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.
Summary Records Before the competition records were as follows: RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record 86.74 m Stuttgart, West Germany 30 August 1986 Championship record 83.63 m Osaka, Japan 27 August 2007 World Leading 83.18 m Budapest, Hungary 12 August 2025 African Record 81.27 m Cairo, Egypt 21 March 2014 Asian Record 84.86 m Prague, Czech Republic 29 June 2003 European Record 86.74 m Stuttgart, West Germany 30 August 1986 North, Central American and Caribbean record 84.38 m Nairobi, Kenya 20 April 2024 Oceanian record 79.29 m Varaždin, Croatia 6 July 2002 South American Record 78.63 m Celje, Slovenia 19 June 2016
Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 78.20 m.
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), was as follows: 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 PlaceAthleteNationRoundMarkNotes #1 #2 #3 1 Bence Halász 78.42 78.42 m 2 Eivind Henriksen x 77.70 77.70 m , 3 Mykhaylo Kokhan 77.33 77.33 m 4 Trey Knight 70.92 73.13 76.40 76.40 m 5 Denzel Comenentia x 72.63 75.91 75.91 m 6 Yann Chaussinand 75.46 x 74.15 75.46 m 7 Rowan Hamilton 70.75 75.38 x 75.38 m 8 Matija Gregurić 74.66 74.31 x 74.66 m 9 Ronald Mencía Zayas 73.98 73.33 74.14 74.14 m 10 Henri Liipola 72.36 72.77 73.82 73.82 m 11 Humberto Mansilla 72.88 73.34 72.89 73.34 m 12 Joaquín Gómez 71.13 72.68 x 72.68 m 13 Patrik Hájek 71.40 69.93 72.63 72.63 m 14 Ragnar Carlsson 72.51 x x 72.51 m 15 Giorgio Olivieri 71.41 70.82 68.39 71.41 m 16 Angelos Mantzouranis 70.94 x x 70.94 m 17 Özkan Baltacı x 69.34 x 69.34 m 18 x x 69.33 69.33 m
Group B PlaceAthleteNationRoundMarkNotes #1 #2 #3 1 Ethan Katzberg 81.85 81.85 m 2 Paweł Fajdek 75.74 78.78 78.78 m 3 Merlin Hummel 78.54 78.54 m 4 Rudy Winkler 77.46 77.46 m 5 Thomas Mardal 77.34 77.34 m 6 Ármin Szabados 75.42 77.20 77.20 m 7 Dániel Rába 75.38 75.03 76.21 76.21 m , 8 Volodymyr Myslyvčuk 75.32 74.31 75.69 75.69 m 9 Christos Frantzeskakis 73.41 x 75.43 75.43 m 10 Daniel Haugh x 74.87 74.11 74.87 m 11 Konstantinos Zaltos 73.21 73.80 73.96 73.96 m 12 Gabriel Kehr 73.59 73.32 x 73.59 m 13 Jerome Vega 72.90 x 73.12 73.12 m 14 Jake Norris 73.07 x 72.82 73.07 m 15 Shota Fukuda 72.25 72.71 x 72.71 m 16 Mostafa El Gamel 72.03 71.84 70.51 72.03 m 17 Halil Yilmazer 71.41 70.44 71.71 71.71 m 18 Wang Qi 70.96 x 70.96 70.96 m
Final PlaceAthleteNationRoundMarkNotes #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Ethan Katzberg 82.66 84.70 82.01 81.86 83.07 83.73 84.70 m , , Merlin Hummel 82.77 80.71 x 82.14 x x 82.77 m Bence Halász 81.51 80.03 82.69 80.85 80.80 x 82.69 m 4 Mykhaylo Kokhan x x 78.36 79.51 82.02 x 82.02 m 5 Rudy Winkler x x 78.52 x x 77.44 78.52 m 6 Thomas Mardal 77.11 77.70 78.02 x 76.83 75.92 78.02 m 7 Paweł Fajdek x 76.69 x 77.75 76.63 77.75 m 8 Ármin Szabados 75.65 75.69 76.21 77.15 x 77.15 m 9 Eivind Henriksen 76.36 x 76.47 x 76.47 m 10 Trey Knight 68.24 76.11 74.63 x 76.11 m 11 Dániel Rába 73.79 x 75.22 75.22 m 12 Denzel Comenentia x x 74.86 74.86 m
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