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Hammer Records

The hammer throw has its formal origins in the Scottish Highland games. It is one of the last events to recognise women at the Olympic level, having been contested since 1900 for men but not until 2000 for women.

At the World Masters Athletics Champs, the event only became available to women from 1987.

The weight of the hammer varies by age and gender. Men start with 7.26kg. They drop to 6kg at age 50, 5kg at age 60, 4kg at age 70 and 3kg at age 80. Women start with 4kg, drop to 3kg at age 50 and 2kg at age 75.

Where Centre records are better performances than National or World records, this likely indicates that the athlete either failed to apply for the record within the application window or was unable to meet the stricter paperwork requirements. More recent records could still be in the processing stage at World or National level.

Note: Athletes move. Wellington records applicable to athletes registered to Wellington at time of performance. Island championship records applicable to athletes registered to that island at time of performance. NZ records applicable to athletes registered appropriately to NZMA at time of performance. Oceania championship records applicable to athletes registered to OMA at time of performance. World records quote national affiliation of athlete at time of performance.

Prior to the September 2016 agreement on shared membership between Athletics New Zealand and New Zealand Masters Athletics, only those masters athletes who had joined NZMA were eligible to claim records. Now domestic Masters Records can be claimed by both ANZ and NZMA members.

  Wellington North Island
Champs
South Island
Champs
NZMA Champs NZ National Oceania Champs World
M35
7.26kg
52.72

W Nicol
43.58

Mark Cumming (2002)
40.47

Michael Scholten (2013)
48.32

T Fleming (1983)
48.62

 Mark Cumming (2002)
59.00

 Ricard Meiring AUS (2014)
83.62

 Igor Astapkovich BLR (1998)
M40
7.26kg
62.53

Phil Jensen (2010)
50.49

Arno van der Westhuizen (2019)
45.70

T Fleming (1986)
52.03

Arno van der Westhuizen (2020)
62.53

Phil Jensen (2010)
50.14

 Frederic Cassier NCL (1992)
82.23

 Igor Astapkovich BLR (2004)
M45
7.26kg
53.40

Phil Jensen (2013)
50.62

Arno van der Westhuizen (2023*)

*2022 Champs held in calendar year 2023
35.92

Mark Flaus (2008)
52.27

Arno van der Westhuizen(2022)
54.37

Arno van der Westhuizen(2022)
46.97

Mark Cumming NZL (2012)
79.42

 Aleksandr Dryhol UKR (2012)
M50
6.0kg
40.76

Robin Ball
52.07

Mark Cumming (2012)
39.32

Toby Brown (1993)
56.03

 Mark Cumming (2013)
56.58

 Mark Cumming (2013)
48.62

 Ken Readwin AUS (1994)
73.70

 Aleksandr Dryhol ISR (2018)
M55
6.0kg
34.97

Adrian Stockill (2021)
45.43

Mark Cumming (2019)
41.86

Richard Davison (2006)
46.85

 Mark Cumming (2018)
52.87

 Mark Cumming (2017)
49.52

 Mark Cumming NZL (2018)
67.27

Jud Logan USA (2014)
M60
5.0kg
30.32

 Vic Marks
48.46

 Laurie Devlin (1996)
46.59

Richard Davison (2009)
48.36

Laurie Devlin (1997*)

*1998 Champs held in calendar year 1997

50.82

 Laurie Devlin (1997)
46.74

 Kevin Bradley NZL (2008)
63.32

Arild Busterud NOR (2008)
M65
5.0kg
26.58

E Drummond
44.36

 Laurie Devlin (2000)
39.03

 Richard Davison (2014)
43.48

 Laurie Devlin (2003)
46.53

 Laurie Devlin (2001)
45.33

Laurie Devlin NZL (2002)
60.65

 Arild Busterud NOR (2013)
M70
4.0kg
26.37

Richard Harris
42.76

 Max Carr (1992)
38.56

Trevor Bent (2000)
44.22

 Laurie Devlin (2006)
44.54

Laurie Devlin (2006)
44.54

Laurie Devlin NZL (2006)
59.04

Edward Burke USA (2010)
M75
4.0kg
20.63

Jim Blair (2007)
31.87

Max Carr (1999)
33.49

Brian Senior (2019)
35.10

 M Carr (1997*)

*1998 Champs held in calendar year 1997

37.40

Max Carr (1997)
34.72

 Kevin Bradley NZL (2019)
51.52

Jerzy Jablonski POL (2020)
M80
3.0kg
22.92

 Jim Blair (2013)
28.13

Ron Johnson (2012)
33.98

Norman Hawke (1992)

35.64

Bill Stannius (2009)

37.95

Brian Senior (2020)
36.47

Wim Van Weenen AUS (2014)
50.69

Hermann Albrecht GER (2020)
M85
3.0kg
21.29

Jim Blair (2019)
21.72

Dave Scratton (2006)
19.54

David Leech (2013)
23.93

Ron Johnson (2018)
25.39

Ron Johnson (2018)
25.07

Ron Johnson NZL (2018)
39.89

Jose Maria Sanza Agreda ESP (2022)
M90
3.0kg
13.84

Peter Tearle (2019)
12.68

Peter Tearle (2018)
17.57

Jim Blair (2021)
17.23

Jim Blair (2022)
19.64

Jim Blair (2022)
18.36

Max MacKay AUS (2014)
27.82

Harvey Lewellen USA (2019)
M95
3.0kg
no record no record no record no record no record no record 22.01

