This article is about the event in regular track and field competitions. For the similar Highland games event with a different type of hammer, see Scottish hammer throw.
The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consists of a metal ball attached by a steel wire to a grip. These three components are each separate and can move independently. Both the size and weight of the ball vary between men's and women's events. The women's hammer weighs 4kg for college and professional meets while the men's hammer weighs 7.26kg.[citation needed]
Scottish hammer throw illustration from Frank R. Stockton's book Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and FancyIrish AmericanJohn Flanagan in the hammer throw competition at the Summer Olympics 1908 in London
The exact origins of the Hammer throw are a mystery to modern historians.[citation needed] According to legend, at the Tailteann Games in Tara, Ireland as far back as 2000 BC the Celtic warrior Culchulainn took a chariot axle with a wheel still attached and spun it around and hurled it.[1] The wheel was later replaced by a rock with a wooden handle attached.[1] A sledgehammer began to be used for the sport in Scotland and England during the Middle Ages.[1] In current times, the hammer has changed to the more modern 7.26 kg ball attached to a wire and a handle, but the Scottish Highland Games still feature the older style of hammer throw with the rock and the solid wood handle. Today the Hammer throw is one of four throwing events featured in the Olympics alongside discus, shot put, and javelin.
The men's hammer weighs 16 pounds (7.26 kg) and measures 3 feet 11+3⁄4 inches (121.3 cm) in length, and the women's hammer weighs 4 kg (8.82 lb) and 3 ft 11 in (119.4 cm) in length.[2] Like the other throwing events, the competition is decided by who can throw the implement the farthest.
The throwing motion starts with the thrower swinging the hammer back-and-forth about two times to generate momentum. The thrower then makes three, four or (rarely) five full rotations using a complex heel-toe foot movement, spinning the hammer in a circular path and increasing its angular velocity with each rotation. Rather than spinning the hammer horizontally, it is instead spun in a plane that angles up towards the direction in which it will be launched. The thrower releases the hammer as its velocity is upward and toward the target.[3]
Thrower inside a hammer cage, with the markings for the throwing circle and the throwing sector visible on the ground (women's final at the 2017 European Athletics U23 Championships)
Throws are made from a throwing circle. The thrower is not allowed to step outside the throwing circle before the hammer has landed and may only enter and exit from the rear of the throwing circle. The hammer must land within a 34.92º throwing sector that is centered on the throwing circle. The sector angle was chosen because it provides a sector whose bounds are easy to measure and lay out on a field (10 metres out from the center of the ring, 6 metres across).[4][5] A violation of the rules results in a foul and the throw not being counted.[citation needed]
As of 2023[update] the men's hammer world record is held by Yuriy Sedykh, who threw 86.74 m (284 ft 6+3⁄4 in) at the 1986 European Athletics Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany on 30 August. The world record for the women's hammer is held by Anita Włodarczyk, who threw 82.98 m (272 ft 2+3⁄4 in) during the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial on 28 August 2016.[citation needed] Sedykh's 1986 world record has been noted for its longevity, and for dating from "a time when track and field was starting to realize the scale of performance-enhancing drug use" (AP).[6] According to Russian doping whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov, Sedykh was a heavy user of steroids, which Sedykh denied.[6]
The throwing distance depends on the velocity and height at which the hammer is released, but also on other factors that are not under the athlete's control.[7] In particular, earth's rotation affects it via the location's latitude (due to the centrifugal force, the hammer will fly a bit further in a location closer to the equator) and to a lesser extent also via the throw's azimuth (i.e. its compass direction, due to Coriolis forces).[7] According to a 2023 study, such effects are large enough that the top 20 world-record rankings for both men and women at the time could somewhat change if they were adjusted for latitude and azimuth.[7]
Safety issuesedit
Hammer throwing has been described as involving "inherent danger [...]. Athletes, coaches, and spectators participating in the event are at risk; steel hammers [...] are hurled through the air at great speeds, [travel] far distances, and [are] sometimes difficult to spot in flight."[8] For example, hammer throws resulted in four deaths in Europe in 2000 alone,[9] and have caused deaths and permanent brain damage injuries in the United States too.[8]
To mitigate such risks, a C-shaped "hammer cage" was introduced, which is built around the throwing circle, preventing the hammer from flying off in unwanted directions.[8] In 2004, the IAAF changed its rules to increase the mandatory height of hammer cages to 10m and reduce their "danger zone" angle to around 53°.[8] The change also moved the cage gates further away from the throwing circle, thus reducing the risk of a misdirected hammer bouncing back on the thrower.[10]
^"Laying Out Sector Angles for the Track and Field Throwing Events" (PDF). USA Track & Field Pacific Northwest. (PDF) from the original on 13 May 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2022. The shot, discus, hammer & weight throw sector is 34.92º. This angle was chosen due to its simple geometry.
^ ab"Yuriy Sedykh, hammer world record holder, dies at 66". AP News. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
^ abcHorváth, Gábor; Hegedűs, Dénes; Slíz-Balogh, Judit (27 June 2023). "Change of world-record rankings of shot put and hammer throw due to the effects of Earth rotation and athlete's height". Scientific Reports. 13 (1): 10409. Bibcode:2023NatSR..1310409H. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-36665-5. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC10300113. PMID 37369722. S2CID 259273858.
