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throwing event in track and field competitions
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Hammer throw is a track and field event where athletes throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle as far as possible. It's one of the standard throwing competitions in track and field athletics, testing strength, technique, and athletic skill.
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Key facts
- Men
- Yuriy Sedykh 86.74 m (284 ft 6 in) (1986)
- Women
- Anita Włodarczyk 82.98 m (272 ft 2 in) (2016)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- sports discipline
- Subclass of
- weight throwing
- Country of origin
- Scotland
- Sport
- athletics
- Image
- John Flanagan.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hammer throw
- topic's main category
- Category:Hammer throw
- record or record progression
- Women's hammer throw world record progression
- practiced by
- hammer thrower
- OpenStreetMap tag
- athletics=hammer_throw
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (2)
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