Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's hammer throw
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Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 78.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 A Krisztián Pars
Krisztián Pars
Krisztián Pars is a Hungarian hammer thrower. He has represented Hungary at the Olympics on two occasions; in 2004 and 2008. He has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics and won a bronze medal at the European Athletics Championships.His personal best throw is 82.45 metres, achieved...

 
80.07 80.07 Q
2 B Szymon Ziółkowski  79.55 79.55 Q, SB
3 B Primož Kozmus
Primož Kozmus
Primož Kozmus is a Slovenian hammer thrower and the current Olympic champion. His gold medals in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 2009 World Championships in Berlin made him the first ever Slovenian athlete to win both titles.His personal best throw and Slovenian record is 82.58 metres,...

 
79.44 79.44 Q
4 B Ivan Tsikhan  79.26 79.26 Q
5 A 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:...

 
78.16 78.16 Q
6 A Markus Esser
Markus Esser
Markus Esser is a male hammer thrower from Germany. His personal best is 81.10 metres, achieved in July 2006 in Leverkusen. This ranks him eighth among German hammer throwers, behind Ralf Haber, Heinz Weis, Karsten Kobs, Günter Rodehau, Holger Klose, Christoph Sahner and Klaus Ploghaus....

 
77.00 77.60 77.60 q
7 A Andras Haklits
András Haklits
András Haklits is a Croatian hammer thrower. He represented Hungary until July 1998.He finished tenth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and eighth at the 2008 Olympic Games...

 
74.27 77.12 76.23 77.12 q
8 B Olli-Pekka Karjalainen
Olli-Pekka Karjalainen
Olli-Pekka Karjalainen is a Finnish hammer thrower.The 1998 World Junior Champion, Karjalainen is the world junior record holder with 78.33 metres . His personal best throw is 83.30, achieved in July 2004 in Lahti....

 
75.49 77.07 77.07 q
9 B Vadim Devyatovskiy
Vadim Devyatovskiy
Vadim Anatolyevich Devyatovsky is a Belarusian hammer thrower.He finished fourth at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and in 2005 he won the World Championships silver medal. In July the same year he threw 84.90 metres, which currently is his personal best. He originally won a silver medal at the 2008...

 
73.39 76.56 76.95 76.95 q
10 B Libor Charfreitag
Libor Charfreitag
Libor Charfreitag is a hammer thrower from Slovakia. His personal best throw is 81.81 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Prague.He was chosen Slovak athlete of the year in 2003...

 
76.03 76.61 76.61 q
11 B James Steacy
James Steacy
James Steacy is a male hammer thrower from Canada. His personal best is 79.13 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Lethbridge. Four Time CIS national champion weight throw champion.-Achievements:-References:...

 
76.32 75.01 76.32 q
12 A Dilshod Nazarov
Dilshod Nazarov
Dilshod Nazarov is a Tajikistani athlete who specializes in the hammer throw. He has represented his country at the Olympic Games on two occasions...

 
74.67 75.34 72.47 75.34 q
13 B Nicola Vizzoni
Nicola Vizzoni
Nicola Vizzoni is a male hammer thrower from Italy. He won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and ten years after at the 2010 European Athletics Championships...

 
72.82 75.01 75.01
14 A Yevhen Vynohradov
Yevhen Vynohradov
Yevhen Valeriyovych Vynohradov is a Ukrainian hammer thrower. He was born in the Kiev Oblast, in the Ukrainian republic of the Soviet Union. His personal best throw is 80.58 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Kiev....

 
73.41 74.49 74.49
15 B Artem Rubanko
Artem Rubanko
Artem Borysovych Rubanko is a Ukrainian hammer thrower. His personal best throw is 80.44 metres, achieved in May 2004 in Kiev. He competed at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final.-Achievements:-References:*...

 
74.47 73.89 74.47
16 B Eşref Apak
Esref Apak
Eşref Apak is a Turkish hammer thrower.Apak took part at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and won a surprising bronze medal with 79.51 m after the gold medalist Hungarian athlete Adrián Annus was disqualified by IOC for a doping violation...

 
74.45 74.45
17 A Valeriy Sviatokha
Valeriy Sviatokha
Valeriy Sviatokha is a Belarusian hammer thrower. His personal best throw is 81.49 metres, achieved in May 2006 in Brest.He won the bronze medal at the 2005 Summer Universiade. He also competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final.-Achievements:-References:...

 
74.41 74.41
18 A Alexandros Papadimitriou
Alexandros Papadimitriou
Alexandros Papadimitriou is a Greek hammer thrower. His personal best throw is 80.45 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Athens. This is the current Greek record. He was born in Larissa.-Achievements:-References:**...

 
74.33 73.83 74.33
19 A Igors Sokolovs
Igors Sokolovs
Igors Sokolovs is a Latvian hammer thrower.He competed at the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final....

 
73.72 71.50 73.72
20 B Ali Al-Zinkawi  73.62 73.62
21 A Kirill Ikonnikov
Kirill Ikonnikov
Kirill Gennadiyevich Ikonnikov is a male hammer thrower from Russia. His personal best throw is 79.20 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Zhukovskiy.-Achievements:-References:*...

 
72.04 72.33 72.33
22 B Igor Vinichenko
Igor Vinichenko
Igor Vinichenko is a male hammer thrower from Russia. His personal best throw is 80.00 metres, achieved in February 2007 in Adler. He competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final.-Achievements:-References:...