^ abcdAcademy, U. S. Sports (9 July 2010). "An Analysis of Hammer Throw Facility Safety Factors in NCAA Division I". The Sport Journal. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
^"Catastrophic Injuries Pull Focus On Field Event Safety". Athletic Business. 29 December 2008. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
^Laruel, Benoit; Wilson, Denis; Young, Ray (2004). "Hammer throw safety cages". New Studies in Athletics. 19 (1): 47–51.
^"All-time men's best hammer throw". IAAF. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
^Phil Minshull (9 August 2015). "Fajdek throws 83.93m in Szczecin". IAAF. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
^Roy Jordan (21 June 2021). "Bromell back to his best while Felix and Winkler make history in Eugene". World Athletics. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
^"All-time women's best hammer throw". World Athletics. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
^"Wlodarczyk extends hammer world record in Warsaw". IAAF. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
^Roy Jordan (27 June 2021). "Holloway, Thomas, Benjamin and Price shine on superb day in Eugene". World Athletics. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^"Hammer Throw Result" (PDF). Flash Results. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
^"World U20 sprint records fall as Knighton runs 19.49 and Tebogo clocks 9.96". World Athletics. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
^"Women's Hammer Throw Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 17 July 2022. (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
^"Hammer Throw Results" (PDF). szewinska.domtel-sport.pl. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
^Madeline Ryan (27 May 2023). "Crouser breaks world shot put record with 23.56m in Los Angeles". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
^"Kassanavoid climbs to No.6 all time with 78.00m hammer throw". World Athetlics. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
^Jon Mulkeen (8 June 2018). "Berry and Nowicki topple hammer favourites in Chorzow". IAAF. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
^"Hammer Throw Qualification Results". World Athletics. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
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^2004 Olympic Hammer Throw Medalists. Olympic.org. Retrieved on 2014-04-19.
^ abEngeler, Elaine (10 June 2010). "CAS Reinstates Medals for Hammer Throwers". Yahoo! Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
External linksedit
IAAF list of hammer-throw records in XML
HammerThrow.org (Information about the event, coaching tips and resources, ...)
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World Athletics Hammer Throw
December 12, 2023
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This article is about the event in regular track and field competitions For the similar Highland games event with a different type of hammer see Scottish hammer throw The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular outdoor track and field competitions along with the discus throw shot put and javelin AthleticsHammer throwWorld recordsMenYuriy Sedykh 86 74 m 1986 WomenAnita Wlodarczyk 82 98 m 2016 Olympic recordsMenSergey Litvinov 84 80 m 1988 WomenAnita Wlodarczyk 82 29 m 2016 World Championship recordsMenIvan Tsikhan 83 63 m 2007 WomenAnita Wlodarczyk 80 85 m 2015 The traditional Highland games version of the eventThe hammer used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name It consists of a metal ball attached by a steel wire to a grip These three components are each separate and can move independently Both the size and weight of the ball vary between men s and women s events The women s hammer weighs 4kg for college and professional meets while the men s hammer weighs 7 26kg citation needed Contents 1 History 2 Competition 3 Safety issues 4 All time top 25 4 1 Men 4 1 1 Annulled marks 4 2 Women 4 2 1 Annulled marks 5 Olympic medalists 5 1 Men 5 2 Women 6 World Championships medalists 6 1 Men 6 1 1 Medal table 6 2 Women 7 Season s bests 7 1 Men 7 2 Women 8 See also 9 Notes and references 10 External linksHistory edit nbsp Scottish hammer throw illustration from Frank R Stockton s book Round