Club throw

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The club throw is an athletic throwing event where the objective is to throw a wooden club. The event is one of the four throwing events, along with discus, javelin and shot put of the Summer Paralympics. It is the Paralympic equivalent of the hammer throw.[1] The club throw was introduced for both men and women at the first 1960 Summer Paralympic Games. It was dropped from the women's programme from the 1992 Paralympics in Barcelona but was reinstated for London 2012.

Sport rules[]

The club

Like other throwing events, the competition is decided by who can throw the club the farthest, though when the event is contested by athletes of different disability classifications, such as the Paralympics, the result is decided by a points score using the Raza Points System which considers athletes' relative levels of disability. The club for men and women weighs a minimum of 397 grams (14.0 oz) and is normally made from wood with a metal base.[2] The athlete sits in a frame in a throwing area which is within a marked circle between 2.135 and 2.50 metres (7 ft 0 in and 8 ft 2 in) in diameter. The frame is common for each competitor and is rigid.[2] The sport is contested at the Paralympics by athletes in the F31, F32 and F51 classes (individuals with the most significant impairment in hand function).

Records[]

As of 2017 the world record for the men's club in the 32 class is held by Maciej Sochal, who threw 37.19 metres (122 ft 0 in) at the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships. The men's record in the 51 class is held by Željko Dimitrijević, who recorded a distance of 31.99 metres (104 ft 11 in) at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships.[3][4]

As of 2017 the world record for the women's club in the 32 class is held by Maroua Ibrahmi, who threw 26.93 metres (88 ft 4 in) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. The women's record in the 51 class is held by America's Rachael Morrison, who recorded a distance of 23.82 metres (78 ft 2 in) in Claremont, CA on 8 April 2017.[3]

Paralympics[]

Men[]

Games Location Open to Gold Class Distance
(points)		 Silver Class Distance
(points)		 Bronze Class Distance
(points)
1984 New York, United States 1A  Bart Dodson (USA) 1A 23.54   (MEX) 1A 21.44  S. Wilkins (USA) 1A 21.12
1988 Seoul, South Korea 1A   (FRG) 1A 23.44   (ARG) 1A 18.28   (ITA) 1A 17.50
1992 Barcelona, Spain C6   (KOR) C6 51.58 WR   (GBR) C6 43.78   (BRA) C6 43.50
1996 Atlanta, United States F50  Stephen Miller (GBR) F50 25.84 WR   (GBR) F50 22.75   (USA) F50 20.65
2000 Sydney, Australia F51  Stephen Miller (GBR) F51 27.74  Takefumi Anryo (JPN) F51 26.88   (BRN) F51 26.08
2004 Athens, Greece F32/F51  Stephen Miller (GBR) F32 33.53
(1133)		  Radim Beles (CZE) F51 25.44
(993)		  Karim Betina (ALG) F32 29.17
(986)
2008 Beijing, China F32/F51  Mourad Idoudi (TUN) F32 35.77
(1125) WR		  Stephen Miller (GBR) F32 34.37
(1081)		  Jan Vanek (CZE) F51 25.29
(1063)
2012 London Olympic Stadium F31/32/51  Željko Dimitrijević (SRB) F51 26.88
(1010)		  Radim Běleš (CZE) F51 26.67
(1004)		  Lahouari Bahlaz (ALG) F32 36.31
(1003)
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil F32  Maciej Sochal (POL) F32 33.91  Athanasios Konstantinidis (GRE) F32 33.69  Stephen Miller (GBR) F32 31.93
F51  Zeljko Dimitrijevic (SRB) F51 29.96 WR  Milos Mitic (SRB) F51 26.84  Marián Kuřeja (SVK) F51 26.82

Women[]

Games Location Open to Gold Class Distance (points) Silver Class Distance (points) Bronze Class Distance (points)
1960 Rome, Italy A  Maria Scutti (ITA) A 19.10   (ITA) A 17.82   (AUT) A 17.32
B  Maria Scutti (ITA) B 20.07   (FRG) B 19.42   (ITA) B 19.11
C  Zander (FRG) C 26.62  Daphne Ceeney (AUS) C 21.11  Maria Scutti (ITA) C 20.21
2012 London, United Kingdom F31/32/51  Maroua Ibrahmi (TUN) F32 23.43 WR  Mounia Gasmi (ALG) F32 22.51  Gemma Prescott (GBR) F32 20.50
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil F31/32  Maroua Ibrahmi (TUN) F32 26.93 WR  Mounia Gasmi (ALG) F32 25.41  Gemma Prescott (GBR) F32 19.77
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil F51  Joanna Butterfield (GBR) F51 22.81 WR  Zoia Ovsii (UKR) F51 22.21  Cassie Mitchell (USA) F51 21.84

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Club throw". channel4.com. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "IPC Athletics Rules and Regulations,". IPC. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "World Para Athletics World Records". World Para Athletics. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  4. ^ "SK: Šta je veliki Željko rekao posle povlačenja?". N1. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
Retrieved from ""