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2001 World Championships in Athletics Edmonton, Canada

2001 8th IAAF World Championships - Edmonton - Men's Hammer Throw

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Category: 2001 World Championships in Athletics Edmonton, Canada
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Host City: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Format: Qualifying round (79.50 or top 12 (q) to final) (Aug 4)
Dates: August 3–12, 2001
Nations participating: 189
Athletes participating: 1677
    Main venue: Commonwealth Stadium
Overview by IAAF   EDMONTON STADIUM 
Olympic Champion Zió kowski and world leader Murofushi staged an exciting battle. First the Polish team captain led with 81.88, then his Japanese rival went ahead in round 2 with 82.46. That remained the longest effort until the end of round 5, when Zió kowski managed 83.38, a personal best and championship record. Murofushi – whose father Shigenobu was 10th in the 1972 Olympics – was next to throw and got near with 82.92. Neither man improved in the final round.
 The final of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada was held on Sunday August 5, 2001. There were a total number of 32 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged on Saturday August 4, with the mark set at 79.50 metres.
 
  Hammer Throw 5 August
Men's Hammer Throw-lancer marteau hommes
A magnificent 82.46 metre launch by Japanese record holder Koji MUROFUSHI in the second round of the men's hammer final seemed to have decided the gold medal. But a phenomenal fifth round saw Poland's Olympic champion Szymon ZIOLKOWSKI move to the top rung of the podium with a championship and national record of 83.38m, surpassing Sergy Litvinov's 83.06m from Rome in 1987.
The opening round was led by ZIOLKOWSKI with a massive opening throw of 81.88m. Just three throws before Russia's Olympic finalist Ilya KONOVALOV had been the first to cross 80 metres with 80.27m, which ultimately proved to be good enough for the bronze medal. Throwing last in round one was this season's world leader MUROFUSHI, and he immediately moved into third with 79.91m.
Neither ZIOLKOWSKI nor KONOVALOV could improve in the second round and it was then, with the tactical advantage of throwing last, that MUROFUSHI unleashed his 82.46m effort. Though way short of his season's leading throw, it was still good enough to give him a commanding lead.
In the third round Ukraine's Olympic finalist Andrey SKVARUK moved up to fourth, with 79.93m, and MUROFUSHI produced another substantial throw of 81.95m in what was fast becoming an impressive series.
With his fourth try the Pole produced a second effort over 80 metres (80.32m). But the event leader produced 81.43m and everything seemed to be over.
Nothing could have been further from the truth, however, as first ZIOLKOWSKI and then MUROFUSHI produced their longest throws of the day to turn it all upside down. ZIOLKOWSKI's effort was a staggering 83.36m, which drew wild applause from the crowd. It was a national record for the Pole and beat the world championships record of 83.06m which had stood since 1987.
Moments later MUROFUSHI stepped back into the circle and, after a very fluid release, the hammer landed just shy of the 83 metres line at 82.92m.
This time the competition was decided as, despite a further effort of 82.61m, MUROFUSHI could not find the extra distance required in the sixth and final round.
So ZIOLKOWSKI added the world title to his Olympic gold and, in the process, broke Germany's hold on the men's hammer title which had been won by Heinz WEISS and Karsten KOBBS respectively at the last two world championships.
MUROFUSHI's series - 79.91m, 82.46m, 81.95m, 81.43m, 82.92m, 82.61 - was the finest in world championships history.
  Final
1 Szymon Ziółkowski POL 1 Jul 76 83.38
2 Koji Murofushi JPN 8 Oct 74 82.92
3 Ilya Konovalov RUS 14 Mar 71 80.27
4 Nicola Vizzoni ITA 4 Jan 73 80.13
