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Krisztian Pars of Hungary, wearing green athletic gear, swings the hammer during the Men's Hammer Throw Final at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in a brightly lit stadium. A man in a plaid kilt and white shirt competes in a throwing event at the Gordon Castle Highland Games, spinning with a weight in an outdoor field. Diagram showing the hammer throw event: on the left, labeled dimensions and parts of the hammer for men and women; in the center, a top view of the hammer-throwing circle with foul and sector lines; on the right, the throwing sector and safety cage layout with measurements. Hammer throw Pat Ryan of the United States Olympic team in mid-throw during the hammer throw event at the 1920 Antwerp Olympic Games, standing inside a marked circle on a grassy field.
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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology - Rotation of the hammer and performance in hammer throwing. Aug 07, 2026
Add new Web site: FHSU Scholars Repository - Hammer Throwing - Countering Dynamics (PDF). Mar 12, 2025
Added media. Jul 26, 2024
Added measurements of the hammer used in competition by women. Jul 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Athletics South Africa - Atheletica Omnibus - Hammer Throw. Jan 12, 2024
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Biomechanics of the Hammer Throw: Narrative Review. Nov 02, 2023
Add new Web site: Official Site of Hammerthrow. Jun 09, 2023
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology - Rotation of the hammer and performance in hammer throwing. Mar 18, 2023
Added photo of an Olympic hammer throw. Aug 16, 2021
Corrected display issue. Aug 06, 2021
Add new Web site: World Athletics - Hammer Throw. Sep 07, 2020
Animation of the hammer throw added to article. Aug 27, 2010
Media added. Jul 10, 2008
Media added. Sep 06, 2007
Article revised. Apr 07, 2005
Article revised. Mar 12, 2004
Article added to new online database. May 04, 1999
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