# 2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes, with the final held on Monday 25 August 2003.

## Medalists

| Gold | Ivan Tsikhan Belarus (BLR) |
| Silver | Adrián Annus Hungary (HUN) |
| Bronze | Koji Murofushi Japan (JPN) |

## Schedule

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 23.08.2003 – 09:30h | 23.08.2003 – 11:00h |
| Final Round ||
| 25.08.2003 – 18:00h ||

## 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 2003 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 | Koji Murofushi (JPN) | 84.86 m | June 29, 2003 | Prague, Czech Republic |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 1 | Igor Astapkovich (BLR) | 77.11 | 77.48 | 79.66 | 79.66 m |
| 2 | 3 | Koji Murofushi (JPN) | 77.50 | 79.45 | — | 79.45 m |
| 3 | 5 | Ilya Konovalov (RUS) | 78.45 | — | — | 78.45 m |
| 4 | 8 | Primož Kozmus (SLO) | X | 76.88 | 78.10 | 78.10 m |
| 5 | 8 | Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE) | 75.82 | 77.53 | 75.95 | 77.53 m |
| 6 | 10 | Nicolas Figère (FRA) | 76.79 | 76.26 | X | 76.79 m |
| 7 | 13 | Libor Charfreitag (SVK) | 76.52 | 76.14 | X | 76.52 m |
| 8 | 14 | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN) | X | 76.20 | 75.79 | 76.20 m |
| 9 | 15 | Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) | 74.25 | 73.86 | 75.76 | 75.76 m |
| 10 | 18 | Maciej Pałyszko (POL) | 75.20 | X | 75.42 | 75.42 m |
| 11 | 19 | Péter Botfa (HUN) | 73.10 | 74.75 | 74.74 | 74.75 m |
| 12 | 20 | Sergey Kirmasov (RUS) | X | 74.17 | 72.91 | 74.17 m |
| 13 | 21 | Oleksandr Krykun (UKR) | 70.38 | 72.97 | 73.58 | 73.58 m |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 2 | Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) | X | 79.64 | — | 79.64 m |
| 2 | 4 | Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) | 76.77 | 78.50 | — | 78.50 m |
| 3 | 2 | Adrián Annus (HUN) | 78.20 | — | — | 78.20 m |
| 4 | 7 | Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR) | 75.07 | 76.46 | 78.12 | 78.12 m |
| 5 | 11 | Miloslav Konopka (SVK) | 76.58 | 73.55 | 75.81 | 76.58 m |
| 6 | 12 | Stuart Rendell (AUS) | 75.57 | 76.56 | X | 76.56 m |
| 7 | 16 | Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR) | 73.43 | 74.73 | 75.65 | 75.65 m |
| 8 | 17 | Karsten Kobs (GER) | 75.21 | 74.90 | 75.55 | 75.55 m |
| 9 | 22 | Aleksey Zagornyi (RUS) | X | 72.36 | 73.30 | 73.30 m |
| 10 | 23 | Christophe Épalle (FRA) | X | 72.82 | X | 72.82 m |
| 11 | 24 | Juan Ignacio Cerra (ARG) | 72.70 | X | 71.86 | 72.70 m |
| 12 | 25 | Wojciech Kondratowicz (POL) | X | 70.79 | X | 70.79 m |
| — | — | Vladimír Maška (CZE) | X | X | X | DNS |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) | X | 80.69 | 81.77 | X | X | 83.05 | 83.05 m | |
| | Adrián Annus (HUN) | 77.26 | 78.48 | 79.22 | 79.01 | 78.49 | 80.36 | 80.36 m | |
| | Koji Murofushi (JPN) | 79.87 | 78.64 | 79.99 | 79.91 | 80.12 | 79.07 | 80.12 m | |
| 4 | Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) | 78.80 | 79.68 | 77.70 | X | X | X | 79.68 m | |
| 5 | Primož Kozmus (SLO) | 78.16 | X | 78.00 | 74.76 | 78.72 | 79.68 | 79.68 m | |
| 6 | Ilya Konovalov (RUS) | 76.49 | X | 76.06 | 76.81 | 76.10 | 78.55 | 78.55 m | |
| 7 | Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR) | 78.13 | 76.81 | 77.63 | X | 73.99 | X | 78.13 m | |
| 8 | Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE) | 75.62 | 77.79 | 77.05 | 77.70 | X | 75.62 | 77.79 m | |
| 9 | Miloslav Konopka (SVK) | 75.86 | 75.18 | X | | | | 75.86 m | |
| 10 | Stuart Rendell (AUS) | 73.14 | 75.72 | 75.54 | | | | 75.72 m | |
| 11 | Nicolas Figère (FRA) | 73.97 | 70.98 | 74.06 | | | | 74.06 m | |
| — | Igor Astapkovich (BLR) | X | X | X | | | | NM | |