Antonio Fonseca BRA (2011)
M100
3.0kg
no record no record no record no record no record no record 11.32

Trent Lane USA (2011)
  Wellington North Island
Champs
South Island
Champs
NZMA Champs NZ National Oceania Champs World
  Wellington North Island
Champs
South Island
Champs
NZMA Champs NZ National Oceania Champs World
W35
4.0kg
27.75

 Nicole Macquet (2013)
41.40

Chris McCahill (2001)
42.55

Anna Lynch (2023*)

*2022 Champs held in calendar year 2023

45.43

Chris McCahill (2002)
49.97

Deborah McCaw (2015)
41.87

Jayne Hardy AUS (2002)
78.48

Anita Włodarczyk POL (2021)
W40
4.0kg
29.91

Michelle Ward (2015)
37.59

Chris McCahill (2006)
40.64

Debbie McCaw (2021)
42.73

Chris McCahill (2006)
42.73

Chris McCahill (2006)
43.52

Jayne Hardy AUS (2006)
67.57

Iryna Sekachova UKR (2017)
W45
4.0kg
28.38

Michelle Scriven (2017)
39.68

 Chris McCahill (2010)
34.54

Raylene Bates (2014)
40.95

Chris McCahill (2010)
42.38

Chris McCahill (2011)
41.80

Althea Mackie AUS (2015)
56.21

Oneithea Lewis USA (2005)
W50
3.0kg
29.51

Michelle Scriven (2021)
39.18

Brenda Davis (2023*)

*2022 Champs held in calendar year 2023
36.64

Val Hood (1993)
42.09

Raylene Bates (2016)
42.90

Raylene Bates (2016)
45.70

Sharon Gibbins AUS (2008)
55.46

 Oneithea Lewis USA (2010)
W55
3.0kg
24.20

Veronica Gould (2007)
30.36

Val Babe (1994)
36.71

Raylene Bates (2021)
41.89

Bev Savage (2001)
41.89

Bev Savage (2001)
45.98

Helen Searle AUS (1996)
51.30

Marja-Leena Parviainen AUS (2002)
W60
3.0kg
19.30

 Veronica Gould (2013)
32.78

 Bev Savage (2008)
32.63

Winifred Harding (2015)
30.76

Miriam Stanley (1994)
37.84

Anne Goulter (2022)
42.20

Jan Davies AUS (2002)
47.17

Mirja Kokko FIN (2022)
W65
3.0kg
28.60

Heather May
30.37

Bev Savage (2013)
28.60

 Glen Watts (2007)
33.18

 Bev Savage (2012)
34.86

 Bev Savage (2012)
39.51

 Helen Searle AUS (2006)
44.38

Jutta Schafer GER (1997)
W70
3.0kg
27.30

Heather May (1993)
27.29

 Barbara Austin
(2017)
25.75

Glen Watts (2011)
25.93

Barbara Austin (2015)
29.27

Bev Savage (2016)
33.07

Helen Searle AUS (2012)
39.24

Eva Nohl GER (2019)
W75
2.0kg
19.46

 Heather May
26.12

Annette Parlane (2023*)

*2022 Champs held in calendar year 2023

30.63

 Glen Watts (2015)
30.16

Bev Savage (2021)
31.99

Bev Savage (2021)
32.02

Jan Banens AUS (2018)
39.64

 Evaun Williams GBR (2013)
W80
2.0kg
13.65

Colleena Blair (2011)
24.49

Colleen Brunker (2012)
24.57

Glen Watts (2021)
23.97

Glen Watts (2021)
25.61

Glen Watts (2021)
27.03

Helen Searle AUS (2019)
37.85

  Evaun Williams GBR (2018)
W85
2.0kg
no record 13.88

Pam Spiers (2012)
12.19

 Rona Smith (2004)
16.80

Marcia Petley (2015)
17.29

Clasina van der Veeken (2016)
16.82

Heather Doherty  AUS (2019)
26.80

Rachel Hanssens BEL (2014)
W90
2.0kg
no record 13.01

Marcia Petley (2019)
no record 12.28

Pauline Purser (2014)
13.01

Marcia Petley (2019)
11.85

Ruth Frith AUS (2002)
19.62

Julia Huapaya PER (2018)
W95
2.0kg
no record no record no record no record no record 11.16

Ruth Frith AUS (2006)
14.92

 Olga Kotelko CAN (2014)
W100
2.0kg
no record no record no record no record no record 9.64

Ruth Frith AUS (2012)
11.30

Ruth Frith AUS (2010)
  Wellington North Island
Champs
South Island
Champs
NZMA Champs NZ National Oceania Champs World

World Records from World Masters Athletics as at 3 February 2023.

Oceania Championship Records from Oceania Athletics as at September 2019.

NZ Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at 16 February 2023.

NZMA Championship Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at 16 February 2023.

South Island Championship Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at February 2023.

North Island Championship Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at January 2023.

Wellington Records as at 7 May 2023.


  

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  Last Updated 22 December 2023