Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw
The men's hammer throw was a competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event was held at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange between 17–19 August. There were 32 competitors from 24 nations. The event was won by Dilshod Nazarov of Tajikistan, the nation's first medal in the men's hammer throw and first gold medal in any Olympic event. Ivan Tsikhan of Belarus took silver, the 14th man to win multiple medals in the event in adding to his 2008 bronze (which had made him temporarily the 12th man to do so before his 2004 silver medal was stripped in 2012). Bronze went to Wojciech Nowicki of Poland, the nation's first medal in the event since 2000.