Beijing Olympics 2008 Hammer Throw Men Field Events Athletics

Gold	Primož Kozmus Slovenia (SLO)
Silver	Vadim Devyatovskiy Belarus (BLR)
Bronze	Ivan Tsikhan Belarus (BLR)

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

Results

Group	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
A	Krisztian Pars	Hungary	x	80.07		80.07	Q
B	Szymon Ziolkowski	Poland	79.55			79.55	Q, SB
B	Primož Kozmus	Slovenia	79.44			79.44	Q
B	Ivan Tsikhan	Belarus	79.26			79.26	Q
A	Koji Murofushi	Japan	78.16			78.16	Q
A	Markus Esser	Germany	x	77.00	77.60	77.60	q
A	Andras Haklits	Croatia	74.27	77.12	76.23	77.12	q
B	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen	Finland	75.49	x	77.07	77.07	q
B	Vadim Devyatovskiy	Belarus	73.39	76.56	76.95	76.95	q
B	Libor Charfreitag	Slovakia	76.03	x	76.61	76.61	q
B	James Steacy	Canada	76.32	x	75.01	76.32	q
A	Dilshod Nazarov	Tajikistan	74.67	75.34	72.47	75.34	q
B	Nicola Vizzoni	Italy	72.82	x	75.01	75.01
A	Yevhen Vynohradov	Ukraine	73.41	74.49	x	74.49
B	Artem Rubanko	Ukraine	74.47	73.89	x	74.47
B	Esref Apak	Turkey	x	74.45	x	74.45
A	Valeriy Sviatokha	Belarus	74.41	x	x	74.41
A	Alexandros Papadimitriou	Greece	x	74.33	73.83	74.33
A	Igors Sokolovs	Latvia	73.72	71.50	x	73.72
B	Ali Mohamed Al-Zinkawi	Kuwait	x	73.62	x	73.62
A	Kirill Ikonnikov	Russia	x	72.04	72.33	72.33
B	Igor Vinichenko	Russia	x	72.05	x	72.05
A	Miloslav Konopka	Slovakia	71.76	71.96	x	71.96
A	Ihor Tuhay	Ukraine	71.89	x	70.56	71.89
A	Bergur Ingi Pétursson	Iceland	69.73	x	71.63	71.63
B	Roman Rozna	Moldova	71.33	69.99	70.23	71.33
B	A.G. Kruger	United States	70.58	71.21	x	71.21
B	Dorian Collaku	Albania	69.14	69.84	70.98	70.98
A	Lukas Melich	Czech Republic	69.31	70.56	69.03	70.56
B	Juan Ignacio Cerra	Argentina	x	70.16	x	70.16
B	Amanmurad Hommadov	Turkmenistan	x	x	x	NM
A	Mohsen El Anany	Egypt	x	x	x	NM
A	Marco Lingua	Italy	x	x	x	NM

Q - Qualified with score of 78.00 or higher

q - Qualified as one of 12 best performers

x - Fault

NM - No mark

SB - Season best

Position	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
1	Primož Kozmus	Slovenia	80.75	82.02	80.79	80.64	80.98	80.85	82.02	SB
2	Vadim Devyatovskiy	Belarus	79.00	81.61	x	x	80.86	x	81.61
3	Ivan Tsikhan	Belarus	78.49	80.56	79.59	78.89	81.51	80.87	81.51
4	Krisztian Pars	Hungary	78.05	80.96	x	80.16	80.11	79.83	80.96
5	Koji Murofushi	Japan	79.47	80.71	79.94	77.96	78.22	77.26	80.71
6	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen	Finland	77.92	79.59	78.99	x	78.88	x	79.59	SB
7	Szymon Ziółkowski	Poland	75.92	79.22	79.07	79.04	76.16	x	79.22
8	Libor Charfreitag	Slovakia	x	77.62	76.83	77.26	78.65	x	78.65
9	Markus Esser	Germany	74.56	x	77.10				77.10
10	András Haklits	Croatia	x	75.78	76.58				76.58
11	Dilshod Nazarov	Tajikistan	72.97	76.54	x				76.54
12	James Steacy	Canada	75.72	75.54	74.06				75.72