2010 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge

The 2010 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge was the inaugural edition of the IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge, an international series of hammer throw competitions around the world.

2010 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge
Edition1st
Dates24 April–1 September
Meetings11
2011 →

Koji Murofushi of Japan won the men's challenge, while Betty Heidler of Germany prevailed on women's side.

Origin

2010 marked the first edition of the IAAF Diamond League, which replaced the IAAF Golden League as the highest level of international track and field meetings. The Diamond League sought to showcase all the events, but according to IAAF, hammer throw could not be included for infrastructure reasons.[1] Therefore, a separate Hammer Throw Challenge was created.[1]

Awards

On February 19, IAAF announced a US$202,000 prize fund for the Challenge, to be split equally between men and women. The overall winners would pocket $30,000 each.[2] In addition, each of the fourteen competitions would award $7,500 in prize money, with $2,000 going to the winner.[2]

Format and calendar

The 2010 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge consisted of a total of 14 competitions (seven for men and seven for women), in a total of 11 meets (three meets would feature both men and women).[2] Points were scored simply by adding together an athlete's three best results from the Challenge (no more than one per meet).[3] An athlete could compete in as many meets as they liked, but only the three best results would count.[3] Any athlete achieving a new (and ratified) world record would receive a 1-meter bonus.[3]

Meeting[4] City Country Date Type
Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar Dakar Senegal April 24 Women
Osaka Grand Prix Osaka Japan May 8 Men
Colorful Daegu Pre-Championships Daegu South Korea May 19 Women
Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo Rio de Janeiro Brazil May 23 Both
Golden Spike Ostrava Ostrava Czech Republic May 26 Both
Fanny Blankers-Koen Games Hengelo Netherlands May 30 Men
Brothers Znamensky Memorial Zhukovsky Russia June 26 Women
Meeting de Atletismo Madrid Madrid Spain July 2 Men
ISTAF Berlin Berlin Germany August 22 Women
Rieti Meeting Rieti Italy August 28-29 Both
Hanžeković Memorial Zagreb Croatia September 1 Men

Results

Men

35-year-old Koji Murofushi of Japan, Olympic gold medalist from 2004, managed to beat Tajikistan's Dilshod Nazarov by two and a half meters despite only competing three times. Libor Charfreitag, who won the European championship in 2010, placed third.

Final Standings
Pos Athlete Country Japan Brazil Czech Republic Netherlands Spain Italy Croatia Total[13]
1 Koji Murofushi Japan 77.86 80.96 79.71 238.52[14]
2 Dilshod Nazarov Tajikistan 78.94 77.38 78.69 78.29 78.49 78.34 75.95 236.02
3 Libor Charfreitag Slovakia NM 75.91 78.40 79.62 77.24 235.26
4 Krisztián Pars Hungary 79.15 77.14 78.23 75.81 76.96 234.52
5 Sergej Litvinov Germany 77.64 78.98 77.00 76.77 NM 233.62
6 Igors Sokolovs Latvia 74.99 77.09 74.12 76.39 228.47
7 Yury Shayunou Belarus 77.95 74.49 72.92 75.35 227.79
8 Nicola Vizzoni Italy 75.80 74.76 76.39 226.95
9 Olli-Pekka Karjalainen Finland 75.87 76.94 73.82 71.89 226.63
10 Szymon Ziólkowski Poland 72.50 71.08 75.80 75.73 74.48 226.01
11 Ali Mohamed Al-Zinkawi Kuwait 74.80 75.00 75.65 73.42 225.45
12 Markus Esser Germany 76.45 72.58 76.19 225.21[15]
13 Marco Lingua Italy 72.67 70.34 68.19 70.03 213.04

Women

2007 World champion Betty Heidler edged out reigning champion and world record holder Anita Włodarczyk in a close race. 2006 European champion Tatyana Lysenko placed third.

Final Standings
Pos Athlete Country Senegal South Korea Brazil Czech Republic Russia Germany Italy Total[22]
1 Betty Heidler Germany 75.28 75.25 75.35 225.88
2 Anita Włodarczyk Poland 75.13 71.86 75.74 74.43 73.57 225.30
3 Tatyana Lysenko Russia 70.03 72.36 71.00 76.03 73.14 74.80 223.96[23]
4 Yipsi Moreno Cuba 75.19 70.22 73.78 219.19
5 Darya Pchelnik Belarus 73.01 73.00 72.17 63.08 NM 218.18
6 Kathrin Klaas Germany 72.12 72.32 71.66 216.10
7 Jennifer Dahlgren Argentina 67.94 64.52 72.18 68.14 70.43 210.75
8 Stéphanie Falzon France 69.65 68.71 72.37 65.03 66.44 210.73
9 Zalina Marghieva Moldova 70.75 70.21 69.15 210.11
10 Amber Campbell United States 67.83 69.01 69.47 69.87 208.35
11 Marina Marghieva Moldova 72.14 67.85 67.83 65.03 207.82

References
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  2. "IAAF throws weight behind Hammer discipline with $202,000 purse". IAAF. 2010-02-19. Retrieved 2011-04-30.
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  10. The Rieti meeting featured an unusual format, with a three-round qualification on August 28 and a four-round, four-thrower final on August 29. For the purposes of the Hammer Throw Challenge, the best result from the final would stand for the top four, and the best result from the qualification would apply for the rest.
  11. "Rieti 2010 - IAAF World Challenge". Rieti Meeting. 2010-08-29. Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2011-04-30.
  12. "IAAF World Challenge Zagreb". IAAF. 2010-09-01. Retrieved 2011-04-30.
  13. "2010 Hammer Throw Challenge Standings". IAAF. 2010-09-01. Retrieved 2011-04-30.
  14. Murofushi's results add up to 238.53, and accordingly Wikipedia is at a loss as to why all official sources give the total shown above.
  15. This is another discrepancy, as Esser's results add up to 225.22.
  16. "MEETING DE LA VILLE DE DAKAR". Fédération Sénégalaise d'Athlétisme. 2010-04-24. Archived from the original on 2011-09-04. Retrieved 2011-04-30.
  17. "2010 Colorful Daegu Pre-Championships Meeting". IAAF. 2010-05-19. Retrieved 2011-04-30.
  18. "Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo". IAAF. 2010-05-23. Retrieved 2011-04-30.
  19. "49th Ostrava Golden Spike". IAAF. 2010-05-26. Retrieved 2011-04-30.
  20. "Znamensky Memorial". IAAF. 2010-06-26. Retrieved 2011-04-30.
  21. "ISTAF Berlin". ISTAF Berlin. 2010-08-21. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-04-30.
  22. "2010 Hammer Throw Challenge Standings". IAAF. 2010-09-01. Retrieved 2011-04-30.
  23. See comments above on the discrepancies with Murofushi and Esser. Lysenko's top results add up to 223.97.
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