hammer throw

American  

noun

Track.

1. a field event in which the hammer is thrown for distance.

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Other Word Forms

• hammer thrower
  noun

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hammer throw

Persistent rain turned torrential and the first two throws of the women's hammer throw slipped from athletes' grip and clattered into the cage as thunder cracked above the arena.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

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

Women’s high jump final; men’s 100 semifinal; men’s hammer throw final; women’s 800 semifinal; men’s 1,500 semifinal; men’s 100 final | NBC, Telemundo 7 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2024

Other titles being decided Sunday were in women’s long jump, the men’s 10,000 meters, the heptathlon and men’s hammer throw.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 20, 2023

We couldn't see how we were to lose first in anything except the quarter, the high hurdles, the hammer throw and the broad jump.

From The New Boy at Hilltop by Ralph Henry Barbour