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
1Paweł Fajdek Poland-80.7579.9080.7183.12--83.9380.8880.96248.01
2Dilshod Nazarov Tajikistan-79.3676.9577.4776.8878.2977.95-78.5575.98236.20
3Krisztián Pars Hungary-77.7177.8177.7079.23---77.32-234.75
4Sergey Litvinov Russia-75.1273.7774.3076.9177.00-74.8977.2475.94231.15
5Mostafa Al-Gamel Egypt-77.0676.5177.17----76.81-231.04
6Marcel Lomnický Slovakia-76.1673.5671.97-77.5076.4875.0375.7975.96230.14
7Wojciech Nowicki Poland-75.3775.3174.4676.09--75.0178.5575.40230.04
8Nick Miller Great Britain------77.5575.5672.94-226.05
9Ashraf Amgad Elseify Qatar---74.12-72.2674.93-74.09-223.14
10Lukáš Melich Czech Republic-75.38--73.98-73.5471.26-67.66222.90

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
1Anita Włodarczyk Poland-77.73-76.6175.48-76.7080.85-235.28
2Betty Heidler Germany---75.0073.91-73.3772.56-222.28
3Martina Hrašnová Slovakia74.2773.80-74.1367.26-68.18--222.20
4Wang Zheng China73.6873.99-72.83---73.83-221.50
5Kathrin Klaas Germany---72.4962.10-71.7673.1872.09217.76
6Sophie Hitchon Great Britain69.45---70.19-72.2373.86-216.28
7Sultana Frizell Canada73.6671.23-70.94-----215.83
8Amanda Bingson United States-68.48-70.9470.74--72.35-214.03
9Joanna Fiodorow Poland70.1071.67-68.6871.18-67.26-67.11212.95
10Gwen Berry United States70.8472.2669.50---69.29--212.60
11Amber Campbell United States-69.39--69.26---70.94209.59
12Alena Sobaleva Belarus-----69.95-70.0967.12207.16
13Éva Orbán Hungary-70.14--69.25---65.02204.41
14Iryna Novozhylova Ukraine66.86-67.50--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. 1 2 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.
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