2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

The final of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, 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

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Gold   Szymon Ziółkowski
Poland (POL)
Silver   Koji Murofushi
Japan (JPN)
Bronze   Ilya Konovalov
Russia (RUS)

Schedule

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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

Abbreviations

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  • 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

Startlist

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Order Athlete Season Best Personal Best
GROUP A
1 1185   Kevin McMahon (USA) 76.52 79.26
2 480   Karsten Kobs (GER) 79.15 82.78
3 24   Juan Ignacio Cerra (ARG) 76.42 76.42
4 602   Loris Paoluzzi (ITA) 75.33 80.98
5 1048   Miloslav Konopka (SVK) 78.58 78.58
6 46   Stuart Rendell (AUS) 78.93 78.93
7 908   Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) 83.38 83.38
8 1125   Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR) 79.60 81.56
9 536   Adrián Annus (HUN) 83.39 83.39
10 505   Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE) 79.52 80.45
11 540   Balázs Kiss (HUN) 81.36 83.00
12 1120   Oleksandr Krykun (UKR) 80.38 80.38
13 113   Ivan Tikhon (BLR) 75.92 79.85
14 377   Nicolas Figère (FRA) 80.88 80.88
15 972   Sergey Kirmasov (RUS) 80.07 82.62
16 435   Michael Jones (GBR) 76.43 76.43
GROUP B
1 105   Igor Astapkovich (BLR) 79.72 84.62
2 1045   Libor Charfreitag (SVK) 77.65 77.65
3 1128   Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) 82.34 82.34
4 974   Ilya Konovalov (RUS) 80.27 80.51
5 1055   Bengt Johansson (SWE) 76.32 76.32
6 478   Holger Klose (GER) 78.63 82.22
7 539   Tibor Gécsek (HUN) 81.76 83.68
8 353   Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN) 78.66 80.55
9 151   Dylan Armstrong (CAN) 69.48 70.66
10 604   Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) 80.50 80.50
11 897   Maciej Pałyszko (POL) 79.29 80.25
12 992   Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS) 80.03 82.54
13 259   Vladimír Maška (CZE) 80.09 81.28
14 651   Koji Murofushi (JPN) 83.47 83.47
15 506   Hristos Polihroniou (GRE) 78.34 79.83
16 370   David Chaussinand (FRA) 79.48 79.81

Records

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Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
World Record   Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 86.74 m August 30, 1986   Stuttgart, West Germany
Event Record   Sergey Litvinov (URS) 83.06 m September 1, 1987   Rome, Italy
Season Best   Koji Murofushi (JPN) 83.47 m July 14, 2001   Toyota, Japan
Broken records during the 2001 World Athletics Championships
Event Record   Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) 83.38 m August 5, 2001   Edmonton, Canada

Qualification

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Group A

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Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1 1   Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) X 81.85 81.85 m
2 2   Balázs Kiss (HUN) 78.09 77.22 79.60 79.60 m
3 4   Nicolas Figère (FRA) 79.09 77.23 X 79.09 m
4 9   Adrián Annus (HUN) 78.57 78.15 77.95 78.57 m
5 14   Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR) 75.75 76.34 X 76.34 m
6 15   Sergey Kirmasov (RUS) 75.79 X 74.84 75.79 m
7 16   Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE) 75.60 74.21 75.63 75.63 m
8 17   Kevin McMahon (USA) 71.77 75.62 70.64 75.62 m
9 19   Stuart Rendell (AUS) 73.14 75.00 X 75.00 m
10 20   Loris Paoluzzi (ITA) 72.01 X 74.75 74.75 m
11 22   Oleksandr Krykun (UKR) 73.44 74.43 X 74.43 m
12 23   Ivan Tikhon (BLR) X 74.43 X 74.43 m
13 27   Michael Jones (GBR) X 73.31 X 73.31 m
14 28   Miloslav Konopka (SVK) 72.14 X X 72.14 m
15 29   Juan Ignacio Cerra (ARG) 70.70 69.92 68.23 70.70 m
  Karsten Kobs (GER) DNS

Group B

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Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1 3   Tibor Gécsek (HUN) 77.50 79.29 79.29 m
2 5   Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN) 78.82 75.91 78.78 78.82 m
3 6   Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) 77.34 X 78.80 78.80 m
4 7   Ilya Konovalov (RUS) 78.67 76.97 75.99 78.67 m
5 8   Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) 78.66 X 78.52 78.66 m
6 10   Koji Murofushi (JPN) 77.69 78.06 76.69 78.06 m
7 11   Igor Astapkovich (BLR) 74.84 76.99 75.69 76.99 m SB
8 12   Maciej Pałyszko (POL) 76.72 75.91 75.53 76.72 m
9 13   David Chaussinand (FRA) 76.02 X 76.66 76.66 m
10 18   Libor Charfreitag (SVK) 74.78 71.39 75.29 75.29 m
11 21   Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS) 74.56 72.29 73.86 74.56 m
12 24   Vladimír Maška (CZE) 74.20 X X 74.20 m
13 25   Holger Klose (GER) X 74.02 X 74.02 m
14 26   Hristos Polihroniou (GRE) 73.79 X 72.30 73.79 m
15 30   Bengt Johansson (SWE) X 70.16 67.22 70.16 m
16 31   Dylan Armstrong (CAN) 63.89 63.69 X 63.89 m

Final

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Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
    Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) 81.88 79.69 X 80.32 83.38 80.39 83.38 m CR
    Koji Murofushi (JPN) 79.91 82.46 81.95 81.43 82.92 82.61 82.92 m
    Ilya Konovalov (RUS) 80.27 79.42 79.09 78.94 76.26 X 80.27 m SB
4   Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) 79.12 72.42 78.46 X 80.13 X 80.13 m
5   Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) 77.95 X 79.93 X X X 79.93 m
6   Balázs Kiss (HUN) 79.22 78.44 X 79.75 79.54 X 79.75 m
7   Igor Astapkovich (BLR) X 78.35 79.20 79.72 78.57 X 79.72 m SB
8   Tibor Gécsek (HUN) 78.15 X X 78.24 76.86 79.34 79.34 m
9   Adrián Annus (HUN) 77.86 75.92 78.10 78.10 m
10   Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN) X 76.76 75.86 76.76 m
11   Maciej Pałyszko (POL) 74.81 75.34 75.94 75.94 m
12   Nicolas Figère (FRA) X 75.36 X 75.36 m

See also

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References

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