The men's hammer throw at the 2026 European Athletics Championships took place over two rounds at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 10 and 11 August 2026."European Athletics Championships Birmingham 2026", European Athletics, 21 April 2026. Retrieved 8 August 2026.

Background

+ Records before the 2026 European Athletics Championships Record Athlete (nation) Location Date World record"All time Top lists – Senior Hammer Throw men – World", World Athletics. Retrieved 8 August 2026. 86.74 m Stuttgart, West Germany 30 August 1986 European record"All time Top lists – Senior Hammer Throw men – Europe", World Athletics. Retrieved 8 August 2026. Championship record"European Athletics Championships Best Performances", European Athletics. Retrieved 8 August 2026. World leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2026 Hammer Throw men – World", World Athletics. Retrieved 8 August 2026.83.64 mBudapest, Hungary14 July 2026 European leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2026 Hammer Throw men – Europe", World Athletics. Retrieved 8 August 2026.82.44 mWilmington, United States13 June 2026

Qualification For the men's hammer throw, the qualification period was from 27 July 2025 to 26 July 2026. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standard of 77.00 m or better, by wildcard for the 2024 European Athletics Champion, or by their position on the World Athletics Rankings for the event. The target number was 30 athletes."Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics, 14 November 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2026.

+ Qualification standings per 31 July 2026 QP CP Country Athlete Status Details 1 1 Wojciech Nowicki82.5275.27 Qualified by Wild Card Defending European Champion 2 1 Bence Halász83.1881.87 Qualified by Entry Standard 83.18 - Nemzeti Atlétikai Központ, Budapest (HUN) - 12 AUG 2025 3 1 Merlin Hummel82.7781.74 Qualified by Entry Standard 82.77 - National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) - 16 SEP 2025 4 1 Yann Chaussinand82.4482.44 Qualified by Entry Standard 82.44 - Colich Throws Center, Wilmington, CA (USA) - 13 JUN 2026 5 1 Mykhaylo Kokhan82.3882.38 Qualified by Entry Standard 82.38 - Colich Throws Center, Wilmington, CA (USA) - 13 JUN 2026 6 2 Paweł Fajdek83.9382.09 Qualified by Entry Standard 82.09 - Stade Raymond Petit, Tomblaine (FRA) - 03 JUL 2026 7 2 Ármin Szabados80.9580.95 Qualified by Entry Standard 80.95 - Egyetemi Stadion, Veszprém (HUN) - 25 APR 2026 8 1 Volodymyr Myslyvčuk80.6980.69 Qualified by Entry Standard 80.69 - GPS Stadium, Nicosia (CYP) - 15 MAR 2026 9 1 Christos Frantzeskakis79.0979.09 Qualified by Entry Standard 79.09 - Elena Venizelou National Stadium, Chania (GRE) - 09 MAY 2026 10 1 Thomas Mardal78.6678.66 Qualified by Entry Standard 78.66 - Fana Stadion, Bergen (NOR) - 28 MAY 2026 11 1 Iosif Kesidis78.6178.61 Qualified by Entry Standard 78.61 - Sports Park Mladost, Zagreb (CRO) - 26 JUN 2026 12 2 Sören Klose78.1878.18 Qualified by Entry Standard 78.18 - Lohrheidestadion, Wattenscheid, Bochum (GER) - 26 JUL 2026 13 1 Hilmar Örn Jónsson78.0378.03 Qualified by Entry Standard 78.03 - GPS Stadium, Nicosia (CYP) - 15 MAR 2026 14 1 Jake Norris77.7677.76 Qualified by Entry Standard 77.76 - Werferzentrum Brandberge, Halle (GER) - 16 MAY 2026 15 2 Georgios Papanastasiou77.7177.71 Qualified by Entry Standard 77.71 - National Stadium, Serres (GRE) - 11 JUL 2026 16 2 Eivind Henriksen81.5875.37 Qualified by Entry Standard 77.70 - National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) - 15 SEP 2025 17 3 Dániel Rába76.8374.06 Qualified by World Rankings 14th - 1202 points 18 1 Denzel Comenentia79.0975.87 Qualified by World Rankings 15th - 1188 points 19 1 Matija Gregurić76.6876.50 Qualified by World Rankings 18th - 1181 points 20 3 Marcin Wrotyński77.0176.72 Qualified by World Rankings 19th - 1173 points 21 1 Markelo Mema76.5776.57 Qualified by World Rankings 21st - 1167 points 22 3 Mihail Anastasakis77.7276.36 Qualified by World Rankings 22nd - 1166 points 23 1 Henri Liipola75.8875.88 Qualified by World Rankings 24th - 1163 points reserve 4 Angelos Mantzouranis78.6175.98 Qualified by World Rankings 25th - 1158 points 24 2 Patrik Hájek78.2075.66 Qualified by World Rankings 27th - 1155 points251Halil Yilmazer75.0174.66Qualified by World Rankings28th - 1150 points264Dawid Piłat75.4075.40Qualified by World Rankings31st - 1144 points271Adam Kelly75.8174.85Qualified by World Rankings32nd - 1144 points281Giorgio Olivieri74.3974.27Qualified by World Rankings33rd - 1143 pointsreserve4Gábor Czeller74.4874.48Qualified by World Rankings34th - 1142 points292Özkan Baltacı77.5073.87Qualified by World Rankings36th - 1138 points301Ragnar Carlsson77.5773.90Qualified by World Rankings37th - 1135 pointsreserve1Marcel Lomnický79.1972.33Next best by World Rankings39th - 1129 pointsreserve1Jan Emberšič72.7172.71Next best by World Rankings40th - 1117 pointsreserve2Aaron Kangas79.0574.28Next best by World Rankings44th - 1102 pointsreserve3Max Lampinen72.4871.64Next best by World Rankings46th - 1101 pointsreserve4Tuomas Seppänen76.2071.53Next best by World Rankings48th - 1099 pointsreserve2Davide Costa74.1774.17Next best by World Rankings50th - 1096 pointsreserve5Roope Auvinen72.7772.77Next best by World Rankings51st - 1095 pointsreserve3Filippo Maria Iacocca71.3371.33Next best by World Rankings60th - 1076 pointsreserve1Valentin Andreev74.0269.94Next best by World Rankings66th - 1068 points

