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Hammer Throw, Men

Date	2 – 4 August 2024
Status	Olympic
Location	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France
Participants	32 from 21 countries

Canadian Ethan Katzberg was the 2023 World Champion and opened the final with a throw of 84.12 metres. Boom! Competition over as nobody else would surpass 80 metres. Katzberg had four fouls but also went past 80 in round three with 82.28 metres.

Hungarian Bence Halász would get close, recording 79.97 metres in round three and 79.94 in round four, and he would win the silver medal. Mykhailo Kokhan of Ukraine would take the bronze medal, thanks to his second-round effort of 79.39 metres. Kokhan moved up from his fourth-place finish at Tokyo 2020.

Wojciech Nowicki (POL), the defending gold medalist and world ranked #1 in 2021-23, never got going and placed seventh, his opening round throw of 77.42 metres his best effort. Likewise, his countryman Paweł Fajdek, a bronze medalist at Tokyo 2020 and five-time World Champion, could only place fifth.

Katzberg’s gold was the first medal by a Canadian weight thrower since Étienne Desmarteau won the 56-lb weight throw at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	458	Ethan Katzberg	CAN	79.93 (1)	84.12 (1)	Gold
2	802	Bence Halász	HUN	76.90 (6)	79.97 (2)	Silver
3	1281	Mykhailo Kokhan	UKR	77.42 (3)	79.39 (3)	Bronze
4	1091	Eivind Henriksen	NOR	77.14 (5)	79.18 (4)
5	1125	Paweł Fajdek	POL	76.56 (9)	78.80 (5)
6	1355	Rudy Winkler	USA	77.29 (4)	77.92 (6)
7	1135	Wojciech Nowicki	POL	76.32 (10)	77.42 (7)
8	642	Yann Chaussinand	FRA	76.86 (7)	77.38 (8)
9	457	Rowan Hamilton	CAN	77.78 (2)	76.59 (9)
10	748	Merlin Hummel	GER	75.25 (12)	76.03 (10)
11	1095	Thomas Mardal	NOR	76.78 (8)	74.25 (11)
12	789	Christos Frantzeskakis	GRE	75.53 (11)	73.34 (12)
13 QR	459	Adam Keenan	CAN	74.45 (13)	–
14 QR	1051	Denzel Comenentia	NED	74.31 (14)	–
15 QR	1232	Ragnar Carlsson	SWE	73.96 (15)	–
16 QR	547	Volodymyr Myslyvčuk	CZE	73.84 (16)	–
17 QR	525	Matija Gregurić	CRO	73.69 (17)	–
18 QR	1029	Serghei Marghiev	MDA	73.46 (18)	–
19 QR	493	Wang Qi	CHN	72.52 (19)	–
20 QR	478	Gabriel Kehr	CHI	72.31 (20)	–
21 QR	804	Dániel Rába	HUN	72.29 (21)	–
22 QR	1031	Diego del Real	MEX	72.10 (22)	–
23 QR	313	Joaquín Gómez	ARG	72.10 (23)	–
24 QR	479	Humberto Mansilla	CHI	71.83 (24)	–
25 QR	805	Donát Varga	HUN	71.65 (25)	–
26 QR	1163	Jerome Vega	PUR	71.61 (26)	–
27 QR	1263	Özkan Baltacı	TUR	71.40 (27)	–
28 QR	753	Sören Klose-Hilbig	GER	71.20 (28)	–
29 QR	788	Michail Anastasakis	GRE	70.14 (29)	–
30 QR	565	Mostafa Al-Gamel	EGY	70.09 (30)	–
31 QR	539	Patrik Hájek	CZE	68.80 (31)	–
NM QR	1311	Daniel Haugh	USA	– (NM)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	2 August 2024 — 10:09
Format	Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 77.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance	2nd-Best Mark Distance
1	458	Ethan Katzberg	CAN	79.93	–	Q
2	457	Rowan Hamilton	CAN	77.78	–	Q
3	1281	Mykhailo Kokhan	UKR	77.42	–	Q
4	1355	Rudy Winkler	USA	77.29	–	Q
5	1091	Eivind Henriksen	NOR	77.14	–	Q
6	802	Bence Halász	HUN	76.90	–	q
7	642	Yann Chaussinand	FRA	76.86	–	q
8	1095	Thomas Mardal	NOR	76.78	–	q
9	1125	Paweł Fajdek	POL	76.56	–	q
10	1135	Wojciech Nowicki	POL	76.32	–	q
11	789	Christos Frantzeskakis	GRE	75.53	–	q
12	748	Merlin Hummel	GER	75.25	–	q
13	459	Adam Keenan	CAN	74.45	–
14	1051	Denzel Comenentia	NED	74.31	–
15	1232	Ragnar Carlsson	SWE	73.96	–
16	547	Volodymyr Myslyvčuk	CZE	73.84	–
17	525	Matija Gregurić	CRO	73.69	–
18	1029	Serghei Marghiev	MDA	73.46	–
19	493	Wang Qi	CHN	72.52	–
20	478	Gabriel Kehr	CHI	72.31	–
21	804	Dániel Rába	HUN	72.29	–
22	1031	Diego del Real	MEX	72.10	69.39
23	313	Joaquín Gómez	ARG	72.10	64.94
24	479	Humberto Mansilla	CHI	71.83	–
25	805	Donát Varga	HUN	71.65	–
26	1163	Jerome Vega	PUR	71.61	–
27	1263	Özkan Baltacı	TUR	71.40	–
28	753	Sören Klose-Hilbig	GER	71.20	–
29	788	Michail Anastasakis	GRE	70.14	–
30	565	Mostafa Al-Gamel	EGY	70.09	–
31	539	Patrik Hájek	CZE	68.80	–
NM	1311	Daniel Haugh	USA	–	–

