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Revision as of 19:53, 18 June 2025
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The hammer throw (HT for short[1]) is one of the four throwing events in regular outdoor track-and-field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin.
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 Template:Convert for college and professional meets while the men's hammer weighs Template:Convert.[2]
History
Tradition traces it to the Tailteann Games in Tara, Ireland, around the year 1830 BC.[3] Some time later the Celtic warrior Culchulainn reputedly took a chariot axle with a wheel still attached, spun it around and hurled it a long way.[4] The wheel was later replaced by a rock with a wooden handle attached.[4] A sledgehammer began to be used for the sport in Scotland and England during the Middle Ages.[4] In current times, the hammer has changed to the more modern 16 lb. ball attached to a wire and a handle, but the Scottish hammer throw as seen in Highland Games still feature the older style of hammer throw with the rock and the solid wood handle.
While 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Competition
The men's hammer weighs Template:Convert and the women's weighs Template:Convert, with the wire in either case no more than Template:Convert in length.[5] 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.[6]
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).[7][8] A violation of the rules results in a foul and the throw not being counted.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Template:Asof the men's hammer world record is held by Yuriy Sedykh, who threw Template:T&Fcalc 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 Template:T&Fcalc during the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial on 28 August 2016.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 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).[9] According to Russian doping whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov, Sedykh was a heavy user of steroids, which Sedykh denied.[9]
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.[10] 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).[10] 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.[10]
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Safety issues
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."[11] For example, hammer throws resulted in four deaths in Europe in 2000 alone,[12] and have caused deaths and permanent brain damage injuries in the United States too.[11]
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.[11] 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°.[11] 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.[13]
All-time top 25
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| Tables show data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 25 hammer throw marks and the top 25 athletes: |
| - denotes top performance for athletes in the top 25 hammer throw marks |
| - denotes lesser performances, still in the top 25 hammer throw marks, by repeat athletes |
| - denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 athletes who fall outside the top 25 hammer throw marks |
Men
- Correct as of April 2024.[14]
| Ath.# | Perf.# | Mark | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Template:Refh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Template:T&FcalcR | Yuriy Sedykh | Script error: No such module "flag". | 30 August 1986 | Stuttgart | |
| 2 | Template:T&FcalcR | Sedykh #2 | 22 June 1986 | Tallinn | |||
| 3 | Template:T&FcalcR | Sedykh #3 | 3 July 1984 | Cork | |||
| 2 | 4 | Template:T&FcalcR | Sergey Litvinov | Script error: No such module "flag". | 3 July 1986 | Dresden | |
| 5 | Template:T&FcalcR | Litvinov #2 | 30 August 1986 | Stuttgart | |||
| 6 | Template:T&FcalcR | Sedykh #4 | 11 August 1986 | Budapest | |||
| 7 | Template:T&FcalcR | Sedykh #5 | 13 July 1984 | London | |||
| Sedykh #6 | 17 August 1984 | Moscow | |||||
| 9 | Template:T&FcalcR | Litvinov #3 | 3 July 1984 | Cork | |||
| 10 | Template:T&FcalcR | Litvinov #4 | 11 July 1986 | London | |||
| Sedykh #7 | 4 September 1988 | Moscow | |||||
| 12 | Template:T&FcalcR | Sedykh #8 | 20 August 1984 | Budapest | |||
| 13 | Template:T&FcalcR | Sedykh #9 | 3 July 1986 | Dresden | |||
