European Athletics Championships 2016 / Women's hammer throw

23rd European Athletics Championships
discipline	Hammer throw
gender	Women
Attendees	30 athletes from 16 countries
venue	Amsterdam
Competition location	Olympic Stadium Amsterdam
Competition phase	July 6th (qualification) July 8th (final)
Medalists Anita Włodarczyk ( POL )   Betty Heidler ( GER )   Hanna Skydan ( AZE )

The Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam

The women's hammer throw at the 2016 European Athletics Championships was held on July 6th and 8th, 2016 in the Olympic Stadium in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam .

The three-time world champion ( 2009 / 2013 / 2015 ) and Olympic champion of 2012 Anita Włodarczyk from Poland became the third consecutive time European champion. She was also third in the European Championship in 2010 and the holder of the world record. The German world champion from 2007 , two-time vice world champion ( 2009/2011 ), Olympic runner-up in 2012 and European champion in 2010 Betty Heidler won the silver medal. Bronze went to Hanna Skydan from Azerbaijan .

Existing records

World record	81.08 m	Anita Włodarczyk	Władysławowo , Poland	August 1, 2015
European record
Championship record	78.76 m		EM Helsinki , Finland	15th August 2014

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.

Legend

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

-	waived
x	invalid

qualification

Thirty participants competed in two groups for the qualifying round. The qualification distance for the direct entry into the final was 70.00 m. Five athletes exceeded this mark (highlighted in light blue). The final field was filled with the seven next placed athletes to twelve throwers (highlighted in light green). So finally 68.07 m had to be achieved for the final.

Group A

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  Inga Linna achieved 66.53 m, which was not enough for the final

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  With her 65.86 m Éva Orbán was eliminated from the qualification

July 6, 2016, 10:45 am

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)
1	Betty Heidler	Germany	71.06	71.06	-	-
2	Kateřina Šafránková	Czech Republic	70.04	63.61	70.04	-
3	Zalina Marghieva	Moldova	70.04	x	70.04	-
4th	Sophie Hitchon	Great Britain	69.48	67.46	68.73	69.48
5	Malwina Kopron	Poland	69.23	68.21	65.37	69.23
6th	Alena Sobaleva	Belarus	66.78	66.78	65.37	x
7th	Inga Linna	Finland	66.53	64.91	66.01	66,538
8th	Éva Orbán	Hungary	65.86	x	65.86	65.40
9	Aljona Shamotina	Ukraine	65.69	x	65.69	65.29
10	Laura Redondo	Spain	65.23	65.23	63.82	x
11	Marinda Petersson	Sweden	64.65	64.65	x	62.33
12	Alena Kretschyk	Belarus	64.42	64.42	61.30	x
13	Veronika Kaňuchová	Slovakia	62.86	62.86	x	x
14th	Tuğçe Şahutoğlu	Turkey	62.37	62.37	61.91	61.30
NM	Alexandra Tavernier	France	ogV	x	x	x

Group B

July 6, 2016, 12:20 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)
1	Anita Włodarczyk	Poland	73.94	65.79	73.94	-
2	Hanna Skydan	Azerbaijan	70.41	70.41	-	-
3	Iryna Novoschylova	Ukraine	69.42	65.33	69.42	66.80
4th	Joanna Fiodorov	Poland	69.35	69.35	x	68.99
5	Martina Hrašnová	Slovakia	68.37	68.37	x	65.00
6th	Tracey Andersson	Sweden	68.08	62.76	65.89	68.08
7th	Berta Castells	Spain	68.07	68.07	66.96	63.53
8th	Merja Korpela	Finland	67.78	67.78	67.33	64.72
9	Marina Nikisenko	Moldova	67.76	66.89	67.76	x
10	Kıvılcım Salman	Turkey	65.97	x	65.97	62.23
11	Barbara Špiler	Slovenia	65.56	65.56	x	61.82
12	Charlene Woitha	Germany	64.90	62.72	63.82	64.90
13	Kathrin Klaas	Germany	64.39	60.61	64.39	x
14th	Hanna Malyshchyk	Belarus	63.16	63.16	x	x
NM	Fruzsina Done	Hungary	ogV	x	x	x

Hammer throwers eliminated from group B in qualification:

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  Merja Korpela - 67.78 m, she was 29 centimeters short

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  Barbara Špiler - 65.56 m

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  Kathrin Klaas - 64.39 m

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  Fruzsina Done - without a valid attempt

final

July 8, 2016, 6:10 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	78.14	72.82	75.73	77.11	77.65	78.12	78.14
2	Betty Heidler	Germany	75.77	71.27	73.19	75.77	71.31	73.54	74.35
3	Hanna Skydan	Azerbaijan	73.83	x	71.07	73.83	72.70	73.69	69.89
4th	Sophie Hitchon	Great Britain	71.74	70.91	71.74	71.33	70.03	71.59	71.41
5	Zalina Marghieva	Moldova	71.73	70.26	68.25	71.04	70.49	68.77	71.73
6th	Malwina Kopron	Poland	70.91	70.91	68.32	67.66	x	x	69.41
7th	Martina Hrašnová	Slovakia	70.62	70.62	67.95	70.02	69.75	x	69.82
8th	Iryna Novoschylova	Ukraine	70.18	70.18	68.34	64.69	66.85	68.74	x
9	Kateřina Šafránková	Czech Republic	69.55	69.55	68.37	x	not in the final of the eight best throwers
10	Joanna Fiodorov	Poland	69.48	68.80	68.37	69.48
11	Tracey Andersson	Sweden	67.08	65.03	67.08	x
12	Berta Castells	Spain	63.27	x	x	63.27

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  The three-time world champion ( 2009 /
  2013 / 2015 ) and Olympic champion of 2012 Anita Włodarczyk won their third European Championship -Titel in a row

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  Betty Heidler, 2007 world champion, two-time vice world champion ( 2009/2011 ), 2012 Olympic second and 2010 European champion, came second this time

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  Sophie Hitchon finished fourth

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  Sixth-placed Malwina Kopron (right, here together with Anita Włodarczyk after the two Poles' double victory at the 2017 World Championships )

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  Tracey Andersson came in eleventh

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  Twelfth place for Berta Castells

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Amsterdam 2016 at european-athletics.org, accessed on March 15, 2020
• European Championship 2016 Amsterdam, Women Hammer Throw on todor66.com, accessed March 15, 2020
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2016 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on March 15, 2020
• 23rd European Athletics Championships 2016 in Amsterdam, Netherlands from ifosta.de, accessed on March 15, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. Hammer Throw Women , accessed March 15, 2020