Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Athletics - Hammer Throw (Women)

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Olympic rings
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sport athletics
discipline Hammer throw
gender Women
Attendees 37 athletes from 25 countries
Competition location Olympic Stadium London
Competition phase August 8, 2012 (qualification)
August 10, 2012 (final)
Medalists
gold medal Anita Włodarczyk ( POL ) PolandPoland 
Silver medal Betty Heidler ( GER ) GermanyGermany 
Bronze medal Zhang Wenxiu ( CHN ) China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 

The women's hammer throw at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held on August 8th and 10th, 2012 in the London Olympic Stadium. 37 athletes took part.

The Olympic champion was Anita Włodarczyk from Poland , who won ahead of the German Betty Heidler and the Chinese Zhang Wenxiu .

In addition to medalist Heidler, Kathrin Klaas , who also reached the final and was fourth, took part for Germany .
Athletes from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not start.

As with the men, radio-controlled model cars from the Mini Cooper brand were used in this competition to bring the sports equipment back to the drop circle.

Current titleholders

Olympic Champion Yipsi Moreno ( Cuba ) CubaCuba  75.20 m Beijing 2008
world champion Tatyana Lyssenko ( Russia ) RussiaRussia  77.13 m Daegu 2011
European champion Anita Włodarczyk ( Poland ) PolandPoland  74.29 m Helsinki 2012
Central America and Caribbean champion Johana Moreno ( Colombia ) ColombiaColombia  67.97 m Mayagüez 2011
South America Champion Jennifer Dahlgren ( Argentina ) ArgentinaArgentina  72.70 m Buenos Aires 2011
Asian champion Masumi Aya ( Japan ) JapanJapan  67.19 m Kobe 2011
African champion Amy Sène ( Senegal ) SenegalSenegal  65.55 m Porto-Novo 2012
Oceania champion Rebecca Hodgson ( New Zealand ) New ZealandNew Zealand  47.78 m Cairns 2012

Existing records

World record Betty Heidler ( Germany ) GermanyGermany  79.42 m Halle an der Saale , Germany May 21, 2011
Olympic record Yipsi Moreno ( Cuba ) CubaCuba  75.20 m Beijing Final , People's Republic of China August 20, 2008

Remarks:

  • All times in this article are given according to London local time ( UTC ± 0 ).
  • All widths are noted in meters (m).

Doping and its consequences

This competition was burdened with six doping cases.

  • Four finalists were stripped of their medals or placements:
    • In October 2016, follow-up examinations revealed dehydrochloromethyltestosterone in the doping sample of the original gold medalist Tatiana Lysenko from Russia . The Russian was disqualified and her Olympic victory was revoked. Anita Włodarczyk from Poland was now Olympic champion, Betty Heidler moved up to second, Chinese Zhang to third and all other athletes moved up one place.
    • The initially sixth-placed Belarusian Aksana Mjankowa was disqualified for violating the doping regulations as at the 2008 Games .
    • Zalina Petrivskaya from the Republic of Moldova - initially seventh - was stripped of her placement for doping abuse.
    • In March 2017, another Russian woman, Marija Bespalova , initially in tenth place, was disqualified for doping abuse. In all cases, the placements of all other throwers improved accordingly.
  • Doping case number five concerned an athlete who was eliminated from the qualification:
    • Gulfija Chanafejewa , also Russia, was eliminated in the qualification. Her result from the London Games was canceled after a positive doping test.
  • The sixth doping case had already occurred before the competition in London:

In addition to the athletes, whose medals and placements were only submitted or corrected with a delay of several years in some cases, the ones who suffered were the hammer throwers, who were denied progress in qualifying. Due to their distance from the qualifying competition, the following four athletes would have been eligible to start in the final:

  • Amber Campbell, USA - 69.93 meters, Qualifying Group A.
  • Jessica Cosby, USA - 69.65 m, Qualifying Group A.
  • Kıvılcım Kaya, Turkey - 69.50 m, Qualifying Group A.
  • Éva Orbán, Hungary - 68.64 m, qualifying group B

In addition, three athletes were deprived of the three additional litters they were entitled to from the eight best finalists:

  • Stéphanie Falzon, France - with 73.06 m in the adjusted final ranking in sixth place
  • Joanna Fiodorow, Poland - with 72.37 m in the adjusted final ranking in seventh place
  • Sophie Hitchon, Great Britain - with 69.33 m in the adjusted final ranking in eighth place

qualification

The qualification was carried out in two groups. The qualification distance was 71.50 m. Since only eight athletes exceeded this distance (highlighted in light blue) - including three doping cheaters, the final field was filled with the next best athletes from both groups to a total of twelve participants (highlighted in light green) - including one other doping offender. Ultimately, a width of 70.48 m had to be achieved for participation in the finals.

