The club throw is an throwing parasport where the objective is to throw a wooden club. The event is one of the four throwing events, along with discus, javelin and shot put of the Summer Paralympics. It is the Paralympic equivalent of the hammer throw. The club throw was introduced for both men and women at the first 1960 Summer Paralympic Games. It was dropped from the women's programme from the 1992 Paralympics in Barcelona but was reinstated for London 2012.
Sport rules
Like other throwing events, the competition is decided by who can throw the club the farthest, though when the event is contested by athletes of different disability classifications, such as the Paralympics, the result is decided by a points score using the Raza Points System which considers athletes' relative levels of disability. The club for men and women weighs a minimum of and is normally made from wood with a metal base. The athlete sits in a frame in a throwing area which is within a marked circle between in diameter. The frame is common for each competitor and is rigid. The sport is contested at the Paralympics by athletes in the F31, F32 and F51 classes (individuals with the most significant impairment in hand function).
Records the world record for the men's club in the 32 class is held by Maciej Sochal, who threw at the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships. The men's record in the 51 class is held by Željko Dimitrijević, who recorded a distance of at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships.
the world record for the women's club in the 32 class is held by Maroua Ibrahmi, who threw at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. The women's record in the 51 class is held by America's Rachael Morrison, who recorded a distance of in Claremont, CA on 8 April 2017.
Paralympics Men Games Location Open to Gold Class Distance(points) Silver Class Distance(points) Bronze Class Distance(points) 1984 New York, United States 1A 1A 23.54 1A 21.44 1A 21.12 1988 Seoul, South Korea 1A 1A 23.44 1A 18.28 1A 17.50 1992 Barcelona, Spain C6 C6 51.58 WR C6 43.78 C6 43.50 1996 Atlanta, United States F50 F50 25.84 WR F50 22.75 F50 20.65 2000 Sydney, Australia F51 F51 27.74 F51 26.88 F51 26.08 2004 Athens, Greece F32/F51 F32 33.53(1133) F51 25.44(993) F32 29.17(986) 2008 Beijing, China F32/F51 F32 35.77(1125) WR F32 34.37(1081) F51 25.29(1063) 2012 London, United Kingdom F31/32/51 F51 26.88(1010) F51 26.67(1004) F32 36.31(1003) 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil F32 F32 33.91 F32 33.69 F32 31.93 F51 F51 29.96 WR F51 26.84 F51 26.82 2020 Tokyo, Japan F32 F32 45.39 WR F32 38.68 F32 35.34 F51 F51 35.42 WR F51 35.29 F51 30.66
Women Games Location Open to Gold Class Distance (points) Silver Class Distance (points) Bronze Class Distance (points) 1960 Rome, Italy A A 19.10 A 17.82 A 17.32 B B 20.07 B 19.42 B 19.11 C C 26.62 C 21.11 C 20.21 2012 London, United Kingdom F31/32/51 F32 23.43 WR F32 22.51 F32 20.50 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil F31/32 F32 26.93 WR F32 25.41 F32 19.77 F51 F51 22.81 WR F51 22.21 F51 21.84 2020 Tokyo, Japan F32 F32 28.74 WR F32 24.73 F32 23.29
See also Athletics at the Summer Paralympics Disability sport classification
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