2010 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge

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.^[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]	City	Country	Date	Type
Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar	Dakar	Senegal	April 24	Women
Osaka Grand Prix	Osaka	Japan	May 8	Men
Colorful Daegu Pre-Championships	Daegu	South Korea	May 19	Women
Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	May 23	Both
Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava	Czech Republic	May 26	Both
Fanny Blankers-Koen Games	Hengelo	Netherlands	May 30	Men
Znamensky Memorial	Zhukovsky	Russia	June 26	Women
Meeting de Atletismo Madrid	Madrid	Spain	July 2	Men
ISTAF	Berlin	Germany	August 22	Women
Rieti Meeting	Rieti	Italy	August 28-29	Both
Hanzekovic Memorial	Zagreb	Croatia	September 1	Men

Results

Men

Osaka, May 8
Pos	Athlete	Country	Result[5]
1	Dilshod Nazarov		78.84
2	Yury Shayunou		77.95
3	Koji Murofushi		77.86
4	Nicola Vizzoni		75.80
5	Artem Rubanko		75.64
6	Aleksey Zagorniy		75.15
7	Igors Sokolovs		74.99
8	Ali Mohamed Al-Zinkawi		74.80
9	Marco Lingua		72.67

Rio de Janeiro, May 23
Pos	Athlete	Country	Result[6]
1	Dilshod Nazarov		77.38
2	Igors Sokolovs		77.09
3	Artem Rubanko		76.54
4	Jérôme Bortoluzzi		72.48
5	Wagner Domingos		70.92
6	Juan Ignacio Cerra		69.77
7	Marcos dos Santos		63.91
8	Allan Wolski		61.92

Ostrava, May 26
Pos	Athlete	Country	Result[7]
1	Krisztián Pars		79.15
2	Dilshod Nazarov		78.69
3	Sergej Litvinov		77.64
4	Markus Esser		76.45
5	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen		75.87
6	Ali Mohamed Al-Zinkawi		75.00
7	Aleksey Zagorniy		74.99
8	Szymon Ziólkowski		72.50
9	Marco Lingua		70.34
	Libor Charfreitag		NM

Hengelo, May 30
Pos	Athlete	Country	Result[8]
1	Sergej Litvinov		78.98
2	Dilshod Nazarov		78.29
3	Krisztián Pars		77.14
4	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen		76.94
5	Libor Charfreitag		75.91
6	Ali Mohamed Al-Zinkawi		75.65
7	Yury Shayunou		74.49
8	Igors Sokolovs		74.12
9	Markus Esser		72.58
10	Szymon Ziólkowski		71.08
11	Marco Lingua		68.19

Madrid, July 2
Pos	Athlete	Country	Result[9]
1	Dilshod Nazarov		78.49
2	Libor Charfreitag		78.40
3	Krisztián Pars		78.23
4	Sergej Litvinov		77.00
5	Igors Sokolovs		76.39
6	Szymon Ziólkowski		75.80
7	Nicolas Figère		75.10
8	Nicola Vizzoni		74.76
9	Wojciech Kondratowicz		74.63
10	Javier Cienfuegos		68.04
11	Isaac Vicente		66.99

Rieti, August 28-29[10]
Pos	Athlete	Country	Result[11]
1	Koji Murofushi		80.96
2	Libor Charfreitag		79.62
3	Dilshod Nazarov		78.34
4	Sergej Litvinov		76.77
5	Pavel Kryvitski		76.45
6	Nicola Vizzoni		76.39
7	Krisztián Pars		75.81
8	Szymon Ziólkowski		75.73
9	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen		73.82
10	Yury Shayunou		72.92
11	Valeri Sviatokha		72.31
12	Marco Lingua		70.03

Zagreb, September 1
Pos	Athlete	Country	Result[12]
1	Koji Murofushi		79.71
2	Libor Charfreitag		77.24
3	Krisztián Pars		76.96
4	Markus Esser		76.19
5	Dilshod Nazarov		75.95
6	Yury Shayunou		75.35
7	Szymon Ziólkowski		74.48
8	Ali Mohamed Al-Zinkawi		73.42
9	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen		71.89
10	Andras Haklits		71.83
	Sergej Litvinov		NM

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
Pos	Athlete	Country								Total[13]
1	Koji Murofushi		77.86					80.96	79.71	238.52[14]
2	Dilshod Nazarov		78.94	77.38	78.69	78.29	78.49	78.34	75.95	236.02
3	Libor Charfreitag				NM	75.91	78.40	79.62	77.24	235.26
4	Krisztián Pars				79.15	77.14	78.23	75.81	76.96	234.52
5	Sergej Litvinov				77.64	78.98	77.00	76.77	NM	233.62
6	Igors Sokolovs		74.99	77.09		74.12	76.39			228.47
7	Yury Shayunou		77.95			74.49		72.92	75.35	227.79
8	Nicola Vizzoni		75.80				74.76	76.39		226.95
9	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen				75.87	76.94		73.82	71.89	226.63
10	Szymon Ziólkowski				72.50	71.08	75.80	75.73	74.48	226.01
11	Ali Mohamed Al-Zinkawi		74.80		75.00	75.65			73.42	225.45
12	Markus Esser				76.45	72.58			76.19	225.21[15]
13	Marco Lingua		72.67		70.34	68.19		70.03		213.04