Group A

August 8, 2012, 11:40 a.m.

space Surname nation 1st attempt Second attempt 3. Attempt Expanse annotation
1 Anita Włodarczyk PolandPoland Poland 75.68 - - 75.68
2 Betty Heidler GermanyGermany Germany 72.63 74.44 - 74.44
3 Yipsi Moreno United StatesUnited States United States 73.95 - - 73.95
4th Sophie Hitchon United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 67.21 x 71.98 71.98 NO
5 Amber Campbell United StatesUnited States United States x 69.93 67.30 69.93 actually qualified for
the final
6th Jessica Cosby United StatesUnited States United States 67.36 69.65 68.97 69.65
7th Kıvılcım Kaya TurkeyTurkey Turkey 69.50 68.45 67.84 69.50
8th Johana Moreno ColombiaColombia Colombia 68.53 x 68.12 68.53
9 Hanna Skydan UkraineUkraine Ukraine 68.50 66.68 57.69 68.50
10 Martina Hrašnová SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia 67.69 68.41 67.75 68.41
11 Bianca Perie RomaniaRomania Romania x 68.34 x 68.34
12 Ariannis Vichy CubaCuba Cuba x 67.48 64.25 67.48
13 Sultana Frizell CanadaCanada Canada 66.07 67.45 x 67.45
14th Rosa Rodríguez VenezuelaVenezuela Venezuela 66.66 x 67.34 67.34
15th Alena Matoschka BelarusBelarus Belarus 66.85 67.03 65.22 67.03
16 Amy Sène SenegalSenegal Senegal 65.49 65.43 x 65.49
17th Silvia Salis ItalyItaly Italy x 10.84 x 10.84
DOP Tatiana Lysenko RussiaRussia Russia 74.43 - - 74.43 admitted to the finals

Group B

August 8, 2012, 8:35 pm

space Surname nation 1st attempt Second attempt 3. Attempt Expanse annotation
1 Zhang Wenxiu China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 74.53 - - 74.53
2 Kathrin Klaas GermanyGermany Germany 74.14 - - 74.14
6th Stéphanie Falzon FranceFrance France 70.69 71.67 69.55 71.67
7th Joanna Fiodorov PolandPoland Poland 70.48 68.48 69.89 70.48
9 Éva Orbán HungaryHungary Hungary x 68.64 63.08 68.64 actually qualified for the final
10 Berta Castells SpainSpain Spain 67.74 68.41 65.26 68.41
11 Arasay Thondike CubaCuba Cuba 67.93 65.81 x 67.93
12 Tuğçe Şahutoğlu TurkeyTurkey Turkey 67.58 64.11 66.56 67.58
13 Amanda Bingson United StatesUnited States United States 65.96 66.32 67.29 67.29
14th Barbara Špiler SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia 65.69 62.83 67.21 67.21
15th Kateřina Šafránková Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 66.16 x 65.25 66.16
16 Iryna Novoschylova UkraineUkraine Ukraine 65.35 63.98 64.29 65.35
17th Heather Steacy CanadaCanada Canada 62.99 61.79 63.40 63.40
18th Vânia Silva PortugalPortugal Portugal 62.81 62.18 x 62.81
ogV Jennifer Dahlgren ArgentinaArgentina Argentina x x x - without space
DOP Maria Bespalova RussiaRussia Russia 72.83 73.56 - 73.56 admitted to the finals
Aksana Myankova BelarusBelarus Belarus 69.04 x 73.10 73.10 admitted to the finals
Zalina Petrivskaya Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Moldova 71.89 72.19 x 72.19 admitted to the finals
Gulfija Hanafejewa RussiaRussia Russia 68.20 69.43 69.19 69.43

  • The Italian Silvia Salis only had one valid litter with a width of 10.84 m in qualification and was eliminated

  • The Hungarian Éva Orbán scored 68.64 m and was actually entitled to participate in the final, which was prevented by the doping fraud

  • With 68.41 m, the Spaniard Berta Castells narrowly missed the final

  • The Slovenian Barbara Špiler was eliminated with 67.21 m in the qualification

  • The Canadian Heather Steacy failed with her 63.40 m in the qualification

final

August 10, 2012, 7:35 pm

Twelve athletes had qualified for the final, eight of them by qualifying distance and four more by their placements. However, the results of four athletes were subsequently canceled due to doping fraud. Two Polish women and two Germans each and one participant each from China, France, Great Britain and Cuba were represented in the final. In addition, there were the four doping offenders, two of them from Russia and one each from Moldova and Belarus.

