page_title: Throwing sports
section_title: Throwing for distance
hierarchical_section_title: Throwing sports / List of throwing sports / Throwing for distance
caption_attribution_description: English: Hammer thrower Mike Mai practices at Fort Lewis, July 1. Mai finished third at the U.S. National Championships and will soon compete at the World Track and Field Championships in Berlin, Germany.
context_page_description: Throwing sports, or throwing games, are physical, human competitions where the outcome is measured by a player's ability to throw an object.
  The two primary forms are throwing for distance and throwing at a given target or range. The four most prominent throwing for distance sports are in track and field: shot put, discus, javelin, and the hammer throw. Target-based sports have two main genres: bowling and darts, each of which have a great number of variations.
context_section_description: Track and field
  Discus throw (Olympic sport)
  Hammer throw (Olympic sport)
  Javelin throw (Olympic sport)
  Shot put (Olympic sport)
  Weight throw (former Olympic sport)
  Throws pentathlon – a combined track and field event comprising the above five events
  Club throw (Paralympics)
  Frisbee
  Dwarf-tossing
  Keg-tossing
  Mobile phone throwing
  Sheaf toss
  Softball throw
  Stone put
  Steinstossen
caption: A man in the build-up phase of the hammer throw
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