Summer Olympics 2020 / Athletics - Hammer Throw (Men)
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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 )
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78.68 m | Rio de Janeiro 2016 |
World Champion |
Paweł Fajdek ( Poland )
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80.50 m | Doha 2019 |
European champion |
Wojciech Nowicki ( Poland )
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80.12 m | Berlin 2018 |
North / Central America / Caribbean champions |
Roberto Sawyers ( Costa Rica )
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72.94 m | Toronto 2018 |
South American champions |
Gabriel Kehr ( Chile )
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75.27 m | Lima 2019 |
Asian champion |
Dilschod Nazarow ( Tajikistan )
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76.14 m | Doha 2019 |
African champions | Algiers 2020 | ||
Oceania Champion |
Costa Kousparis ( Australia )
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66.20 m | Townsville 2019 |
Existing records
World record |
Jurij Sedych ( Soviet Union )
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86.74 m | Stuttgart , Federal Republic of Germany (now Germany ) | August 30, 1986 |
Olympic record |
Sergei Litvinov ( Soviet Union )
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84.80 m | Final from Seoul , South Korea | September 26, 1988 |