Hammer throw at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships

This is a list of NCAA Division I outdoor champions in the hammer throw. Measurement was conducted in imperial distances (feet and inches) until 1975. Metrication occurred in 1976, so all subsequent championships were measured in metric distances. The women's event began in 1996.

Winners

Key
A=Altitude assisted
Men's hammer throw winners[2]
YearAthleteTeamDistance
1921Charles RedmonChicago40.79
1922Jack MerchantCalifornia49.17
1923Fred TootellBowdoin53.37
1924not held
1925Ray BunkerOhio St45.73
1926Harry HawkinsMichigan45.12
1927Donald GwinnPittsburgh47.47
1928Wilford KetzMichigan49.9
1929Donald GwinnPittsburgh49.93
1930Holley CampbellMichigan49.59
1931Ivan DykemanColorado St49.41
1932Grant McDougallPennsylvania48.71
1933Roderick H. CoxMichigan47.57
1934Henry DreyerRhode Island51.72
1935Anton KishonBates51.43
1936not held
1937not held
1938not held
1939not held
1940not held
1941not held
1942not held
1943not held
1944not held
1945not held
1946not held
1947not held
1948Samuel FeltonHarvard52.05
1949not held
1950not held
1951not held
1952Gil BorjesonBrown53.76
1953not held
1954not held
1955not held
1956Bill McWilliamsBowdoin59.51
1957not held
1958not held
1959  John Lawlor (IRL)Boston63.22
1960  John Lawlor (IRL)Boston63.75
1961Tom PaganiCal Poly SLO59.4
1962Edward BaileyHarvard59.11
1963George DesnoyersBoston Coll57.96A
1964Alex SchultenBowdoin58.37
1965John FioreBoston Coll61.21
1966John FioreBoston Coll61.35
1967Bob NarcessianRhode Island60.06A
1968Bob NarcessianRhode Island61.59
1969Steve DeAutremontOregon St58.04
1970Steve DeAutremontOregon St62.1
1971  Jacques Accambray (FRA)Kent State69.44
1972Al SchotermanKent State70.48
1973  Jacques Accambray (FRA)Kent State67.51
1974  Peter Farmer (AUS)UTEP70.26
1975Boris DjerassiNortheastern68.78A
1976  Scott Neilson (CAN)Washington66.04
1977  Scott Neilson (CAN)Washington69.6
1978  Scott Neilson (CAN)Washington72.36
1979  Scott Neilson (CAN)Washington72.32
1980  Thommie Sjöholm (SWE)UTEP68.58
1981  Richard Olsen (NOR)Southern Meth72.24
1982  Richard Olsen (NOR)Southern Meth73.30A
1983  Robert Weir (GBR)Southern Meth74.42
1984  Matt Mileham (GBR)Fresno St73.74
1985  Tore Gustafsson (SWE)Wash St75.24
1986Ken FlaxOregon78.34
1987  Stefan Jönsson (SWE)Wash St68.48
1988  Stefan Jönsson (SWE)Wash St71.08
1989  Christoph Koch (FRG)NE Louisiana71.08A
1990Scott McGeeOregon66.36
1991  Christophe Épalle (FRA)Southern Meth72.7
1992  Mika Laaksonen (FIN)UTEP71.3
1993  Balázs Kiss (HUN)Southern Cal75.24
1994  Balázs Kiss (HUN)Southern Cal74.84
1995  Balázs Kiss (HUN)Southern Cal79.62
1996  Balázs Kiss (HUN)Southern Cal80.86
1997  Bengt Johansson (SWE)Southern Cal70.12
1998  Libor Charfreitag (SVK)Southern Meth72.3
1999  Andras Haklits (CRO)NE Louisiana74.09
2000  Libor Charfreitag (SVK)Southern Meth77.22
2001  Andras Haklits (CRO)Georgia75.5
2002  Andras Haklits (CRO)Georgia77.32
2003Lucais MacKayGeorgia70.19
2004Thomas FreemanManhattan70.77
2005  Spyridon Jullien (GRE)Virginia Tech70.43
2006  Spyridon Jullien (GRE)Virginia Tech72.29
2007Jake DunklebergerAuburn71.87 m (235 ft 9 in)
2008Cory MartinAuburn74.12 m (243 ft 2 in)
2009  Marcel Lomnický (SVK)Virginia Tech71.78 m (235 ft 5 in)
2010Walter HenningLSU72.79 m (238 ft 9+12 in)
2011  Alexander Ziegler (GER)Virginia Tech72.69 m (238 ft 5 in)
2012  Alexander Ziegler (GER)Virginia Tech Hokies75.78 m (248 ft 7 in)
2013  Tomáš Kružliak (SVK)Virginia Tech Hokies69.26 m (227 ft 2 in)
2014Matthias TayalaKent State73.57
2015Conor McCulloughUSC76.91 m (252 ft 3 in)
2016  Nick Miller (GBR)Oklahoma State73.98 m (242 ft 8 in)
2017Rudy WinklerCornell74.12 m (243 ft 2 in)
2018  Denzel Comenentia (NED)Georgia Bulldogs76.41 m (250 ft 8 in)
2019Daniel HaughKennesaw State Owls74.63 m (244 ft 10 in)
2021  Thomas Mardal (NOR)Florida Gators76.74 m (251 ft 9 in)
2022Logan BlomquistSoutheast Missouri State Redhawks73.37 m (240 ft 8 in)
2023  Kenneth Ikeji (GBR)Harvard Crimson77.92 m (255 ft 7 in)

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