Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's hammer throw

The Women's Hammer Throw event at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Wednesday, 27 September and Friday, 29 September.^[1]

Women's hammer throw at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Stadium Australia
Dates	27 September 2000 (qualification) 29 September 2000 (final)
Competitors	28 from 20 nations
Winning distance	71.16 OR
Medalists
Kamila Skolimowska  Poland Olga Kuzenkova  Russia Kirsten Münchow  Germany
2004 →

The qualifying athletes progressed through to the final where the qualifying distances are scrapped and they start afresh with up to six throws. The qualifying distance was 65.50 metres. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest throws until a total of 12 qualifiers.

Medalists

Gold	Kamila Skolimowska  Poland
Silver	Olga Kuzenkova  Russia
Bronze	Kirsten Münchow  Germany

Schedule

• All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
27.09.2000 – 09:00h	27.09.2000 – 11:00h
Final Round
29.09.2000 – 19:00h

Abbreviations

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics
World Record	Mihaela Melinte (ROM)	76.06 m	29 August 1999	Rüdlingen, Switzerland
Olympic Record	New Event
Seasons Best	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	75.68 m	4 June 2000	Tula, Russia
Broken records during the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	70.60 m	27 September 2000	Sydney, Australia
Olympic Record	Kamila Skolimowska (POL)	71.16 m	29 September 2000	Sydney, Australia

Qualifying

Group A

Rank	Athlete	Country	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	Olga Kuzenkova	Russia	70.60	—	—	70.60 m	OR
2	Kamila Skolimowska	Poland	66.30	—	—	66.30 m
3	Yipsi Moreno	Cuba	65.74	—	—	65.74 m
4	Dawn Ellerbe	United States	64.91	63.27	57.99	64.91 m
5	Svetlana Sudak	Belarus	X	X	63.83	63.83 m
6	Lorraine Shaw	Great Britain	63.21	62.60	57.09	63.21 m
7	Amy Palmer	United States	61.96	62.49	62.78	62.78 m
8	Iryna Sekachova	Ukraine	61.44	60.62	X	61.44 m
9	Tasha Williams	New Zealand	50.96	54.14	61.18	61.18 m
10	Alla Davydova	Russia	60.86	X	X	60.86 m
11	Karyne Perkins	Australia	55.18	59.49	55.22	59.49 m
12	Mia Strömmer	Finland	57.33	X	59.43	59.43 m
13	Michelle Fournier	Canada	X	55.72	59.15	59.15 m
14	Caroline Fournier	Mauritius	X	53.60	56.18	56.18 m
—	Ester Balassini	Italy	X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Athlete	Country	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	Kirsten Münchow	Germany	59.09	67.64	—	67.64 m
2	Ivana Brkljačić	Croatia	65.01	62.59	X	65.01 m
3	Deborah Sosimenko	Australia	64.01	61.18	59.53	64.01 m
4	Sini Pöyry	Finland	63.80	60.12	61.81	63.80 m
5	Lyudmila Gubkina	Belarus	62.40	63.13	63.29	63.29 m
6	Katalin Divós	Hungary	61.88	X	62.74	62.74 m
7	Lisa Misipeka	American Samoa	61.74	58.74	X	61.74 m
8	Tatyana Konstantinova	Russia	57.24	61.14	61.48	61.48 m
9	Jesseca Cross	United States	56.98	60.85	60.51	60.85 m
10	Zhao Wei	China	59.54	57.44	55.98	59.54 m
11	Manuela Montebrun	France	57.60	X	57.77	57.77 m
12	Aneliya Yordanova	Bulgaria	X	54.92	54.69	54.92 m
—	Olga Tsander	Belarus	X	X	X	NM

Overall Qualifying results

Place	Athlete	Country	Group	Mark	Qual	Extra
1	Olga Kuzenkova	Russia	A	70.60	Q	OR
2	Kirsten Münchow	Germany	B	67.64	Q
3	Kamila Skolimowska	Poland	A	66.30	Q
4	Yipsi Moreno	Cuba	A	65.74	Q
5	Ivana Brkljačić	Croatia	B	65.01	Q
6	Dawn Ellerbe	United States	A	64.91	Q
7	Deborah Sosimenko	Australia	B	64.01	Q
8	Svetlana Sudak	Belarus	A	63.83	Q
9	Sini Pöyry	Finland	B	63.80	Q
10	Lyudmila Gubkina	Belarus	B	63.29	Q
11	Lorraine Shaw	Great Britain	A	63.21	Q
12	Amy Palmer	United States	A	62.78	Q
13	Katalin Divós	Hungary	B	62.74
14	Lisa Misipeka	American Samoa	B	61.74
15	Tatyana Konstantinova	Russia	B	61.48
16	Iryna Sekachova	Ukraine	A	61.44
17	Tasha Williams	New Zealand	A	61.18
18	Alla Davydova	Russia	A	60.68
19	Jesseca Cross	United States	B	60.85
20	Zhao Wei	China	B	59.54
21	Karyne Perkins	Australia	A	59.49
22	Mia Strömmer	Finland	A	59.43
23	Michelle Fournier	Canada	B	59.15
24	Manuela Montebrun	France	B	57.77
25	Caroline Fournier	Mauritius	A	56.18
26	Aneliya Yordanova	Bulgaria	B	54.92
—	Ester Balassini	Italy	A	NM
—	Olga Tsander	Belarus	B	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Extra
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Kamila Skolimowska (POL)	X	66.33	71.16	66.06	69.91	—	71.16 m	OR
	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	X	67.18	69.64	69.77	X	X	69.77 m
	Kirsten Münchow (GER)	66.42	X	67.81	66.03	69.28	67.96	69.28 m	NR
4	Yipsi Moreno (CUB)	65.79	67.16	67.04	64.88	68.33	67.43	68.33 m
5	Deborah Sosimenko (AUS)	67.95	64.24	65.49	66.39	X	X	67.95 m	AR
6	Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR)	66.04	66.16	X	67.08	66.77	66.95	67.08 m
7	Dawn Ellerbe (USA)	62.50	64.51	66.80	64.40	66.16	64.71	66.80 m
8	Amy Palmer (USA)	X	60.21	66.15	59.42	X	X	66.15 m
9	Lorraine Shaw (GBR)	64.27	56.96	63.65				64.27 m
10	Svetlana Sudak (BLR)	X	64.21	X				64.21 m
11	Ivana Brkljačić (CRO)	61.25	63.20	X				63.20 m
12	Sini Pöyry (FIN)	62.49	X	62.21				62.49 m

See also

• 2000 Hammer Throw Year Ranking