2023 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's hammer throw

The men's hammer throw event at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Espoo, Finland, at Leppävaara Stadium on 13 and 15 July.^[1]

Men's hammer throw at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships
Venue	Leppävaara Stadium
Location	Espoo, Finland
Dates	13 July (qualification) 15 July (final)
Competitors	21 from 15 nations
Winning distance	77.21 m
Medalists
Mykhaylo Kokhan    Ukraine   Merlin Hummel    Germany   Sören Klose    Germany
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Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

European U23 record	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN)	81.70 m	Lahti, Finland	16 June 2002
Championship U23 record	Nicolas Figère (FRA)	80.88 m	Amsterdam, Netherlands	15 July 2001

Results

Qualification

Qualification rules: All athletes over 71.00 m (Q) or at least 12 best (q) will advance to the final.^[2]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Mark	Notes
1	B	Mykhaylo Kokhan	Ukraine	72.25			72.25	Q
2	B	Dawid Piłat	Poland	72.24			72.24	Q
3	A	Halil Yılmazer	Turkey	67.97	68.76	71.33	71.33	Q
4	B	Orestis Ntousakis	Greece	70.08	x	68.72	70.08	q
5	A	Sören Klose	Germany	x	69.85	68.21	69.85	q
6	B	Jean-Baptiste Bruxelle	France	69.40	69.53	69.33	69.53	q
7	A	Jan Doležálek	Czech Republic	66.63	63.60	69.30	69.30	q
8	A	Tomasz Ratajczyk	Poland	68.74	67.31	x	68.74	q
9	B	Merlin Hummel	Germany	68.66	x	66.60	68.66	q
10	A	Nikolaos Polychroniou	Greece	68.36	68.35	x	68.36	q
11	B	Valentin Andreev	Bulgaria	67.64	67.07	x	67.64	q
12	B	Benedek Doma	Hungary	64.51	67.22	x	67.22	q
13	A	Davide Costa	Italy	65.14	66.43	x	66.43
14	A	Ioannis Korakidis	Greece	64.04	x	66.09	66.09
15	A	Oskari Lahtinen	Finland	62.32	65.92	x	65.92	PB
16	A	Kenneth Ikeji	Great Britain	x	65.78	x	65.78
17	B	Jan Emberšič	Slovenia	63.40	64.09	65.30	65.30
18	A	Dragos Ionut Nicorici	Romania	x	x	64.10	64.10
19	B	Lars Wolfisberg	Switzerland	x	63.42	x	63.42
20	A	Lukas Baroke	Switzerland	x	61.79	63.07	63.07
	B	Adam Ziółkowski	Poland	x	x	x	NM

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Mykhaylo Kokhan	Ukraine	73.68	76.16	76.08	75.35	70.73	77.21	77.21	SB
	Merlin Hummel	Germany	62.60	x	73.39	x	x	75.71	75.71
	Sören Klose	Germany	71.31	72.42	73.70	x	72.51	71.42	73.70
4	Dawid Piłat [es; pl]	Poland	x	69.36	71.09	68.01	72.44	x	72.44
5	Nikolaos Polychroniou	Greece	70.68	71.50	71.09	70.12	69.19	x	71.50
6	Jan Doležálek	Czech Republic	70.86	70.46	x	70.70	x	x	70.86
7	Halil Yilmazer	Turkey	69.77	70.67	x	x	67.23	68.79	70.67
8	Valentin Andreev [de; pl]	Bulgaria	68.74	69.46	70.36	68.68	70.58	69.04	70.58
9	Tomasz Ratajczyk	Poland	70.14	x	x				70.14
10	Jean-Baptiste Bruxelle [es; fr]	France	67.26	x	68.56				68.56
11	Benedek Doma	Hungary	x	67.05	68.40				68.40
12	Orestis Dusakis [es]	Greece	68.09	68.38	x				68.38