# 2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

The men's hammer throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 1 to 2 October 2019.

## Summary

The finals opened with all but two already over 74 metres, three throwers over 76 metres, Eivind Henriksen, Wojciech Nowicki and Quentin Bigot; Bence Halász at 78.18m and Pawel Fajdek at 79.34m all in the first round. The second round saw the rest of the field over 74, Bigot solidifying his hold on third with a 78.06m and Fajdek improving to 80.16m. In the third, Henriksen challenged the podium with a 77.38m. It took exactly 76 metres just to get three more throws. In the fourth round Nowicki upped his challenge to 77.42m, Bigot edged into silver position with a 78.19m and then Fajdek landed the winner 80.50 m (264 ft 1 in). In the fifth round, Mykhaylo Kokhan threw a personal best 77.39m, then in the final frame, Nowicki dropped his best of 77.69m, originally not enough to get onto the podium.
However, after the competition, the Polish delegation protested the officials call on Halász in the first round, claiming his stepping outside of the circle, a foul, being missed. On further review, IAAF decided the officials acted improperly but the early call affected the rest of way Halász performed in the competition. Nowicki was awarded an additional bronze medal.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date | Location |
| World | 86.74 | Yuriy Sedykh | URS | 30 Aug 1986 | Stuttgart, Germany |
| Championship | 83.38 | Szymon Ziółkowski | POL | 5 Aug 2001 | Edmonton, Canada |
| World leading | 81.74 | Wojciech Nowicki | POL | 2 Jul 2019 | Poznań, Poland |
| African | 81.27 | Mostafa El Gamel | EGY | 21 Mar 2014 | Cairo, Egyptz |
| Asian | 84.86 | Koji Murofushi | JPN | 29 Jun 2003 | Prague, Czech Republic |
| NACAC | 82.52 | Lance Deal | USA | 7 Sep 1996 | Milan, Italy |
| South American | 78.63 | Wagner Domingos | BRA | 19 Jun 2016 | Celje, Slovenia |
| European | 86.74 | Yuriy Sedykh | URS | 30 Aug 1986 | Stuttgart, Germany |
| Oceanian | 79.29 | Stuart Rendell | AUS | 6 Jul 2002 | Varaždin, Croatia |

