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

The hammer throw and the high jump were briefly paused but when the former did resume Canada's Camryn Rogers produced another Games record - 74.91m.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

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

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

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

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.