Group A

Date	2 August 2024 — 10:09

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	457	Rowan Hamilton	CAN	77.78	76.97	x	77.78	Q
2	1281	Mykhailo Kokhan	UKR	77.42	x	77.42	-	Q
3	642	Yann Chaussinand	FRA	76.86	x	75.43	76.86	q
4	1095	Thomas Mardal	NOR	76.78	76.16	76.78	73.71	q
5	1135	Wojciech Nowicki	POL	76.32	x	76.32	75.50	q
6	1232	Ragnar Carlsson	SWE	73.96	72.72	73.96	73.94
7	525	Matija Gregurić	CRO	73.69	71.48	72.94	73.69
8	1029	Serghei Marghiev	MDA	73.46	73.46	x	70.73
9	493	Wang Qi	CHN	72.52	65.43	72.52	69.60
10	479	Humberto Mansilla	CHI	71.83	71.75	71.83	70.81
11	805	Donát Varga	HUN	71.65	69.95	71.65	69.71
12	753	Sören Klose-Hilbig	GER	71.20	71.20	x	x
13	788	Michail Anastasakis	GRE	70.14	x	70.14	x
14	565	Mostafa Al-Gamel	EGY	70.09	68.12	68.65	70.09
15	539	Patrik Hájek	CZE	68.80	67.96	68.45	68.80
NM	1311	Daniel Haugh	USA	–	x	x	x

Group B

Date	2 August 2024 — 12:03

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance	2nd-Best Mark Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	458	Ethan Katzberg	CAN	79.93	–	x	79.93	-	Q
2	1355	Rudy Winkler	USA	77.29	–	77.29	-	-	Q
3	1091	Eivind Henriksen	NOR	77.14	–	x	77.14	-	Q
4	802	Bence Halász	HUN	76.90	–	76.84	72.89	76.90	q
5	1125	Paweł Fajdek	POL	76.56	–	x	x	76.56	q
6	789	Christos Frantzeskakis	GRE	75.53	–	75.53	73.94	74.21	q
7	748	Merlin Hummel	GER	75.25	–	75.25	x	x	q
8	459	Adam Keenan	CAN	74.45	–	x	69.97	74.45
9	1051	Denzel Comenentia	NED	74.31	–	x	72.17	74.31
10	547	Volodymyr Myslyvčuk	CZE	73.84	–	73.84	x	x
11	478	Gabriel Kehr	CHI	72.31	–	72.28	72.12	72.31
12	804	Dániel Rába	HUN	72.29	–	71.37	x	72.29
13	1031	Diego del Real	MEX	72.10	69.39	69.39	72.10	x
14	313	Joaquín Gómez	ARG	72.10	64.94	x	64.94	72.10
15	1163	Jerome Vega	PUR	71.61	–	69.19	71.61	70.44
16	1263	Özkan Baltacı	TUR	71.40	–	x	71.40	71.24

Final Round

Date	4 August 2024 — 20:30

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance	Round #4 Distance	Round #5 Distance	Round #6 Distance
1	458	Ethan Katzberg	CAN	84.12	84.12	x	82.28	x	x	x
2	802	Bence Halász	HUN	79.97	77.58	78.84	79.97	79.94	77.66	79.82
3	1281	Mykhailo Kokhan	UKR	79.39	78.54	79.39	x	78.17	76.53	79.24
4	1091	Eivind Henriksen	NOR	79.18	76.45	79.18	x	x	76.11	x
5	1125	Paweł Fajdek	POL	78.80	78.01	77.22	78.57	78.80	x	76.64
6	1355	Rudy Winkler	USA	77.92	77.92	x	x	x	71.90	x
7	1135	Wojciech Nowicki	POL	77.42	77.42	77.28	76.75	77.03	x	75.92
8	642	Yann Chaussinand	FRA	77.38	x	x	77.38	77.15	x	x
9	457	Rowan Hamilton	CAN	76.59	76.59	x	x	–	–	–
10	748	Merlin Hummel	GER	76.03	74.85	76.03	x	–	–	–
11	1095	Thomas Mardal	NOR	74.25	74.25	73.68	x	–	–	–
12	789	Christos Frantzeskakis	GRE	73.34	x	73.34	x	–	–	–