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 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

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took place on 18–20 August at the Beijing National Stadium

Beijing National Stadium

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The qualifying standards were 69.50 m (A standard) and 67.00 m (B standard).

Medalists

Gold
Silver
Bronze

Schedule

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  Qualification Round
  Group A	Group B
  18.08.2008 – 09:10h	18.08.2008 – 10:50h
  Final Round
  20.08.2008 – 19:20h

Abbreviations

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics
World Record		77.80 m	August 15, 2006	Tallinn Tallinn Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list... , Estonia Estonia Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
Olympic Record		75.02 m	August 25, 2004	Athens, Greece
Seasons Best 2008 Hammer Throw Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2008 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the Olympic Games in Beijing, PR China, where the final of the men's competition was held on August 17, 2008...		77.32 m	June 29, 2008	Minsk, Belarus
Broken records during the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record		76.34 m	August 20, 2008	Beijing Beijing Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...  PR China

Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 71.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Yipsi Moreno Yipsi Moreno Yipsi Moreno González is a Cuban hammer thrower. She is a double world champion and Olympic silver medalist, a former world junior record holder and current area record holder...		71.31	x	73.92	73.92	Q
2	B	Zhang Wenxiu Zhang Wenxiu Zhang Wenxiu is a Chinese hammer thrower.She won the 2005 Asian Championships and 2006 Asian Games. She finished tenth at the 2001 World Championships, seventh at the 2004 Olympics, fifth at the 2005 World Championships and fourth at the 2006 World Cup...		73.36			73.36	Q
3	A	Martina Danišová-Hrašnová		70.03	x	72.87	72.87	Q
4	B	Manuela Montebrun Manuela Montebrun Manuela Montebrun is a female hammer thrower from France. Her personal best throw is 74.66 metres, achieved in July 2005 in Zagreb.-Achievements:-References:*...		69.80	69.86	72.81	72.81	Q
5	B	Clarissa Claretti Clarissa Claretti Clarissa Claretti is an Italian hammer thrower. Her personal best throw is 72.46 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Cagliari.-Achievements:-References:...		67.15	71.82		71.82	Q
6	A	Anita Włodarczyk		71.76			71.76	Q
7	A	Betty Heidler Betty Heidler Betty Heidler is a German hammer thrower, a world record holder. She is living in Frankfurt now and member of the Eintracht Frankfurt athletes team...		66.28	71.51		71.51	Q
8	A	Darya Pchelnik Darya Pchelnik Darya Pchelnik is a female hammer thrower from Belarus. Her personal best is 76.33 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Minsk.She finished tenth at the 2005 Summer Universiade, won the 2007 Summer Universiade and finished fourth at the 2008 Olympic Games. In addition she competed at the 2005 World...		69.43	71.30	69.24	71.30	q
9	B	Yelena Priyma Yelena Priyma Yelena Aleksandrovna Priyma is a female hammer thrower from Russia. Her personal best throw is 71.75 metres, achieved in May 2007 in Sochi.-Achievements:-References:*...		70.69	69.79	65.64	70.69	q
10	B	Kamila Skolimowska Kamila Skolimowska Kamila Skolimowska was a Polish hammer thrower. She was known for her gold medal in the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, which made her the youngest Olympic hammer champion, as well as for her two medals from the European Championships. Her personal best throw, and Polish record, was 76.83 metres,...		65.97	69.79	67.01	69.79	q
11	B	Aksana Miankova Aksana Miankova Aksana Miankova, also transliterated as Oksana Menkova, is a Belarusian hammer thrower. She won the Olympic gold medal in 2008 with a throw of 76.34 metres, an Olympic record....		62.95	65.55	69.77	69.77	q
12	A	Stiliani Papadopoulou Stiliani Papadopoulou Stiliani Papadopoulou is a female hammer thrower from Greece. She was born in Thessaloniki. Her personal best throw is 72.10 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Nikiti. This is the Greek record.She finished eleventh at the 2008 Olympic Games...		66.68	69.36	69.29	69.36	q
