2016 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Hammer Throw (Women)

sport	athletics
discipline	Hammer throw
gender	Women
Attendees	32 athletes from 19 countries
Competition location	Estádio Nilton Santos
Competition phase	August 12, 2016 (qualification) August 15, 2016 (final)
Medalists Anita Włodarczyk ( POL )   Zhang Wenxiu ( CHN )   Sophie Hitchon ( GBR )

The women's hammer throw at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 12 and 15, 2016 in the Estádio Nilton Santos . 36 athletes took part.

Olympic champion was Anita Włodarczyk from Poland , who set a new world record. She won ahead of the Chinese Zhang Wenxiu and Sophie Hitchon from Great Britain.

Betty Heidler , Kathrin Klaas and Charlene Woitha started for Germany . While Klaas and Woitha failed in the qualification, Heidler qualified for the final and finished fourth there.
Athletes from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current titleholders

Olympic Champion	Anita Włodarczyk ( Poland )	77.60 m	London 2012
world champion		80.85 m	Beijing 2015
European champion		78.14 m	Amsterdam 2016
North / Central America / Caribbean Champion	Amber Campbell ( USA )	72.41 m	San José 2015
South America Champion	Rosa Rodríguez ( Venezuela )	71.66 m	Lima 2015
Asian champion	Liu Tingting ( People's Republic of China )	68.24 m	Wuhan 2015
African champion	Amy Sène ( Senegal )	68.35 m	Durban 2016
Oceania champion	Kaysanne Hockey ( Australia )	54.01 m	Cairns 2015

Existing records

World record	Anita Włodarczyk ( Poland )	81.08 m	Władysławowo , Poland	August 1, 2015
Olympic record		77.60 m	London finals , Great Britain	August 10, 2012

Remarks:

• All times are based on local time in Rio ( UTC-3 ).
• All widths are given in meters (m).

qualification

The athletes competed in two groups for a qualifying round. The qualification distance required for direct participation in the final was 72.00 m. Since only three 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. Finally, 70.30 m had to be achieved to take part in the finals.

Group A

The US American Heather Steacy's 66.01 m was not enough for the final

August 12, 2016, 8:40 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Width (m)	annotation
1	Anita Włodarczyk	Poland	76.93	-	-	76.93
2	Rosa Rodríguez	Venezuela	x	69.34	72.41	72.41
3	Zalina Marghieva	Moldova	68.80	71.72	70.90	71.72
4th	DeAnna Price	United States	69.25	69.52	70.79	70.79
5	Wang Zheng	People's Republic of China	68.91	70.60	x	70.60
6th	Alexandra Tavernier	France	x	68.42	70.30	70.30
7th	Gwen Berry	United States	68.07	x	69.90	69.90
8th	Liu Tingting	People's Republic of China	67.40	69.14	63.35	69.14
9	Kateřina Šafránková	Czech Republic	66.52	68.33	65.30	68.33
10	Martina Hrašnová	Slovakia	67.63	66.10	64.32	67.63
11	Alena Sobaleva	Belarus	x	66.71	67.06	67.06
12	Iryna Novoschylova	Ukraine	66.70	x	65.15	66.70
13	Heather Steacy	United States	66.01	x	63.78	66.01
14th	Kıvılcım Kaya	Turkey	x	x	64.79	64.79
15th	Charlene Woitha	Germany	x	x	62.50	62.50
16	Daina Levy	Jamaica	x	60.35	x	60.35

Group B

The German Kathrin Klaas reached 67.92 m and was eliminated

August 12, 2016, 10:10 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Width (m)	annotation
1	Zhang Wenxiu	People's Republic of China	x	70.72	73.58	73.58
2	Joanna Fiodorov	Poland	71.77	71.59	69.29	71.77
3	Betty Heidler	Germany	71.17	66.62	68.60	71.17
4th	Hanna Malyshchyk	Belarus	x	64.69	71.12	71.12
5	Amber Campbell	United States	71.09	x	x	71.09
6th	Sophie Hitchon	Great Britain	x	70.37	68.68	70.37
7th	Hanna Skydan	Azerbaijan	67.05	68.98	70.09	70.09
8th	Malwina Kopron	Poland	69.31	69.69	x	69.69
9	Kathrin Klaas	Germany	67.92	64.89	67.01	67.92
10	Tuğçe Şahutoğlu	Turkey	65.47	67.05	61.92	67.05
11	Marina Marghieva-Nichișenco	Moldova	65.19	63.82	65.10	65.19
12	Amy Sène	Senegal	64.83	x	60.91	64.83
13	Jennifer Dahlgren	Argentina	63.03	x	x	63.03
14th	Iryna Klymez	Ukraine	62.00	x	62.75	62.75
15th	Natalia Solotuchina	Ukraine	56.60	x	56.96	56.96
16	Yirisleydi Ford	Cuba	10.91	x	x	10.91

final

August 15, 2016, 10:40 a.m.

