Hammer throw

John Flanagan at the London Olympics in 1908

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The hammer throw (also hammer throwing ) is a discipline of athletics or heavy athletics in which a "throwing hammer", today a metal ball on a steel wire, has to be thrown as far as possible.

The athlete has a 2.135 meter diameter (7 English foot) circle available for swinging. He uses this to first rotate the hammer with both arms in order to accelerate it as much as possible before throwing it.

The men's sling hammer, including the handle, weighs 16 pounds (7.26 kilograms ) and four kilograms for women. It has the same weight as the shot put in the shot put .

The hammer throw as a modern sport originated in Scotland and Ireland in the 19th century , where originally a weight with a wooden handle was thrown.

Hammer throw has been part of the program of the Olympic Games for men since 1900 . For women it has been held in international competitions since 1997 and in the Olympic Games since 2000 .

The best hammer throwers reach distances of 85 meters (world record: 86.74 m) for men and 80 meters (world record: 82.98 m) for women.

history

Hammer throw in Scotland

Competitions in throwing a forge hammer are documented from the Middle Ages of Ireland and Scotland. The first throws of a weight with a rigid “handle” are known from England and Ireland from the first half of the 19th century.

The rules for hammer throwing were written in England in 1887 . While the mass of the weight was set at 16 English pounds (7.257 kg) at an early stage, the type of dropping changed several times. Initially, it was allowed to take a run of any length and to cross the throwing line after the throw.

Later it was thrown out of a circle: the diameter was set at 7 English feet (2.135 m) in England in 1878, from 1887 to 1909 it was also thrown out of a 9-foot circle (2.73 m).

Likewise, the length of the wire on which the weight hangs has changed. It wasn't until the 20th century that the final length of 4 feet (1,219 m) was established. The hammer used by men today was introduced in 1912.

In Germany, the first hammer throw competition took place in Berlin in May 1893 with a 12 pound hammer. Until the beginning of the 20th century, hammer throw was hardly noticed in Germany; official German records were not registered until the mid-1920s. The first significant German hammer thrower was Max Furtwengler (* 1881), who threw with one arm and only half a turn. He increased the German best performance from 29.84 m in 1909 to 43.05 m in 1926.

Competition rules

Hammer thrower 1904

In the competition, the best eight hammer throwers have six attempts. The largest distance decides on victory and places, with the same distance the next best attempts decide.

After the throw, the circle may only be left after hitting the hammer and only to the rear and from a safe position, so that the throw is considered valid.

In contrast to the other throwing disciplines, the hammer thrower may wear gloves or wrap individual fingers with bandages.

A throw is only valid if the hammer hits a marked, acute-angled sector. As with the shot put and discus throw, this has an opening of 34.92 °. This “non-round” value results from a triangle that has two sides of 20 meters and 12 meters to easily mark the throwing sector.

To protect people in the stadium from misguided throws, the hammer throw circle is surrounded by a protective cage that is only open at the top and in the direction of the throwing sector. It has a height of seven meters, in some places ten meters. It is at least 3.50 meters away from the center of the throwing circle. The mesh of the protective cage can consist of ropes or metal wire and must withstand a hammer speed of 32 meters per second (115 km / h).

The rules for hammer throw competitions are set out in rules 187, 191 and the IAAF technical competition regulations.

Physics of hammer throw

• Take-off speed: For a 75-meter throw, a take-off speed of around 27 to 28 meters per second (m / s) is necessary. If this speed is increased by five percent, around 1.4 m / s, this leads to a gain in distance of around seven meters with the same take-off angle. The take-off speed is therefore much more important than the take-off angle.
• Take-off altitude: Your influence on the distance is very small. A higher take-off altitude leads to an equal gain in distance. For example, if the hammer is dropped from a height of 1.60 meters instead of 1.40 meters, that brings about 19 centimeters (based on a take-off speed of 24 m / s). A tall athlete has only minor advantages over a smaller one with the same application of force and the same technique.
• Departure angle: The throwing hammer describes a ballistic curve ( trajectory parabola , oblique throw ), which has the best possible departure angle of 45 °. However, since the hammer is thrown from an elevated position ( law of crooked throw ), the actual best take-off angle is only around 44 °. A deviation of two degrees, around five percent, worsens the throwing distance by about sixty centimeters.
• Wind : Air resistance plays a minor role in hammer throwing, so wind only has a minor influence on the distance. A wind speed of 5 m / s affects an 80-meter throw by about one percent. Tailwind leads to a gain in distance of about 90 centimeters, headwind reduces the distance of a throw by about 80 centimeters.

