Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

Men's hammer throw at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	3–5 August
Competitors	41 from 31 nations
Winning distance	80.59
Medalists
Krisztián Pars  Hungary Primož Kozmus  Slovenia Koji Murofushi  Japan

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Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
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400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
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Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
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Long jump		men		women
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High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The Men's hammer throw competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at the Olympic Stadium on 3–5 August. Each athlete receives three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieve the qualifying distance progress to the final. If less than twelve athletes achieve this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reach the final.

After a retesting of his 2004 sample, 2012 world leader Ivan Tsikhan's entry was withdrawn.

In the preliminary round, Primož Kozmus only needed one throw to make the automatic qualifier, while Krisztián Pars threw the best qualifying effort 79.37 on his second attempt. Koji Murofushi was the only other automatic qualifier, also in his second attempt. It took 74.69 to make the final.

Pars entered the final with the best 2012 performance among the finalists and took the lead with his first throw. Immediately before him, Kozmus threw far enough to win silver. Olexiy Sokyrskiyy put himself in third place with his second effort. That lasted until the third round when Murofushi's best effort put him in the bronze medal position. But one throw before, Pars let loose the only plus 80 metre throw, solidifying his grasp on the gold medal. After three fouls, in the fifth round Kozmus improved his hold on silver, but was still 1.23 behind the winner.

A great deal of photojournalist attention was devoted to the mini Cooper vehicles being used to retrieve the implements during the competition. The vehicles were used throughout the Olympics, but first appeared in the preliminary round of the hammer.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Friday, 3 August 2012	11:20	Qualifications
Sunday, 5 August 2012	20:20	Finals

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	86.74 m	Stuttgart, West Germany	30 August 1986
Olympic record	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	84.80 m	Seoul, South Korea	26 September 1988
2012 World leading	Ivan Tsikhan (BLR)	82.81 m	Brest, Belarus	25 May 2012

Results

Qualifying Round

• Entrants as of 27 July 2012.

Qual. rule: qualification standard 78.00m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	B	Krisztián Pars	Hungary	77.11	79.37	–	79.37	Q
2	A	Koji Murofushi	Japan	77.18	78.48	–	78.48	Q, SB
3	A	Primož Kozmus	Slovenia	78.12	–	–	78.12	Q, SB
4	A	Olexiy Sokyyrskiyy	Ukraine	X	X	77.65	77.65	q
5	A	Kibwe Johnson	United States	X	X	77.17	77.17	q, SB
6	A	Kirill Ikonnikov	Russia	X	76.43	76.85	76.85	q
7	A	Szymon Ziółkowski	Poland	76.22	X	75.68	76.22	q
8	A	Dilshod Nazarov	Tajikistan	73.90	X	75.91	75.91	q
9	A	Lukáš Melich	Czech Republic	75.88	75.29	72.49	75.88	q
10	A	Nicola Vizzoni	Italy	74.79	73.88	74.12	74.79	q
11	A	Alexander Smith	Great Britain	72.59	74.71	73.21	74.71	q
12	B	Valeriy Sviatokha	Belarus	73.11	73.07	74.69	74.69	q
13	B	Eivind Henriksen	Norway	72.67	X	74.62	74.62
14	B	Jérôme Bortoluzzi	France	X	70.36	74.15	74.15
15	B	Marcel Lomnicky	Slovakia	X	74.00	X	74.00
16	B	Javier Cienfuegos	Spain	X	63.79	73.73	73.73
17	A	Eşref Apak	Turkey	X	X	73.47	73.47
18	B	Ali Al-Zinkawi	Kuwait	70.67	73.40	X	73.40
19	B	Roberto Janet	Cuba	72.52	73.34	70.19	73.34
20	B	Dzmitry Marshin	Azerbaijan	72.06	X	72.85	72.85
21	A	Igors Sokolovs	Latvia	X	71.77	72.76	72.76
22	B	Kaveh Mousavi	Iran	67.25	71.42	72.70	72.70
23	B	Aleksey Zagornyi	Russia	71.02	72.52	X	72.52
24	A	Quentin Bigot	France	69.22	68.17	72.42	72.42
25	B	A. G. Kruger	United States	X	72.13	X	72.13
26	B	David Söderberg	Finland	X	71.26	71.76	71.76
27	B	Lorenzo Povegliano	Italy	71.55	68.77	X	71.55
28	A	Pavel Kryvitski	Belarus	71.49	X	X	71.49
29	A	Mostafa Al-Gamel	Egypt	X	70.23	71.36	71.36
30	A	András Haklits	Croatia	X	70.61	X	70.61
31	A	Serghei Marghiev	Moldova	67.17	67.32	69.76	69.76
32	B	Nicolas Figère	France	69.74	X	X	69.74
33	B	Constantinos Stathelakos	Cyprus	69.65	X	X	69.65
34	A	Oleksandr Dryhol	Ukraine	X	68.02	69.57	69.57
35	B	Mergen Mamedov	Turkmenistan	68.39	66.99	67.23	68.39
36	B	Juan Ignacio Cerra	Argentina			68.20	68.20
37	A	Alexandros Papadimitriou	Greece	X	66.91	67.19	67.19
38	A	Suhrob Khodjaev	Uzbekistan	65.88	64.74	X	65.88
–	B	Paweł Fajdek	Poland	X	X	X	NM
–	B	Artem Rubanko	Ukraine	X	X	X	NM
–	B	James Steacy	Canada	X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Result	Notes
	Krisztián Pars	Hungary	79.14	78.33	80.59	79.70	79.28	78.88	80.59
	Primož Kozmus	Slovenia	78.97	X	X	X	79.36	78.59	79.36	SB
	Koji Murofushi	Japan	X	78.16	78.71	78.09	77.12	76.47	78.71	SB
4	Olexiy Sokyyrskiyy	Ukraine	76.51	78.25	X	X	X	76.99	78.25
5	Kirill Ikonnikov	Russia	77.86	X	77.81	74.60	X	77.46	77.86
6	Lukáš Melich	Czech Republic	76.73	75.67	77.17	76.28	18.90	X	77.17
7	Szymon Ziółkowski	Poland	75.69	74.95	76.30	76.88	77.10	75.86	77.10
8	Nicola Vizzoni	Italy	75.75	75.84	75.41	76.07	75.79	X	76.07
9	Kibwe Johnson	United States	73.31	74.95	X	N/A	N/A	N/A	74.95
10	Dilshod Nazarov	Tajikistan	70.00	70.88	73.80	N/A	N/A	N/A	73.80
11	Valeriy Sviatokha	Belarus	73.13	72.78	72.42	N/A	N/A	N/A	73.13
12	Alexander Smith	Great Britain	69.74	72.87	71.47	N/A	N/A	N/A	72.87