The men's

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at the

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, France, on 2 and 4 August 2024. This was the 29th time that the event is contested at the

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Summary

The revelation of 2023 was Ethan Katzberg who had grown from fouling out at the 2021 U20 Championships to winning the 2023 World Championships. At the time the narrow victory over Olympic Champion Wojciech Nowicki may have marked a changing of the guard. Silver medalist Eivind Henriksen and bronze medalist

Paweł Fajdek Paweł Fajdek (Polish pronunciation: ; born 4 June 1989) is a Polish hammer thrower, a five-time World Champion, European Champion, Olympic bronze medal winner, multiple Polish Champion and Polish men's hammer throw record holder. In 2013, h ...

were back but now well over 30, not abnormal for hammer throwers. World Championship bronze medalist

Bence Halász Bence Halász (born 4 August 1997) is a Hungarian athlete specialising in the hammer throw. He won the silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics and also the bronze medal at the 2019 and the 2023 World Championships. In addition, he won gold meda ...

is still in his late 20's, but Katzberg is only 22. This season Katzberg dominated the top throws, setting a North American record at 84.38m in April and 8 different competitions over 80. The only other throwers over 80 meters were Nowicki, Fajdek, Halász and

Mykhaylo Kokhan Mykhaylo Kokhan or Mykhailo Serhiiovych Kokhan (; born 22 January 2001) is a Ukrainian athlete specialising in the hammer throw. He won the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Career He represented his country at the 2019 World Championsh ...

, age 23 who threw over 80 five times. A Russian and a Belorussian were not invited to the Olympics. In the qualifying round, only Rudy Winkler made an auto qualifier of 77 meters on his first attempt. After cleaning up a first round foul, Katzberg led five auto qualifiers. It took 75.25m to get into the final. In the finals, Nowicki started with a 77.42m, Kokhan topped that with 78.54m and Winkler put himself in position with 77.92m. Then, Katzberg stepped into the ring and launched his first throw of the finals at . It was game over at that point, with the other competitors now having to fight it out for silver and bronze. In the second round, Kokhan improved to 79.39m and Henriksen moved up to 79.18m. In the third round, Halász pushed Henriksen off the podium with a 79.97m, the Katzberg backed up his first throw with an 82.28m. They went through the formality of three more rounds as no other thrower broke 80m, but only Fajdek improved to 78.80m and that only put him in fifth. Katzberg was the first Canadian to win the Hammer, the first North American since 1956, and only the third non-(former)

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Background

The men's

has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the second edition in

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15 ...

Qualification

For the men's hammer throw event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by throwing the entry standard of 78.20 m or further or by their

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for this event.Sean McAlister,
How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained
", '' Olympics.com'', 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.

Results

Qualification

The qualification was held on 2 August, starting at 10:10 (UTC+2) for Group A and 11:35 (UTC+2) for Group B in the morning. 32 athletes qualified for the first round by qualification distance or world ranking.Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics
", '' Olympics.com''. Retrieved 29 June 2024. Qualification: 77.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Final

The final was held on 4 August, starting at 20:30 (UTC+2) in the evening.

References

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