2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw

Events at the
2009 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 women
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 Women's Hammer Throw event at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 20 and August 22.

Contents

Medalists

Gold  Anita Włodarczyk (POL)
Silver  Betty Heidler (GER)
Bronze  Martina Hrašnová (SVK)

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

Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows.

World Record  Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) 77.80 Tallinn, Estonia 15 August 2006
Championship Record  Mihaela Melinte (ROU) 75.20 Seville, Spain 24 August 1999
World Leading  Anita Włodarczyk (POL) 77.20 Cottbus, Germany 8 August 2009
African Record  Marwa Hussein (EGY) 68.48 Cairo, Egypt 18 February 2002
Asian Record  Zhang Wenxiu (CHN) 74.86 Shijiazhuang, China 3 August 2007
North American record  Yipsi Moreno (CUB) 76.62 Zagreb, Croatia 9 September 2008
South American record  Jennifer Dahlgren (ARG) 72.94 Athens, Georgia, United States 13 April 2007
European Record  Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) 77.80 Tallinn, Estonia 15 August 2006
Oceanian Record  Bronwyn Eagles (AUS) 71.12 Adelaide, Australia 6 February 2003

The following records were set during this competition.

Date Event Athlete Distance Records broken
22 August Final  Anita Włodarczyk (POL) 77.96 m WR, CR, WL, ER

Qualification standards

A standard B standard
70.00m 67.50m

Schedule

Date Time Round
August 20, 2009 14:15 Qualification
August 22, 2009 19:30 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 72.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 A Betty Heidler  Germany 75.27 75.27 Q, CR
2 A Anita Włodarczyk  Poland 74.54 74.54 Q
3 B Zhang Wenxiu  China 72.72 72.72 Q, SB
4 A Jessica Cosby  United States 72.21 72.21 Q, PB
5 B Tatyana Lysenko  Russia 70.16 x 71.73 71.73 q
6 A Stéphanie Falzon  France 70.35 x 71.54 71.54 q
7 B Martina Hrašnová  Slovakia x 70.97 71.50 71.50 q
8 B Sultana Frizell  Canada 67.53 70.98 69.33 70.98 q
9 B Manuela Montebrun  France 68.65 62.49 70.66 70.66 q
10 B Amber Campbell  United States 68.48 70.54 69.95 70.54 q
11 B Kathrin Klaas  Germany 70.53 68.82 x 70.53 q
12 B Clarissa Claretti  Italy 68.99 69.93 70.01 70.01 q
13 A Aksana Miankova  Belarus x 67.47 69.58 69.58
14 B Éva Orbán  Hungary 67.57 67.57 69.39 69.39
15 B Darya Pchelnik  Belarus 69.14 67.61 69.30 69.30
16 B Arasay Thondike  Cuba x x 68.97 68.97
17 A Jennifer Dahlgren  Argentina 68.90 65.42 64.56 68.90
18 A Silvia Salis  Italy 68.55 67.46 64.36 68.55
19 A Bianca Perie  Romania 67.74 68.47 62.67 68.47
20 B Merja Korpela  Finland 66.89 68.34 68.02 68.34
21 A Stiliani Papadopoulou  Greece x 67.33 x 67.33
22 A Berta Castells  Spain 67.32 x x 67.32
23 A Jennifer Joyce  Canada x 66.59 67.07 67.07
24 A Andrea Bunjes  Germany 67.01 x - 67.01
25 B Erin Gilreath  United States 65.64 66.72 66.25 66.72
26 B Zalina Marghieva  Moldova 66.70 x 62.56 66.70
27 A Iryna Sekachova  Ukraine x 66.69 66.26 66.69
28 B Alexandra Papageorgiou  Greece 66.33 x 62.78 66.33
29 B Nataliya Zolotukhina  Ukraine 65.95 64.88 65.71 65.95
30 B Rosa Rodríguez  Venezuela 65.88 65.39 60.27 65.88
31 A Johana Moreno  Colombia 65.05 64.35 x 65.05
32 B Iryna Novozhylova  Ukraine 62.98 x 64.90 64.90
33 A Marina Marghiev  Moldova x x 64.83 64.83
34 B Cecilia Nilsson  Sweden 61.00 63.77 63.31 63.77
35 A Eileen O'Keeffe  Ireland 63.20 x x 63.20
36 A Lenka Ledvinová  Czech Republic 62.92 x 58.72 62.92
37 A Vânia Silva  Portugal 62.66 62.86 62.67 62.86
38 A Florence Ezeh  Togo 59.76 59.61 58.34 59.76
39 A Galina Mityaeva  Tajikistan x 56.31 x 56.31
A Paraskevi Theodorou  Cyprus x x x NM
B Zoe Derham  Great Britain x x x NM

Key: NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result), Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
Anita Włodarczyk  Poland 74.86 77.96 - - - x 77.96 WR
Betty Heidler  Germany 75.10 75.38 75.73 73.45 76.44 77.12 77.12 NR
Martina Hrašnová  Slovakia 67.84 72.72 73.07 69.50 74.79 65.65 74.79
4 Kathrin Klaas  Germany 72.02 x 74.23 66.28 x x 74.23 PB
5 Zhang Wenxiu  China 69.42 72.57 x 71.80 70.83 71.03 72.57
6 Tatyana Lysenko  Russia 72.22 x 71.36 x 71.51 70.16 72.22
7 Jessica Cosby  United States x 72.17 69.94 68.10 x 71.35 72.17
8 Clarissa Claretti  Italy 71.56 69.42 70.97 70.91 70.24 x 71.56
9 Stéphanie Falzon  France 71.40 70.80 x 71.40
10 Sultana Frizell  Canada 69.63 70.88 68.47 70.88
11 Amber Campbell  United States 64.62 70.08 x 70.08
12 Manuela Montebrun  France x 69.92 69.75 69.92

Key: NR = National record, PB = Personal best, WR = World record

See also

References

General
Specific
Men's
1983 • 1987 • 1991 • 1993 • 1995 • 1997 • 1999 • 2001 • 2003 • 2005 • 2007 • 2009 • 2011
Women's
1983 • 1987 • 1991 • 1993 • 1995 • 1997 • 1999 • 2001 • 2003 • 2005 • 2007 • 2009 • 2011