Milestones

Men:

• First registered width: 27.74 m, (16-pound hammer with wooden handle), Adam Wilson ( GBR ), May 10, 1828 in Hunter's Tryst
• First registered width according to today's rules (2.135 meter circle): 30.12 m, Edmund Baddeley ( GBR ), April 15, 1878
• First official world record: 57.77 m, Pat Ryan ( USA ), August 17, 1913 (first improvement of the world record on August 27, 1938 by Erwin Blask ( GER ) with 59.00 m)
• First distance over 60 meters: 60.34 m, József Csermák ( HUN ), July 24, 1952
• First distance over 70 meters: 70.33 m, Hal Connolly (USA), August 12, 1960
• First distance over 80 meters: 80.14 m, Boris Saitschuk ( URS ), July 9, 1978

Women:

• First registered width: 17.03 m, Lucinda Moles ( ESP ), June 29, 1931 in Madrid
• First distance over 40 meters: 41.99 m, Carol Cady (USA), April 10, 1982
• First distance over 50 meters: 53.65 m, Carol Cady (USA), April 28, 1984
• First distance over 60 meters: 61.20 m, Aya Suzuki ( JPN ), April 30, 1989
• First official world record: 66.84 m, Olga Kusenkowa ( RUS ), February 23, 1994
• First distance over 70 meters: 71.22 m, Olga Kusenkowa (RUS), June 22, 1997
• First distance over 80 meters: 81.08 m, Anita Włodarczyk ( POL ), August 1, 2015

Most successful athlete

Men:

• Triple Olympic Champion: John Flanagan (USA) ( 1900 , 1904 , 1908 )
• Two-time Olympic champion:

  Pat O'Callaghan ( IRL ) ( 1928 , 1932 )

  Jurij Sedych (URS) ( 1976 , 1980 ), also Olympic second in 1988 , world champion 1991 and world championship second in 1983

• Two-time world champion:

  Sergei Litvinow (URS) ( 1983 , 1987 ), also Olympic champion in 1988 and second in 1980

  Andrei Abduwalijew ( TJK ) ( 1993 , 1995 ), also Olympic champion in 1992

Women:

• Anita Wlodarczyk ( POL ): two-time Olympic champion ( 2012 and 2016 ) and three-time world champion ( 2009 , 2015 and 2017 ), plus World Championship runner-up in 2013
• Yipsi Moreno ( CUB ): three-time world champion ( 2001 , 2003 and 2005 ) as well as Olympic champion 2008 and Olympic runner-up in 2004
• Olga Kusenkowa (RUS): Olympic champion 2004 , Olympic runner-up in 2000 , three times World Cup runner-up ( 1999 , 2001 , 2003 )

statistics

Olympic Games medalist

Men

year	gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
1900	John Flanagan	Truxtun Hare	Josiah McCracken
1904	John Flanagan	John DeWitt	Ralph Rose
1908	John Flanagan	Matt McGrath	Con Walsh
1912	Matt McGrath	Duncan Gillis	Clarence Childs
1920	Pat Ryan	Carl Johan Lind	Basil Bennett
1924	Fred Tootell	Matt McGrath	Malcolm Nokes
1928	Pat O'Callaghan	Ossian Skiold	Edmund Black
1932	Pat O'Callaghan	Ville Pörhölä	Peter Zaremba
1936	Karl Hein	Erwin Blask	Fred Warngård
1948	Imre Németh	Ivan Gubijan	Robert Bennett
1952	József Csermák	Karl Storch	Imre Németh
1956	Hal Connolly	Mikhail Krivonosov	Anatoly Samotsvetov
1960	Vasily Rudenkow	Gyula Zsivótzky	Tadeusz Ruth
1964	Ramuald Klim	Gyula Zsivótzky	Uwe Beyer
1968	Gyula Zsivótzky	Ramuald Klim	Lázár Lovász
1972	Anatoly Bondarchuk	Jochen Sachse	Vasily Chmelewski
1976	Yuri Sedych	Alexei Spiridonov	Anatoly Bondarchuk
1980	Yuri Sedych	Sergei Litvinov	Jüri Tamm
1984	Juha Tiainen	Karl-Hans Riehm	Klaus Ploghaus
1988	Sergei Litvinov	Yuri Sedych	Jüri Tamm
1992	Andrei Abduvaliev	Ihar Astapkovich	Igor Nikulin
1996	Baláz's Kiss	Lance deal	Oleksandr Krykun
2000	Szymon Ziółkowski	Nicola Vizzoni	Ihar Astapkovich
2004	Kōji Murofushi	after the positive doping test of Ivan Tsikhan not reassigned	Eşref Apak
2008	Primož Kozmus	Vadsim Dsevyatousky	Ivan Zichan
2012	Krisztián Pars	Primož Kozmus	Kōji Murofushi
2016	Dilschod Nazarov	Ivan Zichan	Wojciech Nowicki