13	A	Maryia Smaliachkova Maryia Smaliachkova Mariya Viktorovna Smolyachkova is a female hammer thrower from Belarus. Her personal best throw is 74.65 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Minsk.-Achievements:-References:*...		x	69.22	x	69.22
14	A	Stéphanie Falzon Stéphanie Falzon Stéphanie Falzon is a female hammer thrower from France. Her personal best throw is 73.40 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Albi.-Achievements:-References:*...		x	68.93	x	68.93
15	B	Arasay Thondike Arasay Thondike Arasay M. Thondike Santovenia is a female hammer thrower from Cuba. She set a personal best throw of 71.14 metres in June 2007 in Warsaw...		x	66.68	68.74	68.74
16	A	Ivana Brkljacić Ivana Brkljacic Ivana Brkljačić is a former female hammer thrower from Croatia.She achieved good results as a teenager, winning the World Junior Championships twice and finishing 11th in the 2000 Olympic finals at the age of 17...		66.54	x	68.38	68.38
17	B	Sviatlana Sudak-Torun		68.22	67.36	67.18	68.22
18	A	Bianca Perie Bianca Perie Bianca Perie is a female hammer thrower from Romania. Her personal best throw is 69.59 metres, achieved in March 2008 in Bucharest.As a junior she was dominant in her field...		68.21	66.29	x	68.21
19	A	Iryna Novozhylova Iryna Novozhylova Iryna Oleksandrivna Novozhylova is a Ukrainian hammer thrower. She competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final. Her personal best throw is 71.82 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Kiev.-Achievements:-References:...		67.36	x	68.11	68.11
20	A	Anna Bulgakova Anna Bulgakova Anna Vladimirovna Bulgakova is a female hammer thrower from Russia. Her personal best throw is 73.79 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Krasnodar.-Achievements:-References:*...		x	68.04	x	68.04
21	B	Amber Campbell Amber Campbell Amber Campbell is an American hammer thrower. She competed at the 2005 World Championships and at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final. Her personal best throw is 70.33 metres, achieved in June 2007 in Provo, Utah.-Achievements:-References:...		67.86	x	x	67.86
22	A	Yelena Konevtseva Yelena Konevtseva Yelena Nikolayevna Konevtseva is a female hammer thrower from Russia. Her personal best is 76.21 metres, achieved in May 2007 in Sochi.She finished tenth at the 2000 World Junior Championships and fifth at the 2007 World Championships...		66.81	67.83	x	67.83
23	B	Eileen O'Keeffe Eileen O'Keeffe Eileen O'Keefe is a former female hammer thrower from Ireland. Her personal best throw of 73.21 metres, achieved in July 2007 at the national championships in Dublin, is the Irish record for the event...		62.53	62.05	67.66	67.66
24	B	Kathrin Klaas Kathrin Klaas Kathrin Klaas is a female hammer thrower from Germany. She is member of the Eintracht Frankfurt athletes team.Her personal best throw is 75.48 metres.-Achievements:-References:...		66.39	67.54	66.95	67.54
25	B	Iryna Sekachova Iryna Sekachova Iryna V'iacheslavivna Sekachova is a Ukrainian hammer thrower. Her personal best throw is 74.52 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Kiev.-Achievements:-References: at the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine, with picture...		62.83	x	67.47	67.47
26	B	Lenka Ledvinová Lenka Ledvinová Lenka Ledvinová is a female hammer thrower from the Czech Republic.She finished sixth at the 2004 World Junior Championships and won the silver medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade...		65.98	65.23	67.17	67.17
27	A	Inna Sayenko Inna Sayenko Inna Oleksandrivna Sayenko is a Ukrainian hammer thrower. Her personal best throw is 70.96 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Kiev. She competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final.-Achievements:-References:*...		x	66.92	x	66.92
28	B	Alexandra Papageorgiou Alexandra Papageorgiou Alexandra Papageorgiou is a female hammer thrower from Greece. Her personal best throw is 70.73 metres, achieved on August 1, 2009 in Thessaloniki. This places her second on the Greek all-time list, behind Stiliani Papadopoulou.-Achievements:...		66.72	65.73	x	66.72
