2011 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge

The 2011 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge was the second edition of the annual, global series of hammer throw competitions organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. The winners were Krisztián Pars of Hungary (239.03 metres) and Betty Heidler of Germany (228.09 metres). Heidler retained her title from 2010, making her the first athlete to win the series twice. Both the final scores were records for the challenge.[1]

2011 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge
Edition2nd
Dates8 May–13 September
Meetings9
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A total of nine meetings featured on the circuit, with six women's and seven men's contests spread across those events. The point scoring format was cumulative – the final standings were decided by the sum of athletes' three best throws on the circuit. Only the best throw by an athlete from each meet was taken into consideration.

Calendar

Roughly contiguous with the IAAF World Challenge circuit, a permit hammer throw event was held at nine of the fourteen meetings of that circuit.[2][3]

Meeting City Country Date Type
Golden Grand Prix Kawasaki Japan 8 May Men
Colorful Daegu Pre-Championships Daegu South Korea 12 May Women
Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo Rio de Janeiro Brazil 26 May Both
Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar Dakar Senegal 28 May Women
Golden Spike Ostrava Ostrava Czech Republic 31 May Both
Brothers Znamensky Memorial Zhukovsky Russia 3 July Both
Meeting de Atletismo Madrid Madrid Spain 9 July Men
Rieti Meeting Rieti Italy 10 September Both
Hanžeković Memorial Zagreb Croatia 13 September Men

Final standings

Men

A total of twelve men recorded valid marks at three meetings and made the final standings.[4]

Rank Athlete Nation Kawasaki Rio de Janeiro Ostrava Zhukovsky Madrid Rieti Zagreb Final score
1Krisztián Pars Hungary239.03
2Dilshod Nazarov Tajikistan235.72
3Primož Kozmus Slovenia233.90
4Sergey Litvinov Russia232.56
5Nicola Vizzoni Italy232.44
6Markus Esser Germany231.92
7Aleksey Zagornyi Russia229.59
8Kibwe Johnson United States229.44
9Paweł Fajdek Poland226.98
10Igors Sokolovs Latvia223.96
11Anatoly Pozdnyakov Russia221.08
12Szymon Ziółkowski Poland221.00

Women

A total of nine women recorded valid marks at three meetings and made the final standings.[5]

Rank Athlete Nation Kawasaki Daegu Rio de Janeiro Ostrava Zhukovsky Rieti Final score
1Betty Heidler Germany228.09
2Yipsi Moreno Cuba220.46
3Kathrin Klaas Germany219.77
4Tatyana Beloborodova Russia218.51
5Zalina Marghieva Moldova214.58
6Marina Marghieva-Nikisenko Moldova204.75
7Martina Hrasnová Slovakia203.53
8Amber Campbell United States201.75
9Gulfiya Agafonova Russia191.54

References
  1. Pars and Heidler take overall titles and prize of $30,000 each. IAAF (2011-09-21). Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
  2. 2011 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Calendar. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
  3. IAAF World Challenge Calendar. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
  4. 2011 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Final Standings Men. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
  5. 2011 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Final Standings Women. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
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