2013 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge

The 2013 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge was the fourth edition of the annual, global series of hammer throw competitions organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. The winners were Paweł Fajdek (244.23 metres) and Anita Włodarczyk (233.83 metres), both of Poland. Both the final scores were records for the challenge.[1]

2013 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge
Edition4th
Dates5 May–8 September
Meetings15
2012
2014

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

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The 2013 edition marked a move away from the series' alignment with the IAAF World Challenge circuit. Instead, the series was expanded and featured nine World Challenge meetings, one IAAF Diamond League meeting (Prefontaine Classic), and four non-IAAF meetings in Europe. Performances at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics were also included in series for the first time.[2][3] The Rieti Meeting leg spanned two days, with a qualification round and a final the following day.[4]

New additions to the tour included the Ponce Grand Prix de Atletismo, IAAF World Challenge Beijing, Moscow Challenge, Janusz Kusociński Memorial, István Gyulai Memorial, Karlstad Grand Prix and the Athletics Bridge.[2] The Colorful Daegu Pre-Championships meet, Hanžeković Memorial and Meeting de Atletismo Madrid were dropped.

Meeting City Country Date Type
Golden Grand Prix Tokyo Japan 5 May Men
Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo Rio de Janeiro Brazil 12 May Men
Ponce Grand Prix de Atletismo Ponce Puerto Rico 18 May Men
IAAF World Challenge Beijing Beijing China 21 May Women
Prefontaine Classic Eugene United States 31 May Women
Moscow Challenge Moscow Russia 10 June Women
Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar Dakar Senegal 12 June Women
Janusz Kusociński Memorial Szczecin Poland 15 June Both
Golden Spike Ostrava Ostrava Czech Republic 26 June Both
István Gyulai Memorial Budapest Hungary 10 July Men
Karlstad Grand Prix Karlstad Sweden 23 July Men
World Championships Moscow Russia 10, 12, 14 & 16 August Men & Women
Internationales Stadionfest Berlin Germany 1 September Women
Rieti Meeting Rieti Italy 7–8 September Both

Final standings

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

Rank Athlete Nation Tokyo Rio Ponce Szczecin Ostrava Budapest Karlstad WC Rieti Final score
1 Paweł Fajdek   Poland 244.23
2 Krisztián Pars   Hungary 244.17
3 Lukáš Melich   Czech Republic 239.80
4 Dilshod Nazarov   Tajikistan 236.22
5 Primož Kozmus   Slovenia 234.89
6 Marcel Lomnický   Slovakia 233.63
7 Szymon Ziółkowski   Poland 233.07
8 Aleksiy Sokirskiy   Ukraine 229.71
9 Markus Esser   Germany 229.28
10 Sergey Litvinov   Russia 228.70
11 Nicola Vizzoni   Italy 226.30
12 Hassan Mohamed Mahmoud   Egypt 213.84

Women

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A total of eleven women recorded valid marks at three meetings and made the final standings.[6]

Rank Athlete Nation Beijing Eugene Moscow Dakar Szczecin Ostrava WC Berlin Rieti Final score
1 Anita Włodarczyk   Poland 233.83
2 Tatyana Lysenko   Russia 227.59
3 Betty Heidler   Germany 226.93
4 Yipsi Moreno   Cuba 220.74
5 Jeneva Stevens   United States 218.76
6 Éva Orbán   Hungary 218.24
7 Kathrin Klaas   Germany 214.10
8 Martina Hrašnová   Slovakia 212.57
9 Zalina Marghieva   Moldova 212.51
10 Gulfiya Khanafeyeva   Russia 208.06
11 Amanda Bingson   United States 206.94

References

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  1. ^ Minshull, Phil (2014-01-05). 2013 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge review. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
  2. ^ a b 2013 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Calendar. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
  3. ^ IAAF World Challenge Calendar. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
  4. ^ 2013 Rieti Meeting. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
  5. ^ 2013 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Final Standings Men. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
  6. ^ 2013 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Final Standings Women. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.