2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

Events at the
2003 World Championships
Track events
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800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
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3000 m
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4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
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Field events
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Hammer throwmenwomen
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These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes, with the final held on Monday 25 August 2003.

Medalists

Gold Belarus Ivan Tsikhan
Belarus (BLR)
Silver Hungary Adrián Annus
Hungary (HUN)
Bronze Japan Koji Murofushi
Japan (JPN)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
23.08.2003 – 09:30h 23.08.2003 – 11:00h
Final Round
25.08.2003 – 18:00h

Abbreviations

  • 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

Records

Standing records prior to the 2003 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 86.74 m August 30, 1986 West Germany Stuttgart, West Germany
Event Record  Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) 83.38 m August 5, 2001 Canada Edmonton, Canada
Season Best  Koji Murofushi (JPN) 84.86 m June 29, 2003 Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic

Qualification

Group A

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 1  Igor Astapkovich (BLR) 77.11 77.48 79.66 79.66 m
2 3  Koji Murofushi (JPN) 77.50 79.45 — 79.45 m
3 5  Ilya Konovalov (RUS) 78.45 — — 78.45 m
4 8  Primož Kozmus (SLO) X 76.88 78.10 78.10 m
5 8  Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE) 75.82 77.53 75.95 77.53 m
6 10  Nicolas Figère (FRA) 76.79 76.26 X 76.79 m
7 13  Libor Charfreitag (SVK) 76.52 76.14 X 76.52 m
8 14  Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN) X 76.20 75.79 76.20 m
9 15  Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) 74.25 73.86 75.76 75.76 m
10 18  Maciej Pałyszko (POL) 75.20 X 75.42 75.42 m
11 19  Péter Botfa (HUN) 73.10 74.75 74.74 74.75 m
12 20  Sergey Kirmasov (RUS) X 74.17 72.91 74.17 m
13 21  Oleksandr Krykun (UKR) 70.38 72.97 73.58 73.58 m

Group B

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 2  Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) X 79.64 — 79.64 m
2 4  Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) 76.77 78.50 — 78.50 m
3 2  Adrián Annus (HUN) 78.20 — — 78.20 m
4 7  Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR) 75.07 76.46 78.12 78.12 m
5 11  Miloslav Konopka (SVK) 76.58 73.55 75.81 76.58 m
6 12  Stuart Rendell (AUS) 75.57 76.56 X 76.56 m
7 16  Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR) 73.43 74.73 75.65 75.65 m
8 17  Karsten Kobs (GER) 75.21 74.90 75.55 75.55 m
9 22  Aleksey Zagornyi (RUS) X 72.36 73.30 73.30 m
10 23  Christophe Épalle (FRA) X 72.82 X 72.82 m
11 24  Juan Ignacio Cerra (ARG) 72.70 X 71.86 72.70 m
12 25  Wojciech Kondratowicz (POL) X 70.79 X 70.79 m
— —  Vladimír Maška (CZE) X X X DNS

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) X 80.69 81.77 X X 83.05 83.05 m
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Adrián Annus (HUN) 77.26 78.48 79.22 79.01 78.49 80.36 80.36 m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Koji Murofushi (JPN) 79.87 78.64 79.99 79.91 80.12 79.07 80.12 m
4  Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) 78.80 79.68 77.70 X X X 79.68 m
5  Primož Kozmus (SLO) 78.16 X 78.00 74.76 78.72 79.68 79.68 m
6  Ilya Konovalov (RUS) 76.49 X 76.06 76.81 76.10 78.55 78.55 m
7  Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR) 78.13 76.81 77.63 X 73.99 X 78.13 m
8  Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE) 75.62 77.79 77.05 77.70 X 75.62 77.79 m
9  Miloslav Konopka (SVK) 75.86 75.18 X 75.86 m
10  Stuart Rendell (AUS) 73.14 75.72 75.54 75.72 m
11  Nicolas Figère (FRA) 73.97 70.98 74.06 74.06 m
—  Igor Astapkovich (BLR) X X X NM

See also

References