Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's hammer throw

Women's hammer throw at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Date	18 August 2008 (qualification) 20 August 2008 (final)
Competitors	50 from 34 nations
Winning distance	76.34 OR
Medalists
Vacant   Yipsi Moreno   Cuba   Zhang Wenxiu   China

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 18–20 August at the Beijing National Stadium.^[1]

The qualifying standards were 69.50 m (A standard) and 67.00 m (B standard).^[2]

Schedule

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)

Date	Time	Round
Monday, 18 August 2008	09:10	Qualifications[3]
Wednesday, 20 August 2008	19:20	Finals[4]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Tatyana Lysenko (RUS)	77.80 m	Tallinn, Estonia	15 August 2006
Olympic record	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	75.02 m	Athens, Greece	25 August 2004

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:

Date	Event	Athlete	Time	Notes
20 August	Final	Aksana Miankova (BLR)	76.34	OR

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: 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	Cuba	71.31	x	73.92	73.92	Q
2	B	Zhang Wenxiu	China	73.36			73.36	Q
3	A	Martina Danišová-Hrašnová	Slovakia	70.03	x	72.87	72.87	Q
4	B	Manuela Montebrun	France	69.80	69.86	72.81	72.81	Q
5	B	Clarissa Claretti	Italy	67.15	71.82		71.82	Q
6	A	Anita Włodarczyk	Poland	71.76			71.76	Q
7	A	Betty Heidler	Germany	66.28	71.51		71.51	Q
8	A	Darya Pchelnik	Belarus	69.43	71.30	69.24	71.30	q
9	B	Yelena Priyma	Russia	70.69	69.79	65.64	70.69	q
10	B	Kamila Skolimowska	Poland	65.97	69.79	67.01	69.79	q
DSQ[5]	B	Aksana Miankova	Belarus	62.95	65.55	69.77	69.77	q
12	A	Stiliani Papadopoulou	Greece	66.68	69.36	69.29	69.36	q
13	A	Maryia Smaliachkova	Belarus	x	69.22	x	69.22
14	A	Stéphanie Falzon	France	x	68.93	x	68.93
15	B	Arasay Thondike	Cuba	x	66.68	68.74	68.74
16	A	Ivana Brkljacić	Croatia	66.54	x	68.38	68.38
17	B	Sviatlana Sudak-Torun	Turkey	68.22	67.36	67.18	68.22
18	A	Bianca Perie	Romania	68.21	66.29	x	68.21
19	A	Iryna Novozhylova	Ukraine	67.36	x	68.11	68.11
20	A	Anna Bulgakova	Russia	x	68.04	x	68.04
21	B	Amber Campbell	United States	67.86	x	x	67.86
22	A	Yelena Konevtseva	Russia	66.81	67.83	x	67.83
23	B	Eileen O'Keeffe	Ireland	62.53	62.05	67.66	67.66
24	B	Kathrin Klaas	Germany	66.39	67.54	66.95	67.54
25	B	Iryna Sekachova	Ukraine	62.83	x	67.47	67.47
26	B	Lenka Ledvinová	Czech Republic	65.98	65.23	67.17	67.17
27	A	Inna Sayenko	Ukraine	x	66.92	x	66.92
28	B	Alexandra Papageorgiou	Greece	66.72	65.73	x	66.72
29	B	Jennifer Dahlgren	Argentina	58.60	x	66.35	66.35
30	A	Merja Korpela	Finland	62.70	65.76	66.29	66.29
31	B	Yunaika Crawford	Cuba	66.16	65.00	64.08	66.16
32	A	Wang Zheng	China	65.64	61.36	x	65.64
33	A	Sultana Frizell	Canada	x	60.43	65.44	65.44
34	A	Éva Orbán	Hungary	65.12	x	65.41	65.41
35	A	Zoe Derham	Great Britain	64.74	64.61	64.57	64.74
36	B	Johana Moreno	Colombia	x	64.31	64.66	64.66
37	A	Zalina Marghieva	Moldova	x	64.20	x	64.20
38	B	Małgorzata Zadura	Poland	63.35	64.13	x	64.13
39	A	Loree Smith	United States	62.25	62.33	63.60	63.60
40	B	Candice Scott	Trinidad and Tobago	63.03	62.53	x	63.03
41	B	Berta Castells	Spain	62.44	61.76	x	62.44
42	A	Silvia Salis	Italy	x	x	62.28	62.28
43	B	Marina Marghieva	Moldova	61.03	x	62.12	62.12
44	B	Paraskevi Theodorou	Cyprus	x	61.00	x	61.00
45	B	Sanja Gavrilovic	Croatia	60.55	60.37	60.36	60.55
46	A	Vânia Silva	Portugal	x	58.10	59.42	59.42
47	A	Galina Mityaeva	Tajikistan	x	48.59	51.38	51.38
	A	Jessica Cosby	United States	x	x	x	NM
	B	Amélie Perrin	France	x	x	x	NM
	B	Georgina Toth	Cameroon	x	x	x	NM

WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

DNF = did not finish | DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place

Finals

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
DSQ[5]	Aksana Miankova	Belarus	74.40	x	72.23	x	76.34	51.72	76.34	OR
	Yipsi Moreno	Cuba	x	73.95	72.61	x	74.70	75.20	75.20
	Zhang Wenxiu	China	74.00	74.32	73.40	73.50	70.75	73.53	74.32	SB
4	Darya Pchelnik	Belarus	69.10	72.46	72.82	71.00	72.83	73.65	73.65
5	Manuela Montebrun	France	67.63	70.55	70.01	72.54	71.92	70.63	72.54
6	Anita Włodarczyk	Poland	69.39	x	71.56	70.86	x	x	71.56
7	Clarissa Claretti	Italy	x	71.33	x	x	x	x	71.33
8	Martina Danišová-Hrasnová	Slovakia	68.28	x	71.00	x	70.19	x	71.00
9	Betty Heidler	Germany	x	x	70.06				70.06
10	Yelena Priyma	Russia	68.19	69.72	67.33				69.72
11	Stilianí Papadopoúlou	Greece	x	x	64.97				64.97
	Kamila Skolimowska	Poland	x	x	x				NM

References

1. "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
2. "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
3. "Women's Hammer Throw Qualifying Rounds". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
4. "Women's Hammer Throw Final". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
5. IOC sanctions seven athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012