Women

year	gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
2000	Kamila Skolimowska	Olga Kusenkova	Kirsten Münchow
2004	Olga Kusenkova	Yipsi Moreno	Yunaika Crawford
2008	Yipsi Moreno	Zhang Wenxiu	Darja Ptschelnik
2012	Anita Włodarczyk	Betty Heidler	Zhang Wenxiu
2016	Anita Włodarczyk	Zhang Wenxiu	Sophie Hitchon

World Championships medalist

Men

year	gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
1983	Sergei Litvinov	Yuri Sedych	Zdzisław Kwaśny
1987	Sergei Litvinov	Jüri Tamm	Ralf Haber
1991	Yuri Sedych	Ihar Astapkovich	Heinz Weis
1993	Andrei Abduvaliev	Ihar Astapkovich	Tibor Gécsek
1995	Andrei Abduvaliev	Ihar Astapkovich	Tibor Gécsek
1997	Heinz Weis	Andrij Skwaruk	Vasily Sidorenko
1999	Karsten Kobs	Zsolt Németh	Vladislav Piskunov
2001	Szymon Ziółkowski	Kōji Murofushi	Ilya Konovalov
2003	Ivan Zichan	Adrian Annus	Kōji Murofushi
2005	Szymon Ziółkowski	Markus Esser	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen
2007	Ivan Zichan	Primož Kozmus	Libor Good Friday
2009	Primož Kozmus	Szymon Ziółkowski	Alexei Sagorny
2011	Kōji Murofushi	Krisztián Pars	Primož Kozmus
2013	Paweł Fajdek	Krisztián Pars	Lukáš Melich
2015	Paweł Fajdek	Dilschod Nazarov	Wojciech Nowicki
2017	Paweł Fajdek	Valery Pronkin	Wojciech Nowicki
2019	Paweł Fajdek	Quentin Bigot	Bence Halász Wojciech Nowicki

Women

year	gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
1999	Mihaela Melinte	Olga Kusenkova	Lisa Misipeka
2001	Yipsi Moreno	Olga Kusenkova	Bronwyn Eagles
2003	Yipsi Moreno	Olga Kusenkova	Manuela Montebrun
2005	Yipsi Moreno	Manuela Montebrun	Zhang Wenxiu
2007	Betty Heidler	Yipsi Moreno	Zhang Wenxiu
2009	Anita Włodarczyk	Betty Heidler	Martina Danišová-Hrašnová
2011	Tatiana Lysenko	Betty Heidler	Zhang Wenxiu
2013	Anita Włodarczyk	Zhang Wenxiu	Wang Zheng
2015	Anita Włodarczyk	Zhang Wenxiu	Alexandra Tavernier
2017	Anita Włodarczyk	Wang Zheng	Malwina Kopron
2019	DeAnna Price	Joanna Fiodorov	Wang Zheng

See also

• Olympic medalist
• Medalist at world championships
• Olympic medalists
• Medal winners at world championships

