2010 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge

The 2010 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge consisted of a total of 14 competitions (seven for men and seven for women), in a total of 11 meets (three meets would feature both men and women).^[2] Points were scored simply by adding together an athlete's three best results from the Challenge (no more than one per meet).^[3] An athlete could compete in as many meets as they liked, but only the three best results would count.^[3] Any athlete achieving a new (and ratified) world record would receive a 1-meter bonus.^[3]

Osaka, May 8
Pos	Athlete	Country	Result[5]
1	Dilshod Nazarov		78.84
2	Yury Shayunou		77.95
3	Koji Murofushi		77.86
4	Nicola Vizzoni		75.80
5	Artem Rubanko		75.64
6	Aleksey Zagorniy		75.15
7	Igors Sokolovs		74.99
8	Ali Mohamed Al-Zinkawi		74.80
9	Marco Lingua		72.67

Rio de Janeiro, May 23
Pos	Athlete	Country	Result[6]
1	Dilshod Nazarov		77.38
2	Igors Sokolovs		77.09
3	Artem Rubanko		76.54
4	Jérôme Bortoluzzi		72.48
5	Wagner Domingos		70.92
6	Juan Ignacio Cerra		69.77
7	Marcos dos Santos		63.91
8	Allan Wolski		61.92

Ostrava, May 26
Pos	Athlete	Country	Result[7]
1	Krisztián Pars		79.15
2	Dilshod Nazarov		78.69
3	Sergej Litvinov		77.64
4	Markus Esser		76.45
5	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen		75.87
6	Ali Mohamed Al-Zinkawi		75.00
7	Aleksey Zagorniy		74.99
8	Szymon Ziólkowski		72.50
9	Marco Lingua		70.34
	Libor Charfreitag		NM

Hengelo, May 30
Pos	Athlete	Country	Result[8]
1	Sergej Litvinov		78.98
2	Dilshod Nazarov		78.29
3	Krisztián Pars		77.14
4	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen		76.94
5	Libor Charfreitag		75.91
6	Ali Mohamed Al-Zinkawi		75.65
7	Yury Shayunou		74.49
8	Igors Sokolovs		74.12
9	Markus Esser		72.58
10	Szymon Ziólkowski		71.08
11	Marco Lingua		68.19

Madrid, July 2
Pos	Athlete	Country	Result[9]
1	Dilshod Nazarov		78.49
2	Libor Charfreitag		78.40
3	Krisztián Pars		78.23
4	Sergej Litvinov		77.00
5	Igors Sokolovs		76.39
6	Szymon Ziólkowski		75.80
7	Nicolas Figère		75.10
8	Nicola Vizzoni		74.76
9	Wojciech Kondratowicz		74.63
10	Javier Cienfuegos		68.04
11	Isaac Vicente		66.99

Rieti, August 28-29[10]
Pos	Athlete	Country	Result[11]
1	Koji Murofushi		80.96
2	Libor Charfreitag		79.62
3	Dilshod Nazarov		78.34
4	Sergej Litvinov		76.77
5	Pavel Kryvitski		76.45
6	Nicola Vizzoni		76.39
7	Krisztián Pars		75.81
8	Szymon Ziólkowski		75.73
9	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen		73.82
10	Yury Shayunou		72.92
11	Valeri Sviatokha		72.31
12	Marco Lingua		70.03

Zagreb, September 1
Pos	Athlete	Country	Result[12]
1	Koji Murofushi		79.71
2	Libor Charfreitag		77.24
3	Krisztián Pars		76.96
4	Markus Esser		76.19
5	Dilshod Nazarov		75.95
6	Yury Shayunou		75.35
7	Szymon Ziólkowski		74.48
8	Ali Mohamed Al-Zinkawi		73.42
9	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen		71.89
10	Andras Haklits		71.83
	Sergej Litvinov		NM

35-year-old Koji Murofushi of Japan, Olympic gold medalist from 2004, managed to beat Tajikistan's Dilshod Nazarov by two and a half meters despite only competing three times. Libor Charfreitag, who won the European championship in 2010, placed third.

Final Standings
Pos	Athlete	Country								Total[13]
1	Koji Murofushi		77.86					80.96	79.71	238.52[14]
2	Dilshod Nazarov		78.94	77.38	78.69	78.29	78.49	78.34	75.95	236.02
3	Libor Charfreitag				NM	75.91	78.40	79.62	77.24	235.26
4	Krisztián Pars				79.15	77.14	78.23	75.81	76.96	234.52
5	Sergej Litvinov				77.64	78.98	77.00	76.77	NM	233.62
6	Igors Sokolovs		74.99	77.09		74.12	76.39			228.47
7	Yury Shayunou		77.95			74.49		72.92	75.35	227.79
8	Nicola Vizzoni		75.80				74.76	76.39		226.95
9	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen				75.87	76.94		73.82	71.89	226.63
10	Szymon Ziólkowski				72.50	71.08	75.80	75.73	74.48	226.01
11	Ali Mohamed Al-Zinkawi		74.80		75.00	75.65			73.42	225.45
12	Markus Esser				76.45	72.58			76.19	225.21[15]
13	Marco Lingua		72.67		70.34	68.19		70.03		213.04

