Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's hammer throw
Women's hammer throw at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 12–15 August 2016 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 32 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning distance | 82.29 m WR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The women's hammer throw competition at the
Summary
Anita Włodarczyk, the reigning World Champion and European Champion, was one of the stand-out gold medal favourites in the Olympic athletics programme, given that she held all ten of the best throws that year and a season's best of 80.26 m – the third best ever. The next best thrower that season was almost five metres behind on the rankings: Betty Heidler was the European runner-up. China's Zhang Wenxiu and Wang Zheng were the next highest ranked.[2][3][4]
Włodarczyk continued her unbeaten streak since 2014 to top qualifying in 76.93 m. Zhang was second best in the round and Rosa Rodríguez of Venezuela was a surprise third automatic qualifier. The top ranked athletes progressed, though non threw beyond 72 metres. Hanna Skydan of Azerbaijan and American Gwen Berry were the most significant of the eliminated athletes.[5]
In the final, Włodarczyk assumed the lead with her first throw of 76.35 m, ahead of Zhang's 75.06 m and Heidler holding bronze position with 71.38 m. The second round saw
The medals were presented by
Two weeks after the Olympics, Włodarczyk improved the world record again out to 82.98 m (272 ft 2 in).
Schedule
All times are Brasília Time (UTC−3).
Date | Time | Round |
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Friday, 12 August 2016 | 20:40 | Qualifications |
Monday, 15 August 2016 | 10:40 | Finals |
Records
Prior to the competition[update], the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Anita Wlodarczyk (POL)
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81.08 m | Władysławowo, Poland | 1 August 2015 |
Olympic record | Anita Wlodarczyk (POL)
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77.60 m | London, United Kingdom | 11 August 2012 |
2016 World leading | Anita Wlodarczyk (POL)
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80.26 m | Cetniewo, Poland
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12 July 2016 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Distance | Record |
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16 August | Final | Anita Włodarczyk | Poland | 80.40 m | OR |
16 August | Final | Anita Włodarczyk | Poland | 82.29 m | WR |
The following national records were established during the competition:
Country | Athlete | Round | Distance | Notes |
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Poland | Anita Włodarczyk (POL) | Final | 82.29 m | WR, OR, AR |
Great Britain | Sophie Hitchon (GBR) | Final | 74.54 m |
Results
Qualification
Qualification rule: qualification standard 72.00 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).
Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
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1 | A | Anita Włodarczyk | Poland | 76.93 | 76.93 | Q | ||
2 | B | Zhang Wenxiu | China | x | 70.72 | 73.58 | 73.58 | Q |
3 | A | Rosa Rodriguez |
Venezuela | x | 69.34 | 72.41 | 72.41 | Q, SB |
4 | B | Joanna Fiodorow | Poland | 71.77 | 71.59 | 69.29 | 71.77 | q |
5 | A | Zalina Marghieva |
Moldova | 68.80 | 71.72 | 70.90 | 71.72 | q |
6 | B | Betty Heidler | Germany | 71.17 | 66.62 | 68.60 | 71.17 | q |
7 | B | Hanna Malyshchyk | Belarus | x | 64.69 | 71.12 | 71.12 | q |
