2011 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge

The 2011 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge was the second edition of the annual, global series of hammer throw competitions organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. The winners were Krisztián Pars of Hungary and Betty Heidler of Germany. Heidler retained her title from 2010, making her the first athlete to win the series twice. Both the final scores were records for the challenge.
A total of nine meetings featured on the circuit, with six women's and seven men's contests spread across those events. The point scoring format was cumulative – the final standings were decided by the sum of athletes' three best throws on the circuit. Only the best throw by an athlete from each meet was taken into consideration.

Calendar

Roughly contiguous with the IAAF World Challenge circuit, a permit hammer throw event was held at nine of the fourteen meetings of that circuit.

Meeting	City	Country	Date	Type
Golden Grand Prix	Kawasaki	Japan	8 May	Men
Colorful Daegu Pre-Championships	Daegu	South Korea	12 May	Women
Grande Premio Brasil Caixa [de Atletismo]	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	26 May	Both
Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar	Dakar	Senegal	28 May	Women
Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava	Czech Republic	31 May	Both
Brothers Znamensky Memorial	Zhukovsky	Russia	3 July	Both
Meeting de Atletismo Madrid	Madrid	Spain	9 July	Men
Rieti Meeting	Rieti	Italy	10 September	Both
Hanžeković Memorial	Zagreb	Croatia	13 September	Men

A total of twelve men recorded valid marks at three meetings and made the final standings.

A total of nine women recorded valid marks at three meetings and made the final standings.