European Athletics Championships 2018 / Women's hammer throw
discipline | Women's hammer throw |
city | Berlin |
place | Olympiastadion Berlin |
Participants | 28 athletes from 20 countries |
Competition phase | August 10, 2018 (qualification) August 12, 2018 (final) |
Medalists | |
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gold | Anita Włodarczyk ( POL ) |
silver | Alexandra Tavernier ( FRA ) |
bronze | Joanna Fiodorow ( POL ) |
The women's hammer throw at the European Athletics Championships 2018 took place on August 10th and 12th in the Olympic Stadium in the German capital Berlin .
It won the Pole Anita Włodarczyk . The French Alexandra Tavernier became vice European champion. Joanna Fiodorow , also from Poland, won the bronze medal.
Records
World record | Anita Włodarczyk | 82.98 m | August 28, 2016, Warsaw , Poland |
European record | |||
Championship record | 78.76 m | August 15, 2014, EM in Zurich , Switzerland |
Record improvements
In the final, Anita Włodarczyk improved her own EM record to 78.94 m.
qualification
The athletes competed in two groups for a qualifying round. The qualification distance required for direct participation in the finals was 70.00 m. Since only six throwers exceeded this value - highlighted in light blue, the final field was filled with the following best throwers from both groups to twelve athletes - highlighted in light green. After all, 68.64 m had to be achieved to take part in the finals.
Group A
August 10, 2018, 10:00 a.m. CEST
space | Athlete | country | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Width (m) |
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1 | Hanna Malyshchyk | Belarus | 72.39 | - | - | 72.39 |
2 | Joanna Fiodorov | Poland | 71.46 | - | - | 71.46 |
3 | Zalina Petrivskaia | Moldova | x | 69.17 | 69.04 | 69.17 |
4th | Kathrin Klaas | Germany | 66.12 | 68.64 | x | 68.64 |
5 | Yelisaveta Tsaryova | Authorized Neutral Athletes | 67.40 | 66.50 | 68.35 | 68.35 |
6th | Stamatia Skarvelis | Greece | 67.08 | 67.97 | x | 67.97 |
7th | Martina Hrašnová | Slovakia | x | x | 66.37 | 66.37 |
8th | Bianca Ghelber | Romania | x | 65.77 | 66.17 | 66.17 |
9 | Inga Linna | Finland | 63.11 | 63.77 | 65.46 | 65.46 |
10 | Kateřina Šafránková | Czech Republic | x | 64.64 | 64.85 | 64.85 |
11 | Iryna Novoschylova | Ukraine | x | 64.70 | x | 64.70 |
12 | Anamari Kožul | Croatia | x | 62.55 | 60.40 | 62.55 |
13 | Aljona Shamotina | Ukraine | x | 61.51 | 61.66 | 61.66 |
14th | Éva Orbán | Hungary | x | x | 59.16 | 59.16 |
Group B
August 10, 2018, 11:30 a.m. CEST
space | Athlete | country | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Width (m) |
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1 | Anita Włodarczyk | Poland | 69.81 | 75.10 | - | 75.10 |
2 | Hanna Skydan | Azerbaijan | 74.02 | - | - | 74.02 SB |
3 | Alexandra Tavernier | France | 72.88 | - | - | 72.88 |
4th | Malwina Kopron | Poland | x | 71.14 | - | 71.14 |
5 | Sofja Palkina | Authorized Neutral Athletes | 69.21 | 69.74 | 69.49 | 69.74 |
6th | Réka Gyurátz | Hungary | x | 69.45 | - | 69.45 |
7th | Iryna Klymez | Ukraine | 68.40 | x | 69.44 | 69.44 |
8th | Sophie Hitchon | Great Britain | x | 68.69 | x | 68.69 |
9 | Kıvılcım Kaya Salman | Turkey | 67.72 | 66.86 | 68.10 | 68.10 |
10 | Anna Maria Orel | Estonia | 67.22 | 64.14 | 65.17 | 67.22 |
11 | Ida Storm | Sweden | 64.52 | 65.22 | 66.66 | 66.66 |
12 | Krista Tervo | Finland | 61.39 | 65.37 | x | 65.37 |
13 | Marina Nikisenko | Moldova | x | 62.22 | 64.37 | 64.37 |
14th | Nicole Zihlmann | Switzerland | 60.64 | x | 61.67 | 61.67 |
final
August 12, 2018, 7:30 p.m. CEST
Actually there could only be one winner in a hammer throw . Anita Włodarczyk from Poland dominated almost all of the major international championships in the recent past, usually with a clear lead. She was two-time Olympic champion - 2012 / 2016 , three times world champion - 2009 / 2015 / 2017 - and three-time European champion - 2012 / 2014 / 2016 .
