HAMMER THROW

a) The following IAAF Rules regulate the duty of Officials doing duty at Hammer Throw
IAAF 187; 191,2-3;192

b) DUTIES OF OFFICIALS

i) A minimum of 6 Judges are required to Equipment For Chief Judge

judge effectively. The function and Broom to sweep sector
position of each Judge is: Rag to clean sector and equipment
(1) Judge 1 (Chief Judge): Checks Carpet for athletes to clean feet
measurements and keeps record of Performance board
each trial. Record flags x 2
(2) Judge 2 (Rear Circle Judge): Measuring tape x 100 m
Checks technique, monitors exit Skewer for measuring tape
from the circle and pulls measuring Stopwatch + batteries
tape through centre of circle. Order of draw list
(3) Judge 3 (Front Circle Judge): Programme/Events list
Opens and closes relevant front
Entry ticket into competition area
panel, monitors overstepping from
Result cards
the circle during execution.
Black ball point pen
(4) Judges 4 and 5: Sector judges with
spike at zero end of tape, verify Clip board
correct landing of implement. Flag (green/red)
(5) Judge 6 (Call-up Judge): Calls up athletes according to order of draw, checks
correctness of implement, keeps record of order of trials.
(6) Judge 7 (Recorder): Records all decisions taken by Chief Judge.

c) GENERAL RULES

i) A competition may be decided in one of the following ways:

(1) Each competitor is allowed from three to six trials.
(2) Each competitor is allowed three trials and the three to eight best are allowed
three more trials in the inverse order of the ranking of their performance.
ii) Deviation from the IAAF Rule for School and Talent Identification meetings:
(1) In all inter-schools meetings (Primary and High School) up to National
Level, attempts are limited to 3 trials only. The best out three trials will be
used as the best result of each athlete.

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 (2) Note: This deviation will not affect the credibility of results. It will reduce the
injury risk of the athlete which has to participate in several events during
the competition; it will reduce the length of the competition; and will
increase spectator value.
iii) Time allowed for a trial is 1 minute.
iv) If two to three competitors continue the time remains 1 minute.
v) If only one competitor is left the time should be increased to 2 minutes.
vi) For consecutive trials by the same athlete, the time is 2 minutes.
vii) All measurements must be made from the nearer edge of the first mark in the ground by
the implement, to the inner edge of the circle rim along a line drawn from the mark to
the centre of the circle.
viii) At the competition area and before the start of the event, each competitor may have
practice trials, in draw order and always under supervision of the Judges.
ix) Once the competition has started competitors are not permitted to use implements for
practice purposes.
x) The throw shall be made from the circle.
xi) The throw should start from a stationary position.
xii) He is allowed to put the head of the hammer on the ground inside or outside the circle,
prior to the preliminary swings or turns.
xiii) It shall not be considered a foul if the head of the hammer touches the ground, or the
top of the iron band, when the competitor makes the preliminary swings or turns, but if,
after having so touched the ground, or the top of the iron band, the competitor stops
throwing so as to begin the throw again, this shall count as a failure.
xiv) It shall be a foul throw if the competitors, after he has stepped into the circle and begun
to make a throw, touches with any part of his body the ground outside the circle or the
top of the iron band.
xv) For a valid trial, the hammerhead shall fall completely within the inner edges of the
landing sector.
xvi) The competitor shall not leave the circle until the implement has touched the ground.
When leaving the circle, the first contact with the iron band or the ground outside the
circle shall be completely behind the white line drawn outside the circle.
xvii) The Chief Judge shall vary the distance against the national/provincial/competition
record. In the case of a record, the measurement must be ratified by the Referee.

d) ASSISTANCE

i) An athlete shall not use any device of any kind - e.g. the taping of two or more fingers
together or using weights attached to the body - which in any way provides assistance
when making a trial. If taping is used on the hands and fingers, it may be continuous
provided that as a result no two or more fingers are taped together in such a way that
the fingers cannot move individually. The taping should be shown to the Chief Judge
before the event starts.
ii) An athlete shall not use gloves except in the Hammer Throw. In this case, the gloves
shall be smooth on the back and on the front and the tips of the glove fingers, other
than the thumb, shall be open.
iii) In order to obtain a better grip, an athlete may use a suitable substance on his hands
only or in the case of hammer throwers on their gloves. Shot putters may use such
substances on their neck. In addition, in the Shot Put and Discus Throw, athletes may
place chalk or a similar substance on the implement.

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