Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw
The men's hammer throw at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 15 and 17 at the Beijing National Stadium.
The qualifying standards for the 2008 event were and .
The original silver and bronze medalists, Vadim Devyatovskiy and Ivan Tsikhan of Belarus, were disqualified in December 2008 for testing positive for abnormal levels of testosterone. The medals were awarded to Krisztián Pars of Hungary and Koji Murofushi of Japan respectively. Tsikhan announced that he and Devyatovskiy intended to appeal the IOC's decision. In June 2010 the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that the disqualified Belarusians should get their original medals back due to errors at the Chinese medical lab.Schedule
All times are China standard time
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.Results
Qualifying round
Qualification: 78.00 or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Krisztián Pars | | | 80.07 | | 80.07 | Q |
| 2 | B | Szymon Ziółkowski | | 79.55 | | | 79.55 | Q, SB |
| 3 | B | Primož Kozmus | | 79.44 | | | 79.44 | Q |
| 4 | B | Ivan Tsikhan | | 79.26 | | | 79.26 | Q |
| 5 | A | Koji Murofushi | | 78.16 | | | 78.16 | Q |
| 6 | A | Markus Esser | | | 77.00 | 77.60 | 77.60 | q |
| 7 | A | Andras Haklits | | 74.27 | 77.12 | 76.23 | 77.12 | q |
| 8 | B | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen | | 75.49 | | 77.07 | 77.07 | q |
| 9 | B | Vadim Devyatovskiy | | 73.39 | 76.56 | 76.95 | 76.95 | q |
| 10 | B | Libor Charfreitag | | 76.03 | | 76.61 | 76.61 | q |
| 11 | B | James Steacy | | 76.32 | | 75.01 | 76.32 | q |
| 12 | A | Dilshod Nazarov | | 74.67 | 75.34 | 72.47 | 75.34 | q |
| 13 | B | Nicola Vizzoni | | 72.82 | | 75.01 | 75.01 | |
| 14 | A | Yevhen Vynohradov | | 73.41 | 74.49 | | 74.49 | |
| 15 | B | Artem Rubanko | | 74.47 | 73.89 | | 74.47 | |
| 16 | B | Eşref Apak | | | 74.45 | | 74.45 | |
| 17 | A | Valeriy Sviatokha | | 74.41 | | | 74.41 | |
| 18 | A | Alexandros Papadimitriou | | | 74.33 | 73.83 | 74.33 | |
| 19 | A | Igors Sokolovs | | 73.72 | 71.50 | | 73.72 | |
| 20 | B | Ali Al-Zinkawi | | | 73.62 | | 73.62 | |
| 21 | A | Kirill Ikonnikov | | | 72.04 | 72.33 | 72.33 | |
| 22 | B | Igor Vinichenko | | | 72.05 | | 72.05 | |
| 23 | A | Miloslav Konopka | | 71.76 | 71.96 | | 71.96 | |
| 24 | A | Ihor Tuhay | | 71.89 | | 70.56 | 71.89 | |
| 25 | A | Bergur Ingi Pétursson | | 69.73 | | 71.63 | 71.63 | |
| 26 | B | Roman Rozna | | 71.33 | 69.99 | 70.23 | 71.33 | |
| 27 | B | A.G. Kruger | | 70.58 | 71.21 | | 71.21 | |
| 28 | B | Dorian Çollaku | | 69.14 | 69.84 | 70.98 | 70.98 | |
| 29 | A | Lukas Melich | | 69.31 | 70.56 | 69.03 | 70.56 | |
| 30 | B | Juan Ignacio Cerra | | | 70.16 | | 70.16 | |
| A | Mohsen El Anany | | | | | ' | |
| B | Amanmurad Hommadov | | | | | ' | |
| A | Marco Lingua | | | | | | |
Final
The final was held on 17 August. The eight highest-ranked competitors after three rounds qualified for the final three throws to decide the medals.