about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy nbsp Irish American John Flanagan in the hammer throw competition at the Summer Olympics 1908 in LondonThe exact origins of the Hammer throw are a mystery to modern historians citation needed According to legend at the Tailteann Games in Tara Ireland as far back as 2000 BC the Celtic warrior Culchulainn took a chariot axle with a wheel still attached and spun it around and hurled it 1 The wheel was later replaced by a rock with a wooden handle attached 1 A sledgehammer began to be used for the sport in Scotland and England during the Middle Ages 1 In current times the hammer has changed to the more modern 7 26 kg ball attached to a wire and a handle but the Scottish Highland Games still feature the older style of hammer throw with the rock and the solid wood handle Today the Hammer throw is one of four throwing events featured in the Olympics alongside discus shot put and javelin nbsp The contemporary version of the hammer throwWhile the men s hammer throw has been part of the Olympics since 1900 the International Association of Athletics Federations did not start ratifying women s marks until 1995 Women s hammer throw was first included in the Olympics at the 2000 summer games in Sydney Australia after having been included in the World Championships a year earlier citation needed nbsp Athlete practicing the hammer throw eventCompetition editThe men s hammer weighs 16 pounds 7 26 kg and measures 3 feet 11 3 4 inches 121 3 cm in length and the women s hammer weighs 4 kg 8 82 lb and 3 ft 11 in 119 4 cm in length 2 Like the other throwing events the competition is decided by who can throw the implement the farthest The throwing motion starts with the thrower swinging the hammer back and forth about two times to generate momentum The thrower then makes three four or rarely five full rotations using a complex heel toe foot movement spinning the hammer in a circular path and increasing its angular velocity with each rotation Rather than spinning the hammer horizontally it is instead spun in a plane that angles up towards the direction in which it will be launched The thrower releases the hammer as its velocity is upward and toward the target 3 nbsp Thrower inside a hammer cage with the markings for the throwing circle and the throwing sector visible on the ground women s final at the 2017 European Athletics U23 Championships Throws are made from a throwing circle The thrower is not allowed to step outside the throwing circle before the hammer has landed and may only enter and exit from the rear of the throwing circle The hammer must land within a 34 92º throwing sector that is centered on the throwing circle The sector angle was chosen because it provides a sector whose bounds are easy to measure and lay out on a field 10 metres out from the center of the ring 6 metres across 4 5 A violation of the rules results in a foul and the throw not being counted citation needed As of 2023 update the men s hammer world record is held by Yuriy Sedykh who threw 86 74 m 284 ft 6 3 4 in at the 1986 European Athletics Championships in Stuttgart West Germany on 30 August The world record for the women s hammer is held by Anita Wlodarczyk who threw 82 98 m 272 ft 2 3 4 in during the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial on 28 August 2016 citation needed Sedykh s 1986 world record has been noted for its longevity and for dating from a time when track and field was starting to realize the scale of performance enhancing drug use AP 6 According to Russian doping whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov Sedykh was a heavy user of steroids which Sedykh denied 6 The throwing distance depends on the velocity and height at which the hammer is released but also on other factors that are not under the athlete s control 7 In particular earth s rotation affects it via the location s latitude due to the centrifugal force the hammer will fly a bit further in a location closer to the equator and to a lesser extent also via the throw s azimuth i e its compass direction due to Coriolis forces 7 According to a 2023 study such effects are large enough that the top 20 world record rankings for both men and women at the time could somewhat change if they were adjusted for latitude and azimuth 