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hammer throw

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noun

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


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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

Harold won the hammer throw the day after Olga’s discus triumph, so they each had a gold medal and time on their hands.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 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

Boumkwo regularly competes in track and field’s strength events — the shot-put, hammer throw and discus — but on Saturday at the European Team Championships in Krakow, Poland, Belgium needed a hurdler.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 27, 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 Barbour, Ralph Henry

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