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The men's hammer throw event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place between 2 and 4 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. [1] Approximately 35 athletes were expected to compete; the exact number was dependent on how many nations used universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 32 qualifying through distance or ranking (no universality places were used in 2016).
He broke the Norwegian national record in the weight throw in February 2021, achieving a distance of 24.16 metres. [2] He also became 2021 NCAA champion in the hammer throw. [3] That year, he improved his personal best in the hammer throw to improved his lifetime best in the hammer to 76.18m whilst competing in Kingston, Jamaica. [4]
The contemporary version of the hammer throw. While the men's hammer throw has been part of the Olympics since 1900, the International Association of Athletics Federations did not start ratifying women's marks until 1995. Women's hammer throw was first included in the Olympics at the 2000 summer games in Sydney, Australia, after having been ...
From Jablonec, he is a member of Dukla Prague. [3] He won his first Czech national title in August 2020 in Plzeň. [4] He would go on to win four consecutive national titles, winning his fourth in July 2023 in Tábor. [5] He competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in the hammer throw. [6] [7]
The hammer throw at the Summer Olympics is one of four track and field throwing events held at the multi-sport event. The men's hammer throw has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 , becoming the third Olympic throws event after the shot put and discus throw .
He also owns the Massachusetts record in the 16-pound international hammer, with a 173-0 thrown at the International Hammer Throw Invitational in Providence, R.I., also in 2019.
She set a new Danish national record for the hammer throw in March 2021, recording a distance of 64.68 metres. [2] By September of that year she had extended that record a further eight times, culminating in breaking the 70 metres barrier. [3] In June 2022, she broke the Danish national record for the tenth time in 15 months. [4]
Around 9:30 a.m. during the hammer throw, a competitor threw their hammer but it totally “cleared certified barriers” and struck an audience member, officials said in a news release.