2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw

The women's hammer throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 5 and 7 August.[1]

Women's hammer throw
at the 2017 World Championships
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The Polish gold and bronze medalists, Anita Włodarczyk and Malwina Kopron, during their lap of honour
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates5 August (qualification)
7 August (final)
Competitors32 from 21 nations
Winning distance77.90 m (255 ft 6+34 in)
Medalists
gold medal    Poland
silver medal    China
bronze medal    Poland
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Summary

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As the only woman to have thrown over 80 metres, world record holder Anita Włodarczyk was the clear favourite. While she was the first to throw over 70 metres in this competition, the next thrower, the home team's Sophie Hitchon threw better. By the end of the round, four more women threw better, the early leader was Włodarczyk's Polish teammate Malwina Kopron with a throw of 74.46 metres. In the second round, Wang Zheng jumped from second to first with a throw of 75.94 metres. The third Pole in the competition Joanna Fiodorow moved into third place with a throw of 73.02 metres. In the third round, Fiodorow was displaced by Zhang Wenxiu, then three throwers later by Hanna Skydan with a throw of 73.38 metres. During that round, Włodarczyk had improved to 71.94 metres, but was in sixth place only 60 centimetres ahead of the last qualifying spot for the final three attempts. In the fourth round, Włodarczyk finally broke through getting off a throw of 77.39 metres to take the lead. Nobody would be able to improve upon that, but Włodarczyk wasn't done, throwing 77.90 metres in the fifth round. Wang threw her best of 75.98 metres on her final attempt but it couldn't catch Włodarczyk. Nobody else could beat Kopron's first round throw to get a medal.[2]

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:[3]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date Location
World 82.98 Anita Włodarczyk   POL 28 Aug 2016 Warsaw, Poland
Championship 80.85 Anita Włodarczyk   POL 27 Aug 2015 Beijing, China
World leading 82.87 Anita Włodarczyk   POL 29 Jul 2017 Cetniewo, Poland
African 69.70 Amy Sène   SEN 25 May 2014 Forbach, France
Asian 77.68 Zheng Wang   CHN 29 Mar 2014 Chengdu, China
NACAC 76.77 Gwen Berry   USA 6 May 2017 Oxford, United States
South American 73.74 Jennifer Dahlgren   ARG 10 Apr 2010 Buenos Aires, Argentina
European 82.98 Anita Włodarczyk   POL 28 Aug 2016 Warsaw, Poland
Oceanian 71.12 Bronwyn Eagles   AUS 6 Feb 2003 Adelaide, Australia

No records were set at the competition.[4]

Qualification standard

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The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 71.00 metres.[5]

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:[6]

Date Time Round
5 August 11:35 Qualification
7 August 20:00 Final

Results

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Qualification

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The qualification round took place on 5 August, in two groups, with Group A starting at 10:34 and Group B starting at 12:06. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 71.50 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.[7] The overall results were as follows:[8]

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3
1 A Malwina Kopron   Poland (POL) 74.97 74.97 Q
2 B Anita Włodarczyk   Poland (POL) 74.61 74.61 Q
3 A Sophie Hitchon   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 73.05 73.05 Q
4 A Hanna Malyshchyk   Belarus (BLR) 72.79 72.79 Q
5 B DeAnna Price   United States (USA) x 72.78 72.78 Q
6 B Alexandra Tavernier   France (FRA) 72.69 72.69 Q, SB
7 A Wang Zheng   China (CHN) 71.89 71.89 Q
8 B Hanna Skydan   Azerbaijan (AZE) 71.78 71.78 Q
9 B Joanna Fiodorow   Poland (POL) 71.72 71.72 Q
10 B Zhang Wenxiu   China (CHN) 71.39 70.37 70.87 71.39 q
11 A Kateřina Šafránková   Czech Republic (CZE) 67.93 x 70.67 70.67 q
12 B Kathrin Klaas   Germany (GER) 69.22 x 70.33 70.33 q
13 B Luo Na   China (CHN) x 69.54 69.37 69.54
14 A Gwen Berry   United States (USA) 65.09 69.12 x 69.12
15 A Kivilcim Kaya   Turkey (TUR) 66.33 67.76 66.93 67.76
16 B Réka Gyurátz   Hungary (HUN) x 67.48 60.93 67.48
17 A Ida Storm   Sweden (SWE) 67.39 x x 67.39
18 B Anna Maria Orel   Estonia (EST) 64.80 62.80 67.37 67.37
19 A Zalina Petrivskaya   Moldova (MDA) x x 67.05 67.05
20 B Marinda Petersson   Sweden (SWE) 63.11 66.46 xx 66.46
21 B Magdalyn Ewen   United States (USA) x 66.24 65.14 66.24
22 A Berta Castells   Spain (ESP) 63.09 66.11 66.05 66.11
23 A Iryna Novozhylova   Ukraine (UKR) 65.78 66.02 65.52 66.02
24 A Bianca Perie-Ghelber   Romania (ROM) 65.07 x x 65.07
25 A Alyona Shamotina   Ukraine (UKR) 62.63 64.03 64.88 64.88
26 A Julia Ratcliffe   New Zealand (NZL) 64.67 64.72 61.88 64.72
27 B Marina Nikişenko   Moldova (MDA) 63.72 62.92 64.63 64.63
28 A Nikola Lomnická   Slovakia (SVK) 64.60 x 63.32 64.60
29 B Iryna Klymets   Ukraine (UKR) 61.24 64.20 60.76 64.20
30 A Susen Küster   Germany (GER) 59.33 62.33 x 62.33
B Jillian Weir   Canada (CAN) x x x NM
B Jennifer Dahlgren   Argentina (ARG) x x x NM

Final

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The final took place on 7 August at 18:59. The results were as follows:[9]

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
  Anita Włodarczyk   Poland (POL) 70.45 x 71.94 77.39 77.90 73.91 77.90
  Wang Zheng   China (CHN) 74.31 75.94 75.00 74.86 74.52 75.98 75.98
  Malwina Kopron   Poland (POL) 74.76 x x x 69.90 71.66 74.76
4 Zhang Wenxiu   China (CHN) 69.70 x 73.19 70.62 74.53 72.21 74.53 SB
5 Hanna Skydan   Azerbaijan (AZE) 72.45 72.38 73.38 71.70 x 71.77 73.38
6 Joanna Fiodorow   Poland (POL) x 73.02 72.41 73.04 71.69 72.67 73.04
7 Sophie Hitchon   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 71.47 71.62 71.80 x 70.81 72.32 72.32
8 Kateřina Šafránková   Czech Republic (CZE) 71.34 x x x x 66.26 71.34 SB
9 DeAnna Price   United States (USA) 65.20 67.46 70.04 70.04
10 Hanna Malyshchyk   Belarus (BLR) 69.43 x 69.00 69.43
11 Kathrin Klaas   Germany (GER) 67.83 68.91 x 68.91
12 Alexandra Tavernier   France (FRA) x 66.31 66.01 66.31

References

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  1. ^ Start list
  2. ^ "Report: women's hammer final – IAAF World Championships London 2017". IAAF. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Hammer Throw Women – Records". IAAF. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Hammer Throw Women − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Hammer Throw Women − Qualification − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Hammer Throw Women − Qualification − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Hammer Throw Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.