2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

The final of the Men's Hammer Throw
Hammer throw
The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...

event at the 2001 World Championships
2001 World Championships in Athletics
The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between 3 August and 12 August and was the first time the event had visited North America...

in Edmonton, Canada was held on Sunday August 5, 2001. There were a total number of 32 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged on Saturday August 4, with the mark set at 79.50 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Szymon Ziółkowski Poland Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north... (POL)
Silver	Koji Murofushi Koji Murofushi is a Japanese hammer thrower. He has been among the world elite since the 2001 World Championships, where he won the silver medal. He was olympic champion during the Athens Olympics. In 2011, He was crowned world champion.-Career:... Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... (JPN)
Bronze	Ilya Konovalov Ilya Konovalov Ilya Valeryevich Konovalov is a retired male hammer thrower from Russia, whose personal best throw is 82.28 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Tula.... Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... (RUS)

Schedule

All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7
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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
04.08.2001 – 10:00h 04.08.2001 – 12:08h
Final Round
05.08.2001 – 16:40h

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
04.08.2001 – 10:00h	04.08.2001 – 12:08h
Final Round
05.08.2001 – 16:40h

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

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

Startlist

Order	№	Season Best 2001 Hammer Throw Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2001 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the 2001 World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Canada, where the final of the men's competition was held on Sunday August 5, 2001...	Personal Best
GROUP A
1	1185	76.52	79.26
2	480	79.15	82.78
3	24	76.42	76.42
4	602	75.33	80.98
5	1048	78.58	78.58
6	46	78.93	78.93
7	908	83.38	83.38
8	1125	79.60	81.56
9	536	83.39	83.39
10	505	79.52	80.45
11	540	81.36	83.00
12	1120	80.38	80.38
13	113	75.92	79.85
14	377	80.88	80.88
15	972	80.07	82.62
16	435	76.43	76.43
GROUP B
1	105	79.72	84.62
2	1045	77.65	77.65
3	1128	82.34	82.34
4	974	80.27	80.51
5	1055	76.32	76.32
6	478	78.63	82.22
7	539	81.76	83.68
8	353	78.66	80.55
9	151	69.48	70.66
10	604	80.50	80.50
11	897	79.29	80.25
12	992	80.03	82.54
13	259	80.09	81.28
14	651	83.47	83.47
15	506	78.34	79.83
16	370	79.48	79.81

Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
World Record World records in athletics World records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking....	86.74 m	August 30, 1986	Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... , West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
Event Record	83.06 m	September 1, 1987	Rome, Italy
Season Best 2001 Hammer Throw Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2001 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the 2001 World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Canada, where the final of the men's competition was held on Sunday August 5, 2001...	83.47 m	July 14, 2001	Toyota, Japan
Broken records during the 2001 World Athletics Championships
Event Record	83.38 m	August 5, 2001	Edmonton, Canada

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	1		X	81.85	—	81.85 m
2	2		78.09	77.22	79.60	79.60 m
3	4		79.09	77.23	X	79.09 m
4	9		78.57	78.15	77.95	78.57 m
5	14		75.75	76.34	X	76.34 m
6	15		75.79	X	74.84	75.79 m
7	16		75.60	74.21	75.63	75.63 m
8	17		71.77	75.62	70.64	75.62 m
9	19		73.14	75.00	X	75.00 m
10	20		72.01	X	74.75	74.75 m
11	22		73.44	74.43	X	74.43 m
12	23		X	74.43	X	74.43 m
13	27		X	73.31	X	73.31 m
14	28		72.14	X	X	72.14 m
15	29		70.70	69.92	68.23	70.70 m
—	—		—	—	—	DNS

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	3		77.50	79.29	—	79.29 m
2	5		78.82	75.91	78.78	78.82 m
3	6		77.34	X	78.80	78.80 m
4	7		78.67	76.97	75.99	78.67 m
5	8		78.66	X	78.52	78.66 m
6	10		77.69	78.06	76.69	78.06 m
7	11		74.84	76.99	75.69	76.99 m	SB 2001 Hammer Throw Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2001 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the 2001 World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Canada, where the final of the men's competition was held on Sunday August 5, 2001...
8	12		76.72	75.91	75.53	76.72 m
9	13		76.02	X	76.66	76.66 m
10	18		74.78	71.39	75.29	75.29 m
11	21		74.56	72.29	73.86	74.56 m
12	24		74.20	X	X	74.20 m
13	25		X	74.02	X	74.02 m
14	26		73.79	X	72.30	73.79 m
15	30		X	70.16	67.22	70.16 m
16	31		63.89	63.69	X	63.89 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
		81.88	79.69	X	80.32	83.38	80.39	83.38 m	CR
		79.91	82.46	81.95	81.43	82.92	82.61	82.92 m
		80.27	79.42	79.09	78.94	76.26	X	80.27 m	SB 2001 Hammer Throw Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2001 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the 2001 World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Canada, where the final of the men's competition was held on Sunday August 5, 2001...
4		79.12	72.42	78.46	X	80.13	X	80.13 m
5		77.95	X	79.93	X	X	X	79.93 m
6		79.22	78.44	X	79.75	79.54	X	79.75 m
7		X	78.35	79.20	79.72	78.57	X	79.72 m	SB 2001 Hammer Throw Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2001 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the 2001 World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Canada, where the final of the men's competition was held on Sunday August 5, 2001...
8		78.15	X	X	78.24	76.86	79.34	79.34 m

9		77.86	75.92	78.10				78.10 m
10		X	76.76	75.86				76.76 m
11		74.81	75.34	75.94				75.94 m
12		X	75.36	X				75.36 m