The favorites were primarily the 2009 world champion Anita Wlodarczyk from Poland and German world record holder Betty Heidler. The Chinese World Cup third in 2011, Zhang Wenxiu , also started with good chances for a medal . The second German thrower Kathrin Klaas and the Cuban Yipsi Moreno, Olympic champion in 2008, were among the candidates with good prospects for top positions. The reigning world champion Tatjana Lyssenko was one of the top favorites, but she was doped and will not play a role in the brief description of the final process.

Włodarczyk took the lead in the first attempt with 75.01 m. Behind it it was tight. Moreno followed in second place with 74.60 m, followed by Heidler with 73.90 m, French Stéphanie Falzon with 73.06 m and Zhang with 72.96 m. In the second round, Włodarczyk improved further to 76.02 m, but fell back to second place, as Zhang reached 76.34 m, which was a new Olympic record . On lap three, Klaas pushed the Pole from second place with 76.05 m.

Since three of the doped athletes were placed in the top eight, the final of the top five came, three throwers were cheated of their right to three further attempts. The fourth round resulted in no change. In the fifth run there were some irritations, Betty Heidler's attempt was not recorded by the electronic distance measurement due to a software error. The distance was given as 72.34 m, exactly the result of the Moldovan Marghieva, who threw after Heidler. The line markings made it clear to the spectators in the stadium and on the televisions that Heidler's throw must have been considerably further. The athlete, who remained very calm, had a lengthy discussion with the judges. Her attempt was corrected to 77.13 m after the competition, the protest of the Chinese team was rejected, whose athlete Zhang Wenxiu had dropped from second to third due to the decision. Włodarczyk had increased to 77.10 m in this fifth round and again took the lead with a new Olympic record. With her last attempt she improved again to 77.60 m, which brought Anita Włodarczyk the Olympic victory in the end. Betty Heidler won the silver medal, Zhang Wenxiu took bronze. Kathrin Klaas was fourth ahead of Yipsi Moreno and Stéphanie Falzon.

space Surname nation 1st attempt Second attempt 3. Attempt 4th attempt 5th attempt 6th attempt Expanse annotation
1 Anita Włodarczyk PolandPoland Poland 75.01 76.02 75.72 x 77.10 OR 77.60 OR 77.60 OR
2 Betty Heidler GermanyGermany Germany 73.90 71.52 72.77 x 77.13 72.77 77.13
3 Zhang Wenxiu China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 72.96 76.34 OR 73.81 68.20 75.56 x 76.34
4th Kathrin Klaas GermanyGermany Germany x 72.79 76.05 74.66 72.88 x 76.05
5 Yipsi Moreno CubaCuba Cuba 74.60 x x x 71.97 x 74.60
6th Stéphanie Falzon FranceFrance France 73.06 69.29 71.10 not in the final of the
eight best throwers		 73.06 actually
entitled to 3 more throws
7th Joanna Fiodorov PolandPoland Poland 62.34 72.37 x 72.37
8th Sophie Hitchon United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 69.33 65.75 x 69.33
DOP Tatiana Lysenko RussiaRussia Russia Results
canceled for doping abuse
Aksana Myankova BelarusBelarus Belarus
Zalina Petrivskaya Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Moldova
Maria Bespalova RussiaRussia Russia

  • Olympic champion:
    Anita Włodarczyk from Poland

  • Silver medal:
    Betty Heidler, Germany

  • Bronze medal:
    Zhang Wenxiu, China

  • The German Kathrin Klaas came fourth

  • The British Sophie Hitchon finished eighth in the final, but was deprived of the three last throws to which she was actually entitled by the doping fraudsters

  • Doping sinner Marija Bespalowa from Russia

  • Tatiana Lysenko, Russia - first gold, then doping-related cancellation of this medal for the Russian

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Photoblog on NBC News , accessed September 25, 2018
  2. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 801 , accessed on September 25, 2018
  3. ↑ a b c Report from the Sportschau from October 11, 2016 , accessed on September 25, 2018
  4. ↑ a b c IOC sanctions seven athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012 , on olympic.org, November 25, 2016, accessed September 25, 2018
  5. ↑ a b All-time women's hammer throw . performances annulled due to doping offense (No. 30) on alltime-athletics.com, May 27, 2018, accessed on September 25, 2018
  6. ↑ a b c Three more Russian women doped at the 2012 Olympics on sport.orf.at March 22, 2017, accessed on September 25, 2018
  7. ↑ a b IOC disqualifies four Russian athletes on tz.de March 30, 2017, accessed on September 25, 2018
  8. ↑ a b Doping: Hammer thrower from Moldova tested positive . Focus online, August 3, 2012, accessed September 25, 2018
  9. ↑ Jury overturns scandal judgment , Spiegel Online August 11, 2012, accessed on September 25, 2018