Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's hammer throw

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{{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}}

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{{Infobox Commonwealth Games event

|event = Men's hammer throw

|games = 2018

|image =

|image_size = 150

|caption =

|venue = Carrara Stadium

|dates = 8 April

|competitors = 16

|nations = 11

|win_label = Winning distance

|win_value = 80.26 m GR

|gold = Nick Miller

|goldCGA = ENG

|silver = Matthew Denny

|silverCGA = AUS

|bronze = Mark Dry

|bronzeCGA = SCO

|prev = 2014

|next = 2022

}}

{{Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games}}

The men's hammer throw at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium in Queensland on 8 April 2018.{{cite web |url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/athletics/event-schedule-men-s-hammer-throw.htm |title=Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games: Event Schedule - Men's hammer throw |access-date=30 March 2018 |work=Gold Coast 2018}}

The winning margin was 5.38 metres which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's hammer throw has been won by more than 5 metres at these games.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:{{cite book|title=Athletics {{!}} Men's Hammer Throw - Final|publisher=Gold Coast 2018|page=89|url=https://www.gc2018.com/sites/default/files/2018-04/GC2018_ATH_ResultsBook_v1.0.pdf|access-date=23 April 2018|archive-date=18 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418004822/https://www.gc2018.com/sites/default/files/2018-04/GC2018_ATH_ResultsBook_v1.0.pdf|url-status=dead}}

class="wikitable"
World record

|{{flagathlete|Yuriy Sedykh|URS}}

|86.74 m

|Stuttgart, West Germany

|30 August 1986

Games record

|{{flagCGFathlete|Stuart Rendell|AUS|2006}}

|77.53 m

|Melbourne, Australia

|24 March 2006

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:

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! Date

! Time

! Round

style=background:lemonchiffon| Sunday 8 April 2018style=background:lemonchiffon| 14:00style=background:lemonchiffon| Final

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

With sixteen entrants, the event was held as a straight final.

=Final=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
RankAthlete#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
{{gold01}}align="left" | {{flagCGFathlete|Nick Miller|ENG|2018}}

| 63.60

{{sort|60.59|x}}76.4880.2679.75{{sort|66.33|x}}80.26{{AthAbbr|GR|Commonwealth Games}}, {{AthAbbr|NR|English}}{{ref label|record status|UK}}
{{silver02}}align="left" | {{flagCGFathlete|Matthew Denny|AUS|2018}}

| {{sort|60.14|x}}

{{sort|60.58|x}}73.8274.88{{sort|69.43|x}}74.6174.88{{AthAbbr|PB}}
{{bronze03}}align="left" | {{flagCGFathlete|Mark Dry|SCO|2018}}

| 69.00

68.4468.7470.7871.3473.1273.12{{AthAbbr|SB}}
{{sort|04|4}}align="left" | {{flagCGFathlete|Adam Keenan|CAN|2018}}

| {{sort|60.13|x}}

68.29{{sort|61.37|x}}70.4370.7572.1572.15
{{sort|05|5}}align="left" | {{flagCGFathlete|Taylor Campbell|ENG|2018}}

| 71.69

{{sort|60.57|x}}{{sort|61.36|x}}71.1872.0371.4672.03
{{sort|06|6}}align="left" | {{flagCGFathlete|Dempsey McGuigan|NIR|2018}}

| 67.08

68.7367.8067.3370.2468.2770.24
{{sort|07|7}}align="left" | {{flagCGFathlete|Osian Jones|WAL|2018}}

| 69.44

70.14{{sort|61.35|x}}68.7969.44{{sort|66.32|x}}70.14
{{sort|08|8}}align="left" | {{flagCGFathlete|Jack Dalton|AUS|2018}}

| {{sort|60.12|x}}

68.28{{sort|61.34|x}}62.96{{sort|69.42|x}}66.3468.28={{AthAbbr|PB}}
{{sort|09|9}}align="left" | {{flagCGFathlete|Tshepang Makhethe|RSA|2018}}

| 67.05

67.99{{sort|61.33|x}}rowspan=8 colspan=3 {{n/a}}67.99
10align="left" | {{flagCGFathlete|Chris Bennett|SCO|2018}}

| 65.22

64.29{{sort|61.32|x}}65.22
11align="left" | {{flagCGFathlete|Huw Peacock|AUS|2018}}

| 64.68

{{sort|60.56|x}}65.1965.19
12align="left" | {{flagCGFathlete|Constantinos Stathelakos|CYP|2018}}

| {{sort|60.11|x}}

{{sort|60.55|x}}64.8764.87
13align="left" | {{flagCGFathlete|Canigia Raynor|JAM|2018}}

| 64.36

{{sort|60.54|x}}{{sort|61.31|x}}64.36
14align="left" | {{flagCGFathlete|Jackie Siew Cheer Wong|MAS|2018}}

| 62.44

{{sort|60.53|x}}64.3564.35
15align="left" | {{flagCGFathlete|Alexandros Poursanidis|CYP|2018}}

| {{sort|60.10|x}}

{{sort|60.52|x}}63.8663.86
16align="left" | {{flagCGFathlete|Dominic Ondigi Abunda|KEN|2018}}

| 60.15

60.6461.3861.38{{AthAbbr|NR|Kenyan}}

;Note

References

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Men's hammer throw

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