Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw

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Men's hammer throw
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Estádio Olímpico João Havelange
Dates17–19 August 2016
Competitors32 from 24 nations
Winning distance78.68
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dilshod Nazarov  Tajikistan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ivan Tsikhan  Belarus
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Wojciech Nowicki  Poland
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    The men's

    Estádio Olímpico João Havelange between 17–19 August.[1] There were 32 competitors from 24 nations.[2] The event was won by Dilshod Nazarov of Tajikistan, the nation's first medal in the men's hammer throw and first gold medal in any Olympic event. Ivan Tsikhan of Belarus took silver, the 14th man to win multiple medals in the event in adding to his 2008 bronze (which had made him temporarily the 12th man to do so before his 2004 silver medal was stripped in 2012). Bronze went to Wojciech Nowicki
    of Poland, the nation's first medal in the event since 2000.

    Background

    This was the 27th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1896. Four of the 12 finalists from the 2012 Games returned: gold medalist

    Kibwe Johnson of the United States, and tenth-place finisher Dilshod Nazarov of Tajikistan. The two-time reigning World Champion (2013 and 2015), and the favorite in Rio de Janeiro, was Paweł Fajdek of Poland. Pars had been the runner-up (with Melich third) in 2013, Nazarov in 2015.[2]

    Costa Rica and Qater each made their debut in the event. The United States appeared for the 26th time, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

    Summary

    The hammer throw was an event that experienced a lot of problems. Initially the IAAF set the entry standard at 78.00 meters. With the ban of the Russian team from the Olympics, eliminating three top throwers in the world (and their potentially

    Oleksandr Drygol
    did not enter. Drygol is a 50 year old, former Soviet thrower who switched his citizenship from Ukraine to Israel in 2016 in order to enter the Olympics. Dryhol would have been the oldest track and field athlete should have he competed.

    With 76.50 m set as the automatic qualifying mark, only two athletes were able to manage the distance. One of them was 40 year old Ivan Tsikhan, who was previously stripped of a 2004 Olympic medal for doping and is only able to compete due to a second violation being overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on a procedural technicality. Number one in the world, with the top 24 performances (meaning 24 separate meets) over the last two years, Paweł Fajdek, did not get out of the qualifying round, only managing 72.00 m to finish in 17th place. Highly ranked throwers Pavel Bareisha and Roberto Janet also did not get out of qualifying.

    Tsikhan started the final with at 76.13 m as the first thrower in the competition. Two thrower later,

    Marcel Lomnicky moved into fourth with a 75.97 and Elseify improved, before solidified his hold on silver with a 77.79, which Nazarov answered with a 78.68 m (258 ft 1 in) that proved to be the winner. Nazrov knew it was big, dropping to his knees in celebration before exiting the ring. In the final round, Wojciech Nowicki
    threw 77.73 m, to leap from seventh place to the bronze medal, just 6 cm out of silver. None of the other athletes were able to answer.

    Nazarov won the first gold medal for Tajikistan.

    The following evening the medals were presented by

    IAAF
    .

    Qualification

    Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

    A

    IAAF. Only outdoor meets were accepted. NOCs could also use their universality place—each NOC could enter one male athlete regardless of time if they had no male athletes meeting the entry standard for an athletics event—in the hammer throw.[3][4]

    With only 23 athletes meeting the entry standard, invitational places were used to fill the field to 32 competitors.[5]

    Competition format

    Each athlete received three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieved the qualifying distance of 76.50 metres progressed to the final. If fewer than twelve athletes achieved this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reached the final. Each finalist was allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.

    Records

    Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

    World record  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 86.74 Stuttgart, Germany 30 August 1986
    Olympic record  Sergey Litvinov (URS) 84.80 Seoul, South Korea 26 September 1988

    No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

    Schedule

    All times are

    UTC-3
    )

    Date Time Round
    Wednesday, 17 August 2016 9:40 Qualifying
    Friday, 19 August 2016 21:05 Final

    Results

    Qualifying

    Progression rules: qualifying performance 76.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