Dakar, April 24
Pos	Athlete	Country	Result[16]
1	Anita Włodarczyk		75.13
2	Marina Marghieva		72.14
3	Tatyana Lysenko		70.02
4	Clarissa Claretti		69.20
5	Silvia Salis		68.36
6	Jennifer Dahlgren		67.94
7	Amber Campbell		67.83
8	Nataliya Zolotukhina		66.95
9	Maryia Smaliachkova		64.18
10	Volha Tsander		61.72
11	Amy Sène		58.51

Daegu, May 19
Pos	Athlete	Country	Result[17]
1	Betty Heidler		75.28
2	Tatyana Lysenko		72.36
3	Kathrin Klaas		72.12
4	Anita Włodarczyk		71.86
5	Sultana Frizell		71.23
6	Zalina Marghieva		70.75
7	Amber Campbell		69.01
8	Iryna Sekachova		68.21
9	Andrea Bunjes		60.31
10	Na-ru Kang		55.58

Rio de Janeiro, May 23
Pos	Athlete	Country	Result[18]
1	Darya Pchelnik		73.01
2	Stéphanie Falzon		69.65
3	Jessica Cosby		68.63
4	Marina Marghieva		67.85
5	Rosa Rodríguez		65.00
6	Barbara Špiler		64.92
7	Jennifer Dahlgren		64.52
8	Johana Moreno		64.15
9	Josiane Soares		62.78
10	Anna Paula Pereira		54.77

Ostrava, May 26
Pos	Athlete	Country	Result[19]
1	Anita Włodarczyk		75.74
2	Betty Heidler		75.25
3	Darya Pchelnik		73.00
4	Kathrin Klaas		72.32
5	Jennifer Dahlgren		72.18
6	Tatyana Lysenko		71.00
7	Zalina Marghieva		70.21
8	Clarissa Claretti		69.16
9	Stéphanie Falzon		68.71
10	Marina Marghieva		67.83
11	Katerina Šafránková		63.52
12	Romana Grómanová		59.41

Zhukovsky, June 26
Pos	Athlete	Country	Result[20]
1	Tatyana Lysenko		76.03
2	Yipsi Moreno		75.19
3	Stéphanie Falzon		72.37
4	Darya Pchelnik		72.17
5	Sultana Frizell		71.32
6	Oksana Kondrateva		68.84
7	Iryna Sekachova		66.24
8	Marina Marghieva		65.03
9	Anna Bulgakova		61.84

Berlin, August 22
Pos	Athlete	Country	Result[21]
1	Betty Heidler		75.35
2	Anita Włodarczyk		74.43
3	Tatyana Lysenko		73.14
4	Kathrin Klaas		71.66
5	Yipsi Moreno		70.22
6	Bianca Perie		70.02
7	Amber Campbell		69.47
8	Jennifer Dahlgren		68.14
9	Stéphanie Falzon		65.03
10	Darya Pchelnik		63.08

Rieti, August 28-29[10]
Pos	Athlete	Country	Result[11]
1	Tatyana Lysenko		74.80
2	Yipsi Moreno		73.78
3	Zhang Wenxiu		73.70
4	Anita Włodarczyk		73.57
5	Jennifer Dahlgren		70.43
6	Amber Campbell		69.87
7	Zalina Marghieva		69.15
8	Nataliya Zolotukhina		68.92
9	Stéphanie Falzon		66.44
	Darya Pchelnik		NM

2007 World champion Betty Heidler edged out reigning champion and world record holder Anita Włodarczyk in a close race. 2006 European champion Tatyana Lysenko placed third.

Final Standings
Pos	Athlete	Country								Total[22]
1	Betty Heidler			75.28		75.25		75.35		225.88
2	Anita Włodarczyk		75.13	71.86		75.74		74.43	73.57	225.30
3	Tatyana Lysenko		70.03	72.36		71.00	76.03	73.14	74.80	223.96[23]
4	Yipsi Moreno						75.19	70.22	73.78	219.19
5	Darya Pchelnik				73.01	73.00	72.17	63.08	NM	218.18
6	Kathrin Klaas			72.12		72.32		71.66		216.10
7	Jennifer Dahlgren		67.94		64.52	72.18		68.14	70.43	210.75
8	Stéphanie Falzon				69.65	68.71	72.37	65.03	66.44	210.73
9	Zalina Marghieva			70.75		70.21			69.15	210.11
10	Amber Campbell		67.83	69.01				69.47	69.87	208.35
11	Marina Marghieva		72.14		67.85	67.83	65.03			207.82