Women

Dakar, April 24
Pos	Athlete	Country	Result[16]
1	Anita Włodarczyk		75.13
2	Marina Marghieva		72.14
3	Tatyana Lysenko		70.02
4	Clarissa Claretti		69.20
5	Silvia Salis		68.36
6	Jennifer Dahlgren		67.94
7	Amber Campbell		67.83
8	Nataliya Zolotukhina		66.95
9	Maryia Smaliachkova		64.18
10	Volha Tsander		61.72
11	Amy Sène		58.51

Daegu, May 19
Pos	Athlete	Country	Result[17]
1	Betty Heidler		75.28
2	Tatyana Lysenko		72.36
3	Kathrin Klaas		72.12
4	Anita Włodarczyk		71.86
5	Sultana Frizell		71.23
6	Zalina Marghieva		70.75
7	Amber Campbell		69.01
8	Iryna Sekachova		68.21
9	Andrea Bunjes		60.31
10	Na-ru Kang		55.58

Rio de Janeiro, May 23
Pos	Athlete	Country	Result[18]
1	Darya Pchelnik		73.01
2	Stéphanie Falzon		69.65
3	Jessica Cosby		68.63
4	Marina Marghieva		67.85
5	Rosa Rodríguez		65.00
6	Barbara Špiler		64.92
7	Jennifer Dahlgren		64.52
8	Johana Moreno		64.15
9	Josiane Soares		62.78
10	Anna Paula Pereira		54.77

Ostrava, May 26
Pos	Athlete	Country	Result[19]
1	Anita Włodarczyk		75.74
2	Betty Heidler		75.25
3	Darya Pchelnik		73.00
4	Kathrin Klaas		72.32
5	Jennifer Dahlgren		72.18
6	Tatyana Lysenko		71.00
7	Zalina Marghieva		70.21
8	Clarissa Claretti		69.16
9	Stéphanie Falzon		68.71
10	Marina Marghieva		67.83
11	Katerina Šafránková		63.52
12	Romana Grómanová		59.41

Zhukovsky, June 26
Pos	Athlete	Country	Result[20]
1	Tatyana Lysenko		76.03
2	Yipsi Moreno		75.19
3	Stéphanie Falzon		72.37
4	Darya Pchelnik		72.17
5	Sultana Frizell		71.32
6	Oksana Kondrateva		68.84
7	Iryna Sekachova		66.24
8	Marina Marghieva		65.03
9	Anna Bulgakova		61.84

Berlin, August 22
Pos	Athlete	Country	Result[21]
1	Betty Heidler		75.35
2	Anita Włodarczyk		74.43
3	Tatyana Lysenko		73.14
4	Kathrin Klaas		71.66
5	Yipsi Moreno		70.22
6	Bianca Perie		70.02
7	Amber Campbell		69.47
8	Jennifer Dahlgren		68.14
9	Stéphanie Falzon		65.03
10	Darya Pchelnik		63.08

Rieti, August 28-29[10]
Pos	Athlete	Country	Result[11]
1	Tatyana Lysenko		74.80
2	Yipsi Moreno		73.78
3	Zhang Wenxiu		73.70
4	Anita Włodarczyk		73.57
5	Jennifer Dahlgren		70.43
6	Amber Campbell		69.87
7	Zalina Marghieva		69.15
8	Nataliya Zolotukhina		68.92
9	Stéphanie Falzon		66.44
	Darya Pchelnik		NM

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
Pos	Athlete	Country								Total[22]
1	Betty Heidler			75.28		75.25		75.35		225.88
2	Anita Włodarczyk		75.13	71.86		75.74		74.43	73.57	225.30
3	Tatyana Lysenko		70.03	72.36		71.00	76.03	73.14	74.80	223.96[23]
4	Yipsi Moreno						75.19	70.22	73.78	219.19
5	Darya Pchelnik				73.01	73.00	72.17	63.08	NM	218.18
6	Kathrin Klaas			72.12		72.32		71.66		216.10
7	Jennifer Dahlgren		67.94		64.52	72.18		68.14	70.43	210.75
8	Stéphanie Falzon				69.65	68.71	72.37	65.03	66.44	210.73
9	Zalina Marghieva			70.75		70.21			69.15	210.11
10	Amber Campbell		67.83	69.01				69.47	69.87	208.35
11	Marina Marghieva		72.14		67.85	67.83	65.03			207.82

References

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10. 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.
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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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23. See comments above on the discrepancies with Murofushi and Esser. Lysenko's top results add up to 223.97.