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2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw
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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 Round | |
|---|---|
| Group A | Group B |
| 04.08.2001 – 10:00h | 04.08.2001 – 12:08h |
| Final Round | |
| 05.08.2001 – 16:40h | |
Abbreviations
- All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Startlist
| Order | № | Athlete | Season Best | Personal Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GROUP A | ||||
| 1 | 1185 |  Kevin McMahon (USA) |
76.52 | 79.26 |
| 2 | 480 |  Karsten Kobs (GER) |
79.15 | 82.78 |
| 3 | 24 |  Juan Ignacio Cerra (ARG) |
76.42 | 76.42 |
| 4 | 602 |  Loris Paoluzzi (ITA) |
75.33 | 80.98 |
| 5 | 1048 |  Miloslav Konopka (SVK) |
78.58 | 78.58 |
| 6 | 46 |  Stuart Rendell (AUS) |
78.93 | 78.93 |
| 7 | 908 | Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) |
83.38 | 83.38 |
| 8 | 1125 |  Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR) |
79.60 | 81.56 |
| 9 | 536 |  Adrián Annus (HUN) |
83.39 | 83.39 |
| 10 | 505 |  Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE) |
79.52 | 80.45 |
| 11 | 540 | Balázs Kiss (HUN) |
81.36 | 83.00 |
| 12 | 1120 | Oleksandr Krykun (UKR) |
80.38 | 80.38 |
| 13 | 113 |  Ivan Tikhon (BLR) |
75.92 | 79.85 |
| 14 | 377 |  Nicolas Figère (FRA) |
80.88 | 80.88 |
| 15 | 972 | Sergey Kirmasov (RUS) |
80.07 | 82.62 |
| 16 | 435 |  Michael Jones (GBR) |
76.43 | 76.43 |
| GROUP B | ||||
| 1 | 105 | Igor Astapkovich (BLR) |
79.72 | 84.62 |
| 2 | 1045 | Libor Charfreitag (SVK) |
77.65 | 77.65 |
| 3 | 1128 | Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) |
82.34 | 82.34 |
| 4 | 974 | Ilya Konovalov (RUS) |
80.27 | 80.51 |
| 5 | 1055 |  Bengt Johansson (SWE) |
76.32 | 76.32 |
| 6 | 478 | Holger Klose (GER) |
78.63 | 82.22 |
| 7 | 539 | Tibor Gécsek (HUN) |
81.76 | 83.68 |
| 8 | 353 |  Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN) |
78.66 | 80.55 |
| 9 | 151 |  Dylan Armstrong (CAN) |
69.48 | 70.66 |
| 10 | 604 | Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) |
80.50 | 80.50 |
| 11 | 897 | Maciej Pałyszko (POL) |
79.29 | 80.25 |
| 12 | 992 | Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS) |
80.03 | 82.54 |
| 13 | 259 |  Vladimír Maška (CZE) |
80.09 | 81.28 |
| 14 | 651 | Koji Murofushi (JPN) |
83.47 | 83.47 |
| 15 | 506 | Hristos Polihroniou (GRE) |
78.34 | 79.83 |
| 16 | 370 | David Chaussinand (FRA) |
79.48 | 79.81 |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) |
86.74 m | August 30, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany
|
| Event Record | Sergey Litvinov (URS) |
83.06 m | September 1, 1987 | Rome, Italy
|
| Season Best | Koji Murofushi (JPN) |
83.47 m | July 14, 2001 | Toyota, Japan
|
| Broken records during the 2001 World Athletics Championships | ||||
| Event Record | Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) |
83.38 m | August 5, 2001 | Edmonton, Canada
|
Qualification
Group A
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) |
X | 81.85 | — | 81.85 m | |
| 2 | 2 | Balázs Kiss (HUN) |
78.09 | 77.22 | 79.60 | 79.60 m | |
| 3 | 4 | Nicolas Figère (FRA) |
79.09 | 77.23 | X | 79.09 m | |
| 4 | 9 | Adrián Annus (HUN) |
78.57 | 78.15 | 77.95 | 78.57 m | |
| 5 | 14 | Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR) |
75.75 | 76.34 | X | 76.34 m | |
| 6 | 15 | Sergey Kirmasov (RUS) |
75.79 | X | 74.84 | 75.79 m | |
| 7 | 16 | Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE) |
75.60 | 74.21 | 75.63 | 75.63 m | |
| 8 | 17 | Kevin McMahon (USA) |
71.77 | 75.62 | 70.64 | 75.62 m | |
| 9 | 19 | Stuart Rendell (AUS) |
73.14 | 75.00 | X | 75.00 m | |
| 10 | 20 | Loris Paoluzzi (ITA) |
72.01 | X | 74.75 | 74.75 m | |
| 11 | 22 | Oleksandr Krykun (UKR) |
73.44 | 74.43 | X | 74.43 m | |
| 12 | 23 | Ivan Tikhon (BLR) |
X | 74.43 | X | 74.43 m | |
| 13 | 27 | Michael Jones (GBR) |
X | 73.31 | X | 73.31 m | |
| 14 | 28 | Miloslav Konopka (SVK) |
72.14 | X | X | 72.14 m | |
| 15 | 29 | Juan Ignacio Cerra (ARG) |
70.70 | 69.92 | 68.23 | 70.70 m | |
| — | — | Karsten Kobs (GER) |
— | — | — | DNS | |
