IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge
The IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge is an annual athletics contest 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 is 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] The 2010 men's and women's competitions were won by Koji Murofushi and Betty Heidler, respectively.[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]
Meetings
Roughly contiguous with the IAAF World Challenge circuit, a permit hammer throw event was held at all meetings with the exception of Melbourne Track Classic in March and the Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat in June.[3][4]
Meeting | City | Country | Month | Type |
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Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar | Dakar | Senegal | April | Women |
Osaka Grand Prix | Osaka | Japan | May | Men |
Colorful Daegu Pre-Championships | Daegu | South Korea | May | Women |
Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | May | Both |
Golden Spike Ostrava | Ostrava | Czech Republic | May | Both |
Fanny Blankers-Koen Games | Hengelo | Netherlands | May | Men |
Znamensky Memorial | Zhukovsky | Russia | June | Women |
Meeting de Atletismo Madrid | Madrid | Spain | July | Men |
ISTAF | Berlin | Germany | August | Women |
Rieti Meeting | Rieti | Italy | August | Both |
Hanzekovic Memorial | Zagreb | Croatia | September | Men |
Medalists
Men
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 |
Koji Murofushi Japan | 238.52 | Dilshod Nazarov Tajikistan | 236.02 | Libor Charfreitag Slovakia | 235.26 |
2011 |
Krisztián Pars Hungary | 239.03 | Dilshod Nazarov Tajikistan | 235.72 | Primož Kozmus Slovenia | 233.90 |
2012 |
Krisztián Pars Hungary | 242.35 | Paweł Fajdek Poland | 236.47 | Oleksiy Sokyrskyy Ukraine | 233.39 |
2013 |
Paweł Fajdek Poland | 244.23 | Krisztián Pars Hungary | 244.17 | Lukáš Melich Czech Republic | 239.80 |
2014 |
Krisztián Pars Hungary | 244.84 | Paweł Fajdek Poland | 241.49 | Dilshod Nazarov Tajikistan | 241.37 |
2015 |
Paweł Fajdek Poland | 248.01 | Dilshod Nazarov Tajikistan | 236.20 | Krisztián Pars Hungary | 234.75 |
Women
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 |
Betty Heidler Germany | 225.88 | Anita Włodarczyk Poland | 225.30 | Tatyana Lysenko Russia | 223.96 |
2011 |
Betty Heidler Germany | 228.09 | Yipsi Moreno Cuba | 220.46 | Kathrin Klaas Germany | 219.77 |
2012 |
Betty Heidler Germany | 230.49 | Anita Włodarczyk Poland | 223.13 | Tatyana Lysenko Russia | 222.05 |
2013 |
Anita Włodarczyk Poland | 233.83 | Tatyana Lysenko Russia | 227.59 | Betty Heidler Germany | 226.93 |
2014 |
Anita Włodarczyk Poland | 232.52 | Betty Heidler Germany | 228.54 | Kathrin Klaas Germany | 222.65 |
2015 |
Anita Włodarczyk Poland | 235.28 | Betty Heidler Germany | 222.28 | Martina Hrasnová Slovakia | 222.20 |
See also
References
- 1 2 3 Hammer Challenge set to throw Dakar into a spin. IAAF (2010-04-22). Retrieved on 2010-09-15.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Calendar. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-15.
- ↑ IAAF World Challenge Calendar. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-15.