World record development

Men

Width (m)	Surname	date	place
57.77	Pat Ryan	17th August 1913	New York City
59.00	Erwin Blask	August 27, 1938	Stockholm
59.02	Imre Németh	July 14, 1948	Tata
59.57	Imre Németh	September 1949	Katowice
59.88	Imre Németh	May 19, 1950	Budapest
60.34	József Csermák	July 24, 1952	Helsinki
61.25	Sverre Strandli	September 14, 1952	Oslo
62.36	Sverre Strandli	5th September 1953	Oslo
63.34	Mikhail Krivonosov	August 29, 1954	Bern
64.05	Stanislav Nenashev	December 12, 1954	Baku
64.33	Mikhail Krivonosov	4th August 1955	Warsaw
64.52	Mikhail Krivonosov	September 19, 1955	Belgrade
65.85	Mikhail Krivonosov	April 25, 1956	Nalchik
66.38	Mikhail Krivonosov	July 8, 1956	Minsk
67.32	Mikhail Krivonosov	October 22, 1956	Tashkent
68.54	Hal Connolly	November 2, 1956	los Angeles
68.68	Hal Connolly	June 20, 1958	Bakersfield
70.33	Hal Connolly	August 12, 1960	Walnut
70.67	Hal Connolly	July 21, 1962	Palo Alto
71.06	Hal Connolly	May 29, 1965	Ceres
71.26	Hal Connolly	June 20, 1965	Walnut
73.74	Gyula Zsivótzky	4th September 1965	Debrecen
73.76	Gyula Zsivótzky	September 14, 1968	Budapest
74.52	Ramuald Klim	15th June 1969	Budapest
74.68	Anatoly Bondarchuk	20th September 1969	Piraeus
75.48	Anatoly Bondarchuk	October 12, 1969	Rovno
76.40	Walter Schmidt	4th September 1971	Lahr
76.60	Reinhard Theimer	4th July 1974	Leipzig
76.66	Alexei Spiridonov	September 11, 1974	Munich
76.70	Karl-Hans Riehm	May 19, 1975	Rehlingen
77.56	Karl-Hans Riehm	May 19, 1975	Rehlingen
78.50	Karl-Hans Riehm	May 19, 1975	Rehlingen
79.30	Walter Schmidt	August 14, 1975	Frankfurt am Main
80.14	Boris Saitschuk	July 9, 1978	Moscow
80.32	Karl-Hans Riehm	August 6, 1978	Heidenheim an der Brenz
80.38	Yuri Sedych	May 16, 1980	Leselidse
80.46	Jüri Tamm	May 16, 1980	Leselidse
80.64	Yuri Sedych	May 16, 1980	Leselidse
81.66	Sergei Litvinov	May 24, 1980	Sochi
81.80	Yuri Sedych	July 31, 1980	Moscow
83.98	Sergei Litvinov	4th June 1982	Moscow
84.14	Sergei Litvinov	June 21, 1983	Moscow
86.34	Yuri Sedych	3rd July 1984	Cork
86.66	Yuri Sedych	June 22, 1986	Tallinn
86.74	Yuri Sedych	August 30, 1986	Stuttgart

Women

Width (m)	Surname	date	place
66.84	Olga Kusenkova	February 23, 1994	Eagle
66.86	Mihaela Melinte	March 4, 1994	Bucharest
69.42	Mihaela Melinte	May 12, 1996	Cluj-Napoca
69.58	Mihaela Melinte	March 8, 1997	Bucharest
73.14	Mihaela Melinte	July 16, 1998	Poiana Brasov
75.29	Mihaela Melinte	May 13, 1999	Clermont-Ferrand
75.97	Mihaela Melinte	May 13, 1999	Clermont-Ferrand
76.05	Mihaela Melinte	August 29, 1999	Rudlingen
76.07	Mihaela Melinte	August 29, 1999	Rudlingen
77.06	Tatiana Lysenko	July 15, 2005	Moscow
77.26	Gulfija Hanafejewa	June 12, 2006	Tula
77.41	Tatiana Lysenko	June 24, 2006	Zhukovsky
77.80	Tatiana Lysenko	August 15, 2006	Tallinn
77.96	Anita Włodarczyk	August 22, 2009	Berlin
78.30	Anita Włodarczyk	June 6, 2010	Bydgoszcz
79.42	Betty Heidler	May 21, 2011	Hall
79.58	Anita Włodarczyk	August 31, 2014	Berlin
81.08	Anita Włodarczyk	August 1, 2015	Cetniewo
82.29	Anita Włodarczyk	15th August 2016	Rio de Janeiro
82.98	Anita Włodarczyk	August 28, 2016	Warsaw

World best list

Men

All hammer throwers with a power of 81.44 meters or more. Last change: August 9, 2015

