2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

Events at the 2007 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

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

Victory ceremony

Gold	Ivan Tsikhan (BLR)
Silver	Primož Kozmus (SLO)
Bronze	Libor Charfreitag (SVK)

Schedule

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

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

Group B

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

Final

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

See also

• 2007 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

References

• Official results, qualification - IAAF.org
• Official results, final - IAAF.org
• Event report - IAAF.org
• hammerthrow.wz