1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw

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1998 European
Athletics Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
10 km walkwomen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The final of the

Budapest, Hungary
was held on Saturday August 22, 1998. There were a total number of 35 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged a day earlier, on Friday August 21, with the mark set at 61.50 metres. It was the first time in history that women competed in the hammer throw at the European Championships.

Medalists

Gold Romania Mihaela Melinte
Romania (ROM)
Silver Russia Olga Kuzenkova
Russia (RUS)
Bronze
Kirsten Münchow
Germany
(GER)

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
CR championship record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1998 European Athletics Championships
World Record  Mihaela Melinte (ROM) 73.14 m July 16, 1998
Poiana Brasov, Romania
Event Record New Event
Season Best
  Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) 73.80 m [1] May 15, 1998
Togliattigrad, Russia
Broken records during the 1998 European Athletics Championships
Event Record  Mihaela Melinte (ROM) 71.17 m August 22, 1998 Hungary Budapest, Hungary

Qualification

Final ranking

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1  Mihaela Melinte (ROM) 68.65 m
2  
Kirsten Münchow
 (GER)		 66.81 m
3  
Svetlana Sudak
 (BLR)		 64.12 m
4  Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) 64.10 m
5  Kamila Skolimowska (POL) 62.72 m SB
6  Alla Davydova (RUS) 62.69 m
7  Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR) 62.46 m
8  Simone Mathes (GER) 62.25 m
9  Katalin Divós (HUN) 61.62 m
10  Lorraine Shaw (GBR) 61.11 m
11  Lyn Sprules (GBR) 60.64 m SB
12  Manuela Priemer (GER) 59.15 m
13  Agnieszka Pogroszewska (POL) 58.88 m
14  Florence Ezeh (FRA) 58.72 m
15  
Sini Pöyry
 (FIN)		 58.61 m
16  
Tatyana Konstantinova
 (RUS)		 58.35 m
17  Jolanta Borawska (POL) 57.79 m
18  Mia Strömmer (FIN) 57.40 m
19  Ester Balassini (ITA) 56.42 m
20  Julianna Tudja (HUN) 55.90 m
21  Iryna Sekachova (UKR) 55.37 m
22  Cécile Lignot-Maubert (FRA) 54.68 m
23  Dolores Pedrares (ESP) 52.10 54.34 51.01 54.34 m
24  Barbara Sugar (HUN) 54.29 m
25  Manuela Montebrun (FRA) 54.13 m
26  Maria Tranchina (ITA) 53.87 m
27  Jennifer Petit (BEL) 53.63 m
28  Unn Merete Lie (NOR) 53.01 m
29  Nicola Coffey (IRL) 52.63 m
30  Nesrin Kaya (TUR) 51.70 m
31  Sonia Martins (POR) 50.70 m
32  Charlotte Wahlin (DEN) 50.62 m
—  Ivana Brkljačić (CRO) X X X NM
—  Olivia Kelleher (IRL) X X X NM

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Mihaela Melinte (ROM) 68.41 66.19 69.02 X 70.63 71.17 71.17 m CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) 69.23 69.28 63.72 X X X 69.28 m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  
Kirsten Münchow
 (GER)		 X 61.28 X 61.03 X 65.61 65.61 m
4  Simone Mathes (GER) 56.29 63.60 X X 62.96 64.05 64.05 m
5  Katalin Divós (HUN) 63.74 58.90 X 60.04 61.93 X 63.74 m NR
6  Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR) 62.15 X X X X 63.03 63.03 m
7  Kamila Skolimowska (POL) X 61.50 62.68 X 59.63 X 62.68 m
8  Alla Davydova (RUS) 60.47 60.88 60.91 62.36 61.92 61.62 62.36 m
9  
Svetlana Sudak
 (BLR)		 60.14 X 60.12 60.14 m
10  Manuela Priemer (GER) 58.07 59.47 X 59.47 m
11  Lorraine Shaw (GBR) X 54.55 58.19 58.19 m
12  Lyn Sprules (GBR) X 57.68 X 57.68 m

See also

  • 1998 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

Notes

  1. IAAF

References

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