# 2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

The men's hammer throw at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 28 and 30 June.

## Medalists

| Gold | Krisztián Pars Hungary |
| Silver | Aleksey Zagornyi Russia |
| Bronze | Szymon Ziółkowski Poland |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.74 | Stuttgart, West Germany | 30 August 1986 |
| European record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.74 | Stuttgart, West Germany | 30 August 1986 |
| Championship record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.74 | Stuttgart, West Germany | 30 August 1986 |
| World Leading | Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) | 82.81 | Brest, Belarus | 25 May 2012 |
| European Leading | Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) | 82.81 | Brest, Belarus | 25 May 2012 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 28 June 2012 | 13:55 | Qualification |
| 30 June 2012 | 21:05 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 77.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Krisztián Pars | Hungary | 77.16 | x | 78.09 | 78.09 | Q |
| 2 | B | Nicola Vizzoni | Italy | 73.99 | 76.42 | 74.18 | 76.42 | q, SB |
| 3 | B | Oleksiy Sokyrskyy | Ukraine | 75.35 | x | 72.56 | 75.35 | q |
| 4 | A | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen | Finland | 74.54 | x | x | 74.54 | q |
| 5 | B | Pavel Kryvitski | Belarus | 70.78 | x | 74.39 | 74.39 | q |
| 6 | B | Markus Esser | Germany | 74.04 | 73.42 | x | 74.04 | q |
| 7 | A | Aleksey Zagornyi | Russia | 72.10 | 73.55 | 74.00 | 74.00 | q |
| 8 | A | Marcel Lomnický | Slovakia | 73.84 | 73.32 | x | 73.84 | q |
| 9 | B | Szymon Ziółkowski | Poland | 72.05 | x | 73.74 | 73.74 | q |
| 10 | A | Jérôme Bortoluzzi | France | 70.29 | 73.46 | x | 73.46 | q |
| 11 | B | Valeriy Sviatokha | Belarus | 73.01 | x | 70.48 | 73.01 | q |
| 12 | A | Mattias Jons | Sweden | 71.56 | 72.85 | x | 72.85 | q |
| 13 | A | Nicolas Figère | France | 72.84 | 71.17 | x | 72.84 | |
| 14 | A | Eivind Henriksen | Norway | 72.54 | x | 71.49 | 72.54 | |
| 15 | A | Lorenzo Povegliano | Italy | x | 72.47 | x | 72.47 | |
| 16 | B | Kristóf Németh | Hungary | 69.42 | 71.23 | 72.46 | 72.46 | |
| 17 | A | Yury Shayunou | Belarus | x | 72.18 | 72.07 | 72.18 | |
| 18 | B | Anatoliy Pozdnyakov | Russia | 69.08 | 67.84 | 71.79 | 71.79 | |
| 19 | A | Andriy Martynyuk | Ukraine | 71.48 | 68.39 | 71.69 | 71.69 | |
| 20 | B | Tuomas Seppänen | Finland | 69.84 | 70.47 | 71.15 | 71.15 | |
| 21 | A | Marco Lingua | Italy | x | 70.81 | 71.07 | 71.07 | |
| 22 | B | Javier Cienfuegos | Spain | x | 70.91 | x | 70.91 | |
| 23 | B | Igors Sokolovs | Latvia | 69.77 | x | 70.80 | 70.80 | |
| 24 | B | Quentin Bigot | France | 68.36 | x | 70.78 | 70.78 | |
| 25 | B | Mark Dry | Great Britain | 69.32 | x | 70.27 | 70.27 | |
| 26 | B | Libor Charfreitag | Slovakia | x | 69.65 | x | 69.65 | |
| 27 | A | Andraš Haklić | Croatia | 69.31 | x | x | 69.31 | |
| 28 | B | Lukáš Melich | Czech Republic | x | 68.92 | x | 68.92 | |
| 29 | A | Konstantinos Stathelakos | Cyprus | 68.07 | 67.30 | 68.20 | 68.20 | |
| 30 | A | Dorian Collaku | Albania | 59.44 | 59.92 | x | 59.92 | |
| | A | David Söderberg | Finland | x | x | x | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result |
| | Krisztián Pars | Hungary | 78.57 | 79.40 | x | 79.72 | 79.46 | 77.47 | 79.72 |
| | Aleksey Zagornyi | Russia | 74.97 | 76.51 | x | x | 75.92 | 77.40 | 77.40 |
| | Szymon Ziółkowski | Poland | 76.44 | x | x | x | 74.31 | 76.67 | 76.67 |
| 4 | Valeriy Sviatokha | Belarus | 75.83 | x | x | 73.34 | 73.15 | 75.07 | 75.83 |
| 5 | Nicola Vizzoni | Italy | 75.13 | 74.77 | 74.22 | 74.77 | x | x | 75.13 |
| 6 | Mattias Jons | Sweden | 74.50 | 73.64 | x | 74.56 | x | 74.44 | 74.56 |
| 7 | Markus Esser | Germany | 74.18 | 73.26 | 73.00 | 74.49 | 72.23 | 74.43 | 74.49 |
| 8 | Jérôme Bortoluzzi | France | 73.89 | 74.49 | 73.10 | x | 73.89 | 74.05 | 74.49 |
| 9 | Pavel Kryvitski | Belarus | x | x | 73.67 | | | | 73.67 |
| 10 | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen | Finland | 69.97 | 73.08 | 73.48 | | | | 73.48 |
| 11 | Marcel Lomnický | Slovakia | 73.41 | x | 72.97 | | | | 73.41 |
| | Oleksiy Sokyrskyy | Ukraine | x | x | x | | | | NM |