29	B	Jennifer Dahlgren Jennifer Dahlgren Jennifer Dahlgren Fitzner is an Argentine hammer thrower. Having spent much of her life in the United States, she competed as an amateur for the University of Georgia. She set the US collegiate hammer record and was the NCAA Outdoor champion in both 2006 and 2007...		58.60	x	66.35	66.35
30	A	Merja Korpela Merja Korpela Merja Tuulikki Korpela is a female hammer thrower from Finland. Her personal best throw is 69.56 metres, achieved in July 2009 in Belgrade.She finished fourth at the 2000 World Junior Championships...		62.70	65.76	66.29	66.29
31	B	Yunaika Crawford Yunaika Crawford Yunaika Crawford Rogert is a Cuban hammer thrower who won the Olympic bronze medal in 2004 with a personal best throw of 73.16 metres.-Early career:...		66.16	65.00	64.08	66.16
32	A	Wang Zheng Wang Zheng (athlete) Wang Zheng is a female hammer thrower from PR China. Her personal best throw is 70.07 metres, achieved in April 2008 in Hangzhou....		65.64	61.36	x	65.64
33	A	Sultana Frizell Sultana Frizell Sultana Frizell is a Canadian track and field athlete competing in the hammer throw. Frizell currently trains under the guidance of Anatoliy Bondarchuk in Kamloops, British Columbia. She competed at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.-Career:Frizell started her athletic career in figure skating...		x	60.43	65.44	65.44
34	A	Éva Orbán Éva Orbán Éva Orbán is a Hungarian hammer thrower. She set her personal best and a Hungarian national record with a throw of 71.33 metres on the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzen, with that she won the silver medal of the event....		65.12	x	65.41	65.41
35	A	Zoe Derham Zoe Derham Zoe Lianne Derham is a female hammer thrower from England. Her personal best throw is 68.63 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Loughborough. This places her second on the British all-time list, behind Lorraine Shaw, who is also her coach.-Achievements:-External links:**...		64.74	64.61	64.57	64.74
36	B	Johana Moreno Johana Moreno Eli Johana Moreno Valencia is a Colombian track and field athlete who specialises in the hammer throw...		x	64.31	64.66	64.66
37	A	Zalina Marghieva Zalina Marghieva Zalina Marghieva is a female hammer thrower from Moldova. She is the younger sister of Marina Marghiev, and is coached by her father Soslan....		x	64.20	x	64.20
38	B	Małgorzata Zadura		63.35	64.13	x	64.13
39	A	Loree Smith Loree Smith -Early years:Smith said she played sports just to pass the time growing up. When asked to describe her start in track and field, she said she was "just a chubby kid throwing 25 feet in the shot and 60 feet in the discus." Loree was originally a three sport athlete in high school getting conference...		62.25	62.33	63.60	63.60
40	B	Candice Scott Candice Scott Candice Henrietta Scott is a track and field athlete who is a hammer throw specialist from Trinidad and Tobago.Her personal best throw is 71.45 metres, achieved in May 2005 in Marietta, Georgia....		63.03	62.53	x	63.03
41	B	Berta Castells Berta Castells Berta Castells Franco is a female hammer thrower from Spain. Her personal best throw is 69.36 metres, achieved in May 2010 in Vila Real de Santo António .-Achievements:-References:*...		62.44	61.76	x	62.44
42	A	Silvia Salis Silvia Salis Silvia Salis is a female hammer thrower from Italy. Her personal best throw is 71.77 metres, achieved in march 2009 in Los Realejos .-Achievements:-References:...		x	x	62.28	62.28
43	B	Marina Marghiev Marina Marghiev Marina Marghiev is a female hammer thrower from Moldova. Her personal best throw is 71.50 metres, achieved in January 2009 in Chişinău. She is a former national record holder. She is the older sister of Zalina Marghieva, and is coached by her father Soslan.-Achievements:-References:...		61.03	x	62.12	62.12
44	B	Paraskevi Theodorou		x	61.00	x	61.00
45	B	Sanja Gavrilovic Sanja Gavrilovic Sanja Gavrilović is a female hammer thrower from Croatia. Her personal best throw is 70.07 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Ljubljana.-Achievements:-References:...		60.55	60.37	60.36	60.55
46	A	Vânia Silva Vânia Silva Vânia Sofia de Sousa Silva is a female hammer thrower from Portugal. Her personal best throw is 69.55 metres, achieved in May 2011 in Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal...		x	58.10	59.42	59.42
47	A	Galina Mityaeva		x	48.59	51.38	51.38

