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.
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. Therefore, a separate Hammer Throw Challenge was created.
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. In addition, each of the fourteen competitions would award $7,500 in prize money, with $2,000 going to the winner.
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). Points were scored simply by adding together an athlete's three best results from the Challenge (no more than one per meet). An athlete could compete in as many meets as they liked, but only the three best results would count. Any athlete achieving a new (and ratified) world record would receive a 1-meter bonus.
MeetingCityCountryDateTypeMeeting Grand Prix IAAF de DakarDakarSenegalApril 24WomenOsaka Grand PrixOsakaJapanMay 8MenColorful Daegu Pre-ChampionshipsDaeguSouth KoreaMay 19WomenGrande Premio Brasil Caixa de AtletismoRio de JaneiroBrazilMay 23BothGolden Spike OstravaOstravaCzech RepublicMay 26BothFanny Blankers-Koen GamesHengeloNetherlandsMay 30MenBrothers Znamensky MemorialZhukovskyRussiaJune 26WomenMeeting de Atletismo MadridMadridSpainJuly 2MenISTAF BerlinBerlinGermanyAugust 22WomenRieti MeetingRietiItalyAugust 28-29BothHanžeković MemorialZagrebCroatiaSeptember 1Men
Results Men Osaka, May 8PosAthleteCountryResult1Dilshod Nazarov78.842Yury Shayunou77.953Koji Murofushi77.864Nicola Vizzoni75.805Artem Rubanko75.646Aleksey Zagorniy75.157Igors Sokolovs74.998Ali Mohamed Al-Zinkawi74.809Marco Lingua72.67
Rio de Janeiro, May 23PosAthleteCountryResult1Dilshod Nazarov77.382Igors Sokolovs77.093Artem Rubanko76.544Jérôme Bortoluzzi72.485Wagner Domingos70.926Juan Ignacio Cerra69.777Marcos dos Santos63.918Allan Wolski61.92 Ostrava, May 26PosAthleteCountryResult1Krisztián Pars79.152Dilshod Nazarov78.693Sergej Litvinov77.644Markus Esser76.455Olli-Pekka Karjalainen75.876Ali Mohamed Al-Zinkawi75.007Aleksey Zagorniy74.998Szymon Ziólkowski72.509Marco Lingua70.34Libor CharfreitagNM
Hengelo, May 30PosAthleteCountryResult1Sergej Litvinov78.982Dilshod Nazarov78.293Krisztián Pars77.144Olli-Pekka Karjalainen76.945Libor Charfreitag75.916Ali Mohamed Al-Zinkawi75.657Yury Shayunou74.498Igors Sokolovs74.129Markus Esser72.5810Szymon Ziólkowski71.0811Marco Lingua68.19 Madrid, July 2PosAthleteCountryResult1Dilshod Nazarov78.492Libor Charfreitag78.403Krisztián Pars78.234Sergej Litvinov77.005Igors Sokolovs76.396Szymon Ziólkowski75.807Nicolas Figère75.108Nicola Vizzoni74.769Wojciech Kondratowicz74.6310Javier Cienfuegos68.0411Isaac Vicente66.99 Rieti, August 28-29The 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.PosAthleteCountryResult1Koji Murofushi80.962Libor Charfreitag79.623Dilshod Nazarov78.344Sergej Litvinov76.775Pavel Kryvitski76.456Nicola Vizzoni76.397Krisztián Pars75.818Szymon Ziólkowski75.739Olli-Pekka Karjalainen73.8210Yury Shayunou72.9211Valeri Sviatokha72.3112Marco Lingua70.03 Zagreb, September 1PosAthleteCountryResult1Koji Murofushi79.712Libor Charfreitag77.243Krisztián Pars76.964Markus Esser76.195Dilshod Nazarov75.956Yury Shayunou75.357Szymon Ziólkowski74.488Ali Mohamed Al-Zinkawi73.429Olli-Pekka Karjalainen71.8910Andras Haklits71.83Sergej LitvinovNM 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 StandingsPosAthleteCountryTotal1Koji