2025 World Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw
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The men's hammer throw at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 15 and 16 September 2025.[1]
VenueNational Stadium
LocationTokyo, Japan
Dates15 September (qualification)
16 September (final)
16 September (final)
Winning distance84.70 m CR
| Men's hammer throw at the 2025 World Athletics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | National Stadium | |||||||||
| Location | Tokyo, Japan | |||||||||
| Dates | 15 September (qualification) 16 September (final) | |||||||||
| Winning distance | 84.70 m CR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Summary
Records
Before the competition records were as follows:[2]
| Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) |
86.74 m | Stuttgart, West Germany | 30 August 1986 |
| Championship record |  Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) |
83.63 m | Osaka, Japan | 27 August 2007 |
| World Leading |  Bence Halász (HUN) |
83.18 m | Budapest, Hungary | 12 August 2025 |
| African Record |  Mostafa Elgamel (EGY) |
81.27 m | Cairo, Egypt | 21 March 2014 |
| Asian Record |  Koji Murofushi (JPN) |
84.86 m | Prague, Czech Republic | 29 June 2003 |
| European Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) |
86.74 m | Stuttgart, West Germany | 30 August 1986 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record |  Ethan Katzberg (CAN) |
84.38 m | Nairobi, Kenya | 20 April 2024 |
| Oceanian record |  Stuart Rendell (AUS) |
79.29 m | Varaždin, Croatia | 6 July 2002 |
| South American Record |  Wagner Domingos (BRA) |
78.63 m | Celje, Slovenia | 19 June 2016 |
Qualification standard
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 78.20 m.[3]
Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), was as follows:[1]
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 15 September | 09:00 | Qualification |
| 16 September | 21:01 | Final |
Results
Qualification
All athletes over 76.50 m ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) advanced to the final.
Group A
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Round | Mark | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | #2 | #3 | |||||
| 1 | Bence Halász | Hungary |
78.42 | 78.42 m | Q | ||
| 2 | Eivind Henriksen |  Norway |
x | 77.70 | 77.70 m | Q, SB | |
| 3 | Mykhaylo Kokhan |  Ukraine |
77.33 | 77.33 m | Q | ||
| 4 | Trey Knight |  United States |
70.92 | 73.13 | 76.40 | 76.40 m | q |
| 5 | Denzel Comenentia |  Netherlands |
x | 72.63 | 75.91 | 75.91 m | q |
| 6 | Yann Chaussinand |  France |
75.46 | x | 74.15 | 75.46 m | |
| 7 | Rowan Hamilton | Canada |
70.75 | 75.38 | x | 75.38 m | |
| 8 | Matija Gregurić |  Croatia |
74.66 | 74.31 | x | 74.66 m | |
| 9 | Ronald Mencía Zayas |  Cuba |
73.98 | 73.33 | 74.14 | 74.14 m | |
| 10 | Henri Liipola |  Finland |
72.36 | 72.77 | 73.82 | 73.82 m | |
| 11 | Humberto Mansilla |  Chile |
72.88 | 73.34 | 72.89 | 73.34 m | |
| 12 | Joaquín Gómez |  Argentina |
71.13 | 72.68 | x | 72.68 m | |
| 13 | Patrik Hájek |  Czech Republic |
71.40 | 69.93 | 72.63 | 72.63 m | |
| 14 | Ragnar Carlsson |  Sweden |
72.51 | x | x | 72.51 m | |
| 15 | Giorgio Olivieri |  Italy |
71.41 | 70.82 | 68.39 | 71.41 m | |
| 16 | Angelos Mantzouranis |  Greece |
70.94 | x | x | 70.94 m | |
| 17 | Özkan Baltacı |  Turkey |
x | 69.34 | x | 69.34 m | |
| 18 | Marcin Wrotyński |  Poland |
x | x | 69.33 | 69.33 m | |
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Group B
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Round | Mark | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | #2 | #3 | |||||
| 1 | Ethan Katzberg | Canada |
81.85 | 81.85 m | Q | ||
| 2 | Paweł Fajdek | Poland |
75.74 | 78.78 | 78.78 m | Q | |
| 3 | Merlin Hummel |  Germany |
78.54 | 78.54 m | Q | ||
| 4 | Rudy Winkler | United States |
77.46 | 77.46 m | Q | ||
| 5 | Thomas Mardal | Norway |
77.34 | 77.34 m | Q | ||
| 6 | Ármin Szabados | Hungary |
75.42 | 77.20 | 77.20 m | Q | |
| 7 | Dániel Rába | Hungary |
75.38 | 75.03 | 76.21 | 76.21 m | q, SB |
| 8 | Volodymyr Myslyvčuk | Czech Republic |
75.32 | 74.31 | 75.69 | 75.69 m | |
| 9 | Christos Frantzeskakis | Greece |
73.41 | x | 75.43 | 75.43 m | |
| 10 | Daniel Haugh | United States |
x | 74.87 | 74.11 | 74.87 m | |
| 11 | Konstantinos Zaltos | Greece |
73.21 | 73.80 | 73.96 | 73.96 m | |
| 12 | Gabriel Kehr | Chile |
73.59 | 73.32 | x | 73.59 m | |
| 13 | Jerome Vega |  Puerto Rico |
72.90 | x | 73.12 | 73.12 m | |
| 14 | Jake Norris |  Great Britain & N.I. |
73.07 | x | 72.82 | 73.07 m | |
| 15 | Shota Fukuda | Japan |
72.25 | 72.71 | x | 72.71 m | |
| 16 | Mostafa El Gamel | Egypt |
72.03 | 71.84 | 70.51 | 72.03 m | |
| 17 | Halil Yilmazer | Turkey |
71.41 | 70.44 | 71.71 | 71.71 m | |
| 18 | Wang Qi |  China |
70.96 | x | 70.96 | 70.96 m | |
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Final
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Round | Mark | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | |||||
 |
Ethan Katzberg | Canada |
82.66 | 84.70 | 82.01 | 81.86 | 83.07 | 83.73 | 84.70 m | CR, PB, WL |
 |
Merlin Hummel | Germany |
82.77 | 80.71 | x | 82.14 | x | x | 82.77 m | PB |
 |
Bence Halász | Hungary |
81.51 | 80.03 | 82.69 | 80.85 | 80.80 | x | 82.69 m | |
| 4 | Mykhaylo Kokhan | Ukraine |
x | x | 78.36 | 79.51 | 82.02 | x | 82.02 m | PB |
| 5 | Rudy Winkler | United States |
x | x | 78.52 | x | x | 77.44 | 78.52 m | |
| 6 | Thomas Mardal | Norway |
77.11 | 77.70 | 78.02 | x | 76.83 | 75.92 | 78.02 m | |
| 7 | Paweł Fajdek | Poland |
x | 76.69 | x | 77.75 | 76.63 | 77.75 m | ||
| 8 | Ármin Szabados | Hungary |
75.65 | 75.69 | 76.21 | 77.15 | x | 77.15 m | ||
| 9 | Eivind Henriksen | Norway |
76.36 | x | 76.47 | x | 76.47 m | |||
| 10 | Trey Knight | United States |
68.24 | 76.11 | 74.63 | x | 76.11 m | |||
| 11 | Dániel Rába | Hungary |
73.79 | x | 75.22 | 75.22 m | ||||
| 12 | Denzel Comenentia | Netherlands |
x | x | 74.86 | 74.86 m | ||||
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