7 Safety issues editHammer throwing has been described as involving inherent danger Athletes coaches and spectators participating in the event are at risk steel hammers are hurled through the air at great speeds travel far distances and are sometimes difficult to spot in flight 8 For example hammer throws resulted in four deaths in Europe in 2000 alone 9 and have caused deaths and permanent brain damage injuries in the United States too 8 To mitigate such risks a C shaped hammer cage was introduced which is built around the throwing circle preventing the hammer from flying off in unwanted directions 8 In 2004 the IAAF changed its rules to increase the mandatory height of hammer cages to 10m and reduce their danger zone angle to around 53 8 The change also moved the cage gates further away from the throwing circle thus reducing the risk of a misdirected hammer bouncing back on the thrower 10 All time top 25 editSee also Men s hammer throw world record progression and Women s hammer throw world record progression source source source source source source source Men s Hammer Throw Final 28th Summer Universiade in Gwangju China 2015 Polish thrower Pawel Fajdek Men edit Correct as of May 2022 11 Ath Perf Mark Athlete Nation Date Place Ref 1 1 86 74 m 284 ft 6 in Yuriy Sedykh nbsp Soviet Union 30 August 1986 Stuttgart2 86 66 m 284 ft 3 in Sedykh 2 22 June 1986 Tallinn3 86 34 m 283 ft 3 in Sedykh 3 03 July 1984 Cork2 4 86 04 m 282 ft 3 in Sergey Litvinov nbsp Soviet Union 03 July 1986 Dresden5 85 74 m 281 ft 3 in Litvinov 2 30 August 1986 Stuttgart6 85 68 m 281 ft 1 in Sedykh 4 11 August 1986 Budapest7 85 60 m 280 ft 10 in Sedykh 5 13 July 1984 LondonSedykh 6 17 August 1984 Moscow9 85 20 m 279 ft 6 in Litvinov 3 03 July 1984 Cork10 85 14 m 279 ft 3 in Litvinov 4 11 July 1986 LondonSedykh 7 04 September 1988 Moscow12 85 02 m 278 ft 11 in Sedykh 8 20 August 1984 Budapest13 84 92 m 278 ft 7 in Sedykh 9 03 July 1986 Dresden3 14 84 90 m 278 ft 6 in Vadim Devyatovskiy nbsp Belarus 21 July 2005 Minsk15 84 88 m 278 ft 5 in Litvinov 5 10 September 1986 Rome4 16 84 86 m 278 ft 4 in Koji Murofushi nbsp Japan 29 June 2003 Prague17 84 80 m 278 ft 2 in Litvinov 6 26 September 1988 Seoul18 84 72 m 277 ft 11 in Sedykh 10 09 July 1986 Moscow19 84 64 m 277 ft 8 in Litvinov 7 09 July 1986 Moscow5 20 84 62 m 277 ft 7 in Igor Astapkovich nbsp Belarus 06 June 1992 Seville21 84 60 m 277 ft 6 in Sedykh 11 14 September 1984 Tokyo22 84 58 m 277 ft 5 in Sedykh 12 08 June 1986 Leningrad6 23 84 51 m 277 ft 3 in Ivan Tsikhan nbsp Belarus 09 July 2008 Grodno7 24 84 48 m 277 ft 1 in Igor Nikulin nbsp Soviet Union 12 July 1990 Lausanne25 84 46 m 277 ft 1 in Sedykh 13 14 September 1988 VladivostokTsikhan 2 07 May 2004 Minsk8 84 40 m 276 ft 10 in Juri Tamm nbsp Soviet Union 09 September 1984 Banska Bystrica9 84 19 m 276 ft 2 in Adrian Annus nbsp Hungary 10 August 2003 Szombathely10 83 93 m 275 ft 4 in Pawel Fajdek nbsp Poland 09 August 2015 Szczecin 12 11 83 68 m 274 ft 6 in Tibor Gecsek nbsp Hungary 19 September 1998 Zalaegerszeg12 83 46 m 273 ft 9 in Andrey Abduvaliyev nbsp Soviet Union 26 May 1990 Adler13 83 43 m 273 ft 8 in Aleksey Zagornyi nbsp Russia 10 February 2002 Adler14 83 40 m 273 ft 7 in Ralf Haber nbsp East Germany 16 May 1988 Athens15 83 38 m 273 ft 6 in Szymon Ziolkowski nbsp Poland 05 August 2001 Edmonton16 83 30 m 273 ft 3 in Olli Pekka Karjalainen nbsp Finland 14 July 2004 Lahti17 83 04 m 272 ft 5 in Heinz Weis nbsp Germany 29 June 1997 Frankfurt18 83 00 m 272 ft 3 in Balazs Kiss nbsp Hungary 04 June 1998 Saint Denis19 82 78 m 271 ft 7 in Karsten Kobs nbsp Germany 26 June 1999 Dortmund20 82 71 m 271 ft 4 in Rudy Winkler nbsp United States 20 June 2021 Eugene 13 21 82 69 m 271 ft 3 in Krisztian Pars nbsp Hungary 16 August 2014 Zurich22 82 64 m 271 ft 1 in Gunther Rodehau nbsp East Germany 03 August 1985 Dresden23 82 62 m 271 ft 0 in Sergey Kirmasov nbsp Russia 30 May 1998 BryanskAndriy Skvaruk nbsp Ukraine 27 April 2002 Kyiv25 82 58 m 270 ft 11 in Primoz Kozmus nbsp Slovenia 02 September 2009 CeljeAnnulled marks edit Ivan Tsikhan of Belarus also threw 86 73 in Brest on 3 July 2005 This performance was annulled due to doping offences Women edit Correct as of August 2023 14 Ath Perf Mark Athlete Nation Date Place Ref 1 1 82 98 m 272 ft 2 in Anita