2013 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge

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|Edition = 4th

|Dates = 5 May–8 September

|Meetings = 15

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|previous = 2012

|next = 2014

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The 2013 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge was the fourth edition of the annual, global series of hammer throw competitions organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. The winners were Paweł Fajdek (244.23 metres) and Anita Włodarczyk (233.83 metres), both of Poland. Both the final scores were records for the challenge.Minshull, Phil (2014-01-05). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/pawel-fajdek-anita-wlodarczyk-2013-iaaf-hamme 2013 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge review]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.

A total of fifteen meetings featured on the circuit, with nine women's and nine men's contests spread across those events. The point scoring format was cumulative – the final standings were decided by the sum of athletes' three best throws on the circuit. Only the best throw by an athlete from each meet was taken into consideration.

Calendar

The 2013 edition marked a move away from the series' alignment with the IAAF World Challenge circuit. Instead, the series was expanded and featured nine World Challenge meetings, one IAAF Diamond League meeting (Prefontaine Classic), and four non-IAAF meetings in Europe. Performances at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics were also included in series for the first time.[http://www.iaaf.org/Competitions/iaaf-hammer-throw-challenge/calendar/2013 2013 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Calendar]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.[http://www.iaaf.org/results/iaaf-world-challenge-meetings#60 IAAF World Challenge Calendar]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22. The Rieti Meeting leg spanned two days, with a qualification round and a final the following day.[http://www.iaaf.org/results/iaaf-world-challenge-meetings/2013/rieti-meeting-2013-5137 2013 Rieti Meeting]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.

New additions to the tour included the Ponce Grand Prix de Atletismo, IAAF World Challenge Beijing, Moscow Challenge, Janusz Kusociński Memorial, István Gyulai Memorial, Karlstad Grand Prix and the Athletics Bridge. The Colorful Daegu Pre-Championships meet, Hanžeković Memorial and Meeting de Atletismo Madrid were dropped.

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!Meeting

!City

!Country

!Date

!Type

Golden Grand Prix

|Tokyo

|Japan

|5 May

|Men

Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo

|Rio de Janeiro

|Brazil

|12 May

|Men

Ponce Grand Prix de Atletismo

|Ponce

|Puerto Rico

|18 May

|Men

IAAF World Challenge Beijing

|Beijing

|China

|21 May

|Women

Prefontaine Classic

|Eugene

|United States

|31 May

|Women

Moscow Challenge

|Moscow

|Russia

|10 June

|Women

Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar

|Dakar

|Senegal

|12 June

|Women

Janusz Kusociński Memorial

|Szczecin

|Poland

|15 June

|Both

Golden Spike Ostrava

|Ostrava

|Czech Republic

|26 June

|Both

István Gyulai Memorial

|Budapest

|Hungary

|10 July

|Men

Karlstad Grand Prix

|Karlstad

|Sweden

|23 July

|Men

World Championships

|Moscow

|Russia

|10, 12, 14 & 16 August

|Men & Women

Internationales Stadionfest

|Berlin

|Germany

|1 September

|Women

Rieti Meeting

|Rieti

|Italy

|7–8 September

|Both

Final standings

=Men=

A total of twelve men recorded valid marks at three meetings and made the final standings.[http://www.iaaf.org/Competitions/iaaf-hammer-throw-challenge/standings/2013/men 2013 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Final Standings Men]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.

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Rank

!Athlete

!Nation

!Tokyo

!Rio

!Ponce

!Szczecin

!Ostrava

!Budapest

!Karlstad

!WC

!Rieti

!Final score

1Paweł Fajdek{{POL}}244.23
2Krisztián Pars{{HUN}}244.17
3Lukáš Melich{{CZE}}239.80
4Dilshod Nazarov{{TJK}}236.22
5Primož Kozmus{{SLO}}234.89
6Marcel Lomnický{{SVK}}233.63
7Szymon Ziółkowski{{POL}}233.07
8Aleksiy Sokirskiy{{UKR}}229.71
9Markus Esser{{GER}}229.28
10Sergey Litvinov{{RUS}}228.70
11Nicola Vizzoni{{ITA}}226.30
12Hassan Mohamed Mahmoud{{EGY}}213.84

=Women=

A total of eleven women recorded valid marks at three meetings and made the final standings.[http://www.iaaf.org/Competitions/iaaf-hammer-throw-challenge/standings/2013/women 2013 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Final Standings Women]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.

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Rank

!Athlete

!Nation

!Beijing

!Eugene

!Moscow

!Dakar

!Szczecin

!Ostrava

!WC

!Berlin

!Rieti

!Final score

1Anita Włodarczyk{{POL}}233.83
2Tatyana Lysenko{{RUS}}227.59
3Betty Heidler{{GER}}226.93
4Yipsi Moreno{{CUB}}220.74
5Jeneva Stevens{{USA}}218.76
6Éva Orbán{{HUN}}218.24
7Kathrin Klaas{{GER}}214.10
8Martina Hrašnová{{SVK}}212.57
9Zalina Marghieva{{MDA}}212.51
10Gulfiya Khanafeyeva{{RUS}}208.06
11Amanda Bingson{{USA}}206.94

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