    Rank Group Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes
    1 B Wojciech Nowicki  Poland 74.39 74.09 77.64 77.64 Q
    2 B Ivan Tsikhan  Belarus 76.51 — — 76.51 Q
    3 B Dilshod Nazarov  Tajikistan 75.46 76.39 — 76.39 q
    4 B Krisztián Pars  Hungary 73.54 75.49 — 75.49 q
    5 B Diego del Real  Mexico 73.20 75.19 X 75.19 q
    6 B Serghei Marghiev  Moldova 74.97 73.74 X 74.97 q
    7 B David Söderberg  Finland 74.55 70.91 74.64 74.64 q
    8 B Siarhei Kalamoyets  Belarus 71.10 74.29 73.00 74.29 q
    9 A Wagner Domingos  Brazil 71.93 74.17 73.65 74.17 q
    10 A Marcel Lomnický  Slovakia 74.16 X 73.47 74.16 q
    11 A Yevhen Vynohradov  Ukraine 73.46 71.85 73.95 73.95 q
    12 A
    Ashraf Amgad Elseify
    		  Qatar 72.99 72.62 73.47 73.47 q
    13 A Pavel Bareisha  Belarus X X 73.33 73.33
    14 A Roberto Janet  Cuba 72.77 71.53 73.23 73.23
    15 B
    Lukas Melich
    		  Czech Republic 70.73 73.14 72.54 73.14
    16 B Conor McCullough  United States 70.64 66.30 72.88 72.88
    17 A Paweł Fajdek  Poland X 71.33 72.00 72.00
    18 A Rudy Winkler  United States X 71.89 X 71.89
    19 B
    Chris Bennett
    		  Great Britain 68.44 70.47 71.32 71.32
    20 B Mihail Anastasakis  Greece 71.07 X 71.28 71.28
    21 A Mark Dry  Great Britain 70.26 X 71.03 71.03
    22 B
    Nick Miller
    		  Great Britain X X 70.83 70.83
    23 B Suhrob Khodjaev  Uzbekistan 68.83 X 70.11 70.11
    24 B
    Esref Apak
    		  Turkey X X 70.08 70.08
    A Roberto Sawyers  Costa Rica 70.08 X X 70.08
    26 A
    Mohamed Mahmoud Hassan
    		  Egypt 68.47 67.38 69.87 69.87
    27 A Javier Cienfuegos  Spain 68.88 69.73 68.69 69.73
    28 B Pezhman Ghalehnoei  Iran 69.15 X X 69.15
    29 A Kaveh Mousavi  Iran 63.19 65.03 X 65.03
    30 A
    Amanmurad Hommadov
    		  Turkmenistan 61.55 61.99 X 61.99
    — A
    Kibwe Johnson
    		  United States X X X NM
    A Marco Lingua  Italy X X X NM

    Final

    Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance
    1st place, gold medalist(s) Dilshod Nazarov  Tajikistan 76.16 77.27 78.07 77.17 78.68 77.68 78.68
    2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ivan Tsikhan  Belarus 76.13 77.43 73.48 X 77.79 76.34 77.79
    3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Wojciech Nowicki  Poland X 74.94 74.97 X X 77.73 77.73
    4 Diego del Real  Mexico 73.35 73.58 76.05 X 70.83 73.57 76.05
    5 Marcel Lomnický  Slovakia 73.33 72.65 74.96 75.09 75.97 74.64 75.97
    6
    Ashraf Amgad Elseify
    		  Qatar 73.88 75.40 74.45 75.20 75.46 74.25 75.46
    7 Krisztián Pars  Hungary 74.77 75.15 75.28 74.89 74.62 X 75.28
    8 David Söderberg  Finland 72.30 X 74.61 74.38 X X 74.61
    9 Siarhei Kalamoyets  Belarus 74.22 74.17 73.70 Did not advance 74.22
    10 Serghei Marghiev  Moldova 73.31 74.14 X Did not advance 74.14
    11 Yevhen Vynohradov  Ukraine 73.39 X 74.11 Did not advance 74.11
    12 Wagner Domingos  Brazil X 71.97 72.28 Did not advance 72.28

    References

    1. ^ "Men's Hammer Throw". Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
    2. ^ a b "Hammer Throw, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
    3. ^ "IAAF approves entry standards for Rio 2016 Olympic Games". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
    4. IAAF
      . Retrieved 15 July 2016.
    5. ^ "3 U.S. Men's Hammer Throwers Invited To Compete At Rio Olympics". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on 17 July 2016.
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