1. 86.74 m Jurij Sjedych , Stuttgart , August 30, 1986 
2. 86.04 m Sergei Litwinow , Dresden , July 3, 1986 
3. 84.90 m Wadsim Dsevyatousky , Minsk , July 21, 2005 
4. 84.86 m Kōji Murofushi , Prague , June 29, 2003 
5. 84.62 m Ihar Astapkowitsch , Seville , June 6, 1992 
6. 84.51 m Iwan Zichan , Hrodna , July 9, 2008 
7. 84.48 m Igor Nikulin , Lausanne , July 12, 1990 
8. 84.40 m Jüri Tamm , Banská Bystrica , September 9, 1984 
9. 84.19 m Adrián Annus , Szombathely , August 10, 2003 
10. 83.93 m Paweł Fajdek , Szczecin , August 9, 2015 
11. 83.68 m Tibor Gécsek , Zalaegerszeg , September 19, 1998 
12. 83.46 m Andrei Abduwalijew , Sochi , May 26, 1990 
13. 83.43 m Alexei Sagorny , Adler , February 10, 2002 
14. 83.40 m Ralf Haber , Athens , May 16, 1988 (German record) 
15. 83.38 m Szymon Ziółkowski , Edmonton , August 5, 2001 
16. 83.30 m Olli-Pekka Karjalainen , Lahti , July 14, 2004 
17. 83.04 m Heinz Weis , Frankfurt am Main , June 29, 1997 
18. 83.00 m Balázs Kiss , Saint-Denis , June 4, 1998 
19. 82.78 m Karsten Kobs , Dortmund , June 26, 1999 
20. 82.69 m Krisztián Pars , Zurich , August 16, 2014 
21. 82.64 m Gunther Rodehau , Dresden , August 3, 1985 
22. 82.62 m Sergei Kirmasow , Bryansk , May 30, 1998 
23. 82.62 m Andrij Skwaruk , Konscha Saspa , April 27, 2002 
24. 82.54 m Vasily Sidorenko , Krasnodar , May 13, 1992 
25. 82.52 m Lance Deal , Milan , 7 September 1996 
26. 82.40 m Plamen Minew , Plovdiv , June 1, 1991 
27. 82.38 m Gilles Dupray , Chelles , June 21, 2000 
28. 82.38 m Primož Kozmus , Celje , September 2, 2009 
29. 82.28 m Ilja Konowalow , Tula , August 10, 2003 
30. 82.24 m Benjaminas Viluckis , Klaipėda , August 21, 1986 
31. 82.24 m Vyacheslav Korovin , Chelyabinsk , June 20, 1987 
32. 82.23 m Wladyslaw Piskunov , Koncha Zaspa , April 27, 2002 
33. 82.22 m Holger Klose , Dortmund , May 2, 1998 
34. 82.16 m Vitaly Alisewitsch , Pärnu , July 13, 1988 
35. 82.08 m Ivan Tanew , Sofia , September 3, 1988 
36. 82.00 m Sergei Alai , Stajki , May 12, 1992 
37. 81.88 m Jud Logan , University Park , April 22, 1988 
38. 81.85 m Wojciech Nowicki , Székesfehérvár , July 2, 2018 
39. 81.81 m Libor Charfreitag , Prague , June 29, 2003 
40. 81.79 m Christophe Épalle , Clermont-Ferrand , June 30, 2000 
41. 81.78 m Christoph Sahner , Wemmetsweiler , September 11, 1988 
42. 81.70 m Aleksandr Seleznjow , Sochi , May 22, 1993 
43. 81.66 m Oleksandr Krykun , Kiev , May 29, 2004 
44. 81.64 m Enrico Sgrulletti , Ostia , March 9, 1997 
45. 81.56 m Sergei Gavrilow , Rostov , June 16, 1996 
46. 81.56 m Zsolt Németh , Veszprém , August 14, 1999 
47. 81.52 m Juha Tiainen , Tampere , June 11, 1984 
48. 81.49 m Valeryj Svyatocha , Brest May 27, 2006 
49. 81.45 m Eşref Apak , Istanbul June 4, 2005 
50. 81.44 m Juri Tarasjuk , Minsk August 10, 1984 

• Austrian record: 79.70 m Johann Lindner , Schwechat , June 24, 1987
• Swiss record: 80.51 m Patric Suter , Löffingen , September 17, 2003

Women

All hammer throwers with a power of 73.64 meters or more. A = width achieved under altitude conditions.

