The men's hammer throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on 25 August 2007 (qualification) and 27 August 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.
Medallists GoldSilverBronze
Schedule All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B25.08.2007 – 19:30h25.08.2007 – 21:00hFinal Round27.08.2007 – 19:30h
Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best
Records Standing records prior to the 2007 World Athletics Championships World Record 86.74 m August 30, 1986 Stuttgart, West Germany Event Record 83.89 m August 8, 2005 Helsinki, Finland Season Best 82.94 m July 28, 2007 Minsk, Belarus
Qualification
Group A RankOverallAthleteNationAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 1Libor Charfreitag 80.61 — — 80.61 m Q 2 3Vadim Devyatovskiy 76.85 79.30 — 79.30 m Q 3 4Krisztián Pars 79.11 — — 79.11 m Q 4 8Koji Murofushi 73.11 77.25 — 77.25 m q 5 12Eşref Apak 75.27 73.34 74.04 75.27 m q6 13James Steacy 74.11 X 73.07 74.11 m 7 15Yevhen Vynohradov 71.15 73.87 X 73.87 m 8 16Nicola Vizzoni 71.58 73.64 71.79 73.64 m 9 18András Haklits 71.75 X 73.04 73.04 m 10 19Mohsen El Anany 72.93 X 69.67 72.93 m 11 20David Söderberg X 71.25 72.45 72.45 m 12 21Dilshod Nazarov 71.70 70.71 X 71.70 m 13 27Dorian Collaku 66.63 68.30 63.86 68.30 m SB— — Kibwe Johnson X X X
Group B RankOverallAthleteNationAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 2Miloslav Konopka X 79.83 — 79.83 m Q / SB 2 5Szymon Ziółkowski 73.87 78.90 — 78.90 m Q 3 6Primož Kozmus 77.93 — — 77.93 m Q 4 7Ivan Tsikhan X 77.75 — 77.75 m Q 5 9Ali Al-Zinkawi X 76.49 X 76.49 m q 6 10Markus Esser 76.36 74.12 X 76.36 m q 7 11Olli-Pekka Karjalainen 75.04 X 76.12 76.12 m q 8 14Igors Sokolovs X 72.95 73.92 73.92 m 9 17A.G. Kruger 73.19 69.39 X 73.19 m 10 22Alexandros Papadimitriou 71.58 X X 71.58 m 11 23Cosmin Sorescu 70.43 71.49 69.42 71.49 m 12 24Chris Harmse 71.07 X X 71.07 m 13 25Aleksey Zagornyi X X 70.94 70.94 m 14 26Hiroaki Doi 67.57 69.89 X 69.89 m 15 28Fatih Eryildirim 67.87 67.62 66.09 67.87 m
Final RankAthleteNationAttemptsDistanceNote123456 Ivan Tsikhan X X 79.35 X 80.77 83.6383.63 m SB Primož Kozmus 80.68 79.62 82.12 X X 82.29 82.29 m Libor Charfreitag X 80.93 79.10 76.88 81.60 80.48 81.60 m SB 4 Vadim Devyatovskiy 76.28 80.95 X 81.22 81.57 81.20 81.57 m 5 Krisztián Pars 78.29 79.49 79.55 79.63 77.29 80.93 80.93 m 6 Koji Murofushi 76.94 79.46 80.38 79.56 80.13 80.46 80.46 m SB 7 Szymon Ziółkowski 79.81 80.09 78.58 79.87 X 77.53 80.09 m 8 Markus Esser 78.67 79.66 78.37 X 79.19 79.46 79.66 m 9 Olli-Pekka Karjalainen 78.15 78.27 78.35 78.35 m SB 10 Miloslav Konopka X 78.09X 78.09 m 11 Eşref Apak 75.67 X 76.59 76.59 m 12 Ali Al-Zinkawi X 72.88 76.04 76.04 m
See also 2007 in hammer throw
References Official results, qualification - IAAF.org Official results, final - IAAF.org Event report - IAAF.org hammerthrow.wz