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Schedule Date Time Round10 August 2026 10:40 Qualification.11 August 2026 19:10 Final

Results Qualification The qualification round was held on 10 August 2026, at 10:44 in the morning. All athletes meeting the Qualification Standard (Q) of 78.00 m or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.

Group A Place Athlete Nation Round Result Notes #1 #2 #3 1 Bence Halász 79.58 – – 79.58 m 2 Yann Chaussinand 74.61 x 77.45 77.45 m 3 Hilmar Örn Jónsson 73.13 73.44 76.63 76.63 m 4 Jake Norris 73.72 x 75.67 75.67 m 5 Merlin Hummel x 74.77 75.49 75.49 m 6 Christos Frantzeskakis 71.01 75.22 73.85 75.22 m 7 Wojciech Nowicki 74.14 73.74 74.49 74.49 m 8 x 72.96 74.09 74.09 m 9 Matija Gregurić 73.20 73.49 72.69 73.49 m 10 Thomas Mardal x 73.23 x 73.23 m 11 Denzel Comenentia x 72.00 x 72.00 m 12 Giorgio Olivieri 71.83 71.05 x 71.83 m 13 70.63 x x 70.63 m 14 Patrik Hájek 70.24 70.56 x 70.56 m 15 Özkan Baltacı 68.59 68.90 x 68.90 m

Group B Place Athlete Nation Round Result Notes #1 #2 #3 1 Volodymyr Myslyvčuk 79.61 – – 79.61 m 2 Mykhaylo Kokhan 74.22 77.40 – 77.40 m 3 Paweł Fajdek 74.57 x 77.35 77.35 m 4 Ármin Szabados 77.08 75.38 – 77.08 m 5 Sören Klose 75.80 73.48 71.17 75.80 m 6 Iosif Kesidis 74.02 75.48 73.13 75.48 m , 7 x 72.90 72.37 72.90 m 8 Michail Anastasakis 72.05 71.84 72.57 72.57 m 9 Eivind Henriksen 72.06 69.10 x 72.06 m 10 68.63 x 71.63 71.63 m 11 Henri Liipola 66.56 71.23 69.35 71.23 m 12 70.47 70.38 67.71 70.47 m 13 69.53 x x 69.53 m 14 Ragnar Carlsson x x 68.54 68.54 m 15 66.10 67.89 x 67.89 m

Final The final was held on 11 August 2026, at 19:10 in the evening.

PlaceAthleteNationRoundResultNotes #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Bence Halász 80.96 77.99 81.84 80.69 84.25 x 84.25 m , Merlin Hummel 79.08 x x 75.97 81.30 x 81.30 m Mykhaylo Kokhan 78.70 x 78.76 79.10 79.49 x 79.49 m 4 Volodymyr Myslyvčuk 78.45 79.42 76.89 78.93 79.42 x 79.42 m 5 Paweł Fajdek 79.13 x 76.71 x x x 79.13 m 6 Sören Klose 77.10 75.94 78.13 x 77.16 x 78.13 m 7 Hilmar Örn Jónsson 74.38 77.26 x 76.89 x x 77.26 m 8 Ármin Szabados x x 76.91 x x x 76.91 m 9 Yann Chaussinand x x 76.19 76.19 m 10 Christos Frantzeskakis 75.06 75.72 x 75.72 m 11 Jake Norris 74.61 x 74.35 74.61 m 12 Iosif Kesidis x x 72.27 72.27 m

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