Last change: July 12, 2020

1. 82.98 m Anita Włodarczyk , Warsaw , August 28, 2016 
2. 79.42 m Betty Heidler , Halle , May 21, 2011 ( German record ) 
3. 78.51 m Tatiana Viktorovna Lysenko , Cheboksary , July 5, 2012 
4. 78.24 m DeAnna Price , Des Moines , July 27, 2019 
5. 77.78 m Gwen Berry , Chorzów , June 8, 2018 
6. 77.68 m Wang Zheng , Chengdu , March 29, 2014 
7. 77.33 m Zhang Wenxiu , Incheon , September 28, 2014 
8. 77.32 m Aksana Myankova , Minsk , June 29, 2008 
9. 77.26 m Gulfija Raifowna Chanafejewa , Sochi , May 26, 2007 
10. 77.13 m Oksana Kondratjewa , Schukowski , June 30, 2013 
11. 76.90 m Martina Hrašnová , Trnava , May 16, 2009 
12. 76.85 m Malwina Kopron , Taipei , August 26, 2017 
13. 76.83 m Kamila Skolimowska , Doha , May 11, 2007 
14. 76.75 m Brooke Andersen , Rathdrum , June 1, 2019 
15. 76.72 m Marija Bespalowa , Schukowski , June 23, 2012 
16. 76.66 m Wolha Zander , Minsk , July 21, 2005 
17. 76.63 m Jekaterina Choroschich , Schukowski , June 24, 2006 
18. 76.62 m Yipsi Moreno , Zagreb , September 9, 2008 
19. 76.56 m Alena Matoschka , Minsk , June 12, 2012 
20. 76.35 m Joanna Fiodorow , Doha , September 28, 2019 
21. 76.33 m Darja Ptschelnik , Minsk , June 29, 2008 
22. 76.26 m Hanna Malyschtschyk , Brest , April 28, 2018 
23. 76.21 m Jelena Konjewzewa , Tula , June 4, 2000 
24. 76.17 m Anna Bulgakowa , Moscow , July 24, 2013 
25. 76.07 m Mihaela Melinte , Rüdlingen , August 29, 1999 
26. 76.05 m Kathrin Klaas , London , 10 August 2012 
27. 75.73 m Amanda Bingson , Des Moines , June 22, 2013 
28. 75.73m Sultana Frizell , Tucson , May 22, 2014 
29. 75.68 m Olga Kusenkowa , Tula , June 4, 2000 
30. 75.43 m Janeah Stewart , Bloomington , June 22, 2019 
31. 75.29 m Hanna Skydan , Baku , May 16, 2017 
32. 75.09 m Jelena Rigert , Moscow , July 15, 2013 
33. 75.08 m Ivana Brkljačić , Warsaw , June 17, 2007 
34. 75.04m Maggie Ewen , Des Moines , July 27, 2019 
35. 75.02 m Luo Na , Halle , May 26, 2018 
36. 74.94 m Alexandra Tavernier , Vénissieux , July 11, 2020 
37. 74.77 m Jeneva McCall , Dubnica nad Váhom , August 21, 2013 
38. 74.70 m Zalina Petrivskaia , Chișinău , June 22, 2019 
39. 74.66 m Manuela Montebrun , Zagreb , July 11, 2005 
40. 74.65 m Maryja Smaljatschkowa , Stajki , July 19, 2008 
41. 74.54 m Sophie Hitchon , Rio de Janeiro , August 15, 2016 
42. 74.52 m Iryna Sekacheva , Kiev , July 2, 2008 
43. 74.20m Jessica Cosby , Tucson , May 22, 2014 
44. 74.17 m Tuğçe Şahutoğlu , Izmir , May 19, 2012 
45. 74.10 m Iryna Novoschylowa , Kiev , May 19, 2012 
46. 74.03 m Amber Campbell , Eugene , July 6, 2016 
47. 73.90 m Arasay Thondike , Havana , June 19, 2009 
48. 73.87m Erin Gilreath , Carson , June 25, 2005 
49. 73.74 m Jennifer Dahlgren , Buenos Aires , April 10, 2010 
50. 73.64 m Rosa Rodríguez , Barquisimeto , May 16, 2013 

• Swiss record: 67.42 m Nicole Zihlmann , Lucerne , July 9, 2018
• Austrian record: 61.37 m Tatjana Meklau , Innsbruck , July 27, 2019

swell

• Hammer Throw All Time - Eternal world best list of the IAAF, hammer throw men
• Hammer Throw All Time - Eternal world best list of the IAAF, hammer throw women
• Athletics annual world best list up to 20th place ( Memento from July 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
• Progression of World best performances and official IAAF World Records. 2003 edition. Monaco, 2003, pp. 193 ff and 328 ff. (English)

See also

• athletics
• Olympic Sports

Web links

Commons : Hammer Throw  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Hammerthrow.wz.cz results, World Lists since 1891, records, rules ...
• Outline of the history of lawn power sport including hammer throw
• www.hammerthrow.com , the private information site of the 1956 Olympic hammer throw winner Hal Connolly
• Hammer throw, a small physics laboratory (PDF; 7.9 MB)