2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw
The men's hammer throw at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 10–12 August.
Performances in the World Championships contributed to the [|final] scoring of the 2013 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge – a first for the series. Paweł Fajdek was victorious in both the World Championships and the seasonal challenge
Records
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:| World record | 86.74 | Stuttgart, West Germany | 30 August 1986 | |
| Championship record | 83.89 | Helsinki, Finland | 8 August 2005 | |
| World leading | 81.02 | Szczecin, Poland | 15 June 2013 | |
| African record | 80.63 | Durban, South Africa | 15 April 2005 | |
| Asian record | 84.86 | Prague, Czech Republic | 29 June 2003 | |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | 82.52 | Milan, Italy | 7 September 1996 | |
| South American record | 76.42 | Trieste, Italy | 25 July 2001 | |
| European record | 86.74 | Stuttgart, West Germany | 30 August 1986 | |
| Oceanian record | 79.29 | Varaždin, Croatia | 6 July 2002 |
Qualification standards
Schedule
Results
Qualification
Qualification: 77.00 m and at least 12 best advanced to the final.| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | A | Krisztián Pars | 75.21 | 79.06 | 79.06 | Q | ||
| 2 | A | Lukáš Melich | 78.52 | 78.52 | Q | |||
| 3 | B | Primož Kozmus | 78.10 | 78.10 | Q | |||
| 4 | B | Dilshod Nazarov | 71.70 | 77.93 | 77.93 | Q | ||
| 5 | B | Sergej Litvinov | 75.08 | 74.20 | 77.41 | 77.41 | q | |
| 6 | A | Marcel Lomnický | 74.11 | 76.97 | 76.60 | 76.97 | q | |
| 7 | B | Szymon Ziółkowski | 76.19 | 76.85 | 75.15 | 76.85 | q | |
| 8 | A | Koji Murofushi | 74.10 | x | 76.27 | 76.27 | q | |
| 9 | A | Paweł Fajdek | x | 76.17 | 75.18 | 76.17 | q | |
| 10 | B | Markus Esser | 70.44 | 72.54 | 75.90 | 75.90 | q | |
| 11 | B | Nicola Vizzoni | 74.65 | 74.02 | 75.38 | 75.38 | q | |
| 12 | B | Yury Shayunou | x | 74.15 | 75.18 | 75.18 | q | |
| 13 | B | Quentin Bigot | 73.69 | 70.46 | 74.98 | 74.98 | ||
| B | Pavel Kryvitski | Doping | ||||||
| 14 | B | Ákos Hudi | 70.56 | 74.30 | 73.72 | 74.30 | ||
| 15 | A | Mattias Jons | 73.47 | x | x | 73.47 | ||
| 16 | A | A. G. Kruger | x | 73.35 | 73.23 | 73.35 | ||
| 17 | A | Yevhen Vynohradov | 71.05 | x | 72.90 | 72.90 | ||
| 18 | B | Igors Sokolovs | 72.78 | x | x | 72.78 | ||
| 19 | B | Dzmitry Marshin | 72.43 | x | x | 72.43 | ||
| 20 | A | Valeriy Sviatokha | x | 70.35 | 72.05 | 72.05 | ||
| 21 | A | Hassan Mohamed Mahmoud | 70.11 | 71.88 | x | 71.88 | ||
| 22 | A | Roberto Janet | 71.73 | x | 69.07 | 71.73 | ||
| 23 | B | Chris Harmse | 71.42 | x | x | 71.42 | ||
| 24 | A | Javier Cienfuegos | 70.79 | 70.05 | x | 70.79 | ||
| 25 | A | Mohamed Ashraf Amjad Al-Saifi | 69.70 | x | x | 69.70 | ||
| 26 | B | Aleksey Korolev | 69.69 | x | x | 69.69 | ||
| A | Aleksey Zagornyi | x | x | x | ' | |||
| A | Ali Al-Zinkawi | ' |
Final
The final was started at 20:30.| Rank | Name | Nationality | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | Mark | Notes |
| Paweł Fajdek | 81.97 | 80.92 | x | 78.41 | x | 79.57 | 81.97 | WL, PB | ||
| Krisztián Pars | 80.30 | 79.47 | 79.61 | 78.90 | 79.02 | x | 80.30 | |||
| Lukáš Melich | 70.66 | 77.11 | 79.36 | 76.88 | x | 75.52 | 79.36 | |||
| Primož Kozmus | 77.80 | 79.21 | 79.22 | 78.26 | x | x | 79.22 | |||
| Dilshod Nazarov | 72.45 | 75.89 | 77.69 | 78.31 | 77.27 | 77.84 | 78.31 | |||
| Koji Murofushi | 78.03 | 75.38 | 77.17 | 77.63 | 77.92 | 76.03 | 78.03 | SB | ||
| Nicola Vizzoni | 75.33 | 77.61 | 75.29 | x | 75.42 | x | 77.61 | SB | ||
| Marcel Lomnický | 76.62 | x | 77.57 | x | 76.46 | 76.48 | 77.57 | |||
| Szymon Ziółkowski | 75.93 | 76.84 | 76.50 | 76.84 | ||||||
| 10 | Markus Esser | 74.07 | 76.25 | x | 76.25 | |||||
| 11 | Sergej Litvinov | 75.90 | x | x | 75.90 | |||||
| 12 | Yury Shayunou | 73.68 | x | 72.64 | 73.68 |