2016 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge
| 2016 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge | |
|---|---|
| Edition | 7th |
| Dates | 5 March–11 September |
| Meetings | 11 |
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The 2016 International Association of Athletics Federations.
A total of thirteen meetings will feature on the circuit, with nine women's and ten men's contests spread across those events. The point scoring format is 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 2016 series calendar mainly comprised
FBK Games, Hanžeković Memorial and Rieti Meeting
were initially to be included, but were later dropped.
| Meeting | City | Country | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
IAAF Melbourne World Challenge
|
Melbourne | Australia | 5 March | Men |
| Jamaica International Invitational | Kingston | Jamaica | 7 May | Women |
| IAAF World Challenge Beijing | Beijing | China | 18 May | Women |
| Golden Spike Ostrava | Ostrava | Czech Republic | 19 May | Both |
| IAAF World Challenge Dakar | Dakar | Senegal | 25 May | Both |
| Prefontaine Classic | Eugene | United States | 28 May | Men |
| Janusz Kusociński Memorial | Szczecin | Poland | 18 June | Both |
Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo
|
São Bernardo do Campo | Brazil | 26 June | Women |
| Paavo Nurmi Games | Turku | Finland | 29 June | Men |
István Gyulai Memorial
|
Székesfehérvár | Hungary | 19 July | Both |
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 5–21 August | Men & Women |
Results
Men
| Meet | First | Second | Third | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Melbourne
|
 Matthew Denny (AUS) |
68.63 m | Huw Peacock (AUS) |
65.51 m |  Matthew Bloxham (NZL) |
61.30 m |
| Ostrava |  Paweł Fajdek (POL) |
80.66 m |  Dilshod Nazarov (TJK) |
78.82 m |  Marcel Lomnický (SVK) |
77.48 m |
Women
| Meet | First | Second | Third | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston |  Gwen Berry (USA) |
73.82 m | Jeneva Stevens (USA) |
71.06 m |  Sophie Hitchon (GBR) |
70.65 m |
| Beijing |  Zhang Wenxiu (CHN) |
75.58 m |  Zalina Marghieva (MDA) |
72.39 m | Amber Campbell (USA) |
72.12 m |
| Ostrava | Anita Włodarczyk (POL) |
78.54 m | Wang Zheng (CHN) |
73.80 m | Joanna Fiodorow (POL) |
72.77 m |
References
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.