2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw

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The Women's Hammer Throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 28, 2007 (qualification) and August 30, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. The qualification standard was set at 71.00 metres.

The greatest women's hammer throw competition in the history of the IAAF World Championships was crowned with Germany's Betty Heidler's second-round throw of 74.76 metres to take the gold medal. The result was in doubt until the final round, with Cuba’s Yipsi Moreno and PR China’s Zhang Wenxiu vying to dislodge the German. Silver was claimed in the end by the Cuban Olympic silver medallist and former World champion, while Zhang took China’s first ever hammer medal at World or Olympic level.

Though the championship record of 75.20 metres survived, other records tumbled. In all, there were nine women over 70 metres, a feat never before achieved in the World Championships. All three medalists went over 74 metres, which was another unique statistic, and for the first time there was incredulity as Russia was absent from the medals; Russian reigning champion Yelena Konevtseva managing no higher than the fifth spot.

All night long the 70 metres tape was to be breached no fewer than 25 times and Moreno set the tone with a first-round 72.84 metres. The 2000 Olympic champion Kamila Skolimowska from Poland replied with 73.75 metres to move into the lead. Heidler started inauspiciously, but there was a confident start from Ireland’s Eileen O'Keefe, moving into fourth place with a distance of 70.93 metres. Konevtseva started with 72.45 metres, but it was to be the furthest she was to throw all evening.

No change at the top in the fifth round, but Zhang continued her battle with Moreno and slipped back into silver with 74.39 metres. But in the final round the Cuban was to come back with a huge effort that won her the silver and came agonisingly close to Heidler’s lead, falling short by just 2 centimetres. That was the narrowest margin of defeat in the history of this event at the World Championships.

Contents

Medalists

Gold  Betty Heidler (GER)
Silver  Yipsi Moreno (CUB)
Bronze  Zhang Wenxiu (CHN)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
28.08.2007 – 10:00h 28.08.2007 – 11:35h
Final Round
30.08.2007 – 19:30h

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 2007 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) 77.80 m August 15, 2006 Tallinn, Estonia
Event Record  Mihaela Melinte (ROM) 75.20 m August 24, 1999 Seville, Spain
Season Best  Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) 77.30 m April 22, 2007 Bogatyr Adler, Russia

Qualification

Group A

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1 1  Ivana Brkljačić (CRO) 74.69 — — 74.69 m Q
2 3  Betty Heidler (GER) X 72.27 — 72.27 m Q
3 8  Manuela Montebrun (FRA) 69.02 69.77 69.40 69.77 m q
4 10  Arasay Thondike (CUB) 69.14 68.39 X 69.14 m q
5 11  Gulfiya Khanafeyeva (RUS) 65.91 X 68.65 68.65 m q
6 13  Martina Danišová (SVK) X 67.13 68.15 68.15 m  
7 14  Cecilia Nilsson (SWE) 68.09 67.01 64.30 68.09 m  
8 18  Alexandra Papayeoryiou (GRE) 66.88 X X 66.88 m  
9 19  Yelena Priyma (RUS) X 61.79 66.84 66.84 m  
10 23  Sviatlana Sudak-Torun (TUR) 65.65 65.22 X 65.65 m  
11 25  Jennifer Dahlgren (ARG) 65.64 X X 65.64 m  
12 30  Berta Castells (ESP) 63.32 X 60.93 63.32 m  
13 31  Liu Yinghui (CHN) X 62.83 62.62 62.83 m  
14 32  Masumi Aya (JPN) 61.55 62.68 59.43 62.68 m  
15 33  Mihaela Melinte (ROM) X X 62.40 62.40 m  
16 34  Vânia Silva (POR) X 56.28 61.81 61.81 m  
17 36  Katalin Divós (HUN) 57.22 59.45 58.61 59.45 m  
18 38  Brittany Riley (USA) X X 55.72 55.72 m  
— —  Susanne Keil (GER) X X X NM  
— —  Aksana Miankova (BLR) X X X NM  

Group B

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1 2  Yipsi Moreno (CUB) 72.87 — — 72.87 m Q / SB
2 4  Zhang Wenxiu (CHN) X 71.31 — 71.31 m Q
3 5  Eileen O'Keeffe (IRL) 71.07 — — 71.07 m Q
4 6  Yelena Konevtseva (RUS) 70.29 70.65 — 70.65 m q
5 7  Kamila Skolimowska (POL) 66.57 69.57 70.18 70.18 m q
6 9  Clarissa Claretti (ITA) X X 69.53 69.53 m q
7 12  Yunaika Crawford (CUB) 65.64 66.80 68.55 68.55 m q
8 15  Jessica Cosby (USA) 63.44 67.90 66.36 67.90 m
9 16  Merja Korpela (FIN) 67.87 65.89 X 67.87 m
10 17  Stéphanie Falzon (FRA) 66.37 66.82 67.19 67.19 m
11 20  Amélie Perrin (FRA) X 66.67 66.51 66.67 m
12 21  Lenka Ledvinová (CZE) 66.57 63.22 65.71 66.57 m
13 22  Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) 66.56 X 65.09 66.56 m
14 24  Mona Holm (NOR) X 63.16 65.65 65.65 m
15 26  Kristal Yush (USA) 61.74 64.24 64.63 64.63 m
16 27  Bianca Perie (ROM) 64.18 60.09 62.10 64.18 m
17 28  Kathrin Klaas (GER) X X 64.00 64.00 m
18 29  Nataliya Zolotukhina (UKR) 61.27 63.64 62.58 63.64 m
19 35  Rosa Rodríguez (VEN) 58.43 61.77 61.56 61.77 m
20 37  Hao Shuai (CHN) X 59.09 X 59.09 m

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
 Betty Heidler (GER) X 74.76 X 73.73 71.31 73.10 74.76 m
 Yipsi Moreno (CUB) 72.84 X X 74.33 70.87 74.74 74.74 m
 Zhang Wenxiu (CHN) X 73.11 X 74.21 74.39 X 74.39 m
4  Kamila Skolimowska (POL) 73.75 70.54 65.69 70.78 70.06 70.77 73.75 m
5  Yelena Konevtseva (RUS) 72.45 70.11 X X 70.35 68.90 72.45 m
6  Eileen O'Keeffe (IRL) 70.93 64.27 69.06 66.90 69.21 69.38 70.93 m
7  Clarissa Claretti (ITA) X 70.25 70.73 67.56 70.74 X 70.74 m
8  Manuela Montebrun (FRA) 69.77 70.36 67.42 69.16 66.41 69.92 70.36 m
9  Arasay Thondike (CUB) 65.84 70.20 67.65 70.20 m
10  Gulfiya Khanafeyeva (RUS) 67.79 X 69.08 69.08 m
11  Ivana Brkljačić (CRO) 68.16 X X 68.16 m
12  Yunaika Crawford (CUB) 67.30 X 67.56 67.56 m

See also

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