Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw
Men's hammer throw at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | ||||||||||
Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
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Date | 3–5 August | |||||||||
Competitors | 41 from 31 nations | |||||||||
Winning distance | 80.59 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics ![]() | ||||
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Track events | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
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 | ||
4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
Road events | ||||
Marathon | men | women | ||
20 km walk | men | women | ||
50 km walk | men | |||
Field events | ||||
Long jump | men | women | ||
Triple jump | men | women | ||
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.[1] 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.[2]
After a retesting of his 2004 sample, 2012 world leader Ivan Tsikhan's entry was withdrawn.[3]
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.[4] 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 |
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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 | ![]() |
86.74 m | Stuttgart, West Germany | 30 August 1986 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
84.80 m | Seoul, South Korea | 26 September 1988 |
2012 World leading | ![]() |
82.81 m | Brest, Belarus | 25 May 2012 |
Results
Qualifying Round
- Entrants as of 27 July 2012.[5]
Qual. rule: qualification standard 78.00m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).
Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
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1 | B | Krisztián Pars | ![]() |
77.11 | 79.37 | – | 79.37 | Q |
2 | A | Koji Murofushi | ![]() |
77.18 | 78.48 | – | 78.48 | Q, SB |
3 | A | Primož Kozmus | ![]() |
78.12 | – | – | 78.12 | Q, SB |
4 | A | Olexiy Sokyyrskiyy | ![]() |
X | X | 77.65 | 77.65 | q |
5 | A | Kibwe Johnson | ![]() |
X | X | 77.17 | 77.17 | q, SB |
6 | A | Kirill Ikonnikov | ![]() |
X | 76.43 | 76.85 | | DSQ[6] |
7 | A | Szymon Ziółkowski | ![]() |
76.22 | X | 75.68 | 76.22 | q |
8 | A | Dilshod Nazarov | ![]() |
73.90 | X | 75.91 | 75.91 | q |
9 | A | Lukáš Melich | ![]() |
75.88 | 75.29 | 72.49 | 75.88 | q |
10 | A | Nicola Vizzoni | ![]() |
74.79 | 73.88 | 74.12 | 74.79 | q |
11 | A | Alexander Smith | ![]() |
72.59 | 74.71 | 73.21 | 74.71 | q |
12 | B | Valeriy Sviatokha | ![]() |
73.11 | 73.07 | 74.69 | 74.69 | q |
13 | B | Eivind Henriksen | ![]() |
72.67 | X | 74.62 | 74.62 | |
14 | B | Jérôme Bortoluzzi | ![]() |
X | 70.36 | 74.15 | 74.15 | |
15 | B | Marcel Lomnicky | ![]() |
X | 74.00 | X | 74.00 | |
16 | B | Javier Cienfuegos | ![]() |
X | 63.79 | 73.73 | 73.73 | |
17 | A | Eşref Apak | ![]() |
X | X | 73.47 | 73.47 | |
18 | B | Ali Al-Zinkawi | ![]() |
70.67 | 73.40 | X | 73.40 | |
19 | B | Roberto Janet | ![]() |
72.52 | 73.34 | 70.19 | 73.34 | |
20 | B | Dzmitry Marshin | ![]() |
72.06 | X | 72.85 | 72.85 | |
21 | A | Igors Sokolovs | ![]() |
X | 71.77 | 72.76 | 72.76 | |
22 | B | Kaveh Mousavi | ![]() |
67.25 | 71.42 | 72.70 | 72.70 | |
23 | B | Aleksey Zagornyi | ![]() |
71.02 | 72.52 | X | 72.52 | |
24 | A | Quentin Bigot | ![]() |
69.22 | 68.17 | 72.42 | 72.42 | |
25 | B | A. G. Kruger | ![]() |
X | 72.13 | X | 72.13 | |
26 | B | David Söderberg | ![]() |
X | 71.26 | 71.76 | 71.76 | |
27 | B | Lorenzo Povegliano | ![]() |
71.55 | 68.77 | X | 71.55 | |
DSQ[7] | A | Pavel Kryvitski | ![]() |
71.49 | X | X | 71.49 | |
29 | A | Mostafa Al-Gamel | ![]() |
X | 70.23 | 71.36 | 71.36 | |
30 | A | András Haklits | ![]() |
X | 70.61 | X | 70.61 | |
31 | A | Serghei Marghiev | ![]() |
67.17 | 67.32 | 69.76 | 69.76 | |
32 | B | Nicolas Figère | ![]() |
69.74 | X | X | 69.74 | |
33 | B | Constantinos Stathelakos | ![]() |
69.65 | X | X | 69.65 | |
34 | A | Oleksandr Dryhol | ![]() |
X | 68.02 | 69.57 | 69.57 | |
35 | B | Mergen Mamedov | ![]() |
68.39 | 66.99 | 67.23 | 68.39 | |
36 | B | Juan Ignacio Cerra | ![]() |
68.20 | 68.20 | |||
37 | A | Alexandros Papadimitriou | ![]() |
X | 66.91 | 67.19 | 67.19 | |
38 | A | Suhrob Khodjaev | ![]() |
65.88 | 64.74 | X | 65.88 | |
– | B | Paweł Fajdek | ![]() |
X | X | X | NM | |
– | B | Artem Rubanko | ![]() |
X | X | X | NM | |
– | B | James Steacy | ![]() |
X | X | X | NM |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | Result | Notes |
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![]() | Krisztián Pars | ![]() | 79.14 | 78.33 | 80.59 | 79.70 | 79.28 | 78.88 | 80.59 | |
![]() | Primož Kozmus | ![]() | 78.97 | X | X | X | 79.36 | 78.59 | 79.36 | SB |
![]() | Koji Murofushi | ![]() | X | 78.16 | 78.71 | 78.09 | 77.12 | 76.47 | 78.71 | SB |
4 | Olexiy Sokyyrskiyy | ![]() | 76.51 | 78.25 | X | X | X | 76.99 | 78.25 | |
5 | Kirill Ikonnikov | ![]() | 77.86 | X | 77.81 | 74.60 | X | 77.46 | | DSQ |
6 | Lukáš Melich | ![]() | 76.73 | 75.67 | 77.17 | 76.28 | 18.90 | X | 77.17 | |
7 | Szymon Ziółkowski | ![]() | 75.69 | 74.95 | 76.30 | 76.88 | 77.10 | 75.86 | 77.10 | |
8 | Nicola Vizzoni | ![]() | 75.75 | 75.84 | 75.41 | 76.07 | 75.79 | X | 76.07 | |
9 | Kibwe Johnson | ![]() | 73.31 | 74.95 | X | N/A | N/A | N/A | 74.95 | |
10 | Dilshod Nazarov | ![]() | 70.00 | 70.88 | 73.80 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 73.80 | |
11 | Valeriy Sviatokha | ![]() | 73.13 | 72.78 | 72.42 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 73.13 | |
12 | Alexander Smith | ![]() | 69.74 | 72.87 | 71.47 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 72.87 |
References
- ↑ Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- ↑ "Men's Shot Put competition format". London 2012 Organising Committee. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19116807
- ↑ http://photoblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/03/13109044-olympic-track-and-fielders-get-a-big-hand-from-mini-helpers?lite
- ↑ Entry List by Event. IAAF (2012-07-27). Retrieved on 2012-07-29.
- ↑ https://rbth.com/sport/2016/10/27/ioc-bans-2-russian-athletes-after-positive-doping-tests-from-2012-olympics_642651
- ↑ IOC sanctions four athletes for failing anti-doping tests
- ↑ "Men's Hammer Throw - Final". London 2012 Organising Committee. Retrieved 5 August 2012.