Wlodarczyk nbsp Poland 28 August 2016 Warsaw 15 2 82 87 m 271 ft 10 in Wlodarczyk 2 29 July 2017 Wladyslawowo3 82 29 m 269 ft 11 in Wlodarczyk 3 15 August 2016 Rio de Janeiro4 81 08 m 266 ft 0 in Wlodarczyk 4 01 August 2015 Wladyslawowo5 80 85 m 265 ft 3 in Wlodarczyk 5 27 August 2015 Beijing6 80 79 m 265 ft 0 in Wlodarczyk 6 23 July 2017 Bialystok2 7 80 31 m 263 ft 5 in DeAnna Price nbsp United States 26 June 2021 Eugene 16 8 80 26 m 263 ft 3 in Wlodarczyk 7 12 July 2016 Wladyslawowo3 9 80 16 m 262 ft 11 in Brooke Andersen nbsp United States 20 May 2023 Tucson 17 10 79 80 m 261 ft 9 in Wlodarczyk 8 15 August 2017 Warsaw11 79 80 m 261 ft 9 in Andersen 2 20 April 2023 Charlottesville 18 12 79 73 m 261 ft 6 in Wlodarczyk 9 06 May 2017 Doha13 79 72 m 261 ft 6 in Wlodarczyk 10 27 June 2017 Ostrava14 79 61 m 261 ft 2 in Wlodarczyk 11 18 June 2016 Szczecin15 79 59 m 261 ft 1 in Wlodarczyk 12 22 July 2018 Lublin16 79 58 m 261 ft 1 in Wlodarczyk 13 31 August 2014 Berlin17 79 48 m 260 ft 9 in Wlodarczyk 14 21 May 2016 Halle18 79 45 m 260 ft 7 in Wlodarczyk 15 29 May 2016 Forbach4 19 79 42 m 260 ft 6 in Betty Heidler nbsp Germany 21 May 2011 Halle20 79 02 m 259 ft 3 in Andersen 3 30 April 2022 Tucson 19 21 78 96 m 259 ft 0 in Andersen 4 17 July 2022 Eugene 20 22 78 94 m 258 ft 11 in Wlodarczyk 16 12 August 2018 Berlin23 78 79 m 258 ft 5 in Andersen 5 06 June 2023 Bydgoszcz 21 24 78 76 m 258 ft 4 in Wlodarczyk 17 15 August 2014 Zurich25 78 74 m 258 ft 4 in Wlodarczyk 18 14 July 2018 London5 78 62 m 257 ft 11 in Camryn Rogers nbsp Canada 26 May 2023 Westwood 22 6 78 51 m 257 ft 6 in Tatyana Lysenko nbsp Russia 05 July 2012 Cheboksary7 78 00 m 255 ft 10 in Janee Kassanavoid nbsp United States 21 May 2022 Tucson 23 8 77 78 m 255 ft 2 in Gwen Berry nbsp United States 08 June 2018 Chorzow 24 9 77 68 m 254 ft 10 in Wang Zheng nbsp China 29 March 2014 Chengdu10 77 33 m 253 ft 8 in Zhang Wenxiu nbsp China 28 September 2014 Incheon11 77 32 m 253 ft 8 in Aksana Miankova nbsp Belarus 29 June 2008 Minsk12 77 26 m 253 ft 5 in Gulfiya Agafonova nbsp Russia 12 June 2006 Tula13 77 13 m 253 ft 0 in Oksana Kondratyeva nbsp Russia 30 June 2013 Zhukovskiy14 77 10 m 252 ft 11 in Hanna Skydan nbsp Azerbaijan 23 August 2023 Budapest 25 15 76 90 m 252 ft 3 in Martina Hrasnova nbsp Slovakia 16 May 2009 Trnava16 76 85 m 252 ft 1 in Malwina Kopron nbsp Poland 26 August 2017 Taipei City 26 17 76 83 m 252 ft 0 in Kamila Skolimowska nbsp Poland 11 May 2007 Doha18 76 72 m 251 ft 8 in Mariya Bespalova nbsp Russia 23 June 2012 Zhukovsky19 76 66 m 251 ft 6 in Volha Tsander nbsp Belarus 21 July 2005 Minsk20 76 63 m 251 ft 4 in Yekaterina Khoroshikh nbsp Russia 24 June 2006 Zhukovsky21 76 62 m 251 ft 4 in Yipsi Moreno nbsp Cuba 09 September 2008 Zagreb22 76 56 m 251 ft 2 in Alena Matoshka nbsp Belarus 12 June 2012 Minsk23 76 35 m 250 ft 5 in Joanna Fiodorow nbsp Poland 28 September 2019 Doha 27 24 76 33 m 250 ft 5 in Darya Pchelnik nbsp Belarus 29 June 2008 Minsk25 76 26 m 250 ft 2 in Hanna Malyshik nbsp Belarus 27 April 2018 BrestAnnulled marks edit The following athletes had their performances over 77 00 m annulled due to doping offences Tatyana Lysenko Russia 78 80 2013 and 78 15 2013 Aksana Miankova Belarus 78 69 and 78 19 both 2012 Gulfiya Agafonova Russia 77 36 2007 Olympic medalists editMen edit Games Gold Silver Bronzeedit 1900 Parisdetails John Flanagan nbsp United States Truxtun Hare nbsp United States Josiah McCracken nbsp United States1904 St Louisdetails John Flanagan nbsp United States John DeWitt nbsp United States Ralph Rose nbsp United States1908 Londondetails John Flanagan nbsp United States Matt McGrath nbsp United States Con Walsh nbsp Canada1912 Stockholmdetails Matt McGrath nbsp United States Duncan Gillis nbsp Canada Clarence Childs nbsp United States1920 Antwerpdetails Patrick Ryan nbsp United States Carl Johan Lind nbsp Sweden Basil Bennett nbsp United States1924 Parisdetails Fred Tootell nbsp United States Matt McGrath nbsp United States Malcolm Nokes nbsp Great Britain1928 Amsterdamdetails Pat O Callaghan nbsp Ireland Ossian Skiold nbsp Sweden Edmund Black nbsp United States1932 Los Angelesdetails Pat O Callaghan nbsp Ireland Ville Porhola nbsp Finland Peter Zaremba nbsp United States1936 Berlindetails Karl Hein nbsp Germany Erwin Blask nbsp Germany