2011 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge
| 2011 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge | |
|---|---|
| Edition | 2nd |
| Dates | 8 May–13 September |
| Meetings | 9 |
← 2010 2012 → | |
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
[edit]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
[edit]Men
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Pars and Heidler take overall titles and prize of $30,000 each. IAAF (2011-09-21). Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
- ^ 2011 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Calendar. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
- ^ IAAF World Challenge Calendar. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
- ^ 2011 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Final Standings Men. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
- ^ 2011 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Final Standings Women. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.