Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's hammer throw

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Women's hammer throw
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Date 18 August 2008 (qualification)
20 August 2008 (final)
Competitors 50 from 34 nations
Winning distance 76.34 OR
Medalists
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1st Aksana Miankova  Belarus
2nd Yipsi Moreno  Cuba
3rd Zhang Wenxiu  China
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Athletics at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men women
4 × 100 m relay men women
4 × 400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The women's hammer throw event at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 18–20 August at the Beijing National Stadium.[1]

The qualifying standards were 69.50 m (A standard) and 67.00 m (B standard).[2]

Schedule

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)

Date Time Round
Monday, 18 August 2008 09:10 Qualifications[3]
Wednesday, 20 August 2008 19:20 Finals[4]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) 77.80 m Tallinn, Estonia 15 August 2006
Olympic record  Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) 75.02 m Athens, Greece 25 August 2004

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:

Date Event Athlete Time Notes
20 August Final  Aksana Miankova (BLR) 76.34 OR

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: 71.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 A Yipsi Moreno  Cuba 71.31 x 73.92 73.92 Q
2 B Zhang Wenxiu  China 73.36 73.36 Q
3 A Martina Danišová-Hrašnová  Slovakia 70.03 x 72.87 72.87 Q
4 B Manuela Montebrun  France 69.80 69.86 72.81 72.81 Q
5 B Clarissa Claretti  Italy 67.15 71.82 71.82 Q
6 A Anita Włodarczyk  Poland 71.76 71.76 Q
7 A Betty Heidler  Germany 66.28 71.51 71.51 Q
8 A Darya Pchelnik  Belarus 69.43 71.30 69.24 71.30 q
9 B Yelena Priyma  Russia 70.69 69.79 65.64 70.69 q
10 B Kamila Skolimowska  Poland 65.97 69.79 67.01 69.79 q
11 B Aksana Miankova  Belarus 62.95 65.55 69.77 69.77 q
12 A Stiliani Papadopoulou  Greece 66.68 69.36 69.29 69.36 q
13 A Maryia Smaliachkova  Belarus x 69.22 x 69.22
14 A Stéphanie Falzon  France x 68.93 x 68.93
15 B Arasay Thondike  Cuba x 66.68 68.74 68.74
16 A Ivana Brkljacić  Croatia 66.54 x 68.38 68.38
17 B Sviatlana Sudak-Torun  Turkey 68.22 67.36 67.18 68.22
18 A Bianca Perie  Romania 68.21 66.29 x 68.21
19 A Iryna Novozhylova  Ukraine 67.36 x 68.11 68.11
20 A Anna Bulgakova  Russia x 68.04 x 68.04
21 B Amber Campbell  United States 67.86 x x 67.86
22 A Yelena Konevtseva  Russia 66.81 67.83 x 67.83
23 B Eileen O'Keeffe  Ireland 62.53 62.05 67.66 67.66
24 B Kathrin Klaas  Germany 66.39 67.54 66.95 67.54
25 B Iryna Sekachova  Ukraine 62.83 x 67.47 67.47
26 B Lenka Ledvinová  Czech Republic 65.98 65.23 67.17 67.17
27 A Inna Sayenko  Ukraine x 66.92 x 66.92
28 B Alexandra Papageorgiou  Greece 66.72 65.73 x 66.72
29 B Jennifer Dahlgren  Argentina 58.60 x 66.35 66.35
30 A Merja Korpela  Finland 62.70 65.76 66.29 66.29
31 B Yunaika Crawford  Cuba 66.16 65.00 64.08 66.16
32 A Wang Zheng  China 65.64 61.36 x 65.64
33 A Sultana Frizell  Canada x 60.43 65.44 65.44
34 A Éva Orbán  Hungary 65.12 x 65.41 65.41
35 A Zoe Derham  Great Britain 64.74 64.61 64.57 64.74
36 B Johana Moreno  Colombia x 64.31 64.66 64.66
37 A Zalina Marghieva  Moldova x 64.20 x 64.20
38 B Małgorzata Zadura  Poland 63.35 64.13 x 64.13
39 A Loree Smith  United States 62.25 62.33 63.60 63.60
40 B Candice Scott  Trinidad and Tobago 63.03 62.53 x 63.03
41 B Berta Castells  Spain 62.44 61.76 x 62.44
42 A Silvia Salis  Italy x x 62.28 62.28
43 B Marina Marghieva  Moldova 61.03 x 62.12 62.12
44 B Paraskevi Theodorou  Cyprus x 61.00 x 61.00
45 B Sanja Gavrilovic  Croatia 60.55 60.37 60.36 60.55
46 A Vânia Silva  Portugal x 58.10 59.42 59.42
47 A Galina Mityaeva  Tajikistan x 48.59 51.38 51.38
A Jessica Cosby  United States x x x NM
B Amélie Perrin  France x x x NM
B Georgina Toth  Cameroon x x x NM

WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

DNF = did not finish | DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place

Finals

Rank Athlete Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 6 Result Notes
1st Aksana Miankova  Belarus 74.40 x 72.23 x 76.34 51.72 76.34 OR
2nd Yipsi Moreno  Cuba x 73.95 72.61 x 74.70 75.20 75.20
3rd Zhang Wenxiu  China 74.00 74.32 73.40 73.50 70.75 73.53 74.32 SB
4 Darya Pchelnik  Belarus 69.10 72.46 72.82 71.00 72.83 73.65 73.65
5 Manuela Montebrun  France 67.63 70.55 70.01 72.54 71.92 70.63 72.54
6 Anita Włodarczyk  Poland 69.39 x 71.56 70.86 x x 71.56
7 Clarissa Claretti  Italy x 71.33 x x x x 71.33
8 Martina Danišová-Hrasnová  Slovakia 68.28 x 71.00 x 70.19 x 71.00
9 Betty Heidler  Germany x x 70.06 70.06
10 Yelena Priyma  Russia 68.19 69.72 67.33 69.72
11 Stilianí Papadopoúlou  Greece x x 64.97 64.97
Kamila Skolimowska  Poland x x x NM

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