Fred Warngard nbsp Sweden1948 Londondetails Imre Nemeth nbsp Hungary Ivan Gubijan nbsp Yugoslavia Robert Bennett nbsp United States1952 Helsinkidetails Jozsef Csermak nbsp Hungary Karl Storch nbsp Germany Imre Nemeth nbsp Hungary1956 Melbournedetails Hal Connolly nbsp United States Mikhail Krivonosov nbsp Soviet Union Anatoliy Samotsvetov nbsp Soviet Union1960 Romedetails Vasily Rudenkov nbsp Soviet Union Gyula Zsivotzky nbsp Hungary Tadeusz Rut nbsp Poland1964 Tokyodetails Romuald Klim nbsp Soviet Union Gyula Zsivotzky nbsp Hungary Uwe Beyer nbsp United Team of Germany1968 Mexico Citydetails Gyula Zsivotzky nbsp Hungary Romuald Klim nbsp Soviet Union Lazar Lovasz nbsp Hungary1972 Munichdetails Anatoliy Bondarchuk nbsp Soviet Union Jochen Sachse nbsp East Germany Vasiliy Khmelevskiy nbsp Soviet Union1976 Montrealdetails Yuriy Sedykh nbsp Soviet Union Aleksey Spiridonov nbsp Soviet Union Anatoliy Bondarchuk nbsp Soviet Union1980 Moscowdetails Yuriy Sedykh nbsp Soviet Union Sergey Litvinov nbsp Soviet Union Juri Tamm nbsp Soviet Union1984 Los Angelesdetails Juha Tiainen nbsp Finland Karl Hans Riehm nbsp West Germany Klaus Ploghaus nbsp West Germany1988 Seouldetails Sergey Litvinov nbsp Soviet Union Yuriy Sedykh nbsp Soviet Union Juri Tamm nbsp Soviet Union1992 Barcelonadetails Andrey Abduvaliyev nbsp Unified Team Igor Astapkovich nbsp Unified Team Igor Nikulin nbsp Unified Team1996 Atlantadetails Balazs Kiss nbsp Hungary Lance Deal nbsp United States Oleksandr Krykun nbsp Ukraine2000 Sydneydetails Szymon Ziolkowski nbsp Poland Nicola Vizzoni nbsp Italy Igor Astapkovich nbsp Belarus2004 Athensdetails Koji Murofushi nbsp Japan Not awarded 28 Esref Apak nbsp Turkey2008 Beijingdetails Primoz Kozmus nbsp Slovenia Vadim Devyatovskiy nbsp Belarus 29 Ivan Tsikhan nbsp Belarus 29 2012 Londondetails Krisztian Pars nbsp Hungary Primoz Kozmus nbsp Slovenia Koji Murofushi nbsp Japan2016 Rio de Janeirodetails Dilshod Nazarov nbsp Tajikistan Ivan Tsikhan nbsp Belarus Wojciech Nowicki nbsp Poland2020 Tokyodetails Wojciech Nowicki nbsp Poland Eivind Henriksen nbsp Norway Pawel Fajdek nbsp Poland2024 ParisdetailsWomen edit Games Gold Silver Bronzeedit 2000 Sydneydetails Kamila Skolimowska nbsp Poland Olga Kuzenkova nbsp Russia Kirsten Munchow nbsp Germany2004 Athensdetails Olga Kuzenkova nbsp Russia Yipsi Moreno nbsp Cuba Yunaika Crawford nbsp Cuba2008 Beijingdetails Yipsi Moreno nbsp Cuba Zhang Wenxiu nbsp China Manuela Montebrun nbsp France2012 Londondetails Anita Wlodarczyk nbsp Poland Betty Heidler nbsp Germany Zhang Wenxiu nbsp China2016 Rio de Janeirodetails Anita Wlodarczyk nbsp Poland Zhang Wenxiu nbsp China Sophie Hitchon nbsp Great Britain2020 Tokyodetails Anita Wlodarczyk nbsp Poland Wang Zheng nbsp China Malwina Kopron nbsp Poland2024 ParisdetailsWorld Championships medalists editMen edit Championships Gold Silver Bronze1983 Helsinkidetails nbsp Sergey Litvinov URS nbsp Yuriy Sedykh URS nbsp Zdzislaw Kwasny POL 1987 Romedetails nbsp Sergey Litvinov URS nbsp Juri Tamm URS nbsp Ralf Haber GDR 1991 Tokyodetails nbsp Yuriy Sedykh URS nbsp Igor Astapkovich URS nbsp Heinz Weis GER 1993 Stuttgartdetails nbsp Andrey Abduvaliyev TJK nbsp Igor Astapkovich BLR nbsp Tibor Gecsek HUN 1995 Gothenburgdetails nbsp Andrey Abduvaliyev TJK nbsp Igor Astapkovich BLR nbsp Tibor Gecsek HUN 1997 Athensdetails nbsp Heinz Weis GER nbsp Andriy Skvaruk UKR nbsp Vasiliy Sidorenko RUS 1999 Sevilledetails nbsp Karsten Kobs GER nbsp Zsolt Nemeth HUN nbsp Vladyslav Piskunov UKR 2001 Edmontondetails nbsp Szymon Ziolkowski POL nbsp Koji Murofushi JPN nbsp Ilya Konovalov RUS 2003 Saint Denisdetails nbsp Ivan Tsikhan BLR nbsp Adrian Annus HUN nbsp Koji Murofushi JPN 2005 Helsinkidetails nbsp Szymon Ziolkowski POL nbsp Markus Esser GER nbsp Olli Pekka Karjalainen FIN 2007 Osakadetails nbsp Ivan Tsikhan BLR nbsp Primoz Kozmus SLO nbsp Libor Charfreitag SVK 2009 Berlindetails nbsp Primoz Kozmus SLO nbsp Szymon Ziolkowski POL nbsp Aleksey Zagornyi RUS 2011 Daegudetails nbsp Koji Murofushi JPN nbsp Krisztian Pars HUN nbsp Primoz Kozmus SLO 2013 Moscowdetails nbsp Pawel Fajdek POL nbsp Krisztian Pars HUN nbsp Lukas Melich CZE 2015 Beijingdetails nbsp Pawel Fajdek POL nbsp Dilshod Nazarov TJK nbsp Wojciech Nowicki POL 2017 Londondetails nbsp Pawel Fajdek POL nbsp Valeriy