Masters Records Progressions US: Hammer Throw

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Masters Track & Field Standards & Specifications & Rule Book:  (Link)

Note: Masters Records kept as of 2020 are age 35 and older.

Masters US Records M35 (at the end of 1972):

HT M35:  191’-5” = 58.34  Matt McGrath 1912: need to confirm he was age-35:   9/29/1912  [competed in the 1912 Olympics & won a medal] [NY Times]  (Link)

HT M35:  232′-5″  Harold Connolly (37)  7/20/1969  (Dec 1979 NMN)

Masters US Records M40 (at the end of 1972):

HT M40:  176’-9” = 53.87   Matt McGrath 1918: need to confirm age-41:  5/30/1918   (Link)   [1970 AR: see M45 Record]

HT M40 (16-Lb = 7.3 kg): 224′-1″ = 68.29 Harold Connolly (40) 5/7/1972 *     [1970 AR: see M45 Record]

*=1972 to 1975 SAR, Feb 1971 & April 1973 USMITT;  May & Sept 1973 Veteris; May 24 & June 7, 1970 LA Times.

 

Masters US Records M45 (at the end of 1972):

Matt McGrath need to confirm ages:  Age 45: 163’-8.5” = 49.89   8/26/1922;  Age 46: 167’-9.5” =  51.14   8/25/1923;      (Link)
Matt McGrath – continued:  Age 47: 172’-4.25” = 52.53  6/8/1924 [Competed in the 1924 Olympics and won a medal]    (Link)

HT M45:    1970 AR: 177′-6″ =  54.09 Matt McGrath (48) 8/29/1925 *  (Link)

*=1972 to 1975 SAR, Feb 1971 & April 1973 USMITT, and May & Sept 1973 Veteris

HT M45:  189′-9″  Harold Connolly (45)  5/1/1977  (Dec 1979 NMN)