In the final, each participant initially had three attempts, the length of the qualifying round was not counted. The best eight athletes then had three more attempts, the last four were eliminated.

Twelve athletes had qualified for the final, three of them directly over the qualifying distance. nine more about their placements. Two Polish, American and Chinese women each competed for the medals with one athlete from Germany, France, Great Britain, Moldova, Venezuela and Belarus.

The clear favorite was Anita Włodarczyk from Poland, the 2012 Olympic champion , reigning world and European champion , and also the current world record holder . The other medal candidates included the Chinese vice world champion and third place in the 2013 World Cup, Zhang Wenxiu, the French third place in the World Cup in 2015, Alexandra Tavernier and the German vice European champion Betty Heidler.

Anita Włodarczyk took over the top position in the first lap. With 76.35 m she was ahead of the Chinese Zhang Wenxiu, who was not far behind with 75.06 m. The German Betty Heidler was third with 71.38 m. In round two Włodarczyk succeeded in the first 80-meter throw at the Olympic Games. With her 80.40 m she improved the Olympic record by more than two meters. The British Sophie Hitchon pushed past Heidler with 73.29 m into third place.

In the third attempt, Włodarczyk set a new world record with 82.29 m . She exceeded her own record by 1.21 m. Zhang improved this lap to 76.19 m. In the fifth round, Włodarczyk managed another throw with 81.74 m, which exceeded her previous world record. Heidler was able to move back to third with 73.71 m. Behind the Olympic champion, Zhang Wenxiu secured her silver place with 76.75 m. In the last round, Sophie Hitchon passed Betty Heidler again when she threw the hammer at 74.54 m and thus set a new British national record. Moldovan Zalina Marghieva finished fifth, ahead of American Amber Campbell.

Sophie Hitchon was the first British medalist in this discipline.

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	4th attempt	5th attempt	6th attempt	Width (m)	annotation
1	Anita Włodarczyk	Poland	76.35	80.40	82.29	x	81.74	79.60	82.29	WR
2	Zhang Wenxiu	People's Republic of China	75.06	74.04	76.19	74.65	76.75	70.93	76.75
3	Sophie Hitchon	Great Britain	x	73.29	71.73	72.28	72.89	74.54	74.54	NO
4th	Betty Heidler	Germany	71.38	69.24	69.84	72.71	73.71	x	73.71
5	Zalina Marghieva	Moldova	69.01	x	72.38	73.50	72.96	70.24	73.50
6th	Amber Campbell	United States	68.18	68.85	70.20	70.57	72.74	71.09	72.74
7th	Hanna Malyshchyk	Belarus	66.58	x	70.38	70.60	69.68	71.90	71.90
8th	DeAnna Price	United States	68.12	x	70.95	x	61.95	69.18	70.95
9	Joanna Fiodorov	Poland	69.87	x	68.63	not in the final of the eight best throwers			69.87
10	Rosa Rodríguez	Venezuela	67.94	66.87	69.26				69.26
11	Alexandra Tavernier	France	x	65.18	x				65.18
ogV	Wang Zheng	People's Republic of China	x	x	x					without space

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  Olympic champion Anita Wlodarczyk, Poland

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  Silver medalist Zhang Wenxiu from China

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  Bronze medalist Sophie Hitchon, Great Britain

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  The German Betty Heidler took fourth place in the final

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  The American DeAnna Price came in eighth place

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  The Frenchwoman Alexandra Tavernier reached eleventh place

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  The Chinese Wang Zheng did not get a valid throw in the final

Web links

• Results Book Rio 2016, Official Report at library.olympic.org, accessed October 17, 2018
• Results on the website of the World Athletics Association IAAF Hammer Throw Women (English), accessed on October 17, 2018
• Sports Reference, Result Hammer Throw Women (English), accessed on October 17, 2018

Video

• Rio Replay: Hammer Final on youtube.com, published August 21, 2016, accessed October 17, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF records. Hammer Throw Women , accessed October 17, 2018