Pronkin ANA nbsp Wojciech Nowicki POL 2019 Dohadetails nbsp Pawel Fajdek POL nbsp Quentin Bigot FRA nbsp Bence Halasz HUN nbsp Wojciech Nowicki POL 2022 Eugenedetails nbsp Pawel Fajdek POL nbsp Wojciech Nowicki POL nbsp Eivind Henriksen NOR 2023 Budapestdetails nbsp Ethan Katzberg CAN nbsp Wojciech Nowicki POL nbsp Bence Halasz HUN Medal table edit 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98 m 275 ft 6 1 4 in nbsp Sergey Litvinov URS Moscow1983 84 14 m 276 ft 1 2 in nbsp Sergey Litvinov URS Moscow1984 86 34 m 283 ft 3 in nbsp Yuriy Sedykh URS Cork1985 84 08 m 275 ft 10 in nbsp Juri Tamm URS Budapest1986 86 74 m 284 ft 6 3 4 in nbsp Yuriy Sedykh URS Stuttgart1987 83 48 m 273 ft 10 1 2 in nbsp Sergey Litvinov URS Karl Marx Stadt1988 85 14 m 279 ft 3 3 4 in nbsp Yuriy Sedykh URS Moscow1989 82 84 m 271 ft 9 1 4 in nbsp Heinz Weis FRG Berlin1990 84 48 m 277 ft 1 3 4 in nbsp Igor Nikulin URS Lausanne1991 84 26 m 276 ft 5 1 4 in nbsp Igor Astapkovich BLR Reims1992 84 62 m 277 ft 7 1 4 in nbsp Igor Astapkovich BLR Seville1993 82 78 m 271 ft 7 in nbsp Andrey Abduvaliyev UZB Nitra1994 83 36 m 273 ft 5 3 4 in nbsp Andrey Abduvaliyev UZB Budapest1995 83 10 m 272 ft 7 1 2 in nbsp Andrey Abduvaliyev UZB Tashkent1996 82 52 m 270 ft 8 3 4 in nbsp Lance Deal USA Milan1997 83 04 m 272 ft 5 1 4 in nbsp Heinz Weis GER Frankfurt1998 83 68 m 274 ft 6 1 4 in nbsp Tibor Gecsek HUN Zalaegerszeg1999 82 78 m 271 ft 7 in nbsp Karsten Kobs GER Dortmund2000 82 58 m 270 ft 11 in nbsp Igor Astapkovich BLR Staiki2001 83 47 m 273 ft 10 in nbsp Koji Murofushi JPN Toyota2002 83 43 m 273 ft 8 1 2 in nbsp Aleksey Zagornyi RUS Adler2003 84 86 m 278 ft 4 3 4 in nbsp Koji Murofushi JPN Prague2004 84 46 m 277 ft 1 in nbsp Ivan Tsikhan BLR Minsk2005 84 90 m 278 ft 6 1 2 in nbsp Vadim Devyatovskiy BLR Minsk2006 82 95 m 272 ft 1 1 2 in nbsp Vadim Devyatovskiy BLR Minsk2007 83 63 m 274 ft 4 1 2 in nbsp Ivan Tsikhan BLR Osaka2008 84 51 m 277 ft 3 in nbsp Ivan Tsikhan BLR Grodno2009 82 58 m 270 ft 11 in nbsp Primoz Kozmus SLO Celje2010 80 99 m 265 ft 8 1 2 in nbsp Koji Murofushi JPN Rieti2011 81 89 m 268 ft 8 in nbsp Krisztian Pars HUN Szombathely2012 82 81 m 271 ft 8 in nbsp Ivan Tsikhan BLR Brest2013 82 40 m 270 ft 4 in nbsp Krisztian Pars HUN Dubnica2014 83 48 m 273 ft 10 1 2 in nbsp Pawel Fajdek POL Warsaw2015 83 93 m 275 ft 4 1 4 in nbsp Pawel Fajdek POL Szczecin2016 81 87 m 268 ft 7 in nbsp Pawel Fajdek POL Bydgoszcz2017 83 44 m 273 ft 9 in nbsp Pawel Fajdek POL Ostrava2018 81 85 m 268 ft 6 1 4 in nbsp Wojciech Nowicki POL Szekesfehervar2019 81 74 m 268 ft 2 in nbsp Wojciech Nowicki POL Poznan2020 80 70 m 264 ft 9 in nbsp Rudy Winkler USA Wallkill2021 82 98 m 272 ft 2 3 4 in nbsp Pawel Fajdek POL Chorzow2022 82 00 m 269 ft 1 4 in nbsp Wojciech Nowicki POL Munich Women edit Year Mark Athlete Place1988 58 94 m 193 ft 4 1 4 in nbsp Carol Cady USA Los Gatos1989 61 50 m 201 ft 9 1 4 in nbsp Yelena Pichugina URS Frunze1990 61 96 m 203 ft 3 1 4 in nbsp Larisa Baranova URS Adler1991 64 44 m 211 ft 5 in nbsp Alla Davydova URS Adler1992 65 40 m 214 ft 6 3 4 in nbsp Olga Kuzenkova RUS Bryansk1993 64 64 m 212 ft 3 4 in nbsp Olga Kuzenkova RUS Krasnodar1994 67 34 m 220 ft 11 in nbsp Svetlana Sudak BLR Minsk1995 68 16 m 223 ft 7 1 4 in nbsp Olga Kuzenkova RUS Moscow1996 69 46 m 227 ft 10 1 2 in nbsp Olga Kuzenkova RUS Sydney1997 73 10 m 239 ft 9 3 4 in nbsp Olga Kuzenkova RUS Munich1998 73 80 m 242 ft 1 1 2 in nbsp Olga Kuzenkova RUS Tolyatti1999 76 07 m 249 ft 6 3 4 in nbsp Mihaela Melinte ROM Rudlingen2000 75 68 m 248 ft 3 1 2 in nbsp Olga Kuzenkova RUS Tula2001 73 62 m 241 ft 6 1 4 in nbsp Olga Kuzenkova RUS Adler2002 73 07 m 239 ft 8 3 4 in nbsp Olga Kuzenkova RUS Annecy2003 75 14 m 246 ft 6 1 4 in nbsp Yipsi Moreno CUB Savona2004 75 18 m 246 ft 7 3 4 in nbsp Yipsi Moreno CUB Havana2005 77 06 m 252 ft 9 3 4 in nbsp Tatyana Lysenko RUS Moscow2006 77 80 m 255 ft 2 3 4 in nbsp Tatyana Lysenko RUS Tallinn2007 77 30 m 253 ft 7 1 4 in nbsp Tatyana Lysenko RUS Adler2008 77 32 m 253 ft 8 in nbsp Aksana Miankova BLR Minsk2009 77 96 m 255 ft 9 1 4 in nbsp Anita Wlodarczyk POL Berlin2010 78 30 m 256 ft 10 1 2 in nbsp Anita Wlodarczyk POL Bydgoszcz2011 79 42 m 260 ft 6 3 4 in nbsp Betty Heidler GER Halle2012 78 69 m 258 ft 2 in nbsp Aksana Miankova BLR Minsk2013 78 80 m 258 ft 6 