IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge

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IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge
SportHammer throw
Founded2010
ContinentGlobal
Official websiteHammer Throw

The IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge is an annual hammer throw series, organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations. First held in 2010, the series of hammer throw competitions for men and women are primary held at meetings with IAAF World Challenge status. The rankings are decided by combining the total (in metres) of each athlete's three greatest throws at the permit events during the season. Further points can be gained by those who break or equal the world record mark for the event.[1]

The total prize money available in 2010 was US$202,000, split evenly between male and female athletes. The male and female winners each receive $30,000, while second and third placed athletes are entitled to $20,000 and $14,000 respectively. Increasingly smaller prizes are given to the remaining throwers who rank in the top twelve.[1][2] The eleven meetings which had permit status in 2010 offered either a men's contest, a women's contest, or both – an arrangement which gave athletes of each sex a total of seven opportunities to score points for the challenge.[1]

The competition's creation was a result of the IAAF Golden League being replaced by the IAAF Diamond League in 2010 – hammer throw was the sole track and field event not to feature on the new top level circuit. The challenge was designed to allow hammer throwers to compete in a global seasonal competition, similar to that found for other track and field events on the IAAF Diamond League.

The most successful athlete of the series is Poland's Anita Włodarczyk, who won the women's title six times straight from 2013 to 2018.[3] Her compatriot Paweł Fajdek is the most successful man, with five victories.[4] Germany's Betty Heidler and Hungarian Krisztián Pars have each won the title on three occasions. Fajdek holds the men's series record score of 248.48 metres while Włodarczyk is the women's series record holder with 240.44 metres.

Editions[]

Edition Year Start date End date Meets Ref.
1 2010 24 April 1 September 11 [5]
2 2011 8 May 13 September 9 [6]
3 2012 6 May 9 September 8 [7]
4 2013 5 May 8 September 15 [8]
5 2014 11 May 7 September 13 [9]
6 2015 21 March 13 September 14 [10]
7 2016 5 March 19 August 11 [11]
8 21 May 11 August 9 [12]
9 19 May 22 August 10 [13]
10 28 April 2 October 10 [14]
11 [15]

Meetings[]

Key:

  • M : Men
  • W : Men
  • B : Both
# Meeting Arena City Country 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
1 IAAF World Challenge Dakar Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor Dakar Senegal W W W W B
2 Golden Grand Prix Osaka Yanmar Stadium Nagai Osaka Japan M M M M W W W M W
3 Colorful Daegu Championships Meeting Daegu Stadium Daegu South Korea W W W
4 Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos Rio de Janeiro Brazil B B B W W M M
5 Golden Spike Ostrava Městský stadion Ostrava Czech Republic B B B B B B B B B W
6 Fanny Blankers-Koen Games Fanny Blankers-Koen Stadion Hengelo Netherlands M
7 Paavo Nurmi Games Paavo Nurmi Stadium Turku Finland M M M M M W
8 Brothers Znamensky Memorial Meteor Stadium Zhukovsky Russia W B B
9 Gyulai István Memorial Székesfehérvár Hungary M B B B W W B
10 Meeting de Atletismo Madrid Centro Deportivo Moratalaz Madrid Spain M M M M M W
11 ISTAF Berlin Olympiastadion Berlin Germany W W W W W
12 Rieti Meeting Stadio Raul Guidobaldi Rieti Italy B B B B M M
13 Hanžeković Memorial Zagreb Croatia M M M
14 Ponce Grand Prix de Atletismo Estadio Francisco Montaner Ponce Puerto Rico M B
15 IAAF World Challenge Beijing Beijing National Stadium Beijing China W W W W
16 Prefontaine Classic Hayward Field Eugene United States W M
17 Moscow Challenge Luzhniki Stadium Moscow Russia W B
18 Janusz Kusociński Memorial Szczecin Poland B M B B B B B
19 Tingvalla IP Karlstad Sweden M M M
20 World Championships Varies Varies Varies B B B B
21 Rabat Meeting Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Rabat Morocco W M
22 Melbourne Track Classic Lakeside Stadium Melbourne Australia M M
23 Jamaica International Invitational Independence Park Kingston Jamaica W W
24 Olympic Games Varies Varies Varies B B
25 Šamorín Slovakia B M
26 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial Silesian Stadium Chorzów Poland W
27 Nanjing World Challenge Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre Nanjing China W
28 European Athletics Festival Bydgoszcz Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium Bydgoszcz Poland M
29 IAAF Training Centre Szombathely Hungary B
  • The Osaka meet was held at the Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium in Kawasaki, Kanagawa in 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2017, and was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo in 2013 and 2014
  • The 2013 Gyulai István Memorial was held in Budapest
  • The 2014 Rabat meeting was held in Marrakesh
  • The Brazilian meet was held at the Arena Caixa Atletismo in São Bernardo do Campo in 2016 and 2017, and at the National Training Centre in Bragança Paulista in 2018 and 2019
  • The 2018 and 2019 Janusz Kusociński Memorial was held at the Silesian Stadium in Chorzów

