The final of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada was held on Sunday August 5, 2001. There were a total number of 32 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged on Saturday August 4, with the mark set at 79.50 metres.

Medalists Gold Szymon ZiółkowskiPoland (POL)Silver Koji MurofushiJapan (JPN)Bronze Ilya KonovalovRussia (RUS)

Schedule All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B04.08.2001 – 10:00h04.08.2001 – 12:08hFinal Round05.08.2001 – 16:40h

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

Startlist Order№AthleteSeason BestPersonal BestGROUP A 1 1185 76.52 79.26 2 480 79.15 82.78 3 24 76.42 76.42 4 602 75.33 80.98 5 1048 78.58 78.58 6 46 78.93 78.93 7 908 83.38 83.38 8 1125 79.60 81.56 9 536 83.39 83.39 10 505 79.52 80.45 11 540 81.36 83.00 12 1120 80.38 80.38 13 113 75.92 79.85 14 377 80.88 80.88 15 972 80.07 82.62 16 435 76.43 76.43 GROUP B 1 105 79.72 84.62 2 1045 77.65 77.65 3 1128 82.34 82.34 4 974 80.27 80.51 5 1055 76.32 76.32 6 478 78.63 82.22 7 539 81.76 83.68 8 353 78.66 80.55 9 151 69.48 70.66 10 604 80.50 80.50 11 897 79.29 80.25 12 992 80.03 82.54 13 259 80.09 81.28 14 651 83.47 83.47 15 506 78.34 79.83 16 370 79.48 79.81

Records Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships World Record 86.74 m August 30, 1986 Stuttgart, West Germany Event Record 83.06 m September 1, 1987 Rome, Italy Season Best 83.47 m July 14, 2001 Toyota, Japan Broken records during the 2001 World Athletics Championships Event Record 83.38 m August 5, 2001 Edmonton, Canada

Qualification

Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 1 X 81.85 — 81.85 m 2 2 78.09 77.22 79.6079.60 m 3 4 79.09 77.23 X 79.09 m 4 9 78.57 78.15 77.95 78.57 m 5 14 75.75 76.34 X 76.34 m 6 15 75.79 X 74.84 75.79 m 7 16 75.60 74.21 75.6375.63 m 8 17 71.77 75.62 70.64 75.62 m 9 19 73.14 75.00 X 75.00 m 10 20 72.01 X 74.7574.75 m 11 22 73.44 74.43 X 74.43 m 12 23 X 74.43 X 74.43 m 13 27 X 73.31 X 73.31 m 14 28 72.14 X X 72.14 m 15 29 70.70 69.92 68.23 70.70 m — — — — — DNS

Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 3 77.50 79.29— 79.29 m 2 5 78.8275.91 78.78 78.82 m 3 6 77.34 X 78.8078.80 m 4 7 78.6776.97 75.99 78.67 m 5 8 78.66X 78.52 78.66 m 6 10 77.69 78.0676.69 78.06 m 7 11 74.84 76.9975.69 76.99 m SB 8 12 76.7275.91 75.53 76.72 m 9 13 76.02 X 76.6676.66 m 10 18 74.78 71.39 75.2975.29 m 11 21 74.5672.29 73.86 74.56 m 12 24 74.20X X 74.20 m 13 25 X 74.02X 74.02 m 14 26 73.79X 72.30 73.79 m 15 30 X 70.1667.22 70.16 m 16 31 63.8963.69 X63.89 m

Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 81.88 79.69 X 80.32 83.3880.39 83.38 m CR 79.91 82.46 81.95 81.43 82.9282.61 82.92 m 80.2779.42 79.09 78.94 76.26 X 80.27 m SB 4 79.12 72.42 78.46 X 80.13X 80.13 m 5 77.95 X 79.93X X X 79.93 m 6 79.22 78.44 X 79.7579.54 X 79.75 m 7 X 78.35 79.20 79.7278.57 X 79.72 m SB 8 78.15 X X 78.24 76.86 79.3479.34 m 9 77.86 75.92 78.10 78.10 m 10 X 76.7675.86 76.76 m 11 74.81 75.34 75.94 75.94 m 12 X 75.36X 75.36 m

See also 2000 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Sydney) 2002 Men's European Championships Hammer Throw (Munich) 2001 Hammer Throw Year Ranking 2004 Men's Olympic Hammer Throw (Athens)

References Results IAAF hammerthrow.wz