The Women's Hammer Throw

Hammer throw

The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...

event at the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

as part of the athletics program

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. There were a total number of 2134 participating athletes from 193 countries.-Men's events:...

 was held at the Olympic Stadium on Wednesday, September 27 and Friday, September 29.

The qualifying athletes progressed through to the final where the qualifying distances are scrapped and they start afresh with up to six throws. The qualifying distance was 65.50 metres. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest throws until a total of 12 qualifiers.

Medalists

Schedule

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  Qualification Round
  Group A	Group B
  27.09.2000 – 09:00h	27.09.2000 – 11:00h
  Final Round
  29.09.2000 – 19:00h

Abbreviations

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics
World Record		76.06 m	August 29, 1999	Rüdlingen Rüdlingen Rüdlingen is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland.-Geography:Rüdlingen has an area, , of . Of this area, 47.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 33.8% is forested... , Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
Olympic Record	New Event
Seasons Best 2000 Hammer Throw Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2000 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, where the final of the men's competition was held on Sunday September 24, 2000...		75.68 m	June 4, 2000	Tula, Russia Tula, Russia Tula is an industrial city and the administrative center of Tula Oblast, Russia. It is located south of Moscow, on the Upa River. Population: -History:...
Broken records during the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record		70.60 m	September 27, 2000	Sydney, Australia
Olympic Record		71.16 m	September 29, 2000	Sydney, Australia

Group A

Rank	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
		1	2	3
1		70.60	—	—	70.60 m	OR
2		66.30	—	—	66.30 m
3		65.74	—	—	65.74 m
4		64.91	63.27	57.99	64.91 m
5		X	X	63.83	63.83 m
6		63.21	62.60	57.09	63.21 m
7		61.96	62.49	62.78	62.78 m
8		61.44	60.62	X	61.44 m
9		50.96	54.14	61.18	61.18 m
10		60.86	X	X	60.86 m
11		55.18	59.49	55.22	59.49 m
12		57.33	X	59.43	59.43 m
13		X	55.72	59.15	59.15 m
14		X	53.60	56.18	56.18 m
—		X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
		1	2	3
1		59.09	67.64	—	67.64 m
2		65.01	62.59	X	65.01 m
3		64.01	61.18	59.53	64.01 m
4		63.80	60.12	61.81	63.80 m
5		62.40	63.13	63.29	63.29 m
6		61.88	X	62.74	62.74 m
7		61.74	58.74	X	61.74 m
8		57.24	61.14	61.48	61.48 m
9		56.98	60.85	60.51	60.85 m
10		59.54	57.44	55.98	59.54 m
11		57.60	X	57.77	57.77 m
12		X	54.92	54.69	54.92 m
—		X	X	X	NM

Overall Qualifying Results

Place	Athlete	Group	Mark	Qual	Extra
1		A	70.60	Q	OR
2		B	67.64	Q
3		A	66.30	Q
4		A	65.74	Q
5		B	65.01	q
6		A	64.91	q
7		B	64.01	q
8		A	63.83	q
9		B	63.80	q
10		B	63.29	q
11		A	63.21	q
12		A	62.78	q
13		B	62.74
14		B	61.74
15		B	61.48
16		A	61.44
17		A	61.18
18		A	60.68
19		B	60.85
20		B	59.54
21		A	59.49
22		A	59.43
23		B	59.15
24		B	57.77
25		A	56.18
26		B	54.92
—		A	NM
—		B	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Extra
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		X	66.33	71.16	66.06	69.91	—	71.16 m	OR
		X	67.18	69.64	69.77	X	X	69.77 m
		66.42	X	67.81	66.03	69.28	67.96	69.28 m	NR German records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Germany maintained by its national athletics federation, Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband ....
4		65.79	67.16	67.04	64.88	68.33	67.43	68.33 m
5		67.95	64.24	65.49	66.39	X	X	67.95 m	AR
6		66.04	66.16	X	67.08	66.77	66.95	67.08 m
7		62.50	64.51	66.80	64.40	66.16	64.71	66.80 m
8		X	60.21	66.15	59.42	X	X	66.15 m
9		64.27	56.96	63.65				64.27 m
10		X	64.21	X				64.21 m
11		61.25	63.20	X				63.20 m
12		62.49	X	62.21				62.49 m