The World Athletics Championships 2025 produced another special men’s hammer throw event, which will remain memorable. While it has been running since the inaugural edition of the Championship, the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, hosted the latest event.
World Athletics Championships 2025: Men’s Hammer Throw – Event Schedule
15th September – Qualification
16th September – Final
There were two rounds for the men’s hammer throw event in the World Athletics Championships 2025. While the Qualification round was scheduled on 15th September, the Final was scheduled on 16th September.
World Athletics Championships 2025: Men’s Hammer Throw – Results
Qualification
Automatic qualifying mark 76.50m (Q) or at least the best 12 qualify (q) to the Final
Group A
Rank | Athlete | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Mark | Notes |
1 | Bence Halász (Hungary) | 78.42 |
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| 78.42 m | Q |
2 | Eivind Henriksen (Norway) | x | 77.70 |
| 77.70 m | Q; Season Best |
3 | Mykhaylo Kokhan (Ukraine) | 77.33 |
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| 77.33 m | Q |
4 | Trey Knight (USA) | 70.92 | 73.13 | 76.40 | 76.40 m | q |
5 | Denzel Comenentia (Netherlands) | x | 72.63 | 75.91 | 75.91 m | q |
6 | Yann Chaussinand (France) | 75.46 | x | 74.15 | 75.46 m |
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7 | Rowan Hamilton (Canada) | 70.75 | 75.38 | x | 75.38 m |
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8 | Matija Gregurić (Croatia) | 74.66 | 74.31 | x | 74.66 m |
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9 | Ronald Mencía Zayas (Cuba) | 73.98 | 73.33 | 74.14 | 74.14 m |
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10 | Henri Liipola (Finland) | 72.36 | 72.77 | 73.82 | 73.82 m |
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11 | Humberto Mansilla (Chile) | 72.88 | 73.34 | 72.89 | 73.34 m |
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12 | Joaquín Gómez (Argentina) | 71.13 | 72.68 | x | 72.68 m |
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13 | Patrik Hájek (Czechia) | 71.40 | 69.93 | 72.63 | 72.63 m |
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14 | Ragnar Carlsson (Sweden) | 72.51 | x | x | 72.51 m |
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15 | Giorgio Olivieri (Italy) | 71.41 | 70.82 | 68.39 | 71.41 m |
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16 | Angelos Mantzouranis (Greece) | 70.94 | x | x | 70.94 m |
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17 | Özkan Baltacı (Turkey) | x | 69.34 | x | 69.34 m |
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18 | Marcin Wrotyński (Poland) | x | x | 69.33 | 69.33 m |
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Group B
Rank | Athlete | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Mark | Notes |
1 | Ethan Katzberg (Canada) | 81.85 |
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| 81.85 m | Q |
2 | Paweł Fajdek (Poland) | 75.74 | 78.78 |
| 78.78 m | Q |
3 | Merlin Hummel (Germany) | 78.54 |
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| 78.54 m | Q |
4 | Rudy Winkler (USA) | 77.46 |
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| 77.46 m | Q |
5 | Thomas Mardal (Norway) | 77.34 |
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| 77.34 m | Q |
6 | Ármin Szabados (Hungary) | 75.42 | 77.20 |
| 77.20 m | Q |
7 | Dániel Rába (Hungary) | 75.38 | 75.03 | 76.21 | 76.21 m | q; Season Best |
8 | Volodymyr Myslyvčuk (Czechia) | 75.32 | 74.31 | 75.69 | 75.69 m |
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9 | Christos Frantzeskakis (Greece) | 73.41 | x | 75.43 | 75.43 m |
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10 | Daniel Haugh (USA) | x | 74.87 | 74.11 | 74.87 m |
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11 | Konstantinos Zaltos (Greece) | 73.21 | 73.80 | 73.96 | 73.96 m |
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12 | Gabriel Kehr (Chile) | 73.59 | 73.32 | x | 73.59 m |
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13 | Jerome Vega (Puerto Rico) | 72.90 | x | 73.12 | 73.12 m |
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14 | Jake Norris (Great Britain & N. I.) | 73.07 | x | 72.82 | 73.07 m |
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15 | Shota Fukuda (Japan) | 72.25 | 72.71 | x | 72.71 m |
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16 | Mostafa El Gamel (Egypt) | 72.03 | 71.84 | 70.51 | 72.03 m |
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17 | Halil Yilmazer (Turkey) | 71.41 | 70.44 | 71.71 | 71.71 m |
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18 | Wang Qi (China) | 70.96 | x | 70.96 | 70.96 m |
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Final
Canadian Ethan Katzberg defended his Championship gold medal by setting the new Championship record in the men’s hammer throw event. While he is the only Canadian to win a Championship medal in this event, he became the sixth athlete to win multiple Championship gold medals in this event.
While German athlete Merlin Hummel won the silver medal, he became the first German to win a medal in this Championship event since the 2007 edition. In the meantime, Hungarian Bence Halász retained his Championship bronze medal.
Rank | Athlete | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Mark | Notes |
1 | Ethan Katzberg (Canada) | 82.66 | 84.70 | 82.01 | 81.86 | 83.07 | 83.73 | 84.70 m | Championship Record; Personal Best; World Leading |
2 | Merlin Hummel (Germany) | 82.77 | 80.71 | x | 82.14 | x | x | 82.77 m | Personal Best |
3 | Bence Halász (Hungary) | 81.51 | 80.03 | 82.69 | 80.85 | 80.80 | x | 82.69 m |
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4 | Mykhaylo Kokhan (Ukraine) | x | x | 78.36 | 79.51 | 82.02 | x | 82.02 m | Personal Best |
5 | Rudy Winkler (USA) | x | x | 78.52 | x | x | 77.44 | 78.52 m |
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6 | Thomas Mardal (Norway) | 77.11 | 77.70 | 78.02 | x | 76.83 | 75.92 | 78.02 m |
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7 | Paweł Fajdek (Poland) | x | 76.69 | x | 77.75 | 76.63 |
| 77.75 m |
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8 | Ármin Szabados (Hungary) | 75.65 | 75.69 | 76.21 | 77.15 | x |
| 77.15 m |
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9 | Eivind Henriksen (Norway) | 76.36 | x | 76.47 | x |
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| 76.47 m |
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10 | Trey Knight (USA) | 68.24 | 76.11 | 74.63 | x |
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| 76.11 m |
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11 | Dániel Rába (Hungary) | 73.79 | x | 75.22 |
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| 75.22 m |
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12 | Denzel Comenentia (Netherlands) | x | x | 74.86 |
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| 74.86 m |
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