| 3 | 14 | Template:T&FcalcR | Vadim Devyatovskiy | Script error: No such module "flag". | 21 July 2005 | Minsk | |
| 15 | Template:T&FcalcR | Litvinov #5 | 10 September 1986 | Rome | |||
| 4 | 16 | Template:T&FcalcR | Koji Murofushi | Script error: No such module "flag". | 29 June 2003 | Prague | |
| 17 | Template:T&FcalcR | Litvinov #6 | 26 September 1988 | Seoul | |||
| 18 | Template:T&FcalcR | Sedykh #10 | 9 July 1986 | Moscow | |||
| 19 | Template:T&FcalcR | Litvinov #7 | 9 July 1986 | Moscow | |||
| 5 | 20 | Template:T&FcalcR | Igor Astapkovich | Template:Country data Belarus | 6 June 1992 | Seville | |
| 21 | Template:T&FcalcR | Sedykh #11 | 14 September 1984 | Tokyo | |||
| 22 | Template:T&FcalcR | Sedykh #12 | 8 June 1986 | Leningrad | |||
| 6 | 23 | Template:T&FcalcR | Ivan Tsikhan | Script error: No such module "flag". | 9 July 2008 | Grodno | |
| 7 | 24 | Template:T&FcalcR | Igor Nikulin | Script error: No such module "flag". | 12 July 1990 | Lausanne | |
| 25 | Template:T&FcalcR | Sedykh #13 | 14 September 1988 | Vladivostok | |||
| Tsikhan #2 | 7 May 2004 | Minsk | |||||
| 8 | Template:T&FcalcR | Jüri Tamm | Script error: No such module "flag". | 9 September 1984 | Banská Bystrica | ||
| 9 | Template:T&FcalcR Template:AthAbbr | Ethan Katzberg | Script error: No such module "flag". | 20 April 2024 | Nairobi | [15] | |
| 10 | Template:T&FcalcR | Adrián Annus | Script error: No such module "flag". | 10 August 2003 | Szombathely | ||
| 11 | Template:T&FcalcR | Paweł Fajdek | Script error: No such module "flag". | 9 August 2015 | Szczecin | [16] | |
| 12 | Template:T&FcalcR | Tibor Gécsek | Script error: No such module "flag". | 19 September 1998 | Zalaegerszeg | ||
| 13 | Template:T&FcalcR | Andrey Abduvaliyev | Script error: No such module "flag". | 26 May 1990 | Adler | ||
| 14 | Template:T&FcalcR | Aleksey Zagornyi | Script error: No such module "flag". | 10 February 2002 | Adler | ||
| 15 | Template:T&FcalcR | Ralf Haber | Template:GDR | 16 May 1988 | Athens | ||
| 16 | Template:T&FcalcR | Szymon Ziółkowski | Script error: No such module "flag". | 5 August 2001 | Edmonton | ||
| 17 | Template:T&FcalcR | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen | Script error: No such module "flag". | 14 July 2004 | Lahti | ||
| 18 | Template:T&FcalcR | Heinz Weis | Template:GER | 29 June 1997 | Frankfurt | ||
| 19 | Template:T&FcalcR | Balázs Kiss | Script error: No such module "flag". | 4 June 1998 | Saint-Denis | ||
| 20 | Template:T&FcalcR | Karsten Kobs | Template:GER | 26 June 1999 | Dortmund | ||
| 21 | Template:T&FcalcR | Rudy Winkler | Script error: No such module "flag". | 20 June 2021 | Eugene | [17] | |
| 22 | Template:T&FcalcR | Krisztián Pars | Script error: No such module "flag". | 16 August 2014 | Zürich | ||
| 23 | Template:T&FcalcR | Günther Rodehau | Template:GDR | 3 August 1985 | Dresden | ||
| 24 | Template:T&FcalcR | Sergey Kirmasov | Script error: No such module "flag". | 30 May 1998 | Bryansk | ||
| Andriy Skvaruk | Script error: No such module "flag". | 27 April 2002 | Kyiv |
Annulled marks
- Ivan Tsikhan of Belarus also threw 86.73 in Brest on 3 July 2005. This performance was annulled due to doping offences.
Women
- Correct as of May 2025.[18]
| Ath.# | Perf.# | Mark | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Template:Refh |
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| 1 | 1 | Template:T&FcalcR | Anita Włodarczyk | Script error: No such module "flag". | 28 August 2016 | Warsaw | [19] |
| 2 | Template:T&FcalcR | Włodarczyk #2 | 29 July 2017 | Władysławowo | |||
| 3 | Template:T&FcalcR | Włodarczyk #3 | 15 August 2016 | Rio de Janeiro | |||
| 4 | Template:T&FcalcR | Włodarczyk #4 | 1 August 2015 | Władysławowo | |||
| 5 | Template:T&FcalcR | Włodarczyk #5 | 27 August 2015 | Beijing | |||
| 6 | Template:T&FcalcR | Włodarczyk #6 | 23 July 2017 | Białystok | |||
| 2 | 7 | Template:T&FcalcR | DeAnna Price | Script error: No such module "flag". | 26 June 2021 | Eugene | [20] |
| 8 | Template:T&FcalcR | Włodarczyk #7 | 12 July 2016 | Władysławowo | |||
| 3 | 9 | Template:T&FcalcR | Brooke Andersen | Script error: No such module "flag". | 20 May 2023 | Tucson | [21] |
| 10 | Template:T&FcalcR | Andersen #2 | 4 May 2024 | Tucson | [22] | ||
| 11 | Template:T&FcalcR | Włodarczyk #8 | 15 August 2017 | Warsaw | |||
| Andersen #3 | 20 April 2023 | Charlottesville | [23] | ||||