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 1 October | 16:30 | Qualification |
| 2 October | 21:40 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 76.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | B | Paweł Fajdek | Poland (POL) | 79.24 | | | 79.24 | Q |
| 2 | A | Wojciech Nowicki | Poland (POL) | 77.89 | | | 77.89 | Q |
| 3 | A | Quentin Bigot | France (FRA) | 77.44 | | | 77.44 | Q |
| 4 | B | Rudy Winkler | United States (USA) | 76.00 | 74.03 | 77.06 | 77.06 | Q, PB |
| 5 | A | Javier Cienfuegos | Spain (ESP) | 74.87 | 75.06 | 76.90 | 76.90 | Q |
| 6 | B | Bence Halász | Hungary (HUN) | 76.90 | | | 76.90 | Q |
| 7 | B | Mykhaylo Kokhan | Ukraine (UKR) | x | 76.56 | | 76.56 | Q |
| 8 | B | Eivind Henriksen | Norway (NOR) | 76.21 | 75.48 | 76.46 | 76.46 | q |
| 9 | A | Yevgeniy Korotovskiy | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 74.96 | 75.90 | 76.36 | 76.36 | q |
| 10 | A | Nick Miller | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | x | 76.36 | x | 76.36 | q |
| 11 | A | Hleb Dudarau | Belarus (BLR) | 71.74 | 75.38 | 76.28 | 76.28 | q |
| 12 | A | Ashraf Amgad El-Seify | Qatar (QAT) | 72.38 | 76.22 | x | 76.22 | q, SB |
| 13 | B | Michail Anastasakis | Greece (GRE) | 72.75 | 73.62 | 75.07 | 75.07 | |
| 14 | A | Conor McCullough | United States (USA) | 74.26 | 74.88 | 72.82 | 74.88 | |
| 15 | B | Zakhar Makhrosenka | Belarus (BLR) | 71.74 | 73.08 | 74.80 | 74.80 | |
| 16 | B | Serghei Marghiev | Moldova (MDA) | 74.15 | 74.25 | 74.28 | 74.28 | |
| 17 | A | Gabriel Kehr | Chile (CHI) | 73.99 | 73.80 | 71.79 | 73.99 | |
| 18 | B | Marcel Lomnický | Slovakia (SVK) | 73.51 | 73.01 | x | 73.51 | |
| 19 | B | Denis Lukyanov | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 71.41 | 71.93 | 73.47 | 73.47 | |
| 20 | B | Özkan Baltaci | Turkey (TUR) | 73.19 | 72.68 | x | 73.19 | |
| 21 | A | Diego del Real | Mexico (MEX) | 71.90 | 73.15 | 71.62 | 73.15 | |
| 22 | A | Krisztián Pars | Hungary (HUN) | 72.69 | 72.36 | 73.05 | 73.05 | |
| 23 | A | Christos Frantzeskakis | Greece (GRE) | 72.96 | x | 72.81 | 72.96 | |
| 24 | A | Daniel Haugh | United States (USA) | x | 68.52 | 72.85 | 72.85 | |
| 25 | B | Humberto Mansilla | Chile (CHI) | 71.71 | x | 72.68 | 72.68 | |
| 26 | B | Roberto Sawyers | Costa Rica (CRC) | x | 70.58 | 72.41 | 72.41 | |
| 27 | A | Serhiy Perevoznikov | Ukraine (UKR) | x | 72.16 | 71.26 | 72.16 | |
| 28 | B | Alberto González | Spain (ESP) | 71.69 | 71.59 | x | 71.69 | |
| 29 | B | Serhiy Reheda | Ukraine (UKR) | x | x | 71.28 | 71.28 | |
| 30 | A | Mostafa El Gamel | Egypt (EGY) | 68.99 | 70.45 | 68.16 | 70.45 | |
| 31 | A | Joaquín Gómez | Argentina (ARG) | 70.07 | 70.17 | 68.40 | 70.17 | |

### Final

The final was started on 2 October at 21:40.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Mark | Notes |
| | Paweł Fajdek | Poland (POL) | 79.34 | 80.16 | 79.37 | 80.50 | x | x | 80.50 | |
| | Quentin Bigot | France (FRA) | 76.34 | 78.06 | 77.89 | 78.19 | x | 74.87 | 78.19 | SB |
| | Bence Halász | Hungary (HUN) | 78.18 | x | x | x | 73.76 | x | 78.18 | |
| | Wojciech Nowicki | Poland (POL) | 76.25 | 76.50 | x | 77.42 | x | 77.69 | 77.69 | |
| 5 | Mykhaylo Kokhan | Ukraine (UKR) | 74.52 | 72.58 | 75.83 | 76.21 | 77.39 | 76.50 | 77.39 | PB |
| 6 | Eivind Henriksen | Norway (NOR) | 76.03 | x | 77.38 | x | 75.36 | 77.07 | 77.38 | |
| 7 | Javier Cienfuegos | Spain (ESP) | 73.25 | 74.73 | 76.00 | 76.57 | 76.01 | 74.64 | 76.57 | |
| 8 | Hleb Dudarau | Belarus (BLR) | 75.45 | 74.36 | 76.00 | 74.30 | 74.46 | 75.34 | 76.00 | |
| 9 | Ashraf Amgad El-Seify | Qatar (QAT) | 75.28 | 75.41 | 75.09 | | | | 75.41 | |
| 10 | Nick Miller | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 75.31 | x | x | | | | 75.31 | |
| 11 | Rudy Winkler | United States (USA) | 74.42 | 75.20 | 73.47 | | | | 75.20 | |
| 12 | Yevgeniy Korotovskiy | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | x | 74.64 | 75.14 | | | | 75.14 | |