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at the

2022 World Athletics Championships The 2022 World Athletics Championships was the eighteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships. It was held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, United States, from July 15–24, 2022, with the country hosting that competition for the f ...

was held at the

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in Eugene on 15 and 16 July 2022.

Summary

Back in 2011, Paweł Fajdek finished 11th and last in the final. Since then, the results have been the same, Paweł Fajdek World Champion. He was back for another spin. In the first round, Rudy Winkler was the first to throw over 78 with a 78.91m. Quentin Bigot threw 79.52m to take the lead and Bence Halász was in second with 79.12m. Seven throwers were over 77 metres while Fajdek only managed 74.71m to find himself in a non-qualifying 9th place. Leading off the second round, Olympic Champion and World Leader

Wojciech Nowicki Wojciech Nowicki (; born 22 February 1989) is a Polish hammer thrower. He won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics and bronze medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2015, 2017 and 2019 World Championships. His personal best in the event is 82 ...

threw 80.07m to take the lead. Then Fajdek put one out to 80.58m, that's more like it. Then the next thrower Eivind Henriksen pushed him to second position by throwing an 80.87m. Nowicki led off the third round with an 81.03m to take the lead. Later Fajdek threw to take the lead back. Bigot and Halász both threw beyond 80 metres in the third round. And that decided the medals. Nobody threw over 80 the rest of the finals. For the fifth time in a row, Fajdek won the Championships, to become the first five time gold medalist.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Order of Distinction, OD, Order of Jamaica , OJ (née Fraser; born December 27, 1986) is a Jamaican track and field Sprint (running), sprinter competing in the 60 metres, 60 metres, 100 metres, 100 m and 200 m ...

would duplicate the feat, non-consecutively at 100m the following day.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: The following records were established during the competition:

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 77.50 m.

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 77.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.Qualification start list
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Final

References

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Hammer throw The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consis ...

Hammer throw at the World Athletics Championships