With Malwina Kopron, the vice world champion in 2016, and Joanna Fiodorow, the third place in the European Championship in 2014, two more Polish women with medal chances were at the start. Other contenders for top positions were the French World Cup third in 2015 Alexandra Tavernier and the British European Championship fourth in 2016 Sophie Hitchon.
There were only two throwers with an attempt beyond the 70-meter mark in the first round. Tavernier took the lead with 74.78 m, followed by Moldovan Zalina Petrivskaia with 70.98 m. In lap two, Włodarczyk's hammer landed at 76.50 m, which put her in front. Joanna Fiodorow rose to 71.41 m and was third. In the third round, the level of this competition increased further. Włodarczyk achieved 77.82 m, Fiodorow consolidated her third place with 74.00 m. Kopron reached 72.20 m, that was position four. Petrivskaia also improved again with a throw to 71.80 m, but fell back to sixth place, because Hanna Skydan from Azerbaijan achieved 71.92 m. The German Kathrin Klaas conquered seventh place with 70.66 m and the eighth-placed Hitchon now exceeded the 70-meter mark with 70.52 m.
The first final round of the eight best throwers did not result in any changes in positions. But Włodarczyk now achieved her best distance of this competition with 78.52 m. With this she improved her own EM record from 2014 by eighteen centimeters. Not much happened in the last two laps. Klaas reached 71.50 m with her fifth litter, Skydan reached 72.10 m with her last attempt. Anita Włodarczyk became European champion for the fourth time in a row. Alexandra Tavernier won silver, Joanna Fiodorow won bronze. Malwina Kopron came fourth, making three Polish women among the top four. Hanna Skydan was fifth ahead of Zalina Petrivskaia. Kathrin Klaas achieved seventh place ahead of Sophie Hitchon in her last competition at a major international championship.
space | Athlete | country | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | 4th attempt | 5th attempt | 6th attempt | Width (m) |
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Anita Włodarczyk | Poland | 69.35 | 76.50 | 77.82 | 78.94 | 78.55 | x | 78.94 CR | |
Alexandra Tavernier | France | 74.78 | 69.49 | 70.74 | 68.35 | 73.92 | 74.20 | 74.78 NO | |
Joanna Fiodorov | Poland | 69.55 | 71.41 | 74.00 | 73.72 | 71.70 | x | 74.00 | |
4th | Malwina Kopron | Poland | x | x | 72.20 | 71.53 | x | x | 72.20 |
5 | Hanna Skydan | Azerbaijan | x | 67.22 | 71.92 | 68.55 | 71.42 | 72.10 | 72.10 |
6th | Zalina Petrivskaia | Moldova | 70.98 | 70.65 | 71.80 | 70.53 | 71.00 | x | 71.80 |
7th | Kathrin Klaas | Germany | x | 66.49 | 70.66 | x | 71.50 | x | 71.50 SB |
8th | Sophie Hitchon | Great Britain | 68.80 | x | 70.52 | x | x | x | 70.52 |
9 | Réka Gyurátz | Hungary | 69.51 | 70.48 | 69.85 | not in the final of the eight best throwers |
70.48 | ||
10 | Sofja Palkina | Authorized Neutral Athletes | 68.64 | x | 67.46 | 68.64 | |||
11 | Iryna Klymez | Ukraine | x | 66.42 | 68.11 | 68.11 | |||
NM | Hanna Malyshchyk | Belarus | x | x | x | without space |
European champion Anita Włodarczyk ( left ) and fourth-placed Malwina Kopron, both from Poland - here after her double success at the 2017 World Championships
Web links and sources
- Official Results European Athletics Championships 2018 on the EAA website , English (PDF, 49.183 KB), accessed on January 25, 2019
- Results of the European Athletics Championships 2018 at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on January 25, 2019
- Reports on the European Championships 2018 on Leichtathletik.de, accessed on January 25, 2019
Video
- Anita Wlodarczyk (POL) 78.94m (CR) (4th attempt) on youtube.com, published August 8, 2018, accessed January 25, 2019