NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships – Men's hammer throw

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This is a list of the NCAA outdoor champions in the hammer throw. Measurement was conducted in imperial distances (feet and inches) until 1975. Metrication occurred in 1976, so all subsequent championships were measured in metric distances.

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Champions

Key
A=Altitude assisted
YearName, (Country)TeamDistance
1921Charles RedmonChicago40.79
1922Jack MerchantCalifornia49.17
1923Fred TootellBowdoin53.37
1924not held
1925Ray BunkerOhio St45.73
1926Harry HawkinsMichigan45.12
1927Donald GwinnPittsburgh47.47
1928Wilford KetzMichigan49.9
1929Donald GwinnPittsburgh49.93
1930Holley CampbellMichigan49.59
1931Ivan DykemanColorado St49.41
1932Grant McDougallPennsylvania48.71
1933Roderick CoxMichigan47.57
1934Henry DreyerRhode Island51.72
1935Anton KishonBates51.43
1936not held
1937not held
1938not held
1939not held
1940not held
1941not held
1942not held
1943not held
1944not held
1945not held
1946not held
1947not held
1948 Samuel Felton Harvard52.05
1949not held
1950not held
1951not held
1952 Gil Borjeson Brown53.76
1953not held
1954not held
1955not held
1956Bill McWilliamsBowdoin59.51
1957not held
1958not held
1959 John Lawlor Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Boston63.22
1960 John Lawlor Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Boston63.75
1961 Tom Pagani Cal Poly SLO 59.4
1962Edward BaileyHarvard59.11
1963 George Desnoyers Boston Coll57.96A
1964 Alex Schulten Bowdoin58.37
1965John FioreBoston Coll61.21
1966John FioreBoston Coll61.35
1967 Bob Narcessian Rhode Island60.06A
1968 Bob Narcessian Rhode Island61.59
1969 Steve DeAutremont Oregon St58.04
1970 Steve DeAutremont Oregon St62.1
1971 Jacques Accambray Flag of France.svg  France Kent State69.44
1972 Al Schoterman Kent State70.48
1973 Jacques Accambray Flag of France.svg  France Kent State67.51
1974 Peter Farmer Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia UTEP70.26
1975 Boris Djerassi Northeastern68.78A
1976 Scott Neilson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Washington66.04
1977 Scott Neilson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Washington69.6
1978 Scott Neilson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Washington72.36
1979 Scott Neilson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Washington72.32
1980 Thommie Sjöholm Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden UTEP68.58
1981 Richard Olsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Southern Meth72.24
1982 Richard Olsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Southern Meth73.30A
1983 Robert Weir Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Southern Meth74.42
1984 Matt Mileham Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Fresno St73.74
1985 Tore Gustafsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Wash St75.24
1986 Ken Flax Oregon78.34
1987 Stefan Jönsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Wash St68.48
1988 Stefan Jönsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Wash St71.08
1989 Christoph Koch Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany NE Louisiana71.08A
1990 Scott McGee Oregon66.36
1991 Christophe Épalle Flag of France.svg  France Southern Meth72.7
1992 Mika Laaksonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland UTEP71.3
1993 Balázs Kiss Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Southern Cal75.24
1994 Balázs Kiss Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Southern Cal74.84
1995 Balázs Kiss Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Southern Cal79.62
1996 Balázs Kiss Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Southern Cal80.86
1997 Bengt Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Southern Cal70.12
1998 Libor Charfreitag Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Southern Meth72.3
1999 Andras Haklits Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia NE Louisiana74.09
2000 Libor Charfreitag Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Southern Meth77.22
2001 Andras Haklits Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Georgia75.5
2002 Andras Haklits Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Georgia77.32
2003 Lucais MacKay Georgia70.19
2004 Thomas Freeman Manhattan70.77
2005 Spyridon Jullien Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Virginia Tech70.43
2006 Spyridon Jullien Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Virginia Tech72.29
2007 Jake Dunkleberger Auburn71.87 m (235 ft 9 in)
2008 Cory Martin Auburn74.12 m (243 ft 2 in)
2009 Marcel Lomnický Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Virginia Tech 71.78 m (235 ft 5 in)
2010 Walter Henning LSU72.79 m (238 ft 9+12 in)
2011 Alexander Zigler Virginia Tech 72.69 m (238 ft 5 in)
2012
2013
2014 Matthias Tayala Kent State73.57
2015 Conor McCullough USC 76.91 m (252 ft 3 in)
2016 Nick Miller Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Oklahoma State 73.98 m (242 ft 8 in)
2017 Rudy Winkler Cornell 74.12 m (243 ft 2 in)

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