2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

Events at the 2003 World Championships
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
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

These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes, with the final held on Monday 25 August 2003.

Medalists

Gold	Ivan Tsikhan Belarus (BLR)
Silver	Adrián Annus Hungary (HUN)
Bronze	Koji Murofushi Japan (JPN)

Schedule

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Records

Standing records prior to the 2003 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	86.74 m	August 30, 1986	Stuttgart, West Germany
Event Record	Szymon Ziółkowski (POL)	83.38 m	August 5, 2001	Edmonton, Canada
Season Best	Koji Murofushi (JPN)	84.86 m	June 29, 2003	Prague, Czech Republic

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1	Igor Astapkovich (BLR)	77.11	77.48	79.66	79.66 m
2	3	Koji Murofushi (JPN)	77.50	79.45	—	79.45 m
3	5	Ilya Konovalov (RUS)	78.45	—	—	78.45 m
4	8	Primož Kozmus (SLO)	X	76.88	78.10	78.10 m
5	8	Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE)	75.82	77.53	75.95	77.53 m
6	10	Nicolas Figère (FRA)	76.79	76.26	X	76.79 m
7	13	Libor Charfreitag (SVK)	76.52	76.14	X	76.52 m
8	14	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN)	X	76.20	75.79	76.20 m
9	15	Nicola Vizzoni (ITA)	74.25 7	3.86	75.76	75.76 m
10	18	Maciej Pałyszko (POL)	75.20	X	75.42	75.42 m
11	19	Péter Botfa (HUN)	73.10	74.75	74.74	74.75 m
12	20	Sergey Kirmasov (RUS)	X	74.17	72.91	74.17 m
13	21	Oleksandr Krykun (UKR)	70.38	72.97	73.58	73.58 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	2	Ivan Tsikhan (BLR)	X	79.64	—	79.64 m
2	4	Andriy Skvaruk (UKR)	76.77	78.50	—	78.50 m
3	2	Adrián Annus (HUN)	78.20	—	—	78.20 m
4	7	Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR)	75.07	76.46	78.12	78.12 m
5	11	Miloslav Konopka (SVK)	76.58	73.55	75.81	76.58 m
6	12	Stuart Rendell (AUS)	75.57	76.56	X	76.56 m
7	16	Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR)	73.43	74.73	75.65	75.65 m
8	17	Karsten Kobs (GER)	75.21	74.90	75.55	75.55 m
9	22	Aleksey Zagornyi (RUS)	X	72.36	73.30	73.30 m
10	23	Christophe Épalle (FRA)	X	72.82	X	72.82 m
11	24	Juan Ignacio Cerra (ARG)	72.70	X	71.86	72.70 m
12	25	Wojciech Kondratowicz (POL)	X	70.79	X	70.79 m
—	—	Vladimír Maška (CZE)	X	X	X	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
01 !	Ivan Tsikhan (BLR)	X	80.69	81.77	X	X	83.05	83.05 m
02 !	Adrián Annus (HUN)	77.26	78.48	79.22	79.01	78.49	80.36	80.36 m
03 !	Koji Murofushi (JPN)	79.87	78.64	79.99	79.91	80.12	79.07	80.12 m
4	Andriy Skvaruk (UKR)	78.80	79.68	77.70	X	X	X	79.68 m
5	Primož Kozmus (SLO)	78.16	X	78.00	74.76	78.72	79.68	79.68 m
6	Ilya Konovalov (RUS)	76.49	X	76.06	76.81	76.10	78.55	78.55 m
7	Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR)	78.13	76.81	77.63	X	73.99	X	78.13 m
8	Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE)	75.62	77.79	77.05	77.70	X	75.62	77.79 m
9	Miloslav Konopka (SVK)	75.86	75.18	X				75.86 m
10	Stuart Rendell (AUS)	73.14	75.72	75.54				75.72 m
11	Nicolas Figère (FRA)	73.97	70.98	74.06				74.06 m
—	Igor Astapkovich (BLR)	X	X	X				NM

See also

• Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games - Men's hammer throw
• 2003 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

References

• Results
• hammerthrow.wz