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.
| Year | Athlete | Team | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | South Carolina | |||
| 1997 | South Carolina | |||
| 1998 | South Carolina | |||
| 1999 | SMU | |||
| 2000 | SMU | |||
| 2001 | SMU | |||
| 2002 | Jamine Moton | Clemson | ||
| 2003 | Florida | |||
| 2004 | Florida | |||
| 2005 | Colorado St | |||
| 2006 | Georgia | |||
| 2007 | Georgia | 70.72m (232.02feet) | ||
| 2008 | USC | |||
| 2009 | Stevi Large | Akron | 68.08m (223.36feet) | |
| 2010 | Georgia | |||
| 2011 | Dorotea Habazin | Virginia Tech | 68.15m (223.59feet) | |
| 2012 | Jeneva McCall | Southern Ill. | 68.67m (225.3feet) | |
| 2013 | Chelsea Cassulo | Arizona St. | 69.12m (226.77feet) | |
| 2014 | Princeton | 66.88m (219.42feet) | ||
| 2015 | Southern Illinois | |||
| 2016 | DeAnna Price | Southern Illinois | 71.53m (234.68feet) | |
| 2017 | Maggie Ewen | Arizona State | 73.32m (240.55feet) | |
| 2018 | Janeah Stewart | Ole Miss | 72.92m (239.24feet) | |
| 2019 | California | 71.5m (234.6feet) | ||
| 2020 | Not held due to COVID-19 | |||
| 2021 | California | 75.52m (247.77feet) | ||
| 2022 | ||||
| 2023 | ||||
| Year | Athlete | Team | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | Charles Redmon | Chicago | 40.79 | |
| 1922 | Jack Merchant | California | 49.17 | |
| 1923 | Fred Tootell | Bowdoin | 53.37 | |
| 1924 | not held | |||
| 1925 | Ray Bunker | Ohio St | 45.73 | |
| 1926 | Harry Hawkins | Michigan | 45.12 | |
| 1927 | Donald Gwinn | Pittsburgh | 47.47 | |
| 1928 | Wilford Ketz | Michigan | 49.9 | |
| 1929 | Donald Gwinn | Pittsburgh | 49.93 | |
| 1930 | Holley Campbell | Michigan | 49.59 | |
| 1931 | Ivan Dykeman | Colorado St | 49.41 | |
| 1932 | Grant McDougall | Pennsylvania | 48.71 | |
| 1933 | Roderick H. Cox | Michigan | 47.57 | |
| 1934 | Henry Dreyer | Rhode Island | 51.72 | |
| 1935 | Anton Kishon | Bates | 51.43 | |
| 1936 | not held | |||
| 1937 | not held | |||
| 1938 | not held | |||
| 1939 | not held | |||
| 1940 | not held | |||
| 1941 | not held | |||
| 1942 | not held | |||
| 1943 | not held | |||
| 1944 | not held | |||
| 1945 | not held | |||
| 1946 | not held | |||
| 1947 | not held | |||
| 1948 | Samuel Felton | Harvard | 52.05 | |
| 1949 | not held | |||
| 1950 | not held | |||
| 1951 | not held | |||
| 1952 | Gil Borjeson | Brown | 53.76 | |
| 1953 | not held | |||
| 1954 | not held | |||
| 1955 | not held | |||
| 1956 | Bill McWilliams | Bowdoin | 59.51 | |
| 1957 | not held | |||
| 1958 | not held | |||
| 1959 | Boston | 63.22 | ||
| 1960 | Boston | 63.75 | ||
| 1961 | Tom Pagani | Cal Poly SLO | 59.4 | |
| 1962 | Edward Bailey | Harvard | 59.11 | |
| 1963 | George Desnoyers | Boston Coll | 57.96A | |
| 1964 | Alex Schulten | Bowdoin | 58.37 | |
| 1965 | John Fiore | Boston Coll | 61.21 | |
| 1966 | John Fiore | Boston Coll | 61.35 | |
| 1967 | Bob Narcessian | Rhode Island | 60.06A | |
| 1968 | Bob Narcessian | Rhode Island | 61.59 | |
| 1969 | Steve DeAutremont | Oregon St | 58.04 | |
| 1970 | Steve DeAutremont | Oregon St | 62.1 | |
| 1971 | Kent State | 69.44 | ||
| 1972 | Al Schoterman | Kent State | 70.48 | |
| 1973 | Kent State | 67.51 | ||
| 1974 | UTEP | 70.26 | ||
| 1975 | Boris Djerassi | Northeastern | 68.78A | |
| 1976 | Washington | 66.04 | ||
| 1977 | Washington | 69.6 | ||
| 1978 | Washington | 72.36 | ||
| 1979 | Washington | 72.32 | ||
| 1980 | UTEP | 68.58 | ||
| 1981 | Southern Meth | 72.24 | ||
| 1982 | Southern Meth | 73.30A | ||
| 1983 | Southern Meth | 74.42 | ||
| 1984 | Fresno St | 73.74 | ||
| 1985 | Wash St | 75.24 | ||
| 1986 | Ken Flax | Oregon | 78.34 | |
| 1987 | Wash St | 68.48 | ||
| 1988 | Wash St | 71.08 | ||
| 1989 | NE Louisiana | 71.08A | ||
| 1990 | Scott McGee | Oregon | 66.36 | |
| 1991 | Southern Meth | 72.7 | ||
| 1992 | UTEP | 71.3 | ||
| 1993 | Southern Cal | 75.24 | ||
| 1994 | Southern Cal | 74.84 | ||
| 1995 | Southern Cal | 79.62 | ||
| 1996 | Southern Cal | 80.86 | ||
| 1997 | Southern Cal | 70.12 | ||
| 1998 | Southern Meth | 72.3 | ||
| 1999 | NE Louisiana | 74.09 | ||
| 2000 | Southern Meth | 77.22 | ||
| 2001 | Georgia | 75.5 | ||
| 2002 | Georgia | 77.32 | ||
| 2003 | Lucais MacKay | Georgia | 70.19 | |
| 2004 | Thomas Freeman | Manhattan | 70.77 | |
| 2005 | Virginia Tech | 70.43 | ||
| 2006 | Virginia Tech | 72.29 | ||
| 2007 | Auburn | |||
| 2008 | Auburn | |||
| 2009 | ||||
| 2010 | LSU | |||
| 2011 | Virginia Tech | |||
| 2012 | ||||
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| 2014 | Matthias Tayala | Kent State | 73.57 | |
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| 2023 |