2015 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge

2015 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge
Edition6th
Dates21 March–13 September
Meetings14
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The 2015 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge was the sixth edition of the annual, global series of hammer throw competitions organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. The winners were Paweł Fajdek (248.01 metres) and Anita Włodarczyk (235.28 metres), both of Poland. This was Włodarczyk's third straight title and Fajdek's second title, after his win in 2013. Fajdek and Włodarczyk each improved the challenge record totals. Włodarczyk twice broke the hammer throw world record that year, but these marks were achieved outside of the series.[1][2]

A total of fourteen meetings featured on the circuit, with nine women's and ten men's contests spread across those events. The point scoring format was cumulative – the final standings were decided by the sum of athletes' three best throws on the circuit. Only the best throw by an athlete from each meet was taken into consideration.

Calendar

The 2015 series continued the model of the 2013 by featuring a combination of IAAF World Challenge meetings and non-IAAF meetings in Europe.[3][4]

The IAAF Melbourne World Challenge became the first Oceanian leg to the series and made the series the longest yet, with its March date. The Brothers Znamensky Memorial and Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar returned to the series. Performances at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics also counted towards the series total, as they had in 2013. The Ponce Grand Prix de Atletismo, Meeting de Atletismo Madrid, and Moscow Challenge were all dropped from the schedule.[3]

Meeting City Country Date Type
IAAF Melbourne World Challenge Melbourne Australia 21 March Men
Golden Grand Prix Kawasaki Japan 11 May Women
IAAF World Challenge Beijing Beijing China 20 May Women
IAAF World Challenge Dakar Dakar Senegal 23 May Women
Golden Spike Ostrava Ostrava Czech Republic 26 May Both
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat Rabat Morocco 14 June Men
Paavo Nurmi Games Turku Finland 25 June Men
István Gyulai Memorial Székesfehérvár Hungary 7 July Both
Brothers Znamensky Memorial Zhukovsky Russia 18 July Both
Karlstad Grand Prix Karlstad Sweden 22 July Men
Janusz Kusociński Memorial Szczecin Poland 9 August Both
2015 World Championships in Athletics Beijing China 22–30 August Men & Women
Internationales Stadionfest Berlin Germany 6 September Women
Rieti Meeting Rieti Italy 13 September Men

Final standings

Men

A total of ten men recorded valid marks at three or more meetings and made the final standings.[5] Marks in bold are those which counted towards the final score.

Rank Athlete Nation Melbourne Ostrava Rabat Turku Székes-fehérvár Zhukovsky Karlstad Szczecin WC Rieti Final score
1 Paweł Fajdek  Poland - 80.75 79.90 80.71 83.12 - - 83.93 80.88 80.96 248.01
2 Dilshod Nazarov  Tajikistan - 79.36 76.95 77.47 76.88 78.29 77.95 - 78.55 75.98 236.20
3 Krisztián Pars  Hungary - 77.71 77.81 77.70 79.23 - - - 77.32 - 234.75
4 Sergey Litvinov  Russia - 75.12 73.77 74.30 76.91 77.00 - 74.89 77.24 75.94 231.15
5 Mostafa Al-Gamel  Egypt - 77.06 76.51 77.17 - - - - 76.81 - 231.04
6 Marcel Lomnický  Slovakia - 76.16 73.56 71.97 - 77.50 76.48 75.03 75.79 75.96 230.14
7 Wojciech Nowicki  Poland - 75.37 75.31 74.46 76.09 - - 75.01 78.55 75.40 230.04
8 Nick Miller  Great Britain - - - - - - 77.55 75.56 72.94 - 226.05
9 Ashraf Amgad Elseify  Qatar - - - 74.12 - 72.26 74.93 - 74.09 - 223.14
10 Lukáš Melich  Czech Republic - 75.38 - - 73.98 - 73.54 71.26 - 67.66 222.90

Women

A total of fourteen women recorded valid marks at three or more meetings and made the final standings – a new high for the competition.[6] Marks in bold are those which counted towards the final score.

Rank Athlete Nation Kawasaki Beijing Dakar Ostrava Székesfehérvár Zhukovsky Szczecin WC Berlin Final score
1 Anita Włodarczyk  Poland - 77.73 - 76.61 75.48 - 76.70 80.85 - 235.28
2 Betty Heidler  Germany - - - 75.00 73.91 - 73.37 72.56 - 222.28
3 Martina Hrašnová  Slovakia 74.27 73.80 - 74.13 67.26 - 68.18 - - 222.20
4 Wang Zheng  China 73.68 73.99 - 72.83 - - - 73.83 - 221.50
5 Kathrin Klaas  Germany - - - 72.49 62.10 - 71.76 73.18 72.09 217.76
6 Sophie Hitchon  Great Britain 69.45 - - - 70.19 - 72.23 73.86 - 216.28
7 Sultana Frizell  Canada 73.66 71.23 - 70.94 - - - - - 215.83
8 Amanda Bingson  United States - 68.48 - 70.94 70.74 - - 72.35 - 214.03
9 Joanna Fiodorow  Poland 70.10 71.67 - 68.68 71.18 - 67.26 - 67.11 212.95
10 Gwen Berry  United States 70.84 72.26 69.50 - - - 69.29 - - 212.60
11 Amber Campbell  United States - 69.39 - - 69.26 - - - 70.94 209.59
12 Alena Sobaleva  Belarus - - - - - 69.95 - 70.09 67.12 207.16
13 Éva Orbán  Hungary - 70.14 - - 69.25 - - - 65.02 204.41
14 Iryna Novozhylova  Ukraine 66.86 - 67.50 - - 67.77 - - - 202.13

See also

References

  1. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (2016-01-01). 2015 IAAF World Challenge review. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
  2. ^ Jalava, Mirko (2015-12-24). 2015 end-of-year reviews – throws. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
  3. ^ a b 2015 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Calendar. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
  4. ^ IAAF World Challenge Calendar. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
  5. ^ 2015 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Final Standings Men. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
  6. ^ 2015 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Final Standings Women. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.