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Men's hammer throw at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Carrara Stadium
Dates	8 April
Competitors	16 from 11 nations
Winning distance	80.26 m GR
Medalists
Nick Miller    England   Matthew Denny    Australia   Mark Dry    Scotland
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Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
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High jump	men	women
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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.

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:

World record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	86.74 m	Stuttgart, West Germany	30 August 1986
Games record	Stuart Rendell (AUS)	77.53 m	Melbourne, Australia	24 March 2006

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:

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

Results

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

Final

Rank	Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Nick Miller (ENG)	63.60	x	76.48	80.26	79.75	x	80.26	GR, NR
	Matthew Denny (AUS)	x	x	73.82	74.88	x	74.61	74.88	PB
	Mark Dry (SCO)	69.00	68.44	68.74	70.78	71.34	73.12	73.12	SB
4	Adam Keenan (CAN)	x	68.29	x	70.43	70.75	72.15	72.15
5	Taylor Campbell (ENG)	71.69	x	x	71.18	72.03	71.46	72.03
6	Dempsey McGuigan (NIR)	67.08	68.73	67.80	67.33	70.24	68.27	70.24
7	Osian Jones (WAL)	69.44	70.14	x	68.79	69.44	x	70.14
8	Jack Dalton (AUS)	x	68.28	x	62.96	x	66.34	68.28	=PB
9	Tshepang Makhethe (RSA)	67.05	67.99	x	—			67.99
10	Chris Bennett (SCO)	65.22	64.29	x				65.22
11	Huw Peacock (AUS)	64.68	x	65.19				65.19
12	Constantinos Stathelakos (CYP)	x	x	64.87				64.87
13	Canigia Raynor (JAM)	64.36	x	x				64.36
14	Jackie Siew Cheer Wong (MAS)	62.44	x	64.35				64.35
15	Alexandros Poursanidis (CYP)	x	x	63.86				63.86
16	Dominic Ondigi Abunda (KEN)	60.15	60.64	61.38				61.38	NR

Note

• Also a British record

References

1. ^ "Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games: Event Schedule - Men's hammer throw". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
2. ^ Athletics | Men's Hammer Throw - Final (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. p. 89. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.

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