* Ivan Tikhon BLR disqualified from the competition for doping after retesting his samples from the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. ** Vladyslav Piskunov UKR disqualified from the competition for doping in accordance with Athletics Integrity Unit's “Global List of Ineligible Persons”. Results annulled from 08.08.05. Lifetime ban.
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Event Format: Athletes competed in a qualifying round followed by the final. Top twelve and ties in the qualifying round and all those reaching the announced qualification limit advanced to the final. In the final all finalists were given three tries. The top eight were then given three more. The athlete with the best result in the final was the winner of the World Championship. Event facts: Men's Hammer throw competition was held at the Olympic Stadium |
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