2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw

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.[2]

Before the competition records were as follows:[3]

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

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:[4]