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Hammer Throw
Stade de France

Event	Medal


Safety cage
Can withstand powerful impacts and prevent ricochet

6m

Doors
Adjustable for left and right-handed throwers

Optimum throwing angle
45°

Length 
119.5cm ( ) 
121.5cm ( )

Weight 
4.00kg ( ) 
7.26kg ( )


Anita Wlodarczyk (POL) 
Arguably greatest female hammer thrower of all time


THROWING TECHNIQUE

Hammer swings twice around head to build momentum

x2

Three or four rotations around load-bearing foot to increase speed

x4

Release


Olympic record	Sergey Litvinov (URS) 	Seoul 1988		84.80m
		Anita Wlodarczyk (POL)	Rio de Janeiro 2016	82.29m

World record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 	Stuttgart 1986 		86.74m
		Anita Wlodarczyk (POL)	Warsaw 2016		82.98m
 

Sources: IOC, IAAF 
Pictures: Getty Images
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