2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw

The women's hammer throw at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 12 and 14 July.[1][2][3]

Medalists edit

Gold Silver Bronze
Alexandra Tavernier
  France
Alexia Sedykh
  France
Alena Navahrodskaya
  Belarus

Records edit

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record   Zhang Wenxiu (CHN) 73.24 m Changsha, China 24 June 2005
Championship Record   Bianca Perie (ROU) 67.95 m Bydgoszcz, Poland 9 July 2008
World Junior Leading   Alexandra Tavernier (FRA) 68.44 m Forbach, France 27 May 2012
Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Championship Record &
World Junior Leading
  Alexandra Tavernier (FRA) 70.62 Barcelona, Spain 14 July 2012

Qualification edit

Qual. rule: qualification standard 62.00 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)

Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Note
1 B Alexandra Tavernier   France 66.22 66.22 Q
2 B Alena Navahrodskaya   Belarus 59.44 65.61 65.61 Q
3 A Alexia Sedykh   France 65.54 65.54 Q
4 A Julia Ratcliffe   New Zealand X 63.22 63.22 Q
5 B Na Luo   China 61.54 X 59.45 61.54 q
6 A Iliána Korosídou   Greece 60.09 X 61.01 61.01 q
7 B Bianca Lazar Fazecas   Romania X 51.01 60.92 60.92 q, PB
8 B Abbi Carter   Great Britain 60.75 58.70 55.87 60.75 q, PB
9 A Shelby Ashe   United States X 60.19 X 60.19 q
10 A Réka Gyurátz   Hungary X 56.22 60.01 60.01 q
11 A Elizabeta Tsareva   Russia 59.93 54.34 53.34 59.93 q
12 B Eva Reinders   Netherlands 59.32 X 57.57 59.32 q
13 A Danielle McConnell   Australia 53.67 58.87 58.94 58.94
14 B Viktoriya Sadova   Russia 57.46 58.78 X 58.78
15 B Heli Rinnekari   Finland X 57.99 58.01 58.01
16 B Jennifer Nevado   Spain X 53.49 57.93 57.93
17 B Mikayla Genge   Australia 57.87 X X 57.87 PB
18 B DeAnna Price   United States 55.03 56.34 57.82 57.82
19 B Valeriia Semenkova   Ukraine 57.45 X X 57.45 SB
20 B Petra Jakeljic   Croatia 56.11 56.03 56.65 56.65
21 A Roxana Perie   Romania 50.13 56.18 54.84 56.18
22 A Yolanda González   Mexico 49.35 55.66 55.19 55.66
23 A Claudia Štravs   Slovenia 54.19 54.45 53.86 54.45
24 B Veronika Kanuchová   Slovakia X 54.30 X 54.30
25 A Génesis Olivera   Venezuela 51.11 X 54.23 54.23
26 B Paola Miranda   Paraguay X 53.14 X 53.14
27 A Catherine Beatty   Cyprus X 52.42 52.19 52.42
28 A Marinda Petersson   Sweden 50.25 49.61 X 50.25
29 B Agápi Proskinitopoúlou   Greece X 49.16 X 49.16
30 B Sandra Malinowska   Poland X 45.19 X 45.19
A Al'ona Shamotina   Ukraine X X X NM
A Daniela Gómez   Argentina X X X NM
B Ecem Akçakara   Turkey X X X NM
B Eleni Larsson   Sweden X X X NM
B Fruzsina Fertig   Hungary X X X NM
A Hanna Zinchuk   Belarus X X X NM
A Malwina Kopron   Poland X X X NM
A Mikaela Gerkman   Finland X X X NM
A Sara Savatovic   Serbia X X X NM

Final edit

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Note
  Alexandra Tavernier   France 66.14 X X 70.62 69.12 X 70.62 CR
  Alexia Sedykh   France 65.29 67.34 64.99 66.76 63.74 65.64 67.34
  Alena Navahrodskaya   Belarus 62.96 67.13 X 63.26 X 60.89 67.13 PB
4 Julia Ratcliffe   New Zealand 60.62 67.00 65.90 X 66.63 65.33 67.00 AJ
5 Iliána Korosídou   Greece 61.00 60.36 63.32 58.90 59.62 X 63.32 PB
6 Na Luo   China X 60.28 63.19 59.77 59.89 X 63.19
7 Eva Reinders   Netherlands 61.63 59.40 X X 59.08 56.27 61.63
8 Réka Gyurátz   Hungary 57.25 60.88 59.46 X 58.38 60.09 60.88
9 Elizabeta Tsareva   Russia 58.70 55.85 60.72 60.72
10 Shelby Ashe   United States X 58.62 X 58.62
11 Bianca Lazar Fazecas   Romania 57.67 X 58.09 58.09
12 Abbi Carter   Great Britain 56.46 56.49 X 56.49

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 39 athletes from 27 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ "iaaf.org – International Association of Athletics Federations". Archived from the original on 27 July 2012.
  2. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC – 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Eugene 2014 – FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015

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