hammer throw

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Rudy Winkler set an American record in the hammer throw with a hurl of 272 feet, 10 inches.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2025

As an athlete, Dickenson achieved a 14th-place finish in the hammer throw at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, before competing four years later in Moscow.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2024

Elisabet Runarsdottir won the hammer throw at 231-2 to become the first women’s champion in 28 years for Texas State.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2024

In the first 10 world championships to feature women’s hammer throw — from 1999 to 2017 — an American had never medaled.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2023

For the one remaining event was the hammer throw, where Ellis was supreme, and here they expected to see their champion wipe out his opponents' lead, and finish a winner, with plenty to spare.

From Dick Randall The Young Athlete by Clark, Ellery H.