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Georgina Toth

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Finals

20 August 2008 - 19:20

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Aksana Miankova Aksana Miankova Aksana Miankova, also transliterated as Oksana Menkova, is a Belarusian hammer thrower. She won the Olympic gold medal in 2008 with a throw of 76.34 metres, an Olympic record....		74.40	x	72.23	x	76.34	51.72	76.34
	Yipsi Moreno Yipsi Moreno Yipsi Moreno González is a Cuban hammer thrower. She is a double world champion and Olympic silver medalist, a former world junior record holder and current area record holder...		x	73.95	72.61	x	74.70	75.20	75.20
	Zhang Wenxiu Zhang Wenxiu Zhang Wenxiu is a Chinese hammer thrower.She won the 2005 Asian Championships and 2006 Asian Games. She finished tenth at the 2001 World Championships, seventh at the 2004 Olympics, fifth at the 2005 World Championships and fourth at the 2006 World Cup...		74.00	74.32	73.40	73.50	70.75	73.53	74.32	SB
4	Darya Pchelnik Darya Pchelnik Darya Pchelnik is a female hammer thrower from Belarus. Her personal best is 76.33 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Minsk.She finished tenth at the 2005 Summer Universiade, won the 2007 Summer Universiade and finished fourth at the 2008 Olympic Games. In addition she competed at the 2005 World...		69.10	72.46	72.82	71.00	72.83	73.65	73.65
5	Manuela Montebrun Manuela Montebrun Manuela Montebrun is a female hammer thrower from France. Her personal best throw is 74.66 metres, achieved in July 2005 in Zagreb.-Achievements:-References:*...		67.63	70.55	70.01	72.54	71.92	70.63	72.54
6	Anita Włodarczyk		69.39	x	71.56	70.86	x	x	71.56
7	Clarissa Claretti Clarissa Claretti Clarissa Claretti is an Italian hammer thrower. Her personal best throw is 72.46 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Cagliari.-Achievements:-References:...		x	71.33	x	x	x	x	71.33
8	Martina Danišová-Hrasnová		68.28	x	71.00	x	70.19	x	71.00
9	Betty Heidler Betty Heidler Betty Heidler is a German hammer thrower, a world record holder. She is living in Frankfurt now and member of the Eintracht Frankfurt athletes team...		x	x	70.06				70.06
10	Yelena Priyma Yelena Priyma Yelena Aleksandrovna Priyma is a female hammer thrower from Russia. Her personal best throw is 71.75 metres, achieved in May 2007 in Sochi.-Achievements:-References:*...		68.19	69.72	67.33				69.72
11	Stilianí Papadopoúlou Stiliani Papadopoulou Stiliani Papadopoulou is a female hammer thrower from Greece. She was born in Thessaloniki. Her personal best throw is 72.10 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Nikiti. This is the Greek record.She finished eleventh at the 2008 Olympic Games...		x	x	64.97				64.97

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Kamila Skolimowska

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