European Athletics Championships 2014 / Women's hammer throw

22nd European Athletics Championships
discipline	Hammer throw
gender	Women
Attendees	25 athletes from 16 countries
venue	Zurich
Competition location	Letzigrund Stadium
Competition phase	August 13th (qualification) ; August 15th (final)
	Medalists
	Anita Włodarczyk ( POL )
	Martina Hrašnová ( SVK )
	Joanna Fiodorow ( POL )

The Letzigrund stadium in Zurich

The hammer throw women at the 2014 European Athletics Championships was on the 13th and 15th of August 2014 in the Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich held.

In this competition, the hammer throwers from Poland won two gold and bronze medals. European champion was the 2012 Olympic champion , 2009 world champion, 2013 vice world champion , defending champion and European Championship third from 2010 Anita Włodarczyk . Like two years ago , Martina Hrašnová from Slovakia took second place. Bronze went to Joanna Fiodorow .

Records

Existing records

World record	79.42 m	Germany Betty Heidler	Halle (Saale) , Germany	May 21, 2011
European record
Championship record	76.67 m	Russia Tatiana Lysenko	EM Gothenburg , Sweden	August 7, 2006

Record improvement

European Champion Anita Włodarczyk improved the existing EM record in the final on August 15 by 2.09 m to 78.76 m. Poland

doping

In this competition there was a subsequent disqualification due to doping.

The Russian Anna Bulgakowa , here in the final without a valid attempt, was proven to have violated the doping regulations together with eleven other Russian athletes. She received a four-year ban from March 29, 2017 to March 29, 2021. All of her results from August 16, 2013 to August 15, 2015 were canceled.

The victim of this doping fraud was the Belarusian Aksana Mjankova , who initially had to retire as thirteenth in the qualification, but had actually acquired the right to participate in the finals. However, she had previously been exposed as a doping fraudster herself and therefore had to surrender the gold medal that was initially awarded at the 2008 Olympic Games .

Legend

Brief overview of the meaning of the symbols - also commonly used in other publications:

-	waived
x	invalid

qualification

25 participants competed in two groups for the qualification round. The qualification distance for direct entry into the final was 69.50 m. Eight athletes exceeded this mark (highlighted in light blue), including the doped Anna Bulgakowa. The final field was filled with the four next-placed athletes to twelve throwers (highlighted in light green). So finally 67.18 m had to be achieved to take part in the finals.

Group A

August 13, 2014, 1:30 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)	annotation
1	Martina Hrašnová	Slovakia Slovakia	73.05	73.05	-	-
2	Joanna Fiodorov	Poland Poland	72.33	72.33	-	-
3	Alexandra Tavernier	France France	70.91	70.91	-	-
4th	Betty Heidler	Germany Germany	70.49	70.49	-	-
5	Bianca Perie	Romania Romania	67.82	67.82	67.42	x
6th	Aksana Myankova	Belarus Belarus	66.92	x	66.92	x	actually qualified for the final
7th	Tracey Andersson	Sweden Sweden	65.72	65.72	x	x
8th	Barbara Špiler	Slovenia Slovenia	64.48	x	52.29	64.48
9	Iryna Novoschylova	Ukraine Ukraine	63.78	63.78	x	x
10	Réka Gyurátz	Hungary Hungary	62.14	62.14	x	x
NM	Berta Castells	Spain Spain	ogV	x	x	x
NM	Tereza Králová	Czech Republic Czech Republic	ogV	x	x	x

Hammer throwers eliminated from group A in qualification:

Aksana Mjankowa, who was caught as a doping cheater for a past period, did not reach the final with 66.92 m, but was only eliminated here because of Miankowa's doping fraud
Tracey Andersson - 65.72 m
Barbara Špiler - 64.48 m
Berta Castells - without a valid attempt

Group B

August 13, 2014, 2:45 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)
1	Anita Włodarczyk	Poland Poland	75.73	75.73	-	-
2	Éva Orbán	Hungary Hungary	70.48	x	x	70.48
3	Kathrin Klaas	Germany Germany	69.78	69.78	-	-
4th	Carolin Paesler	Germany Germany	68.47	68.47	67.95	67.88
5	Kateřina Šafránková	Czech Republic Czech Republic	67.26	x	67.26	x
6th	Nikola Lomnická	Slovakia Slovakia	67.18	x	x	67.18
7th	Fruzsina Done	Hungary Hungary	65.46	x	65.46	x
8th	Merja Korpela	Finland Finland	63.71	x	61.80	63.71
9	Sophie Hitchon	United Kingdom Great Britain	62.93	62.93	x	x
10	Ida Storm	Sweden Sweden	60.82	60.82	x	x
11	Kati Ojaloo	Estonia Estonia	59.63	59.63	58.56	59.61
NM	Alena Navahrodskaya	Belarus Belarus	ogV	x	x	x
DOP	Anna Bulgakova	Russia Russia	admitted to the finals

Hammer throwers eliminated from group B in qualification:

Fruzsina Ready - 65.46 m
Merja Korpela - 63.71 m
Sophie Hitchon - 62.93 m
Kati Ojaloo - 59.63 m

final

August 15, 2014, 8:40 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)	4th attempt (m)	5th attempt (m)	6th attempt (m)
1	Anita Włodarczyk	Poland Poland	78.76 CR / WL	x	x	75.88	76.18	78.76	x
2	Martina Hrašnová	Slovakia Slovakia	74.66	71.66	x	73.03	69.72	74.66	73.21
3	Joanna Fiodorov	Poland Poland	73.67	72.24	68.54	69.01	72.77	72.48	73.67
4th	Kathrin Klaas	Germany Germany	72.89	70.72	72.89	71.18	70.71	x	69.84
5	Betty Heidler	Germany Germany	72.39	67.65	70.77	x	71.04	72.39	72.06
6th	Alexandra Tavernier	France France	70.32	69.49	63.63	x	68.17	70.32	x
7th	Bianca Perie	Romania Romania	69.26	69.25	69.26	x	x	x	68.14
8th	Nikola Lomnická	Slovakia Slovakia	67.39	x	65.95	67.39	x	x	x
9	Kateřina Šafránková	Czech Republic Czech Republic	64.94	x	63.32	64.94	not in the final of the eight best throwers
10	Carolin Paesler	Germany Germany	61.89	x	x	61.89
NM	Éva Orbán	Hungary Hungary	ogV	x	x	x
DOP	Anna Bulgakova	Russia Russia

Anita Włodarczyk, 2012 Olympic champion, 2009 world champion, 2013 vice world champion and 2010 European championship third party, confidently defended her European championship title
Kathrin Klaas reached fourth place
Betty Heidler, 2007 World Champion 2009/ 2011 World silver medalist, 2012 Olympic silver medalist, 2010 European champion, finished fifth
Alexandra Tavernier came in sixth
Bianca Perie came in seventh place
Éva Orbán remained without a valid attempt in the final