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

Example Sentences

Harold set nine more world records in the hammer throw after they were married.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2024

In the first 10 world championships to feature women’s hammer throw — from 1999 to 2017 — an American had never medaled.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2023

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

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.