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
Paweł Fajdek (Polish pronunciation: ; born 4 June 1989) is a Polish hammer thrower, a five-time World Champion, European Champion, Olympic bronze medal winner, multiple Polish Champion and Polish men's hammer throw record holder. In 2013, he ...
(248.01 metres) and
Anita Włodarczyk
Anita Włodarczyk (; born 8 August 1985) is a Polish hammer thrower. She is the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Olympic champion, and the first woman in history to throw the hammer over 80 m; she currently holds the women's world record of 82.98 m. She is co ...
(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.
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.
[2015 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Calendar]
IAAF
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. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
The
IAAF Melbourne World Challenge
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became the first Oceanian leg to the series and made the series the longest yet, with its March date. The
Brothers Znamensky Memorial
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The event is held in memory of Seraphim and Georgy ...
and
Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar returned to the series. Performances at the
2015 World Championships in Athletics
The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ...
also counted towards the series total, as they had in
2013
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. The
Ponce Grand Prix de Atletismo,
Meeting de Atletismo Madrid, and
Moscow Challenge
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were all dropped from the schedule.
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Final standings
Men
A total of ten men recorded valid marks at three or more meetings and made the final standings. Marks in bold are those which counted towards the final score.
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.2015 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Final Standings Women
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22. Marks in bold are those which counted towards the final score.
See also
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2015 IAAF Diamond League
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References
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