2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw

The Women's Hammer Throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 28, 2007 (qualification) and August 30, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. The qualification standard was set at 71.00 metres.

Medalists edit

Gold Betty Heidler
  Germany (GER)
Silver Yipsi Moreno
  Cuba (CUB)
Bronze Zhang Wenxiu
  China (CHN)

Schedule edit

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
28.08.2007 – 10:00h 28.08.2007 – 11:35h
Final Round
30.08.2007 – 19:30h

Abbreviations edit

  • 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
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records edit

Standing records prior to the 2007 World Athletics Championships
World Record   Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) 77.80 m August 15, 2006 Tallinn, Estonia
Championships Record   Mihaela Melinte (ROM) 75.20 m August 24, 1999 Seville, Spain
Season Best   Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) 77.30 m April 22, 2007 Bogatyr Adler, Russia

Qualification edit

Group A edit

Rank Overall Athlete Nation Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1 1 Ivana Brkljačić   Croatia (CRO) 74.69 74.69 m Q
2 3 Betty Heidler   Germany (GER) X 72.27 72.27 m Q
3 8 Manuela Montebrun   France (FRA) 69.02 69.77 69.40 69.77 m q
4 10 Arasay Thondike   Cuba (CUB) 69.14 68.39 X 69.14 m q
5 11 Gulfiya Khanafeyeva   Russia (RUS) 65.91 X 68.65 68.65 m q
6 13 Martina Danišová   Slovakia (SVK) X 67.13 68.15 68.15 m
7 14 Cecilia Nilsson   Sweden (SWE) 68.09 67.01 64.30 68.09 m
8 18 Alexandra Papayeoryiou   Greece (GRE) 66.88 X X 66.88 m
9 19 Yelena Priyma   Russia (RUS) X 61.79 66.84 66.84 m
10 23 Sviatlana Sudak-Torun   Turkey (TUR) 65.65 65.22 X 65.65 m
11 25 Jennifer Dahlgren   Argentina (ARG) 65.64 X X 65.64 m
12 30 Berta Castells   Spain (ESP) 63.32 X 60.93 63.32 m
13 31 Liu Yinghui   China (CHN) X 62.83 62.62 62.83 m
14 32 Masumi Aya   Japan (JPN) 61.55 62.68 59.43 62.68 m
15 33 Mihaela Melinte   Romania (ROM) X X 62.40 62.40 m
16 34 Vânia Silva   Portugal (POR) X 56.28 61.81 61.81 m
17 36 Katalin Divós   Hungary (HUN) 57.22 59.45 58.61 59.45 m
18 38 Brittany Riley   United States (USA) X X 55.72 55.72 m
Susanne Keil   Germany (GER) X X X NM
Aksana Miankova   Belarus (BLR) X X X NM

Group B edit

Rank Overall Athlete Nation Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1 2 Yipsi Moreno   Cuba (CUB) 72.87 72.87 m Q SB
2 4 Zhang Wenxiu   China (CHN) X 71.31 71.31 m Q
3 5 Eileen O'Keeffe   Ireland (IRL) 71.07 71.07 m Q
4 6 Yelena Konevtseva   Russia (RUS) 70.29 70.65 70.65 m q
5 7 Kamila Skolimowska   Poland (POL) 66.57 69.57 70.18 70.18 m q
6 9 Clarissa Claretti   Italy (ITA) X X 69.53 69.53 m q
7 12 Yunaika Crawford   Cuba (CUB) 65.64 66.80 68.55 68.55 m q
8 15 Jessica Cosby   United States (USA) 63.44 67.90 66.36 67.90 m
9 16 Merja Korpela   Finland (FIN) 67.87 65.89 X 67.87 m
10 17 Stéphanie Falzon   France (FRA) 66.37 66.82 67.19 67.19 m
11 20 Amélie Perrin   France (FRA) X 66.67 66.51 66.67 m
12 21 Lenka Ledvinová   Czech Republic (CZE) 66.57 63.22 65.71 66.57 m
13 22 Olga Kuzenkova   Russia (RUS) 66.56 X 65.09 66.56 m
14 24 Mona Holm   Norway (NOR) X 63.16 65.65 65.65 m
15 26 Kristal Yush   United States (USA) 61.74 64.24 64.63 64.63 m
16 27 Bianca Perie   Romania (ROM) 64.18 60.09 62.10 64.18 m
17 28 Kathrin Klaas   Germany (GER) X X 64.00 64.00 m
18 29 Nataliya Zolotukhina   Ukraine (UKR) 61.27 63.64 62.58 63.64 m
19 35 Rosa Rodríguez   Venezuela (VEN) 58.43 61.77 61.56 61.77 m
20 37 Hao Shuai   China (CHN) X 59.09 X 59.09 m

Final edit

Rank Athlete Nation Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
  Betty Heidler   Germany (GER) X 74.76 X 73.73 71.31 73.10 74.76 m
  Yipsi Moreno   Cuba (CUB) 72.84 X X 74.33 70.87 74.74 74.74 m
  Zhang Wenxiu   China (CHN) X 73.11 X 74.21 74.39 X 74.39 m
4 Kamila Skolimowska   Poland (POL) 73.75 70.54 65.69 70.78 70.06 70.77 73.75 m
5 Yelena Konevtseva   Russia (RUS) 72.45 70.11 X X 70.35 68.90 72.45 m
6 Eileen O'Keeffe   Ireland (IRL) 70.93 64.27 69.06 66.90 69.21 69.38 70.93 m
7 Clarissa Claretti   Italy (ITA) X 70.25 70.73 67.56 70.74 X 70.74 m
8 Manuela Montebrun   France (FRA) 69.77 70.36 67.42 69.16 66.41 69.92 70.36 m
9 Arasay Thondike   Cuba (CUB) 65.84 70.20 67.65 70.20 m
10 Gulfiya Khanafeyeva   Russia (RUS) 67.79 X 69.08 69.08 m
11 Ivana Brkljačić   Croatia (CRO) 68.16 X X 68.16 m
12 Yunaika Crawford   Cuba (CUB) 67.30 X 67.56 67.56 m

See also edit

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