2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw
Introduction The '''Men's Hammer Throw''' event at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 15 and August 17.With reigning champion Ivan Tsikhan banned from competition for doping offences, the 2008 Olympic gold and silver medallists Primož Kozmus and Krisztián Pars were the favourites in the event. Pars entered the competition with a world-leading throw of 81.43 m and an 18 competition win-streak. Belarusian Yuriy Shayunov and Russian Aleksey Zagornyi, the only other athletes to have thrown over eighty metres twice that season prior to the championships, were identified as possible podium finishers. Nicola Vizzoni, Igor Sokolov, Olli-Pekka Karjalainen, Szymon Ziółkowski, Koji Murofushi, and Libor Charfreitag were all predicted to have an outside chance of a medal.On the first day of competition, Kozmus was the first to pass the automatic qualifying mark of 77.50 m. Pars had the best effort of the day with 78.68 m, while former world champion Ziółkowski led group A with a throw of 77.89 m. Aspiring medallists Sokolov, Shayunov and Karjalainen all failed to progress to the final of the competition. On the final day of the hammer throw, the favourite Kozmus delivered a best of 80.15 m to take the gold medal, Slovenia's first ever in the World Championships. Ziółkowski's 79.30 m, the best of his season, was enough to take the silver – his first medal at a major championships since 2005.The level of the competition, however, failed to live up to expectations: the world-leader Pars started poorly and, after a number of fouls, he never regained ground and finished in fourth place. Furthermore, the performance of bronze medallist Zagornyi (78.09) was the shortest-ever distance of a medal winner in championship history.
Medalists '''Gold''''''Silver''''''Bronze'''
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 '''World record''''''86.74'''Stuttgart, West Germany30 August 1986'''Championship record''''''83.89'''Helsinki, Finland8 August 2005'''World Leading''''''81.43'''Veszprém, Hungary25 April 2009'''African record''''''80.63'''Durban, South Africa15 April 2004'''Asian record''''''84.86'''Prague, Czech Republic29 June 2003'''North American record''''''82.52'''Milan, Italy7 September 1996'''South American record''''''76.42'''Trieste, Italy25 July 2001'''European record''''''86.74'''Stuttgart, West Germany30 August 1986'''Oceanian record''''''79.29'''Varaždin, Croatia6 July 2002
Qualification standards A standardB standard 77.50m 74.30m
Schedule  Date Time RoundAugust 15, 2009  '''12:00'''   '''Qualification'''August 17, 2009  '''18:05'''   '''Final'''
Results ===Qualification===Qualification: Qualifying Performance 77.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final. Rank  Group  Athlete  Nationality  #1  #2  #3  Result  Notes   B  Krisztián Pars    72.94  '''78.68'''   '''78.68'''  Q    A  Szymon Ziółkowski    '''77.89'''    '''77.89'''  Q    B  Pavel Kryvitski    70.70  72.14  '''77.85'''  '''77.85'''  Q    A  Sergey Lytvynov Jr.    '''77.68'''    '''77.68'''  Q    A  Primož Kozmus    '''77.55'''    '''77.55'''  Q    A  Igor Vinichenko    '''77.54'''    '''77.54'''  Q    A  Nicola Vizzoni    76.71    '''76.95'''  '''76.95'''   q    B  Markus Esser     '''76.81'''  76.67    '''76.81'''  q   A  András Haklits    75.50  '''76.39'''  75.73  '''76.39'''  q 10   B  Libor Charfreitag     69.71  75.39  '''76.29'''  '''76.29'''  q 11   A  Dilshod Nazarov    73.84  74.73  '''75.83'''  '''75.83'''  q 12   B  Aleksey Zagornyi     '''75.38'''  74.93  73.75  '''75.38'''  q 13  A  Ali Al-Zinkawi      73.82  '''75.10'''  '''75.10'''  14   B  Lukáš Melich     74.40  72.98  '''74.47'''  '''74.47'''  15  B  Thomas J. Freeman    71.38  '''74.19'''  72.58  '''74.19'''  16   A  Olli-Pekka Karjalainen      73.25  '''74.09'''  '''74.09'''  17   B  Igors Sokolovs    73.96  '''73.97'''  73.12  '''73.97'''  18   B  David Söderberg     '''73.69'''  73.14  73.56  '''73.69'''  19   B  Jérôme Bortoluzzi      '''73.09'''  70.69  '''73.09'''  20   A  Mohsen El Anany    71.42  '''72.68'''  72.05  '''72.68'''   21  A  Michael Mai    '''72.58'''    67.47  '''72.58'''   22  B  Olexiy Sokyrskiyy    70.67     '''72.56'''  '''72.56'''    23  B  Alexandros Papadimitriou         '''72.02'''  '''72.02'''  24   B  Javier Cienfuegos    69.60  71.63  '''72.01'''  '''72.01'''  25   B  Dzmitry Shako    '''71.80'''  70.57    '''71.80'''  26   A  Yury Shayunou    '''71.37'''      '''71.37'''  27   B  Eşref Apak      '''70.70'''    '''70.70'''  28   A  A. G. Kruger    67.40    '''70.19'''  '''70.19'''    29  A  Artem Rubanko      '''69.81'''    '''69.81'''   30   B  Juan Ignacio Cerra    66.77  67.98  '''69.37'''  '''69.37'''  31   B  Bergur Ingi Pétursson     67.32   '''68.62'''    '''68.62'''  32  A  Ainārs Vaičulens    65.70  '''66.89'''    '''66.89'''  33  A  Amanmurad Hommadov    '''57.39'''  56.46    '''57.39'''     A  Chris Harmse           '''''' '''Key''':  NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result), Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place===Final=== Rank   Athlete  Nationality  #1  #2  #3   #4  #5  #6  Result  Notes   Primož Kozmus    75.14  79.74  77.21  79.28  80.15  '''80.84'''  '''80.84'''  SB   Szymon Ziółkowski    77.44  '''79.30'''  77.85  77.66  78.09  76.89  '''79.30'''  SB   Aleksey Zagornyi    76.11    77.42    75.11  '''78.09'''  '''78.09'''     Krisztián Pars     75.51      '''77.45'''      '''77.45'''    Sergej Litvinov     74.50  74.49  75.88  '''76.58'''  76.00  74.45  '''76.58'''     Markus Esser     68.07  '''76.27'''  74.07        '''76.27'''    András Haklits    72.60  75.12  75.09    74.82  '''76.26'''  '''76.26'''    Pavel Kryvitski    73.72    72.73      '''76.00'''  '''76.00'''    Nicola Vizzoni        '''73.70'''     '''73.70'''  10  Libor Charfreitag      '''72.63'''       '''72.63'''  11  Dilshod Nazarov        '''71.69'''     '''71.69'''    Igor Vinichenko             '''''' '''Key''':  NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result), SB = Seasonal best
See also *2009 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
References ;General* Hammer throw results. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-15. *  hammerthrow.wz;Specific