# 2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

The men's hammer throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on 25 August 2007 (qualification) and 27 August 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.

## Medallists

| Gold | Ivan Tsikhan Belarus (BLR) |
| Silver | Primož Kozmus Slovenia (SLO) |
| Bronze | Libor Charfreitag Slovakia (SVK) |

## Schedule

* All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 25.08.2007 – 19:30h | 25.08.2007 – 21:00h |
| Final Round ||
| 27.08.2007 – 19:30h ||

## 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 2007 World Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.74 m | August 30, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |
| Event Record | Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) | 83.89 m | August 8, 2005 | Helsinki, Finland |
| Season Best | Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR) | 82.94 m | July 28, 2007 | Minsk, Belarus |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Nation | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Nation | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Libor Charfreitag | Slovakia (SVK) | 80.61 | — | — | 80.61 m | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Vadim Devyatovskiy | Belarus (BLR) | 76.85 | 79.30 | — | 79.30 m | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Krisztián Pars | Hungary (HUN) | 79.11 | — | — | 79.11 m | Q |
| 4 | 8 | Koji Murofushi | Japan (JPN) | 73.11 | 77.25 | — | 77.25 m | q |
| 5 | 12 | Eşref Apak | Turkey (TUR) | 75.27 | 73.34 | 74.04 | 75.27 m | q |
| 6 | 13 | James Steacy | Canada (CAN) | 74.11 | X | 73.07 | 74.11 m | |
| 7 | 15 | Yevhen Vynohradov | Ukraine (UKR) | 71.15 | 73.87 | X | 73.87 m | |
| 8 | 16 | Nicola Vizzoni | Italy (ITA) | 71.58 | 73.64 | 71.79 | 73.64 m | |
| 9 | 18 | András Haklits | Croatia (CRO) | 71.75 | X | 73.04 | 73.04 m | |
| 10 | 19 | Mohsen El Anany | Egypt (EGY) | 72.93 | X | 69.67 | 72.93 m | |
| 11 | 20 | David Söderberg | Finland (FIN) | X | 71.25 | 72.45 | 72.45 m | |
| 12 | 21 | Dilshod Nazarov | Tajikistan (TJK) | 71.70 | 70.71 | X | 71.70 m | |
| 13 | 27 | Dorian Collaku | Albania (ALB) | 66.63 | 68.30 | 63.86 | 68.30 m | SB |
| — | — | Kibwe Johnson | United States (USA) | X | X | X | NM | |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Nation | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Nation | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Miloslav Konopka | Slovakia (SVK) | X | 79.83 | — | 79.83 m | Q / SB |
| 2 | 5 | Szymon Ziółkowski | Poland (POL) | 73.87 | 78.90 | — | 78.90 m | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Primož Kozmus | Slovenia (SLO) | 77.93 | — | — | 77.93 m | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Ivan Tsikhan | Belarus (BLR) | X | 77.75 | — | 77.75 m | Q |
| 5 | 9 | Ali Al-Zinkawi | Kuwait (KUW) | X | 76.49 | X | 76.49 m | q |
| 6 | 10 | Markus Esser | Germany (GER) | 76.36 | 74.12 | X | 76.36 m | q |
| 7 | 11 | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen | Finland (FIN) | 75.04 | X | 76.12 | 76.12 m | q |
| 8 | 14 | Igors Sokolovs | Latvia (LAT) | X | 72.95 | 73.92 | 73.92 m | |
| 9 | 17 | A.G. Kruger | United States (USA) | 73.19 | 69.39 | X | 73.19 m | |
| 10 | 22 | Alexandros Papadimitriou | Greece (GRE) | 71.58 | X | X | 71.58 m | |
| 11 | 23 | Cosmin Sorescu | Romania (ROM) | 70.43 | 71.49 | 69.42 | 71.49 m | |
| 12 | 24 | Chris Harmse | South Africa (RSA) | 71.07 | X | X | 71.07 m | |
| 13 | 25 | Aleksey Zagornyi | Russia (RUS) | X | X | 70.94 | 70.94 m | |
| 14 | 26 | Hiroaki Doi | Japan (JPN) | 67.57 | 69.89 | X | 69.89 m | |
| 15 | 28 | Fatih Eryildirim | Turkey (TUR) | 67.87 | 67.62 | 66.09 | 67.87 m | |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Ivan Tsikhan | Belarus (BLR) | X | X | 79.35 | X | 80.77 | 83.63 | 83.63 m | SB |
| | Primož Kozmus | Slovenia (SLO) | 80.68 | 79.62 | 82.12 | X | X | 82.29 | 82.29 m | |
| | Libor Charfreitag | Slovakia (SVK) | X | 80.93 | 79.10 | 76.88 | 81.60 | 80.48 | 81.60 m | SB |
| 4 | Vadim Devyatovskiy | Belarus (BLR) | 76.28 | 80.95 | X | 81.22 | 81.57 | 81.20 | 81.57 m | |
| 5 | Krisztián Pars | Hungary (HUN) | 78.29 | 79.49 | 79.55 | 79.63 | 77.29 | 80.93 | 80.93 m | |
| 6 | Koji Murofushi | Japan (JPN) | 76.94 | 79.46 | 80.38 | 79.56 | 80.13 | 80.46 | 80.46 m | SB |
| 7 | Szymon Ziółkowski | Poland (POL) | 79.81 | 80.09 | 78.58 | 79.87 | X | 77.53 | 80.09 m | |
| 8 | Markus Esser | Germany (GER) | 78.67 | 79.66 | 78.37 | X | 79.19 | 79.46 | 79.66 m | |
| 9 | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen | Finland (FIN) | 78.15 | 78.27 | 78.35 | | | | 78.35 m | SB |
| 10 | Miloslav Konopka | Slovakia (SVK) | X | 78.09 | X | | | | 78.09 m | |
| 11 | Eşref Apak | Turkey (TUR) | 75.67 | X | 76.59 | | | | 76.59 m | |
| 12 | Ali Al-Zinkawi | Kuwait (KUW) | X | 72.88 | 76.04 | | | | 76.04 m | |