8 | B | Amber Campbell | United States | 71.09 | x | x | 71.09 | q |
9 | A | DeAnna Price | United States | 69.25 | 69.52 | 70.79 | 70.79 | q |
10 | A | Wang Zheng | China | 68.91 | 70.60 | x | 70.60 | q |
11 | B | Sophie Hitchon | Great Britain | x | 70.37 | 68.68 | 70.37 | q |
12 | A | Alexandra Tavernier | France | x | 68.42 | 70.30 | 70.30 | q |
13 | B | Hanna Skydan | Azerbaijan | 67.05 | 68.98 | 70.09 | 70.09 | |
14 | A | Gwen Berry | United States | 68.07 | x | 69.90 | 69.90 | |
15 | B | Malwina Kopron | Poland | 69.31 | 69.69 | x | 69.69 | |
16 | A | Liu Tingting | China | 67.40 | 69.14 | 63.35 | 69.14 | |
17 | A | Katerina Safrankova |
Czech Republic | 66.52 | 68.33 | 65.30 | 68.33 | |
18 | B | Kathrin Klaas | Germany | 67.92 | 64.89 | 67.01 | 67.92 | |
19 | A | Martina Hrasnova |
Slovakia | 67.63 | 66.10 | 64.32 | 67.63 | |
20 | A | Alena Sobaleva | Belarus | x | 66.71 | 67.06 | 67.06 | |
21 | B | Tuğçe Şahutoğlu | Turkey | 65.47 | 67.05 | 61.92 | 67.05 | |
22 | A | Iryna Novozhylova | Ukraine | 66.70 | x | 65.15 | 66.70 | |
23 | A | Heather Steacy | Canada | 66.01 | x | 63.78 | 66.01 | |
24 | B | Marina Marghieva-Nikisenko |
Moldova | 65.19 | 63.82 | 65.10 | 65.19 | |
25 | B | Amy Sene |
Senegal | 64.83 | x | 60.91 | 64.83 | |
26 | A | Kıvılcım Kaya Salman | Turkey | x | x | 64.79 | 64.79 | |
27 | B | Jennifer Dahlgren | Argentina | 63.03 | x | x | 63.03 | |
28 | B | Iryna Klymets | Ukraine | 62.00 | x | 62.75 | 62.75 | |
29 | A | Charlene Woitha | Germany | x | x | 62.50 | 62.50 | |
30 | A | Daina Levy | Jamaica | x | 60.35 | x | 60.35 | |
31 | B | Nataliya Zolotukhina | Ukraine | 56.60 | x | 56.96 | 56.96 | |
32 | B | Yirisleydi Ford | Cuba | 10.91 | x | x | 10.91 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
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Anita Włodarczyk | Poland | 76.35 | 80.40 | 82.29 | x | 81.74 | 79.60 | 82.29 | WR | |
Zhang Wenxiu | China | 75.06 | 74.04 | 76.19 | 74.65 | 76.75 | 70.93 | 76.75 | SB | |
Sophie Hitchon | Great Britain | x | 73.29 | 71.73 | 72.28 | 72.89 | 74.54 | 74.54 | NR | |
4 | Betty Heidler | Germany | 71.38 | 69.24 | 69.84 | 72.71 | 73.71 | x | 73.71 | |
5 | Zalina Marghieva |
Moldova | 69.01 | x | 72.38 | 73.50 | 72.96 | 70.24 | 73.50 | |
6 | Amber Campbell | United States | 68.18 | 68.85 | 70.20 | 70.57 | 72.74 | 71.09 | 72.74 | |
7 | Hanna Malyshchyk | Belarus | 66.58 | x | 70.38 | 70.60 | 69.68 | 71.90 | 71.90 | |
8 | DeAnna Price | United States | 68.12 | x | 70.95 | x | 61.95 | 69.18 | 70.95 | |
9 | Joanna Fiodorow | Poland | 69.87 | x | 68.63 | did not advance | 69.87 | |||
10 | Rosa Rodríguez | Venezuela | 67.94 | 66.87 | 69.26 | did not advance | 69.26 | |||
11 | Alexandra Tavernier | France | x | 65.18 | x | did not advance | 65.18 | |||
– | Wang Zheng |
China | x | x | x | did not advance | NM |
References
- ^ "Women's Hammer Throw". Archived from the original on 2016-09-01. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ^ Landells, Steve (2016-08-07). Preview: women's hammer – Rio 2016 Olympic Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-12.
- ^ Tatyana Lysenko: Russian Olympic champion fails doping test. BBC Sport (2016-04-05). Retrieved on 2016-08-12.
- ^ senior outdoor 2016 Hammer Throw women. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-12.
- ^ Landells, Steve (2016-08-13). Report: women's hammer qualifying – Rio 2016 Olympic Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-13.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
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External links
- Rio Replay: Women's Hammer Final on YouTube