Medalists[]

Men[]

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2010 Koji Murofushi
  (JPN)		 238.52 Dilshod Nazarov
  (TJK)		 236.02 Libor Charfreitag
  (SVK)		 235.26
2011 Krisztián Pars
  (HUN)		 239.03 Dilshod Nazarov
  (TJK)		 235.72 Primož Kozmus
  (SLO)		 233.90
2012 Krisztián Pars
  (HUN)		 242.35 Paweł Fajdek
  (POL)		 236.47 Aleksey Sokirskiy
  (UKR)		 233.39
2013 Paweł Fajdek
  (POL)		 244.23 Krisztián Pars
  (HUN)		 244.17 Lukáš Melich
  (CZE)		 239.80
2014 Krisztián Pars
  (HUN)		 244.84 Paweł Fajdek
  (POL)		 241.49 Dilshod Nazarov
  (TJK)		 241.37
2015 Paweł Fajdek
  (POL)		 248.01 Dilshod Nazarov
  (TJK)		 236.20 Krisztián Pars
  (HUN)		 234.75
2016 Paweł Fajdek
  (POL)		 242.89 Dilshod Nazarov
  (TJK)		 236.37 Wojciech Nowicki
  (POL)		 232.63
Paweł Fajdek
  (POL)		 248.48 Wojciech Nowicki
  (POL)		 236.32 Dilshod Nazarov
  (TJK)		 231.40
Wojciech Nowicki
  (POL)		 241.89 Paweł Fajdek
  (POL)		 240.04 Bence Halász
  (HUN)		 232.46
Paweł Fajdek
  (POL)		 241.86 Wojciech Nowicki
  (POL)		 237.47 Bence Halász
  (HUN)		 234.99

Women[]

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2010 Betty Heidler
  (GER)		 225.88 Anita Włodarczyk
  (POL)		 225.30 Tatyana Lysenko
  (RUS)		 223.96
2011 Betty Heidler
  (GER)		 228.09 Yipsi Moreno
  (CUB)		 220.46 Kathrin Klaas
  (GER)		 219.77
2012 Betty Heidler
  (GER)		 230.49 Anita Włodarczyk
  (POL)		 223.13 Tatyana Lysenko
  (RUS)		 222.05
2013 Anita Włodarczyk
  (POL)		 233.83 Tatyana Lysenko
  (RUS)		 227.59 Betty Heidler
  (GER)		 226.93
2014 Anita Włodarczyk
  (POL)		 232.52 Betty Heidler
  (GER)		 228.54 Kathrin Klaas
  (GER)		 222.65
2015 Anita Włodarczyk
  (POL)		 235.28 Betty Heidler
  (GER)		 222.28 Martina Hrašnová
  (SVK)		 222.20
2016 Anita Włodarczyk
  (POL)		 240.44 Sophie Hitchon
  (GBR)		 218.11 Zalina Petrivskaya
  (MDA)		 217.80
Anita Włodarczyk
  (POL)		 235.62 Wang Zheng
  (CHN)		 225.77 Hanna Skydan
  (AZE)		 221.75
Anita Włodarczyk
  (POL)		 228.12 Gwen Berry
  (USA)		 223.31 Joanna Fiodorow
  (POL)		 222.03
DeAnna Price
  (USA)		 226.55 Wang Zheng
  (CHN)		 226.34 Joanna Fiodorow
  (POL)		 224.46

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Hammer Challenge set to throw Dakar into a spin. IAAF (2010-04-22). Retrieved on 2010-09-15.
  2. ^ "Murofushi and Heidler take overall titles and prize of $30,000 each – IAAF World Hammer Throw Challenge". IAAF. 2010-09-08. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
  3. ^ Wlodarczyk and Nowicki win 2018 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge. IAAF (2018-08-27). Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  4. ^ Fajdek and Price win 2019 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge. IAAF (2019-10-17). Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  5. ^ 2010 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  6. ^ 2011 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  7. ^ 2012 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  8. ^ 2013 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  9. ^ 2014 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  10. ^ 2015 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  11. ^ 2016 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  12. ^ 2017 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  13. ^ 2018 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  14. ^ 2019 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  15. ^ 2020 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.

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