2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw

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 winning margin was 2 cm. As of 2024, this remains the only time the women's hammer throw was won by less than 4 cm at these championships.

Standing records prior to the 2007 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Tatyana Lysenko (RUS)	77.80 m	August 15, 2006	Tallinn, Estonia
Championships 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

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

Medalists

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

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	Nation	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
	Betty Heidler	Germany (GER)	X	74.76	X	73.73	71.31	73.10	74.76 m
	Yipsi Moreno	Cuba (CUB)	72.84	X	X	74.33	70.87	74.74	74.74 m
	Zhang Wenxiu	China (CHN)	X	73.11	X	74.21	74.39	X	74.39 m
4	Kamila Skolimowska	Poland (POL)	73.75	70.54	65.69	70.78	70.06	70.77	73.75 m
5	Yelena Konevtseva	Russia (RUS)	72.45	70.11	X	X	70.35	68.90	72.45 m
6	Eileen O'Keeffe	Ireland (IRL)	70.93	64.27	69.06	66.90	69.21	69.38	70.93 m
7	Clarissa Claretti	Italy (ITA)	X	70.25	70.73	67.56	70.74	X	70.74 m
8	Manuela Montebrun	France (FRA)	69.77	70.36	67.42	69.16	66.41	69.92	70.36 m

9	Arasay Thondike	Cuba (CUB)	65.84	70.20	67.65				70.20 m
10	Gulfiya Khanafeyeva	Russia (RUS)	67.79	X	69.08				69.08 m
11	Ivana Brkljačić	Croatia (CRO)	68.16	X	X				68.16 m
12	Yunaika Crawford	Cuba (CUB)	67.30	X	67.56				67.56 m