2010 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge

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

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.

Contents

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] CityCountryDateType
Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar Dakar SenegalApril 24Women
Osaka Grand Prix Osaka JapanMay 8Men
Colorful Daegu Pre-Championships Daegu South KoreaMay 19Women
Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo Rio de Janeiro BrazilMay 23Both
Golden Spike Ostrava Ostrava Czech RepublicMay 26Both
Fanny Blankers-Koen Games Hengelo NetherlandsMay 30Men
Brothers Znamensky Memorial Zhukovsky RussiaJune 26Women
Meeting de Atletismo Madrid Madrid SpainJuly 2Men
ISTAF Berlin Berlin GermanyAugust 22Women
Rieti Meeting Rieti ItalyAugust 28-29Both
Hanžeković Memorial Zagreb CroatiaSeptember 1Men

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
PosAthleteCountry Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Brazil.svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg Flag of Spain.svg Flag of Italy.svg Flag of Croatia.svg Total [13]
1 Koji Murofushi Flag of Japan.svg 77.8680.9679.71238.52 [14]
2 Dilshod Nazarov Flag of Tajikistan.svg 78.9477.3878.6978.2978.4978.3475.95236.02
3 Libor Charfreitag Flag of Slovakia.svg NM75.9178.4079.6277.24235.26
4 Krisztián Pars Flag of Hungary.svg 79.1577.1478.2375.8176.96234.52
5 Sergej Litvinov Flag of Germany.svg 77.6478.9877.0076.77NM233.62
6 Igors Sokolovs Flag of Latvia.svg 74.9977.0974.1276.39228.47
7 Yury Shayunou Flag of Belarus.svg 77.9574.4972.9275.35227.79
8 Nicola Vizzoni Flag of Italy.svg 75.8074.7676.39226.95
9 Olli-Pekka Karjalainen Flag of Finland.svg 75.8776.9473.8271.89226.63
10 Szymon Ziólkowski Flag of Poland.svg 72.5071.0875.8075.7374.48226.01
11 Ali Mohamed Al-Zinkawi Flag of Kuwait.svg 74.8075.0075.6573.42225.45
12 Markus Esser Flag of Germany.svg 76.4572.5876.19225.21 [15]
13 Marco Lingua Flag of Italy.svg 72.6770.3468.1970.03213.04

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
PosAthleteCountry Flag of Senegal.svg Flag of South Korea.svg Flag of Brazil.svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Flag of Russia.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Italy.svg Total [22]
1 Betty Heidler Flag of Germany.svg 75.2875.2575.35225.88
2 Anita Włodarczyk Flag of Poland.svg 75.1371.8675.7474.4373.57225.30
3 Tatyana Lysenko Flag of Russia.svg 70.0372.3671.0076.0373.1474.80223.96 [23]
4 Yipsi Moreno Flag of Cuba.svg 75.1970.2273.78219.19
5 Darya Pchelnik Flag of Belarus.svg 73.0173.0072.1763.08NM218.18
6 Kathrin Klaas Flag of Germany.svg 72.1272.3271.66216.10
7 Jennifer Dahlgren Flag of Argentina.svg 67.9464.5272.1868.1470.43210.75
8 Stéphanie Falzon Flag of France.svg 69.6568.7172.3765.0366.44210.73
9 Zalina Marghieva Flag of Moldova.svg 70.7570.2169.15210.11
10 Amber Campbell Flag of the United States.svg 67.8369.0169.4769.87208.35
11 Marina Marghieva Flag of Moldova.svg 72.1467.8567.8365.03207.82

References

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  2. 1 2 3 "IAAF throws weight behind Hammer discipline with $202,000 purse". IAAF. 2010-02-19. Retrieved 2011-04-30.[ dead link ]
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  10. 1 2 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. 1 2 "Rieti 2010 - IAAF World Challenge". Rieti Meeting. 2010-08-29. Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2011-04-30.
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  13. "2010 Hammer Throw Challenge Standings". IAAF. 2010-09-01. Retrieved 2011-04-30.[ dead link ]
  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.
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  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.[ dead link ]
  23. See comments above on the discrepancies with Murofushi and Esser. Lysenko's top results add up to 223.97.