5 Andriy Skvaruk UKR 9 Mar 67 79.93
6 Balázs Kiss HUN 21 Mar 72 79.75
7 Igor Astapkovich BLR 4 Jan 63 79.72
8 Tibor Gécsek HUN 22 Sep 64 79.34
9 Adrián Annus HUN 28 Jun 74 78.10
10 Olli-Pekka Karjalainen FIN 7 Mar 80 76.76
11 Maciej Pałyszko POL 4 Jan 78 75.94
12 Nicolas Figère FRA 19 May 79 75.36
Final 16:40 Team Dist. 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Szymon Ziolkowski POL 83.38m 81.88 79.69 X 80.32 83.38 80.39
2 Koji Murofushi JPN 82.92m 79.91 82.46 81.95 81.43 82.92 82.61
3 Ilya Konovalov RUS 80.27m 80.27 79.42 79.09 78.94 76.26 X
4 Nicola Vizzoni ITA 80.13m 79.12 72.42 78.46 X 80.13 X
5 Andriy Skvaruk UKR 79.93m 77.95 X 79.93 X X X
6 Balazs Kiss HUN 79.75m 79.22 78.44 X 79.75 79.54 X
7 Igor Astapkovich BLR 79.72m X 78.35 79.20 79.72 78.57 X
8 Tibor Gecsek HUN 79.34m 78.15 X X 78.24 76.86 79.34
9 Adrian Annus HUN 78.10m 77.86 75.92 78.10
10 Olli-Pekka Karjalainen FIN 76.76m X 76.76 75.86
11 Maciej Palyszko POL 75.94m 74.81 75.34 75.94
12 Nicolas Figere FRA 75.36m X 75.36 X
Men's Hammer Throw - qualifying round
Poland's Olympic champion Szymon ZIOLKOWSKI led the qualifiers into tomorrow's final of the men's hammer.
Throwing in the first of two qualification pools, the Pole who also won the European Cup this season unleashed a mighty 81.85 metres with his second attempt. In the world this year only the Pole and another three throwers have thrown further than this mark.
The only other athlete to cross the high automatic qualification standard of 79.50m metres, was Hungary's 1996 Olympic champion Balazs KISS who threw 79.60m with his final attempt.
The only other two throwers to qualify from group "A" were this season's world leader Hungary's Adrian ANNUS (78.57m) and France's European Under 23 champion Nicolas FIGERE (79.09m).
Nobody in pool "B" went past the automatic mark. The third Hungarian, Tibor GESCEK the European champion, threw 79.29m with his second attempt to lead that group. Next came Finland's world junior record holder Olli-Pekka KARJALAINEN(78.82m, Andrey SKVARUK of the Ukraine (78.80m)and Ilya KONOVALOV(78.67m)who all proceeded to the final.
Olympic silver medallist Nicola VIZZONI of Italy (78.66m)was the next of the qualifiers and was followed by Japan's world leader Koji MUROFUSHI(78.06m. MUROFUSHI is this season's world leader with 83.47m and by contrast to the rest of his season, his throwing today was quite tentative.
Olympic bronze medallist Igor ASTAPKOVICH of Belarus (76.99m) and Poland's second string Maciej PALYSZKO(76.72m) were the last to make the top 12 final.
Germany's reigning champion Karsten KOBS did not start today because of a sick bug which is affecting the German team including shot putter Oliver-Sven BUDER who failed to qualify in his discipline this morning.
  Qualification 4 August
Szymon Ziółkowski POL 1 Jul 76 81.85 Q
Balázs Kiss HUN 21 Mar 72 79.60 Q
Tibor Gécsek HUN 22 Sep 64 79.29 q
Nicolas Figère FRA 19 May 79 79.09 q
Olli-Pekka Karjalainen FIN 7 Mar 80 78.82 q
Andriy Skvaruk UKR 9 Mar 67 78.80 q
Ilya Konovalov RUS 14 Mar 71 78.67 q
Nicola Vizzoni ITA 4 Jan 73 78.66 q
Adrián Annus HUN 28 Jun 74 78.57 q
Koji Murofushi JPN 8 Oct 74 78.06 q
Igor Astapkovich BLR 4 Jan 63 76.99 q
Maciej Pałyszko POL 4 Jan 78 76.72 q
David Chaussinand FRA 19 Apr 73 76.66
Vladyslav Piskunov UKR 7 Jun 78 76.34
Sergey Kirmasov RUS 25 Mar 70 75.79
Aléxandros Papadimitríou GRE 18 Jun 73 75.63
Kevin McMahon USA 26 May 72 75.62
Libor Charfreitag SVK 11 Sep 77 75.29
Stuart Rendell AUS 30 Jun 72 75.00
Loris Paoluzzi ITA 14 May 74 74.75
Vasiliy Sidorenko RUS 1 May 61 74.56
Ivan Tikhon BLR 24 Jul 76 74.43
Oleksandr Krykun UKR 1 Mar 68 74.43
Vladimír Maška CZE 6 Feb 73 74.20
Holger Klose GER 5 Dec 72 74.02
Hrístos Polihroníou GRE 31 Mar 72 73.79
Mick Jones GBR 23 Jul 63 73.31
Miloslav Konopka SVK 23 Jan 79 72.14
Juan Ignacio Cerra ARG 16 Oct 76 70.70
Bengt Johansson SWE 7 Jul 73 70.16
Dylan Armstrong CAN 15 Jan 81 63.89
Karsten Kobs GER 16 Sep 71 DNS
 
