2021 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's hammer throw

Men's hammer throw
at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships
VenueKasarani Stadium
Dates18 August (qualification)
20 August (final)
Competitors24 from 20 nations
Winning distance77.83 m
Medalists
gold medal    Czech Republic
silver medal    Greece
bronze medal    France
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The men's hammer throw at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Kasarani Stadium on 18 and 20 August.[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships
World U20 Record  Ashraf Amgad El-Seify (QAT) 85.57 Barcelona, Spain 14 July 2012
Championship Record
World U20 Leading  Merlin Hummel (GER) 81.21 Bamberg, Germany 26 June 2021

Results

Qualification

The qualification took place on 18 August, in two groups, with Group A starting at 09:08 and Group B starting at 10:36. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 74.00 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.[2][3]

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3
1 B Jan Doležálek  Czech Republic 77.58 77.58 Q, NU20R
2 A Orestis Ntousakis  Greece 76.25 76.25 Q
3 B Ronald Mencía  Cuba 73.59 74.98 74.98 Q
4 A Ethan Katzberg  Canada 74.39 74.39 Q
5 A Jean-Baptiste Bruxelle  France x 74.06 74.06 Q
6 B Dawid Piłat  Poland 72.44 x 72.85 72.85 q
7 B Theodoros Ziogas  Greece x 72.61 x 72.61 q
8 A Juan Jiménez  Spain 71.05 69.44 68.23 71.05 q
9 B Arttu Härkönen  Finland 70.63 x 69.74 70.63 q, PB
10 B Valentin Andreev  Bulgaria x x 70.54 70.54 q
11 B Davide Costa  Italy 65.50 70.31 67.31 70.31 q
12 A Oleg Yakushkin  Authorised Neutral Athletes 70.29 x x 70.29 q
13 A Tomasz Ratajczyk  Poland x 69.43 x 69.43
14 A Jan Emberšič  Slovenia x 67.78 x 67.78
15 A Emirhan Şipşak  Turkey x 64.35 67.11 67.11
16 A Sebastian Tommasi  Argentina x 65.73 63.53 65.73
17 B Aldo Zavala  Mexico x x 65.65 65.65
18 A Cristian Meheș  Romania x x 65.08 65.08
19 B Balázs Katavics  Hungary x 64.06 x 64.06
20 B Vipin Kumar  India x 62.24 63.17 63.17
21 A Makars Korotkovs  Latvia 62.36 x 62.47 62.47
B Dragoș Nicorici  Romania x x x NM
A Gregorio Giorgis  Italy x x x NM
B Pieter-Juan Vorstman  South Africa x x x NM

Final

The final was held on 20 August at 16:17.[4]

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jan Doležálek  Czech Republic x 77.35 x 73.87 77.83 x 77.83 NU20R
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Orestis Ntousakis  Greece x 75.69 77.78 x x 73.54 77.78
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jean-Baptiste Bruxelle  France 75.86 77.70 x x 73.88 74.07 77.70
4 Dawid Piłat  Poland 72.14 75.95 x 72.14 77.09 72.00 77.09
5 Oleg Yakushkin  Authorised Neutral Athletes 68.84 x 71.41 73.20 x 73.31 73.31
6 Theodoros Ziogas  Greece 69.02 70.44 71.39 x 70.91 72.24 72.24
7 Ronald Mencía  Cuba x x 69.84 68.83 71.60 x 71.60
8 Davide Costa  Italy 67.56 68.67 70.62 x x 70.62
9 Valentin Andreev  Bulgaria 68.89 69.42 67.29 69.42
10 Juan Jiménez  Spain x 67.90 68.63 68.63
11 Arttu Härkönen  Finland x 67.23 68.34 68.34
Ethan Katzberg  Canada x x x NM

References

  1. ^ "2021 World U20 Championships Nairobi Timetable". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Hammer Throw (6kg) Men − Qualification − Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Hammer Throw (6kg) Men − Qualification − Summary" (PDF). World Athletics. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Hammer Throw (6kg) Men − Final − Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.