2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw explained

Event:	Women's hammer throw
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The final of the Women's hammer throw event at the 2002 European Championships in Munich, Germany was held on August 9, 2002. There were a total number of 44 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged two days earlier, on August 7, with the mark set at 66.00 metres.

On 8 March 2013, the IAAF announced that following retesting of samples taken at the championships, it had been found that Olga Kuzenkova of Russia had taken a banned substance. It was not announced whether this would mean an alteration in the medal result.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Olga Kuzenkova Russia (RUS)
Silver	Kamila Skolimowska Poland (POL)
Bronze	Manuela Montebrun France (FRA)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2002 European Athletics Championships
		76.07 m	August 29, 1999
		71.17 m	August 22, 1998
Broken records during the 2002 European Athletics Championships
		72.30 m	August 9, 2002
		72.94 m	August 9, 2002

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1					68.45 m
2	2					67.74 m
3	4					66.67 m
4	6					65.84 m
5	9					64.74 m
6	14					63.13 m
7	17					62.46 m
8	20					61.50 m
9	21					61.46 m
10	22					61.39 m
11	23					61.22 m
12	24					60.87 m
13	28		57.85	59.93	58.30	59.93 m
14	29					59.87 m
15	30					59.64 m
16	31					59.30 m
17	34					57.61 m
18	37					56.48 m
19	39					55.81 m
20	41					53.99 m
21	42					53.65 m
22	43					47.65 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	3					66.84 m
2	5					66.11 m
3	7					65.43 m
4	8					64.87 m
5	10					64.70 m
6	11					64.38 m
7	12					63.38 m
8	13					63.17 m
9	15					62.85 m
10	16					62.50 m
11	18					62.18 m
12	19					61.77 m
13	25					60.67 m
14	26					60.28 m
15	27					60.13 m
16	32					58.38 m
17	33					58.22 m
18	35		X	57.15	56.98	57.15 m
19	36					56.98 m
20	38					56.20 m
21	40					54.32 m
-	-		X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		72.30	68.41	X	72.94	72.89	72.71	72.94 m	CR
		69.38	68.62	68.35	72.46	65.94	X	72.46 m
		70.69	63.36	72.04	X	68.78	70.34	72.04 m
4		X	64.94	66.82	68.03	X	65.86	68.03 m	PB
5		67.47	66.73	67.05	64.13	65.76	65.85	67.47 m
6		64.85	66.29	67.27	X	66.86	X	67.27 m
7		63.32	66.49	63.74	59.41	61.23	64.05	66.49 m
8		57.84	66.25	X	64.19	X	X	66.25 m
9		62.53	65.30	65.92				65.92 m
10		63.85	63.61	65.20				65.20 m
11		64.92	X	X				64.92 m
12		64.19	61.81	64.16				64.19 m

See also

• 2000 Women's Olympic Hammer Throw (Sydney)
• 2001 Women's World Championships Hammer Throw (Edmonton)
• 2002 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
• 2003 Women's World Championships Hammer Throw (Paris)
• 2004 Women's Olympic Hammer Throw (Athens)

References

• Results
• todor66
• athletix
• hammerthrow.wz

Notes and References

1. Web site: Helsinki retests uncover adverse findings. 2013-03-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20130326192807/http://www.athleticsweekly.com/news/doping-helsinki-2005-re-tests-reveal-adverse-findings/. 2013-03-26. dead.