| 13 | Template:T&FcalcR | Włodarczyk #9 | 6 May 2017 | Doha | |||
| 14 | Template:T&FcalcR | Włodarczyk #10 | 27 June 2017 | Ostrava | |||
| 15 | Template:T&FcalcR | Włodarczyk #11 | 18 June 2016 | Szczecin | |||
| 16 | Template:T&FcalcR | Włodarczyk #12 | 22 July 2018 | Lublin | |||
| 17 | Template:T&FcalcR | Włodarczyk #13 | 31 August 2014 | Berlin | |||
| 18 | Template:T&FcalcR | Włodarczyk #14 | 21 May 2016 | Halle | |||
| 19 | Template:T&FcalcR | Włodarczyk #15 | 29 May 2016 | Forbach | |||
| 4 | 20 | Template:T&FcalcR | Betty Heidler | Template:GER | 21 May 2011 | Halle | |
| 21 | Template:T&FcalcR | Andersen #4 | 24 May 2025 | Tucson | [24] | ||
| 22 | Template:T&FcalcR | Andersen #5 | 30 April 2022 | Tucson | [25] | ||
| 23 | Template:T&FcalcR | Andersen #6 | 17 July 2022 | Eugene | [26] | ||
| 24 | Template:T&FcalcR | Włodarczyk #16 | 12 August 2018 | Berlin | |||
| 5 | 25 | Template:T&FcalcR | Rachel Richeson | Script error: No such module "flag". | 11 April 2025 | Ramona | [27] |
| 6 | Template:T&FcalcR | Camryn Rogers | Script error: No such module "flag". | 26 May 2023 | Westwood | [28] | |
| 7 | Template:T&FcalcR | Tatyana Lysenko | Script error: No such module "flag". | 5 July 2012 | Cheboksary | ||
| 8 | Template:T&FcalcR | Janee' Kassanavoid | Script error: No such module "flag". | 21 May 2022 | Tucson | [29] | |
| 9 | Template:T&FcalcR | Gwen Berry | Script error: No such module "flag". | 8 June 2018 | Chorzów | [30] | |
| 10 | Template:T&FcalcR | Wang Zheng | Script error: No such module "flag". | 29 March 2014 | Chengdu | ||
| 11 | Template:T&FcalcR | Zhang Wenxiu | Script error: No such module "flag". | 28 September 2014 | Incheon | ||
| 12 | Template:T&FcalcR | Aksana Miankova | Script error: No such module "flag". | 29 June 2008 | Minsk | ||
| 13 | Template:T&FcalcR | Gulfiya Agafonova | Script error: No such module "flag". | 12 June 2006 | Tula | ||
| 14 | Template:T&FcalcR | Oksana Kondratyeva | Script error: No such module "flag". | 30 June 2013 | Zhukovskiy | ||
| 15 | Template:T&FcalcR | Hanna Skydan | Script error: No such module "flag". | 23 August 2023 | Budapest | [31] | |
| 16 | Template:T&FcalcR | Silja Kosonen | Script error: No such module "flag". | 15 March 2025 | Nicosia | [32] | |
| 17 | Template:T&FcalcR | Martina Hrašnová | Script error: No such module "flag". | 16 May 2009 | Trnava | ||
| 18 | Template:T&FcalcR | Malwina Kopron | Script error: No such module "flag". | 26 August 2017 | Taipei City | [33] | |
| 19 | Template:T&FcalcR | Kamila Skolimowska | Script error: No such module "flag". | 11 May 2007 | Doha | ||
| 20 | Template:T&FcalcR | Mariya Bespalova | Script error: No such module "flag". | 23 June 2012 | Zhukovsky | ||
| 21 | Template:T&FcalcR | Volha Tsander | Script error: No such module "flag". | 21 July 2005 | Minsk | ||
| 22 | Template:T&FcalcR | Yekaterina Khoroshikh | Script error: No such module "flag". | 24 June 2006 | Zhukovsky | ||
| 23 | Template:T&FcalcR | Yipsi Moreno | Script error: No such module "flag". | 9 September 2008 | Zagreb | ||
| 24 | Template:T&FcalcR | Alena Matoshka | Script error: No such module "flag". | 12 June 2012 | Minsk | ||
| 25 | Template:T&FcalcR | Joanna Fiodorow | Script error: No such module "flag". | 28 September 2019 | Doha | [34] |
Annulled marks
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
Men
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Women
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World Championships medalists
Men
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Women
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Season's bests
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See also
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Notes and references
External links
- IAAF list of hammer-throw records in XML
- HammerThrow.org (information about the event, coaching tips and resources)
- Statistics
- Hammer Throw History (archived)
- World Athletics Hammer Throw
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- ↑ https://www.worldathletics.org/download/download?filename=175739a3-b6be-4e84-914c-15d7ce791665.pdf&urlslug=Terms%20and%20abbreviations Template:Bare URL inline
- ↑ Hammer Throw Facts World Athletics
- ↑ 'Origins'. Hammer Throw, undated. Retrieved 28 January 2025
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