | 21 | Juan Ignacio Cerra (ARG) | 74.78 | 76.42 |
| 12 | 812 | Vadim Khersontsev (RUS) | 79.47 | 81.26 |
| 13 | 71 | Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR) | 84.90 | 84.90 |
| 14 | 169 | András Haklits (CRO) | 80.41 | 80.41 |
| 15 | 287 | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN) | 79.81 | 83.30 |
| GROUP B |||||
| 1 | 487 | Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) | 74.82 | 80.50 |
| 2 | 744 | Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) | 79.35 | 83.38 |
| 3 | 437 | Krisztián Pars (HUN) | 80.03 | 82.45 |
| 4 | 79 | Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) | 86.73 | 86.73 |
| 5 | 947 | Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) | 81.00 | 82.62 |
| 6 | 415 | Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE) | 78.28 | 80.45 |
| 7 | 1017 | James Parker (USA) | 74.67 | 79.20 |
| 8 | 191 | Lukáš Melich (CZE) | 79.36 | 79.36 |
| 9 | 378 | Markus Esser (GER) | 80.00 | 81.10 |
| 10 | 213 | Mohsen El Anany (EGY) | 75.31 | 76.00 |
| 11 | 871 | Patric Suter (SUI) | 78.43 | 80.51 |
| 12 | 874 | Libor Charfreitag (SVK) | 80.85 | 81.81 |
| 13 | 815 | Ilya Konovalov (RUS) | 79.92 | 82.28 |
| 14 | 637 | Roman Rozna (MDA) | 75.80 | 76.62 |
| 15 | 594 | Ali Al-Zinkawi (KUW) | 76.25 | 77.37 |
| 16 | 81 | Andrei Varantsou (BLR) | 78.93 | 81.31 |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2005 World Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.74 m | August 30, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |
| Event Record | Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) | 83.38 m | August 5, 2001 | Edmonton, Canada |
| Season Best | Ivan Tikhon (BLR) | 86.73 m | July 3, 2005 | Brest, Belarus |
| Broken records during the 2005 World Athletics Championships |||||
| Event Record | Ivan Tikhon (BLR) | 83.89 m | August 8, 2005 | Helsinki, Finland |

## Qualification

| Rank | Group | Athlete | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result |
| 1 | A | Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR) | 76.86 | 81.20 | — | 81.20 m |
| 2 | B | Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) | 71.80 | X | 79.26 | 79.26 m |
| 2 | B | Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) | 75.47 | 78.34 | — | 78.34 m |
| 3 | A | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN) | X | 76.09 | 77.30 | 77.30 m |
| 4 | B | Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) | 75.69 | X | 77.21 | 77.21 m |
| 5 | B | Krisztián Pars (HUN) | 75.62 | 75.55 | 76.86 | 76.86 m |
| 6 | A | Holger Klose (GER) | 76.47 | 74.34 | 72.27 | 76.47 m |
| 7 | B | Markus Esser (GER) | 73.19 | 71.62 | 76.45 | 76.45 m |
| 8 | B | Ilya Konovalov (RUS) | 71.91 | 76.42 | 75.71 | 76.42 m |
| 9 | B | Libor Charfreitag (SVK) | 76.30 | 75.28 | 75.00 | 76.30 m |
| 11 | A | Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR) | 76.04 | X | X | 76.04 m |
| 10 | A | Vadim Khersontsev (RUS) | 74.94 | X | 75.92 | 75.92 m |
| 11 | B | Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE) | 70.97 | 74.99 | X | 74.99 m |
| 12 | B | Lukas Melich (CZE) | X | 74.53 | X | 74.53 m |
| 13 | A | Chris Harmse (RSA) | 72.30 | 74.37 | 73.17 | 74.37 m |
| 14 | A | A.G. Kruger (USA) | 73.63 | 73.23 | 70.20 | 73.63 m |
| 15 | A | Dilshod Nazarov (TJK) | 73.34 | 73.38 | 69.43 | 73.38 m |
| 16 | A | András Haklits (CRO) | 73.26 | 71.51 | X | 73.26 m |
| 17 | A | Eşref Apak (TUR) | 73.00 | X | 73.04 | 73.04 m |
| 18 | A | Miloslav Konopka (SVK) | X | 72.91 | X | 72.91 m |
| 19 | B | Ali Al-Zinkawi (KUW) | X | X | 72.28 | 72.28 m |
| 20 | B | James Parker (USA) | 71.95 | X | 70.94 | 71.95 m |
| 21 | B | Mohsen El Anany (EGY) | 71.78 | X | 68.95 | 71.78 m |
| 22 | B | Roman Rozna (MDA) | 71.52 | 69.30 | 70.45 | 71.52 m |
| 23 | A | Ihor Tuhay (UKR) | 70.66 | X | 70.85 | 70.85 m |
| 24 | B | Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) | X | 70.77 | X | 70.77 m |
| 25 | B | Andrei Varantsou (BLR) | X | 69.71 | X | 69.71 m |
| 26 | B | Patric Suter (SUI) | 65.65 | 68.54 | X | 68.54 m |
| 27 | A | Juan Ignacio Cerra (ARG) | 67.72 | 68.44 | 67.50 | 68.44 m |
| 28 | A | Dorian Collaku (ALB) | 58.83 | — | — | 58.83 m |
| — | A | Sergey Kirmasov (RUS) | X | X | X | NM |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR) | 78.11 | 80.45 | 82.60 | X | 80.47 | 82.19 | 82.60 m | |
| | Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) | 78.27 | 76.44 | 79.35 | 77.35 | 78.39 | X | 79.35 m | SB |
| | Markus Esser (GER) | 78.57 | 79.11 | 76.88 | 79.16 | 77.11 | X | 79.16 m | |
| 4 | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN) | 77.05 | X | 78.55 | 77.20 | X | 78.77 | 78.77 m | |
| 5 | Ilya Konovalov (RUS) | 78.59 | 76.21 | 76.60 | 78.08 | 78.44 | 75.36 | 78.59 m | |
| 6 | Krisztián Pars (HUN) | 76.21 | X | 77.26 | 78.03 | 76.85 | X | 78.03 m | |
| 7 | Vadim Khersontsev (RUS) | 76.16 | 77.59 | 73.63 | 76.81 | X | 72.24 | 77.59 m | |
| 8 | Libor Charfreitag (SVK) | 76.05 | 75.02 | X | | | | 76.05 m | |
| 9 | Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) | 74.81 | 72.69 | 76.01 | | | | 76.01 m | |
| 10 | Holger Klose (GER) | 74.41 | X | 74.80 | | | | 74.80 m | |
| 1 | Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) | X | X | 80.97 | 83.89 | X | 81.52 | 83.89 m | CR DSQ |
| 11 | Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR) | 74.78 | 73.44 | 74.32 | | | | 74.78 m | DSQ |
* 1 2 3 4 disqualified after failing doping tests