Murofushi77.8680.9679.71238.52Murofushi'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.2Dilshod Nazarov78.9477.3878.6978.2978.4978.3475.95236.023Libor CharfreitagNM75.9178.4079.6277.24235.264Krisztián Pars79.1577.1478.2375.8176.96234.525Sergej Litvinov77.6478.9877.0076.77NM233.626Igors Sokolovs74.9977.0974.1276.39228.477Yury Shayunou77.9574.4972.9275.35227.798Nicola Vizzoni75.8074.7676.39226.959Olli-Pekka Karjalainen75.8776.9473.8271.89226.6310Szymon Ziólkowski72.5071.0875.8075.7374.48226.0111Ali Mohamed Al-Zinkawi74.8075.0075.6573.42225.4512Markus Esser76.4572.5876.19225.21This is another discrepancy, as Esser's results add up to 225.22.13Marco Lingua72.6770.3468.1970.03213.04
Women Dakar, April 24PosAthleteCountryResult1Anita Włodarczyk75.132Marina Marghieva72.143Tatyana Lysenko70.024Clarissa Claretti69.205Silvia Salis68.366Jennifer Dahlgren67.947Amber Campbell67.838Nataliya Zolotukhina66.959Maryia Smaliachkova64.1810Volha Tsander61.7211Amy Sène58.51 Daegu, May 19PosAthleteCountryResult1Betty Heidler75.282Tatyana Lysenko72.363Kathrin Klaas72.124Anita Włodarczyk71.865Sultana Frizell71.236Zalina Marghieva70.757Amber Campbell69.018Iryna Sekachova68.219Andrea Bunjes60.3110Na-ru Kang55.58
Rio de Janeiro, May 23PosAthleteCountryResult1Darya Pchelnik73.012Stéphanie Falzon69.653Jessica Cosby68.634Marina Marghieva67.855Rosa Rodríguez65.006Barbara Špiler64.927Jennifer Dahlgren64.528Johana Moreno64.159Josiane Soares62.7810Anna Paula Pereira54.77 Ostrava, May 26PosAthleteCountryResult1Anita Włodarczyk75.742Betty Heidler75.253Darya Pchelnik73.004Kathrin Klaas72.325Jennifer Dahlgren72.186Tatyana Lysenko71.007Zalina Marghieva70.218Clarissa Claretti69.169Stéphanie Falzon68.7110Marina Marghieva67.8311Katerina Šafránková63.5212Romana Grómanová59.41 Zhukovsky, June 26PosAthleteCountryResult1Tatyana Lysenko76.032Yipsi Moreno75.193Stéphanie Falzon72.374Darya Pchelnik72.175Sultana Frizell71.326Oksana Kondrateva68.847Iryna Sekachova66.248Marina Marghieva65.039Anna Bulgakova61.84 Berlin, August 22PosAthleteCountryResult1Betty Heidler75.352Anita Włodarczyk74.433Tatyana Lysenko73.144Kathrin Klaas71.665Yipsi Moreno70.226Bianca Perie70.027Amber Campbell69.478Jennifer Dahlgren68.149Stéphanie Falzon65.0310Darya Pchelnik63.08 Rieti, August 28-29The 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.PosAthleteCountryResult1Tatyana Lysenko74.802Yipsi Moreno73.783Zhang Wenxiu73.704Anita Włodarczyk73.575Jennifer Dahlgren70.436Amber Campbell69.877Zalina Marghieva69.158Nataliya Zolotukhina68.929Stéphanie Falzon66.44Darya PchelnikNM
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 StandingsPosAthleteCountryTotal1Betty Heidler75.2875.2575.35225.882Anita Włodarczyk75.1371.8675.7474.4373.57225.303Tatyana Lysenko70.0372.3671.0076.0373.1474.80223.96See comments above on the discrepancies with Murofushi and Esser. Lysenko's top results add up to 223.97.4Yipsi Moreno75.1970.2273.78219.195Darya Pchelnik73.0173.0072.1763.08NM218.186Kathrin Klaas72.1272.3271.66216.107Jennifer Dahlgren67.9464.5272.1868.1470.43210.758Stéphanie Falzon69.6568.7172.3765.0366.44210.739Zalina Marghieva70.7570.2169.15210.1110Amber Campbell67.8369.0169.4769.87208.3511Marina Marghieva72.1467.8567.8365.03207.82
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