title: 2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw
text: # 2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw
  
  The men's hammer throw at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 10–12 August.
  
  Performances in the World Championships contributed to the final scoring of the 2013 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge – a first for the series. Paweł Fajdek was victorious in both the World Championships and the seasonal challenge
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
  
  | World record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.74 | Stuttgart, West Germany | 30 August 1986 |
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  | Championship record | Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) | 83.89 | Helsinki, Finland | 8 August 2005 |
  | World leading | Krisztián Pars (HUN) | 81.02 | Szczecin, Poland | 15 June 2013 |
  | African record | Chris Harmse (RSA) | 80.63 | Durban, South Africa | 15 April 2005 |
  | Asian record | Koji Murofushi (JPN) | 84.86 | Prague, Czech Republic | 29 June 2003 |
  | North, Central American and Caribbean record | Lance Deal (USA) | 82.52 | Milan, Italy | 7 September 1996 |
  | South American record | Juan Ignacio Cerra (ARG) | 76.42 | Trieste, Italy | 25 July 2001 |
  | European record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.74 | Stuttgart, West Germany | 30 August 1986 |
  | Oceanian record | Stuart Rendell (AUS) | 79.29 | Varaždin, Croatia | 6 July 2002 |
  
  ## Qualification standards
  
  | A result | B result |
  | - | - |
  | 79.00 | 76.00 |
  
  ## Schedule
  
  | Date | Time | Round |
  | - | - | - |
  | 10 August 2013 | 17:05 | Qualification |
  | 12 August 2013 | 20:30 | Final |
  
  All times are local times (UTC+4)
  
  ## Results
  
  | KEY: | Q | Qualified | q | 12 best performers | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
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  ### Qualification
  
  Qualification: 77.00 m (Q) and at least 12 best (q) advanced to the final.
  
  | Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | Mark | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | A | Krisztián Pars | Hungary (HUN) | 75.21 | 79.06 | | 79.06 | Q |
  | 2 | A | Lukáš Melich | Czech Republic (CZE) | 78.52 | | | 78.52 | Q |
  | 3 | B | Primož Kozmus | Slovenia (SLO) | 78.10 | | | 78.10 | Q |
  | DQ | B | Dilshod Nazarov | Tajikistan (TJK) | 71.70 | 77.93 | | 77.93 | Doping |
  | 4 | B | Sergej Litvinov | Russia (RUS) | 75.08 | 74.20 | 77.41 | 77.41 | q |
  | 5 | A | Marcel Lomnický | Slovakia (SVK) | 74.11 | 76.97 | 76.60 | 76.97 | q |
  | 6 | B | Szymon Ziółkowski | Poland (POL) | 76.19 | 76.85 | 75.15 | 76.85 | q |
  | 7 | A | Koji Murofushi | Japan (JPN) | 74.10 | x | 76.27 | 76.27 | q |
  | 8 | A | Paweł Fajdek | Poland (POL) | x | 76.17 | 75.18 | 76.17 | q |
  | 9 | B | Markus Esser | Germany (GER) | 70.44 | 72.54 | 75.90 | 75.90 | q |
  | 10 | B | Nicola Vizzoni | Italy (ITA) | 74.65 | 74.02 | 75.38 | 75.38 | q |
  | 11 | B | Yury Shayunou | Belarus (BLR) | x | 74.15 | 75.18 | 75.18 | q |
  | 12 | B | Quentin Bigot | France (FRA) | 73.69 | 70.46 | 74.98 | 74.98 | |
  | DQ | B | Pavel Kryvitski | Belarus (BLR) | 74.45 | x | x | 74.45 | Doping |
  | 13 | B | Ákos Hudi | Hungary (HUN) | 70.56 | 74.30 | 73.72 | 74.30 | |
  | 14 | A | Mattias Jons | Sweden (SWE) | 73.47 | x | x | 73.47 | |
  | 15 | A | A. G. Kruger | United States (USA) | x | 73.35 | 73.23 | 73.35 | |
  | 16 | A | Yevhen Vynohradov | Ukraine (UKR) | 71.05 | x | 72.90 | 72.90 | |
  | 17 | B | Igors Sokolovs | Latvia (LAT) | 72.78 | x | x | 72.78 | |
  | 18 | B | Dzmitry Marshin | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 72.43 | x | x | 72.43 | |
  | 19 | A | Valeriy Sviatokha | Belarus (BLR) | x | 70.35 | 72.05 | 72.05 | |
  | 20 | A | Hassan Mohamed Mahmoud | Egypt (EGY) | 70.11 | 71.88 | x | 71.88 | |
  | 21 | A | Roberto Janet | Cuba (CUB) | 71.73 | x | 69.07 | 71.73 | |
  | 22 | B | Chris Harmse | South Africa (RSA) | 71.42 | x | x | 71.42 | |
  | 23 | A | Javier Cienfuegos | Spain (ESP) | 70.79 | 70.05 | x | 70.79 | |
  | 24 | A | Mohamed Ashraf Amjad Al-Saifi | Qatar (QAT) | 69.70 | x | x | 69.70 | |
  | 25 | B | Aleksey Korolev | Russia (RUS) | 69.69 | x | x | 69.69 | |
  | | A | Aleksey Zagornyi | Russia (RUS) | x | x | x | NM | |
  | | A | Ali Al-Zinkawi | Kuwait (KUW) | | | | DNS | |
  
  ### Final
  
  The final was started at 20:30.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | Mark | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Paweł Fajdek | Poland (POL) | 81.97 | 80.92 | x | 78.41 | x | 79.57 | 81.97 | WL, PB |
  | | Krisztián Pars | Hungary (HUN) | 80.30 | 79.47 | 79.61 | 78.90 | 79.02 | x | 80.30 | |
  | | Lukáš Melich | Czech Republic (CZE) | 70.66 | 77.11 | 79.36 | 76.88 | x | 75.52 | 79.36 | |
  | 4 | Primož Kozmus | Slovenia (SLO) | 77.80 | 79.21 | 79.22 | 78.26 | x | x | 79.22 | |
  | DQ | Dilshod Nazarov | Tajikistan (TJK) | 72.45 | x 75.89 | 77.69 | 78.31 | 77.27 | 77.84 | 78.31 | Doping |
  | 5 | Koji Murofushi | Japan (JPN) | 78.03 | 75.38 | 77.17 | 77.63 | 77.92 | 76.03 | 78.03 | SB |
  | 6 | Nicola Vizzoni | Italy (ITA) | 75.33 | 77.61 | 75.29 | x | 75.42 | x | 77.61 | SB |
  | 7 | Marcel Lomnický | Slovakia (SVK) | 76.62 | x | 77.57 | x | 76.46 | 76.48 | 77.57 | |
  | 8 | Szymon Ziółkowski | Poland (POL) | 75.93 | 76.84 | 76.50 | | | | 76.84 | |
  | 9 | Markus Esser | Germany (GER) | 74.07 | 76.25 | x | | | | 76.25 | |
  | 10 | Sergej Litvinov | Russia (RUS) | 75.90 | x | x | | | | 75.90 | |
  | 11 | Yury Shayunou | Belarus (BLR) | 73.68 | x | 72.64 | | | | 73.68 | |
  