Summer Olympics 2020 / Athletics - Hammer Throw (Men)

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Olympic rings
sport athletics
discipline Hammer throw
gender Men
Attendees ?? Athletes from ?? Countries
Competition location Olympic Stadium
Competition phase 3rd to 5th August 2020

The men's hammer throw competition at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo will take place in the newly built Olympic Stadium from August 3rd to 5th .

Current title holders

Olympic champion Dilschod Nazarow ( Tajikistan ) TajikistanTajikistan  78.68 m Rio de Janeiro 2016
World Champion Paweł Fajdek ( Poland ) PolandPoland  80.50 m Doha 2019
European champion Wojciech Nowicki ( Poland ) PolandPoland  80.12 m Berlin 2018
North / Central America / Caribbean champions Roberto Sawyers ( Costa Rica ) Costa RicaCosta Rica  72.94 m Toronto 2018
South American champions Gabriel Kehr ( Chile ) ChileChile  75.27 m Lima 2019
Asian champion Dilschod Nazarow ( Tajikistan ) TajikistanTajikistan  76.14 m Doha 2019
African champions Algiers 2020
Oceania Champion Costa Kousparis ( Australia ) AustraliaAustralia  66.20 m Townsville 2019

Existing records

World record Jurij Sedych ( Soviet Union ) Soviet UnionSoviet Union  86.74 m Stuttgart , Federal Republic of Germany (now Germany ) August 30, 1986
Olympic record Sergei Litvinov ( Soviet Union ) Soviet UnionSoviet Union  84.80 m Final from Seoul , South Korea September 26, 1988

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