2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw

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.

Medalists

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

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

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 (GER)	75.27			75.27	Q, CR
2	A	Anita Włodarczyk	Poland (POL)	74.54			74.54	Q
3	B	Zhang Wenxiu	China (CHN)	72.72			72.72	Q, SB
4	A	Jessica Cosby	United States (USA)	72.21			72.21	Q, PB
5	B	Tatyana Lysenko	Russia (RUS)	70.16	x	71.73	71.73	q
6	A	Stéphanie Falzon	France (FRA)	70.35	x	71.54	71.54	q
7	B	Martina Hrašnová	Slovakia (SVK)	x	70.97	71.50	71.50	q
8	B	Sultana Frizell	Canada (CAN)	67.53	70.98	69.33	70.98	q
9	B	Manuela Montebrun	France (FRA)	68.65	62.49	70.66	70.66	q
10	B	Amber Campbell	United States (USA)	68.48	70.54	69.95	70.54	q
11	B	Kathrin Klaas	Germany (GER)	70.53	68.82	x	70.53	q
12	B	Clarissa Claretti	Italy (ITA)	68.99	69.93	70.01	70.01	q
13	A	Aksana Miankova	Belarus (BLR)	x	67.47	69.58	69.58
14	B	Éva Orbán	Hungary (HUN)	67.57	67.57	69.39	69.39
15	B	Darya Pchelnik	Belarus (BLR)	69.14	67.61	69.30	69.30
16	B	Arasay Thondike	Cuba (CUB)	x	x	68.97	68.97
17	A	Jennifer Dahlgren	Argentina (ARG)	68.90	65.42	64.56	68.90
18	A	Silvia Salis	Italy (ITA)	68.55	67.46	64.36	68.55
19	A	Bianca Perie	Romania (ROM)	67.74	68.47	62.67	68.47
20	B	Merja Korpela	Finland (FIN)	66.89	68.34	68.02	68.34
21	A	Stiliani Papadopoulou	Greece (GRE)	x	67.33	x	67.33
22	A	Berta Castells	Spain (ESP)	67.32	x	x	67.32
23	A	Jennifer Joyce	Canada (CAN)	x	66.59	67.07	67.07
24	A	Andrea Bunjes	Germany (GER)	67.01	x	-	67.01
25	B	Erin Gilreath	United States (USA)	65.64	66.72	66.25	66.72
26	B	Zalina Marghieva	Moldova (MDA)	66.70	x	62.56	66.70
27	A	Iryna Sekachova	Ukraine (UKR)	x	66.69	66.26	66.69
28	B	Alexandra Papageorgiou	Greece (GRE)	66.33	x	62.78	66.33
29	B	Nataliya Zolotukhina	Ukraine (UKR)	65.95	64.88	65.71	65.95
30	B	Rosa Rodríguez	Venezuela (VEN)	65.88	65.39	60.27	65.88
31	A	Johana Moreno	Colombia (COL)	65.05	64.35	x	65.05
32	B	Iryna Novozhylova	Ukraine (UKR)	62.98	x	64.90	64.90
33	A	Marina Marghiev	Moldova (MDA)	x	x	64.83	64.83
34	B	Cecilia Nilsson	Sweden (SWE)	61.00	63.77	63.31	63.77
35	A	Eileen O'Keeffe	Ireland (IRL)	63.20	x	x	63.20
36	A	Lenka Ledvinová	Czech Republic (CZE)	62.92	x	58.72	62.92
37	A	Vânia Silva	Portugal (POR)	62.66	62.86	62.67	62.86
38	A	Florence Ezeh	Togo (TOG)	59.76	59.61	58.34	59.76
39	A	Galina Mityaeva	Tajikistan (TJK)	x	56.31	x	56.31
	A	Paraskevi Theodorou	Cyprus (CYP)	x	x	x	NM
	B	Zoe Derham	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	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 (POL)	74.86	77.96	-	-	-	x	77.96	WR
	Betty Heidler	Germany (GER)	75.10	75.38	75.73	73.45	76.44	77.12	77.12	NR
	Martina Hrašnová	Slovakia (SVK)	67.84	72.72	73.07	69.50	74.79	65.65	74.79
4	Kathrin Klaas	Germany (GER)	72.02	x	74.23	66.28	x	x	74.23	PB
5	Zhang Wenxiu	China (CHN)	69.42	72.57	x	71.80	70.83	71.03	72.57
6	Tatyana Lysenko	Russia (RUS)	72.22	x	71.36	x	71.51	70.16	72.22
7	Jessica Cosby	United States (USA)	x	72.17	69.94	68.10	x	71.35	72.17
8	Clarissa Claretti	Italy (ITA)	71.56	69.42	70.97	70.91	70.24	x	71.56
9	Stéphanie Falzon	France (FRA)	71.40	70.80	x				71.40
10	Sultana Frizell	Canada (CAN)	69.63	70.88	68.47				70.88
11	Amber Campbell	United States (USA)	64.62	70.08	x				70.08
12	Manuela Montebrun	France (FRA)	x	69.92	69.75				69.92

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

See also

• 2009 Hammer Throw Year Ranking