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.
Year | Name, (Country) | Team | Distance |
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1921 | Charles Redmon | Chicago | 40.79 |
1922 | Jack Merchant | California | 49.17 |
1923 | Fred Tootell | Bowdoin | 53.37 |
1924 | not held | ||
1925 | Ray Bunker | Ohio St | 45.73 |
1926 | Harry Hawkins | Michigan | 45.12 |
1927 | Donald Gwinn | Pittsburgh | 47.47 |
1928 | Wilford Ketz | Michigan | 49.9 |
1929 | Donald Gwinn | Pittsburgh | 49.93 |
1930 | Holley Campbell | Michigan | 49.59 |
1931 | Ivan Dykeman | Colorado St | 49.41 |
1932 | Grant McDougall | Pennsylvania | 48.71 |
1933 | Roderick Cox | Michigan | 47.57 |
1934 | Henry Dreyer | Rhode Island | 51.72 |
1935 | Anton Kishon | Bates | 51.43 |
1936 | not held | ||
1937 | not held | ||
1938 | not held | ||
1939 | not held | ||
1940 | not held | ||
1941 | not held | ||
1942 | not held | ||
1943 | not held | ||
1944 | not held | ||
1945 | not held | ||
1946 | not held | ||
1947 | not held | ||
1948 | Samuel Felton | Harvard | 52.05 |
1949 | not held | ||
1950 | not held | ||
1951 | not held | ||
1952 | Gil Borjeson | Brown | 53.76 |
1953 | not held | ||
1954 | not held | ||
1955 | not held | ||
1956 | Bill McWilliams | Bowdoin | 59.51 |
1957 | not held | ||
1958 | not held | ||
1959 | John Lawlor Ireland | Boston | 63.22 |
1960 | John Lawlor Ireland | Boston | 63.75 |
1961 | Tom Pagani | Cal Poly SLO | 59.4 |
1962 | Edward Bailey | Harvard | 59.11 |
1963 | George Desnoyers | Boston Coll | 57.96A |
1964 | Alex Schulten | Bowdoin | 58.37 |
1965 | John Fiore | Boston Coll | 61.21 |
1966 | John Fiore | Boston Coll | 61.35 |
1967 | Bob Narcessian | Rhode Island | 60.06A |
1968 | Bob Narcessian | Rhode Island | 61.59 |
1969 | Steve DeAutremont | Oregon St | 58.04 |
1970 | Steve DeAutremont | Oregon St | 62.1 |
1971 | Jacques Accambray France | Kent State | 69.44 |
1972 | Al Schoterman | Kent State | 70.48 |
1973 | Jacques Accambray France | Kent State | 67.51 |
1974 | Peter Farmer Australia | UTEP | 70.26 |
1975 | Boris Djerassi | Northeastern | 68.78A |
1976 | Scott Neilson Canada | Washington | 66.04 |
1977 | Scott Neilson Canada | Washington | 69.6 |
1978 | Scott Neilson Canada | Washington | 72.36 |
1979 | Scott Neilson Canada | Washington | 72.32 |
1980 | Thommie Sjöholm Sweden | UTEP | 68.58 |
1981 | Richard Olsen Norway | Southern Meth | 72.24 |
1982 | Richard Olsen Norway | Southern Meth | 73.30A |
1983 | Robert Weir United Kingdom | Southern Meth | 74.42 |
1984 | Matt Mileham United Kingdom | Fresno St | 73.74 |
1985 | Tore Gustafsson Sweden | Wash St | 75.24 |
1986 | Ken Flax | Oregon | 78.34 |
1987 | Stefan Jönsson Sweden | Wash St | 68.48 |
1988 | Stefan Jönsson Sweden | Wash St | 71.08 |
1989 | Christoph Koch West Germany | NE Louisiana | 71.08A |
1990 | Scott McGee | Oregon | 66.36 |
1991 | Christophe Épalle France | Southern Meth | 72.7 |
1992 | Mika Laaksonen Finland | UTEP | 71.3 |
1993 | Balázs Kiss Hungary | Southern Cal | 75.24 |
1994 | Balázs Kiss Hungary | Southern Cal | 74.84 |
1995 | Balázs Kiss Hungary | Southern Cal | 79.62 |
1996 | Balázs Kiss Hungary | Southern Cal | 80.86 |
1997 | Bengt Johansson Sweden | Southern Cal | 70.12 |
1998 | Libor Charfreitag Slovakia | Southern Meth | 72.3 |
1999 | Andras Haklits Croatia | NE Louisiana | 74.09 |
2000 | Libor Charfreitag Slovakia | Southern Meth | 77.22 |
2001 | Andras Haklits Croatia | Georgia | 75.5 |
2002 | Andras Haklits Croatia | Georgia | 77.32 |
2003 | Lucais MacKay | Georgia | 70.19 |
2004 | Thomas Freeman | Manhattan | 70.77 |
2005 | Spyridon Jullien Greece | Virginia Tech | 70.43 |
2006 | Spyridon Jullien Greece | Virginia Tech | 72.29 |
2007 | Jake Dunkleberger | Auburn | 71.87 m (235 ft 9 in) |
2008 | Cory Martin | Auburn | 74.12 m (243 ft 2 in) |
2009 | Marcel Lomnický Slovakia | Virginia Tech | 71.78 m (235 ft 5 in) |
2010 | Walter Henning | LSU | 72.79 m (238 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
2011 | Alexander Zigler | Virginia Tech | 72.69 m (238 ft 5 in) |
2012 | |||
2013 | |||
2014 | Matthias Tayala | Kent State | 73.57 |
2015 | Conor McCullough | USC | 76.91 m (252 ft 3 in) |
2016 | Nick Miller 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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