The IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge was an annual hammer throw series, organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) from 2010 until the end of 2019 season. The series of hammer throw competitions for men and women were primary held at meetings with IAAF World Challenge status. The rankings were decided by combining the total (in metres) of each athlete's three greatest throws at the permit events during the season. Further points could be gained by those who broke or equalled the world record mark for the event.Hammer Challenge set to throw Dakar into a spin. IAAF (2010-04-22). Retrieved on 2010-09-15.

The competition's creation was a result of the IAAF Golden League being replaced by the IAAF Diamond League in 2010 – hammer throw was the sole track and field event not to feature on the new top level circuit. The challenge was designed to allow hammer throwers to compete in a global seasonal competition, similar to that found for other track and field events on the Diamond League. In 2020, World Athletics launched the World Continental Tour including hammer throw competitions.

The total prize money available in 2010 was US$202,000, split evenly between male and female athletes. The male and female winners each received $30,000, while second and third placed athletes were entitled to $20,000 and $14,000 respectively. Increasingly smaller prizes were given to the remaining throwers who rank in the top twelve. The eleven meetings which had permit status in 2010 offered either a men's contest, a women's contest, or both – an arrangement which gave athletes of each sex a total of seven opportunities to score points for the challenge.

The most successful athlete of the series was Poland's Anita Włodarczyk, who won the women's title six times straight from 2013 to 2018.Wlodarczyk and Nowicki win 2018 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge. IAAF (2018-08-27). Retrieved 2019-10-19. Her compatriot Paweł Fajdek was the most successful man, with five victories. Fajdek and Price win 2019 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge. IAAF (2019-10-17). Retrieved 2019-10-19. Germany's Betty Heidler and Hungarian Krisztián Pars have each won the title on three occasions. Fajdek holds the men's series record score of 248.48 metres while Włodarczyk is the women's series record holder with 240.44 metres.

Editions +IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge editions Year Start date End date Meets 1 2010 11 2010 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19. 2 2011 9 2011 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19. 3 2012 8 2012 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19. 4 2013 15 2013 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19. 5 2014 13 2014 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19. 6 2015 14 2015 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19. 7 2016 11 2016 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19. 8 2017 9 2017 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19. 9 2018 10 2018 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19. 10 2019 10 2019 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.

Meetings

Key: M : Men W : Men B : Both

+IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge meetings # Meeting Arena City Country 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 1IAAF World Challenge DakarStade Léopold Sédar SenghorDakarSenegal W W W W B 2Golden Grand Prix OsakaYanmar Stadium NagaiOsakaJapan M M M M W W W M W 3Colorful Daegu Championships MeetingDaegu StadiumDaeguSouth Korea W W W 4Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de AtletismoEstádio Olímpico Nilton SantosRio de JaneiroBrazil B B B W W M M 5Golden Spike OstravaMěstský stadionOstravaCzech Republic B B B B B B B B B W 6Fanny Blankers-Koen GamesFanny Blankers-Koen StadionHengeloNetherlands M 7Paavo Nurmi GamesPaavo Nurmi StadiumTurkuFinland M M M M M W 8Brothers Znamensky MemorialMeteor StadiumZhukovskyRussia W B B 9Gyulai István MemorialBregyó közi Regionális Atlétika KözpontSzékesfehérvárHungary M B B B W W B 10Meeting de Atletismo MadridCentro Deportivo MoratalazMadridSpain M M M M M W 11ISTAF BerlinOlympiastadionBerlinGermany W W W W W 12Rieti MeetingStadio Raul GuidobaldiRietiItaly B B B B M M 13Hanžeković MemorialSportski Park MladostZagrebCroatia M M M 14Ponce Grand Prix de AtletismoEstadio Francisco MontanerPoncePuerto Rico M B 15IAAF World Challenge BeijingBeijing National StadiumBeijingChina W W W W 16Prefontaine ClassicHayward FieldEugeneUnited States W M 17Moscow ChallengeLuzhniki StadiumMoscowRussia W B 18Janusz Kusociński MemorialCity Athletics StadiumSzczecinPoland B M B B B B B 19Karlstad Grand PrixTingvalla IPKarlstadSweden M M M 20World ChampionshipsVariesVariesVaries B B B B 21Rabat MeetingPrince Moulay Abdellah StadiumRabatMorocco W M 22Melbourne Track ClassicLakeside StadiumMelbourneAustralia M M 23Jamaica International InvitationalIndependence ParkKingstonJamaica W W 24Olympic GamesVariesVariesVaries B 25PTS Meeting Šamorínx-bionic sphereŠamorínSlovakia B M 26Kamila Skolimowska MemorialSilesian StadiumChorzówPoland W 27Nanjing World ChallengeNanjing Olympic Sports CentreNanjingChina W 28European Athletics Festival BydgoszczZdzisław Krzyszkowiak StadiumBydgoszczPoland M 29Pál Németh MemorialIAAF Training CentreSzombathelyHungary B The Osaka meet was held at the Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium in Kawasaki, Kanagawa in 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2017, and was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo in 2013 and 2014 The 2013 Gyulai István Memorial was held in Budapest The 2014 Rabat meeting was held in Marrakesh The Brazilian meet was held at the Arena Caixa Atletismo in São Bernardo do Campo in 2016 and 2017, and at the National Training Centre in Bragança Paulista in 2018 and 2019 The 2018 and 2019 Janusz Kusociński Memorial was held at the Silesian Stadium in Chorzów

Medalists Men 2010 238.52 236.02 235.262011 239.03 235.72 233.902012 242.35 236.47 233.392013 244.23 244.17 239.802014 244.84 241.49 241.372015 248.01 236.20 234.752016 242.89 236.37 232.632017 248.48 236.32 231.402018 241.89 240.04 232.462019 241.86 237.47 234.99

Women 2010 225.88 225.30 223.962011 228.09 220.46 219.772012 230.49 223.13 222.052013 233.83 227.59 226.932014 232.52 228.54 222.652015 235.28 222.28 222.202016 240.44 218.11 217.802017 235.62 225.77 221.752018 228.12 223.31 222.032019 226.55 226.34 224.46

See also IAAF Race Walking Challenge IAAF World Cross Challenge IAAF Combined Events Challenge

References

External links Homepage Years in review: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015