2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw

Events at the
2001 World Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
 

The final of the Women's Hammer Throw event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Canada was held on Tuesday August 7, 2001. There were a total number of 34 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged on Monday August 6, with the mark set at 67.00 metres.

Contents

Medalists

Gold Yipsi Moreno
Cuba (CUB)
Silver Olga Kuzenkova
Russia (RUS)
Bronze Bronwyn Eagles
Australia (AUS)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
06.08.2001 – 13:00h 06.08.2001 – 14:50h
Final Round
07.08.2001 – 20:05h

Startlist

Order № Athlete Season Best Personal Best
GROUP A
1 202  Marwa Hussein (EGY) 62.16 62.16
2 29  Karyne Di Marco (AUS) 64.32 65.38
3 758  Martina Danišová (SVK) 68.50 68.50
4 685  Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) 73.62 75.68
5 193  Lucie Vrbenská (CZE) 65.41 65.41
6 278  Manuela Montebrun (FRA) 70.28 71.18
7 253  Mia Strömmer (FIN) 69.63 69.63
8 424  Ester Balassini (ITA) 68.50 68.50
9 841  Melissa Price (USA) 66.25 66.25
10 348  Kirsten Münchow (GER) 68.09 69.28
11 371  Evdokia Tsamoglou (GRE) 65.83 65.83
12 66  Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR) 65.57 69.92
13 608  Agnieszka Pogroszewska (POL) 67.98 67.98
14 170  Ivana Brkljačić (CRO) 66.49 68.18
15 838  Anna Norgren (USA) 66.88 66.88
16 141  Zhang Wenxiu (CHN) 66.30 66.30
17 463  Masumi Aya (JPN) 62.13 62.13
GROUP B
1 340  Susanne Keil (GER) 68.07 68.07
2 594  Tasha Williams (NZL) 65.91 65.91
3 206  Nancy Guillén (ESA) 62.43 62.43
4 313  Lorraine Shaw (GBR) 68.15 68.15
5 819  Dawn Ellerbe (USA) 70.62 70.62
6 763  Cecilia Nilsson (SWE) 64.53 64.53
7 252  Sini Pöyry (FIN) 66.31 66.31
8 71  Olga Tsander (BLR) 68.94 69.81
9 187  Markéta Hajdu (CZE) 65.91 65.91
10 22  Bronwyn Eagles (AUS) 68.83 68.83
11 182  Yipsi Moreno (CUB) 70.41 70.41
12 19  Lisa Misipeka (ASA) 67.00 67.55
13 614  Kamila Skolimowska (POL) 68.48 71.16
14 264  Florence Ezeh (FRA) 66.85 66.85
15 126  Caroline Wittrin (CAN) 62.03 63.47
16 15  Karina Moya (ARG) 62.16 62.16
17 627  Vânia Silva (POR) 63.64 63.64

Abbreviations

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Mihaela Melinte (ROM) 76.07 m August 29, 1999 Rüdlingen, Switzerland
Event Record  Mihaela Melinte (ROM) 75.20 m August 24, 1999 Seville, Spain
Season Best  Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) 73.62 m February 24, 2001 Adler, Russia

Qualification

Group A

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 1  Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) 70.43 — — 70.43 m
2 3  Manuela Montebrun (FRA) 67.92 — — 67.92 m
3 7  Kirsten Münchow (GER) 65.69 X 63.77 65.69 m
4 8  Melissa Price (USA) 65.65 62.54 X 65.65 m
5 10  Ivana Brkljačić (CRO) 63.47 63.79 65.01 65.01 m
6 11  Zhang Wenxiu (CHN) 64.52 X 61.05 64.52 m
7 17  Anna Norgren (USA) X 63.26 63.74 63.74 m
8 18  Agnieszka Pogroszewska (POL) X 63.59 X 63.59 m
9 19  Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR) 61.63 63.58 X 63.58 m
10 21  Evdokia Tsamoglou (GRE) 61.50 60.00 61.97 61.97 m
11 23  Martina Danisová (SVK) 57.25 60.79 61.26 61.26 m
12 24  Mia Strömmer (FIN) 60.52 X 61.04 61.04 m
13 25  Lucie Vrbenská (CZE) X 56.76 60.01 60.01 m
14 26  Karyne Di Marco (AUS) 59.42 X 59.80 59.80 m
15 29  Masumi Aya (JPN) 58.84 56.89 58.70 58.84 m
16 30  Marwa Hussein (EGY) 54.50 58.41 X 58.41 m
— —  Ester Balassini (ITA) X X X NM

Group B

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 2  Bronwyn Eagles (AUS) 68.35 — — 68.35 m
2 4  Kamila Skolimowska (POL) 67.43 — — 67.43 m
3 5  Yipsi Moreno (CUB) 65.01 X 66.60 66.60 m
4 6  Florence Ezeh (FRA) 65.71 61.92 65.57 65.71 m
5 9  Olga Tsander (BLR) 65.18 62.24 X 65.18 m
6 12  Lorraine Shaw (GBR) 64.37 X 63.61 64.37 m
7 13  Dawn Ellerbe (USA) 64.34 63.66 61.62 64.34 m
8 14  Susanne Keil (GER) 64.06 X X 64.06 m
9 15  Tasha Williams (NZL) 62.09 63.79 63.83 63.83 m
10 16  Sini Pöyry (FIN) 61.59 63.76 X 63.76 m
11 20  Lisa Misipeka (ASA) X 63.34 60.73 63.34 m
12 22  Cecilia Nilsson (SWE) 61.07 61.53 59.63 61.53 m
13 27  Caroline Wittrin (CAN) 59.30 X X 59.30 m
14 28  Vânia Silva (POR) 58.50 58.85 58.91 58.91 m
15 31  Nancy Guillén (ESA) X 57.96 X 57.96 m
16 32  Karina Moya (ARG) X 56.77 57.01 57.01 m
17 33  Markéta Hajdu (CZE) 53.09 55.77 X 55.77 m

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
 Yipsi Moreno (CUB) 69.55 69.34 70.65 61.45 68.84 66.95 70.65 m AR
 Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) 70.61 69.94 X X X 69.78 70.61 m
 Bronwyn Eagles (AUS) 67.62 68.87 64.64 63.81 68.17 67.43 68.87 m
4  Kamila Skolimowska (POL) 67.74 67.88 67.07 68.05 67.93 68.02 68.05 m
5  Manuela Montebrun (FRA) 67.78 66.82 X X 67.74 X 67.78 m
6  Lorraine Shaw (GBR) 64.04 65.89 63.68 63.66 64.95 62.38 65.89 m
7  Florence Ezeh (FRA) 63.66 65.30 64.93 65.88 65.76 64.66 65.88 m
8  Ivana Brkljačić (CRO) 65.43 X X X 62.94 X 65.43 m
9  Kirsten Münchow (GER) 62.51 X 64.39 64.39 m
10  Volha Tsander (BLR) X 64.10 X 64.10 m
11  Zhang Wenxiu (CHN) 61.61 60.15 60.70 61.61 m
12  Melissa Price (USA) 61.57 60.58 59.51 61.57 m

See also

References

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