2011 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge

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]

2011 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge
Edition2nd
Dates8 May–13 September
Meetings9
2010
2012

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]

MeetingCityCountryDateType
Golden Grand PrixKawasakiJapan8 MayMen
Colorful Daegu Pre-ChampionshipsDaeguSouth Korea12 MayWomen
Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de AtletismoRio de JaneiroBrazil26 MayBoth
Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de DakarDakarSenegal28 MayWomen
Golden Spike OstravaOstravaCzech Republic31 MayBoth
Brothers Znamensky MemorialZhukovskyRussia3 JulyBoth
Meeting de Atletismo MadridMadridSpain9 JulyMen
Rieti MeetingRietiItaly10 SeptemberBoth
Hanžeković MemorialZagrebCroatia13 SeptemberMen

Final standings

Men

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

RankAthleteNationKawasakiRio de JaneiroOstravaZhukovskyMadridRietiZagrebFinal score
1Krisztián Pars  Hungary239.03
2Dilshod Nazarov  Tajikistan235.72
3Primož Kozmus  Slovenia233.90
4Sergey Litvinov  Russia232.56
5Nicola Vizzoni  Italy232.44
6Markus Esser  Germany231.92
7Aleksey Zagornyi  Russia229.59
8Kibwe Johnson  United States229.44
9Paweł Fajdek  Poland226.98
10Igors Sokolovs  Latvia223.96
11Anatoly Pozdnyakov  Russia221.08
12Szymon Ziółkowski  Poland221.00

Women

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

RankAthleteNationKawasakiDaeguRio de JaneiroOstravaZhukovskyRietiFinal score
1Betty Heidler  Germany228.09
2Yipsi Moreno  Cuba220.46
3Kathrin Klaas  Germany219.77
4Tatyana Beloborodova  Russia218.51
5Zalina Marghieva  Moldova214.58
6Marina Marghieva-Nikisenko  Moldova204.75
7Martina Hrasnová  Slovakia203.53
8Amber Campbell  United States201.75
9Gulfiya Agafonova  Russia191.54

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