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 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]

Meetings

Meeting	City	Country	Month	Type
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
Paavo Nurmi Games	Turku	Finland	June	Men
Znamensky Memorial	Zhukovsky	Russia	June	Women
Gyulai István Memorial	Székesfehérvár	Hungary	July	Both
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
2016	Paweł Fajdek Poland	242.89	Dilshod Nazarov Tajikistan	236.37	Wojciech Nowicki Poland	232.63
2017	Paweł Fajdek Poland	248.48	Wojciech Nowicki Poland	236.32	Dilshod Nazarov Tajikistan	231.40
2018	Wojciech Nowicki Poland	241.89	Paweł Fajdek Poland	240.04	Bence Halász Hungary	232.46

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
2016	Anita Włodarczyk Poland	240.44	Sophie Hitchon Great Britain	218.11	Zalina Petrivskaya Moldova	217.80
2017	Anita Włodarczyk Poland	235.62	Wang Zheng China	225.77	Hanna Skydan Azerbaijan	221.75
2018	Anita Włodarczyk Poland	228.12	Gwen Berry United States	223.31	Joanna Fiodorow Poland	222.03

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.

External links

Years in review: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

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[Dakar-1] 1 2 3 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.