Rudy Winkler, who had hoped to earn the United States its first hammer throw Olympic medal since 1996, came up short in the final, finishing seventh with 77.08.

The hammer throw, shot put and discus are amongst the ultimate displays of strength at the Paris 2024 Olympics. The shot put and discus have been part of the Olympic schedule since the very first ...

On June 6, 1986, Juergen Schult set the world discus record at a meet in East Germany, reaching 74.08 meters. Nearly three months later, Yuriy Sedykh did the same for the hammer throw, setting the new ...

Western Kentucky graduate senior Kaison Barton set a new school record in the men's hammer throw Friday in the Brent Chumbley Memorial Hilltopper Relays at the Charles M. Ruter Track and Field Complex ...

The Gopher men's hammer throwers are the best in the country. At the NCAA championships last week, they pulled off an improbable 1-2 finish. If it wasn't one, it was going to be the other. The NCAA ...