Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Women's hammer throw

The final of the Women's Hammer Throw competition at the 1997 Summer Universiade took place on August 29, 1997 in Catania, Italy. The event was contested for the first time at the Summer Universiade.

Contents 1 Medalists 2 Abbreviations 3 Final 4 See also 5 References

Medalists

Gold	Mihaela Melinte Romania (ROM)
Silver	Olga Kuzenkova Russia (RUS)
Bronze	Deborah Sosimenko Australia (AUS)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

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

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
1 !	Mihaela Melinte (ROM)							69.84 m
2 !	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)							65.96 m
3 !	Deborah Sosimenko (AUS)							65.02 m
4	Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR)							63.48 m
5	Svetlana Sudak (BLR)							61.70 m
6	Dawn Ellerbe (USA)							61.52 m
7	Caroline Fournier (MRI)							59.84 m
8	Nataliya Kunytskaya (UKR)							57.52 m
9	???							??? m
10	???							??? m
11	???							??? m
12	???							??? m

See also

• 1997 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

References

• hammerthrow.wz.cz
• FISU

Summer Universiade Champions in Women's Hammer Throw 1997 –1999: Mihaela Melinte (ROM) 2001: Manuela Montebrun (FRA) 2003: Liu Yinghui (CHN) 2005: Kamila Skolimowska (POL) 2007: Darya Pchelnik (BLR) 2009: Betty Heidler (GER) 2011: Zalina Marghieva (MDA)