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Club throw

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Theclub throwis anathleticthrowing event where the objective is to throw a wooden club. The event is one of the four throwing events, along withdiscus,javelinandshot putof theSummer Paralympics.It is the Paralympic equivalent of thehammer throw.[1]The club throw was introduced for both men and women at the first1960 Summer Paralympic Games.It was dropped from the women's programme from the1992 ParalympicsinBarcelonabut was reinstated forLondon 2012.

Sport rules

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The club

Like other throwing events, the competition is decided by who can throw the club the farthest, though when the event is contested by athletes ofdifferent disability classifications,such as the Paralympics, the result is decided by a points score using theRaza Points Systemwhich considers athletes' relative levels of disability. The club for men and women weighs a minimum of 397 grams (14.0 oz) and is normally made from wood with a metal base.[2]The athlete sits in a frame in a throwing area which is within a marked circle between 2.135 and 2.50 metres (7 ft 0 in and 8 ft 2 in) in diameter. The frame is common for each competitor and is rigid.[2]The sport is contested at the Paralympics by athletes in the F31, F32 and F51 classes (individuals with the most significant impairment in hand function).

Records

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As of 2017the world record for the men's club in the 32 class is held byMaciej Sochal,who threw 37.19 metres (122ft0in) at the2016 IPC Athletics European Championships.The men's record in the 51 class is held byŽeljko Dimitrijević,who recorded a distance of 31.99 metres (104ft11in) at the2017 World Para Athletics Championships.[3][4]

As of 2017the world record for the women's club in the 32 class is held byMaroua Ibrahmi,who threw 26.93 metres (88 ft 4 in) at the2016 Summer Paralympics.The women's record in the 51 class is held by America'sRachael Morrison,who recorded a distance of 23.82 metres (78ft2in) inClaremont, CAon 8 April 2017.[3]

Paralympics

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Men

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Games Location Open to Gold Class Distance
(points)
Silver Class Distance
(points)
Bronze Class Distance
(points)
1984 New York, United States 1A Bart Dodson(USA) 1A 23.54 Franicsco de las Fuentes(MEX) 1A 21.44 S. Wilkins(USA) 1A 21.12
1988 Seoul, South Korea 1A Edund Weber(FRG) 1A 23.44 Jose Danile Haylan(ARG) 1A 18.28 Paolo D'Agostini(ITA) 1A 17.50
1992 Barcelona, Spain C6 Dae Kwan Kim(KOR) C6 51.58WR Keith Gardner(GBR) C6 43.78 S. Da Costa Neto(BRA) C6 43.50
1996 Atlanta, United States F50 Stephen Miller(GBR) F50 25.84WR James Richardson(GBR) F50 22.75 Aaron Little(USA) F50 20.65
2000 Sydney, Australia F51 Stephen Miller(GBR) F51 27.74 Takefumi Anryo(JPN) F51 26.88 Ahmed Kamal(BRN) F51 26.08
2004 Athens, Greece F32/F51 Stephen Miller(GBR) F32 33.53
(1133)
Radim Beles(CZE) F51 25.44
(993)
Karim Betina(ALG) F32 29.17
(986)
2008 Beijing, China F32/F51 Mourad Idoudi(TUN) F32 35.77
(1125)WR
Stephen Miller(GBR) F32 34.37
(1081)
Jan Vanek(CZE) F51 25.29
(1063)
2012 London, United Kingdom F31/32/51 Željko Dimitrijević(SRB) F51 26.88
(1010)
Radim Běleš(CZE) F51 26.67
(1004)
Lahouari Bahlaz(ALG) F32 36.31
(1003)
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil F32 Maciej Sochal(POL) F32 33.91 Athanasios Konstantinidis(GRE) F32 33.69 Stephen Miller(GBR) F32 31.93
F51 Zeljko Dimitrijevic(SRB) F51 29.96WR Milos Mitic(SRB) F51 26.84 Marián Kuřeja(SVK) F51 26.82
2020 Tokyo, Japan F32 Liu Li(CHN) F32 45.39WR Athanasios Konstantinidis(GRE) F32 38.68 Walid Ferhah(ALG) F32 35.34
F51 Musa Taimazov(RPC) F51 35.42WR Željko Dimitrijević(SRB) F51 35.29 Marián Kuřeja(SVK) F51 30.66

Women

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Games Location Open to Gold Class Distance (points) Silver Class Distance (points) Bronze Class Distance (points)
1960 Rome, Italy A Maria Scutti(ITA) A 19.10 Anna Maria Galimberti(ITA) A 17.82 Manette Berger-Waldenegg(AUT) A 17.32
B Maria Scutti(ITA) B 20.07 Marlene Muhlendyck(FRG) B 19.42 Anna Maria Galimberti(ITA) B 19.11
C Zander(FRG) C 26.62 Daphne Ceeney(AUS) C 21.11 Maria Scutti(ITA) C 20.21
2012 London, United Kingdom F31/32/51 Maroua Ibrahmi(TUN) F32 23.43WR Mounia Gasmi(ALG) F32 22.51 Gemma Prescott(GBR) F32 20.50
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil F31/32 Maroua Ibrahmi(TUN) F32 26.93WR Mounia Gasmi(ALG) F32 25.41 Gemma Prescott(GBR) F32 19.77
F51 Joanna Butterfield(GBR) F51 22.81WR Zoia Ovsii(UKR) F51 22.21 Cassie Mitchell(USA) F51 21.84
2020 Tokyo, Japan F32 Róża Kozakowska(POL) F32 28.74WR Anastasiia Moskalenko(UKR) F32 24.73 Mounia Gasmi(ALG) F32 23.29

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Club throw".channel4.com.Retrieved26 August2012.
  2. ^ab"IPC Athletics Rules and Regulations,".IPC. 7 March 2012.Retrieved26 August2012.
  3. ^ab"World Para Athletics World Records".World Para Athletics.18 July 2017.Retrieved18 July2017.
  4. ^"SK: Šta je veliki Željko rekao posle povlačenja?".N1. 18 July 2017.Retrieved18 July2017.