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

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

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