Group A 10.00h Team Dist. 1 2 3
1 Szymon Ziolkowski POL 81.85m X 81.85
2 Balazs Kiss HUN 79.60m 78.09 77.22 79.60
3 Nicolas Figere FRA 79.09m 79.09 77.23 X
4 Adrian Annus HUN 78.57m 78.57 78.15 77.95
5 Vladislav Piskunov UKR 76.34m 75.75 76.34 X
6 Sergey Kirmasov RUS 75.79m 75.79 X 74.84
7 Alexandros Papadimitriou GRE 75.63m 75.60 74.21 75.63
8 Kevin McMahon USA 75.62m 71.77 75.62 70.64
9 Stuart Rendell AUS 75.00m 73.14 75.00 X
10 Loris Paoluzzi ITA 74.75m 72.01 X 74.75
11 Oleksandr Krykun UKR 74.43m 73.44 74.43 X
12 Ivan Tikhon BLR 74.43m X 74.43 X
13 Michael Jones GBR 73.31m X 73.31 X
14 Miloslav Konopka SVK 72.14m 72.14 X X
15 Juan Ignacio Cerra ARG 70.70m 70.70 69.92 68.23
- Karsten Kobs GER DNS
Group B 12.08h Team Dist. 1 2 3
1 Tibor Gecsek HUN 79.29m 77.50 79.29
2 Olli-Pekka Karjalainen FIN 78.82m 78.82 75.91 78.78
3 Andriy Skvaruk UKR 78.80m 77.34 X 78.80
4 Ilya Konovalov RUS 78.67m 78.67 76.97 75.99
5 Nicola Vizzoni ITA 78.66m 78.66 X 78.52
6 Koji Murofushi JPN 78.06m 77.69 78.06 76.69
7 Igor Astapkovich BLR 76.99m 74.84 76.99 75.69
8 Maciej Palyszko POL 76.72m 76.72 75.91 75.53
9 David Chaussinand FRA 76.66m 76.02 X 76.66
10 Libor Charfreitag SVK 75.29m 74.78 71.39 75.29
11 Vasiliy Sidorenko RUS 74.56m 74.56 72.29 73.86
12 Vladimir Maska CZE 74.20m 74.20 X X
13 Holger Klose GER 74.02m X 74.02 X
14 Hristos Polihroniou GRE 73.79m 73.79 X 72.30
15 Bengt Johansson SWE 70.16m X 70.16 67.22
16 Dylan Armstrong CAN 63.89m 63.89 63.69 X

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Group A 04 AUG 2001 10:00 

Order / LaneBibATHLETECOUNTRYPBSB 2001
1 1185 Kevin McMahon USA USA 79.26 76.52
2 480 Karsten Kobs GER GER 82.78 79.15
3 24 Juan Ignacio Cerra ARG ARG 76.42 76.42
4 602 Loris Paoluzzi ITA ITA 80.98 75.33
5 1048 Miloslav Konopka SVK SVK 78.58 78.58
6 46 Stuart Rendell AUS AUS 78.99 78.99
7 908 Szymon Ziólkowski POL POL 82.47 82.47
8 1125 Vladyslav Piskunov UKR UKR 81.56 79.60
9 536 Adrián Annus HUN HUN 83.39 83.39
10 505 Alexandros Papadimitriou GRE GRE 80.45 79.52
11 540 Balázs Kiss HUN HUN 83.00 81.36
12 1120 Oleksandr Krykun UKR UKR 80.38 80.38
13 113 Ivan Tikhon BLR BLR 79.85 78.73
14 377 Nicolas Figère FRA FRA 80.88 80.88
15 972 Sergey Kirmasov RUS RUS 82.62 80.07
16 435 Michael Jones GBR GBR 76.43 76.43

Group B 04 AUG 2001 12:08 

Order / LaneBibATHLETECOUNTRYPBSB 2001
1 105 Igor Astapkovich BLR BLR 84.62 82.76
2 1045 Libor Charfreitag SVK SVK 77.65 77.65
3 1128 Andriy Skvaruk UKR UKR 82.34 82.34
4 974 Ilya Konovalov RUS RUS 81.93 80.05
5 1055 Bengt Johansson SWE SWE 76.32 76.32
6 478 Holger Klose GER GER 82.22 78.63
7 539 Tibor Gécsek HUN HUN 83.68 81.76
8 353 Olli-Pekka Karjalainen FIN FIN 80.55 80.54
9 151 Dylan Armstrong CAN CAN 70.66 69.48
10 604 Nicola Vizzoni ITA ITA 80.50 80.50
11 897 Maciej Palyszko POL POL 80.25 79.29
12 992 Vasiliy Sidorenko RUS RUS 82.54 80.03
13 259 Vladimír Maška CZE CZE 81.28 80.09
14 651 Koji Murofushi JPN JPN 83.47 83.47
15 506 Christos Polychroniou GRE GRE 79.83 78.34
16 370 David Chaussinand FRA FRA 79.81 79.48
 

 

 

 

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