2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

Events at the 2003 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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These are the official results of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes, with the final held on Monday 25 August 2003.

Medalists[]

Gold	Ivan Tsikhan Belarus (BLR)
Silver	Adrián Annus Hungary (HUN)
Bronze	Koji Murofushi Japan (JPN)

Schedule[]

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Abbreviations[]

• All results shown are in metres

Records[]

Standing records prior to the 2003 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	86.74 m	August 30, 1986	Stuttgart, West Germany
Event Record	Szymon Ziółkowski (POL)	83.38 m	August 5, 2001	Edmonton, Canada
Season Best	Koji Murofushi (JPN)	84.86 m	June 29, 2003	Prague, Czech Republic

Qualification[]

Group A[]

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1	Igor Astapkovich (BLR)	77.11	77.48	79.66	79.66 m
2	3	Koji Murofushi (JPN)	77.50	79.45	—	79.45 m
3	5	Ilya Konovalov (RUS)	78.45	—	—	78.45 m
4	8	Primož Kozmus (SLO)	X	76.88	78.10	78.10 m
5	8	Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE)	75.82	77.53	75.95	77.53 m
6	10	Nicolas Figère (FRA)	76.79	76.26	X	76.79 m
7	13	Libor Charfreitag (SVK)	76.52	76.14	X	76.52 m
8	14	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN)	X	76.20	75.79	76.20 m
9	15	Nicola Vizzoni (ITA)	74.25 7	3.86	75.76	75.76 m
10	18	Maciej Pałyszko (POL)	75.20	X	75.42	75.42 m
11	19	Péter Botfa (HUN)	73.10	74.75	74.74	74.75 m
12	20	Sergey Kirmasov (RUS)	X	74.17	72.91	74.17 m
13	21	Oleksandr Krykun (UKR)	70.38	72.97	73.58	73.58 m

Group B[]

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	2	Ivan Tsikhan (BLR)	X	79.64	—	79.64 m
2	4	Andriy Skvaruk (UKR)	76.77	78.50	—	78.50 m
3	2	Adrián Annus (HUN)	78.20	—	—	78.20 m
4	7	Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR)	75.07	76.46	78.12	78.12 m
5	11	Miloslav Konopka (SVK)	76.58	73.55	75.81	76.58 m
6	12	Stuart Rendell (AUS)	75.57	76.56	X	76.56 m
7	16	Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR)	73.43	74.73	75.65	75.65 m
8	17	Karsten Kobs (GER)	75.21	74.90	75.55	75.55 m
9	22	Aleksey Zagornyi (RUS)	X	72.36	73.30	73.30 m
10	23	Christophe Épalle (FRA)	X	72.82	X	72.82 m
11	24	Juan Ignacio Cerra (ARG)	72.70	X	71.86	72.70 m
12	25	Wojciech Kondratowicz (POL)	X	70.79	X	70.79 m
—	—	Vladimír Maška (CZE)	X	X	X	DNS

Final[]

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ivan Tsikhan (BLR)	X	80.69	81.77	X	X	83.05	83.05 m
	Adrián Annus (HUN)	77.26	78.48	79.22	79.01	78.49	80.36	80.36 m
	Koji Murofushi (JPN)	79.87	78.64	79.99	79.91	80.12	79.07	80.12 m
4	Andriy Skvaruk (UKR)	78.80	79.68	77.70	X	X	X	79.68 m
5	Primož Kozmus (SLO)	78.16	X	78.00	74.76	78.72	79.68	79.68 m
6	Ilya Konovalov (RUS)	76.49	X	76.06	76.81	76.10	78.55	78.55 m
7	Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR)	78.13	76.81	77.63	X	73.99	X	78.13 m
8	Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE)	75.62	77.79	77.05	77.70	X	75.62	77.79 m
9	Miloslav Konopka (SVK)	75.86	75.18	X				75.86 m
10	Stuart Rendell (AUS)	73.14	75.72	75.54				75.72 m
11	Nicolas Figère (FRA)	73.97	70.98	74.06				74.06 m
—	Igor Astapkovich (BLR)	X	X	X				NM

See also[]

• Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games - Men's hammer throw
• 2003 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

References[]

• Results
• hammerthrow.wz