2011 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge
Edition2nd
Dates8 May–13 September
Meetings9
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The 2011 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge was the second edition of the annual, global series of hammer throw competitions organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. The winners were Krisztián Pars of Hungary (239.03 metres) and Betty Heidler of Germany (228.09 metres). Heidler retained her title from 2010, making her the first athlete to win the series twice. Both the final scores were records for the challenge.[1]

A total of nine meetings featured on the circuit, with six women's and seven 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

Roughly contiguous with the IAAF World Challenge circuit, a permit hammer throw event was held at nine of the fourteen meetings of that circuit.[2][3]

Meeting City Country Date Type
Golden Grand Prix Kawasaki Japan 8 May Men
Colorful Daegu Pre-Championships Daegu South Korea 12 May Women
Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo Rio de Janeiro Brazil 26 May Both
Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar Dakar Senegal 28 May Women
Golden Spike Ostrava Ostrava Czech Republic 31 May Both
Brothers Znamensky Memorial Zhukovsky Russia 3 July Both
Meeting de Atletismo Madrid Madrid Spain 9 July Men
Rieti Meeting Rieti Italy 10 September Both
Hanžeković Memorial Zagreb Croatia 13 September Men

Final standings

Men

A total of twelve men recorded valid marks at three meetings and made the final standings.[4]

Rank Athlete Nation Kawasaki Rio de Janeiro Ostrava Zhukovsky Madrid Rieti Zagreb Final score
1 Krisztián Pars  Hungary 239.03
2 Dilshod Nazarov  Tajikistan 235.72
3 Primož Kozmus  Slovenia 233.90
4 Sergey Litvinov  Russia 232.56
5 Nicola Vizzoni  Italy 232.44
6 Markus Esser  Germany 231.92
7 Aleksey Zagornyi  Russia 229.59
8 Kibwe Johnson  United States 229.44
9 Paweł Fajdek  Poland 226.98
10 Igors Sokolovs  Latvia 223.96
11 Anatoly Pozdnyakov  Russia 221.08
12 Szymon Ziółkowski  Poland 221.00

Women

A total of nine women recorded valid marks at three meetings and made the final standings.[5]

Rank Athlete Nation Kawasaki Daegu Rio de Janeiro Ostrava Zhukovsky Rieti Final score
1 Betty Heidler  Germany 228.09
2 Yipsi Moreno  Cuba 220.46
3 Kathrin Klaas  Germany 219.77
4 Tatyana Beloborodova  Russia 218.51
5 Zalina Marghieva  Moldova 214.58
6 Marina Marghieva-Nikisenko  Moldova 204.75
7 Martina Hrasnová  Slovakia 203.53
8 Amber Campbell  United States 201.75
9 Gulfiya Agafonova  Russia 191.54

References

  1. ^ Pars and Heidler take overall titles and prize of $30,000 each. IAAF (2011-09-21). Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
  2. ^ 2011 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Calendar. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
  3. ^ IAAF World Challenge Calendar. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
  4. ^ 2011 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Final Standings Men. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
  5. ^ 2011 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Final Standings Women. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
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