 
72.05 72.05
23 A Miloslav Konopka
Miloslav Konopka
Miloslav Konopka is a male hammer thrower from Slovakia. His personal best throw is 81.33 metres, achieved in May 2004 in Banská Bystrica.-Achievements:-References:*...

 
71.76 71.96 71.96
24 A Ihor Tuhay
Ihor Tuhay
Ihor Ivanovych Tuhay is a male hammer thrower from Ukraine. His personal best throw is 79.46 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Kiev.-Achievements:-References:*...

 
71.89 70.56 71.89
25 A Bergur Ingi Pétursson  69.73 71.63 71.63
26 B Roman Rozna
Roman Rozna
Roman Rozna is a male hammer thrower from Moldova. His personal best throw is 76.62 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Minsk.He finished twelfth at the 2001 Summer Universiade and seventh at the 2003 Summer Universiade...

 
71.33 69.99 70.23 71.33
27 B A.G. Kruger  70.58 71.21 71.21
28 B Dorian Collaku  69.14 69.84 70.98 70.98
29 A Lukas Melich
Lukáš Melich
Lukáš Melich is a male hammer thrower from the Czech Republic. His personal best throw is 79.36 metres, achieved in July 2005 in Turnov.-Achievements:-References:...

 
69.31 70.56 69.03 70.56
30 B Juan Ignacio Cerra
Juan Ignacio Cerra
Juan Ignacio Cerra is a male hammer thrower from Argentina. His personal best throw is 76.42 metres, achieved in July 2001 in Trieste. This is also the South American record....

 
70.16 70.16
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Mohsen El Anany
Mohsen El Anany is an Egyptian hammer thrower. He was born in Tunis, Tunisia.He started as a runner and was chosen for the throw events by the Egyptian coach Emad Fayez, following that El Anany was recruited by former African shot put champion Nagui Asaad, who was setting up a throwing school...

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Marco Lingua
Marco Lingua is an Italian hammer thrower.He finished eleventh at the 2006 European Championships. He also competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final....

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Q - Qualified with score of 78.00 or higher
q - Qualified as one of 12 best performers
x - Fault
NM - No mark
SB - Season best

Final

The final was held on 17 August. The eight highest-ranked competitors after three rounds qualified for the final three throws to decide the medals.
Rank Athlete Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 6 Result Notes
Primož Kozmus
Primož Kozmus
Primož Kozmus is a Slovenian hammer thrower and the current Olympic champion. His gold medals in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 2009 World Championships in Berlin made him the first ever Slovenian athlete to win both titles.His personal best throw and Slovenian record is 82.58 metres,...

 
80.75 82.02 80.79 80.64 80.98 80.85 82.02 SB
Vadim Devyatovskiy
Vadim Devyatovskiy
Vadim Anatolyevich Devyatovsky is a Belarusian hammer thrower.He finished fourth at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and in 2005 he won the World Championships silver medal. In July the same year he threw 84.90 metres, which currently is his personal best. He originally won a silver medal at the 2008...

 
79.00 81.61 80.86 81.61
Ivan Tsikhan  78.49 80.56 79.59 78.89 81.51 80.87 81.51
Krisztián Pars
Krisztián Pars
Krisztián Pars is a Hungarian hammer thrower. He has represented Hungary at the Olympics on two occasions; in 2004 and 2008. He has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics and won a bronze medal at the European Athletics Championships.His personal best throw is 82.45 metres, achieved...

 
78.05 80.96 80.16 80.11 79.83 80.96
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:...

 
79.47 80.71 79.94 77.96 78.22 77.26 80.71
Olli-Pekka Karjalainen
Olli-Pekka Karjalainen
Olli-Pekka Karjalainen is a Finnish hammer thrower.The 1998 World Junior Champion, Karjalainen is the world junior record holder with 78.33 metres . His personal best throw is 83.30, achieved in July 2004 in Lahti....

 
77.92 79.59 78.99 78.88 79.59 SB
Szymon Ziółkowski  75.92 79.22 79.07 79.04 76.16 79.22
Libor Charfreitag
Libor Charfreitag
Libor Charfreitag is a hammer thrower from Slovakia. His personal best throw is 81.81 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Prague.He was chosen Slovak athlete of the year in 2003...

 
77.62 76.83 77.26 78.65 78.65
Markus Esser
Markus Esser
Markus Esser is a male hammer thrower from Germany. His personal best is 81.10 metres, achieved in July 2006 in Leverkusen. This ranks him eighth among German hammer throwers, behind Ralf Haber, Heinz Weis, Karsten Kobs, Günter Rodehau, Holger Klose, Christoph Sahner and Klaus Ploghaus....

 
74.56 77.10 77.10
10 András Haklits
András Haklits
András Haklits is a Croatian hammer thrower. He represented Hungary until July 1998.He finished tenth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and eighth at the 2008 Olympic Games...

 
75.78 76.58 76.58
11 Dilshod Nazarov
Dilshod Nazarov
Dilshod Nazarov is a Tajikistani athlete who specializes in the hammer throw. He has represented his country at the Olympic Games on two occasions...

 
72.97 76.54 76.54
12 James Steacy
James Steacy
James Steacy is a male hammer thrower from Canada. His personal best is 79.13 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Lethbridge. Four Time CIS national champion weight throw champion.-Achievements:-References:...

75.72 75.54 74.06 75.72

External links

Final results sports-reference hammerthrow.wz

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