2012 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge

The 2012 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge was the third 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 (242.35 metres) and Betty Heidler of Germany (230.49 metres). Both retained their titles from 2011 and for Heidler this was a third straight victory. Both the final scores were records for the challenge.[1]

2012 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge
Edition3rd
Dates6 May–9 September
Meetings8
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A total of eight meetings featured on the circuit, with five women's and six 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 eight of the fourteen meetings of that circuit. Compared to the previous year, one less meeting featured on the series. The Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar and Brothers Znamensky Memorial were dropped and the Internationales Stadionfest in Berlin was included.[2][3]

Meeting City Country Date Type
Golden Grand Prix Kawasaki Japan 6 May Men
Colorful Daegu Pre-Championships Daegu South Korea 16 May Women
Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo Rio de Janeiro Brazil 20 May Both
Golden Spike Ostrava Ostrava Czech Republic 25 May Both
Meeting de Atletismo Madrid Madrid Spain 7 July Men
Internationales Stadionfest Berlin Germany 2 September Women
Hanžeković Memorial Zagreb Croatia 4 September Men
Rieti Meeting Rieti Italy 9 September Both

Final standings

Men

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

Rank Athlete Nation Kawasaki Rio de Janeiro Ostrava Madrid Zagreb Rieti Final score
1Krisztián Pars Hungary242.35
2Paweł Fajdek Poland236.47
3Aleksiy Sokirskiy Ukraine233.39
4Lukáš Melich Czech Republic227.44
5Dilshod Nazarov Tajikistan224.97
6Mattias Jons Sweden223.92
7Szymon Ziółkowski Poland223.44

Women

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

Rank Athlete Nation Daegu Rio de Janeiro Ostrava Berlin Rieti Final score
1Betty Heidler Germany230.49
2Anita Włodarczyk Poland223.13
3Tatyana Lysenko Russia222.05
4Kathrin Klaas Germany216.60
5Zalina Marghieva Moldova216.43
6Martina Hrašnová Slovakia212.30
7Sultana Frizell Canada204.61

References
  1. Ramsak, Bob (2012-12-31). 2012 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Review – Pars and Heidler retain titles. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
  2. 2012 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Calendar. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
  3. IAAF World Challenge Calendar. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
  4. 2012 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Final Standings Men. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
  5. 2012 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Final Standings Women. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
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