The men's
hammer throw
The hammer throw (HT for short) is one of the four throwing events in regular outdoor track-and-field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and Javelin throw, javelin.
The hammer used in this sport is not like any of the tools a ...
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 ...
was held at the
Hayward Field
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in
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on 15 and 16 July 2022.
Summary
Back in 2011,
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 ...
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
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 ...
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 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 (''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 metres, 200 m. She is widely regarded as ...
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 (HT for short) is one of the four throwing events in regular outdoor track-and-field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and Javelin throw, javelin.
The hammer used in this sport is not like any of the tools a ...
Hammer throw at the World Athletics Championships