1 4 in nbsp Tatyana Lysenko RUS Moscow2014 79 58 m 261 ft 1 in nbsp Anita Wlodarczyk POL Berlin2015 81 08 m 266 ft 0 in nbsp Anita Wlodarczyk POL Wladyslawowo2016 82 98 m 272 ft 2 3 4 in nbsp Anita Wlodarczyk POL Warsaw2017 82 87 m 271 ft 10 1 2 in nbsp Anita Wlodarczyk POL Cetniewo2018 79 59 m 261 ft 1 1 4 in nbsp Anita Wlodarczyk POL Lublin2019 78 24 m 256 ft 8 1 4 in nbsp DeAnna Price USA Des Moines2020 75 45 m 247 ft 6 1 4 in nbsp Hanna Malyshik BLR Minsk2021 80 31 m 263 ft 5 3 4 in nbsp DeAnna Price USA Eugene2022 79 02 m 259 ft 3 in nbsp Brooke Andersen USA TucsonSee also edit nbsp Sport of athletics portalList of hammer throwers Keg tossingNotes and references edit a b c Hammer Throw worldathletics org Retrieved 28 September 2023 Hammer Throw World Athletics Archived from the original on 19 November 2021 Retrieved 12 May 2022 Johannsen Dana 1 August 2021 Tokyo 2020 Why the Olympic hammer throw may become a new national obsession Stuff Retrieved 1 August 2021 Hammer Throw World Athletics Laying Out Sector Angles for the Track and Field Throwing Events PDF USA Track amp Field Pacific Northwest Archived PDF from the original on 13 May 2015 Retrieved 19 March 2022 The shot discus hammer amp weight throw sector is 34 92º This angle was chosen due to its simple geometry a b Yuriy Sedykh hammer world record holder dies at 66 AP News 14 September 2021 Retrieved 28 June 2023 a b c Horvath Gabor Hegedus Denes Sliz Balogh Judit 27 June 2023 Change of world record rankings of shot put and hammer throw due to the effects of Earth rotation and athlete s height Scientific Reports 13 1 10409 Bibcode 2023NatSR 1310409H doi 10 1038 s41598 023 36665 5 ISSN 2045 2322 PMC 10300113 PMID 37369722 S2CID 259273858 a b c d Academy U S Sports 9 July 2010 An Analysis of Hammer Throw Facility Safety Factors in NCAA Division I The Sport Journal Retrieved 26 June 2023 Catastrophic Injuries Pull Focus On Field Event Safety Athletic Business 29 December 2008 Retrieved 26 June 2023 Laruel Benoit Wilson Denis Young Ray 2004 Hammer throw safety cages New Studies in Athletics 19 1 47 51 All time men s best hammer throw IAAF 7 May 2017 Retrieved 7 May 2017 Phil Minshull 9 August 2015 Fajdek throws 83 93m in Szczecin IAAF Retrieved 10 August 2015 Roy Jordan 21 June 2021 Bromell back to his best while Felix and Winkler make history in Eugene World Athletics Retrieved 4 July 2021 All time women s best hammer throw World Athletics Retrieved 25 May 2023 Wlodarczyk extends hammer world record in Warsaw IAAF 28 August 2016 Retrieved 28 August 2016 Roy Jordan 27 June 2021 Holloway Thomas Benjamin and Price shine on superb day in Eugene World Athletics Retrieved 13 July 2021 2023 USATF Throws Fest Womens Hammer Throw results Hammer Throw Result PDF Flash Results 20 April 2023 Retrieved 21 April 2023 World U20 sprint records fall as Knighton runs 19 49 and Tebogo clocks 9 96 World Athletics 30 April 2022 Retrieved 27 May 2022 Women s Hammer Throw Results PDF World Athletics 17 July 2022 Archived PDF from the original on 18 July 2022 Retrieved 19 July 2022 Hammer Throw Results PDF szewinska domtel sport pl 6 June 2023 Retrieved 6 June 2023 Madeline Ryan 27 May 2023 Crouser breaks world shot put record with 23 56m in Los Angeles World Athletics Retrieved 2 June 2023 Kassanavoid climbs to No 6 all time with 78 00m hammer throw World Athetlics 22 May 2022 Retrieved 10 June 2022 Jon Mulkeen 8 June 2018 Berry and Nowicki topple hammer favourites in Chorzow IAAF Retrieved 11 June 2018 Hammer Throw Qualification Results World Athletics 23 August 2023 Retrieved 23 August 2023 Women s Hammer Final Results PDF 2017 taipei 26 August 2017 Retrieved 26 August 2017 permanent dead link Hammer Throw Results PDF IAAF 28 September 2019 Retrieved 29 September 2019 2004 Olympic Hammer Throw Medalists Olympic org Retrieved on 2014 04 19 a b Engeler Elaine 10 June 2010 CAS Reinstates Medals for Hammer Throwers Yahoo Sports Associated Press Retrieved 15 June 2010 External links editIAAF list of hammer throw records in XML HammerThrow org Information about the event coaching tips and resources Statistics Hammer Throw History World Athletics Hammer Throw Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hammer throw amp oldid 1178573354, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
