The Women's Hammer Throw event at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 20 and August 22.
| Gold | ||
| Silver | ||
| Bronze |
| 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 |
Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows.
| World Record | 77.80 | 15 August 2006 | |||
| Championship Record | 75.20 | Seville, Spain | 24 August 1999 | ||
| World Leading | 77.20 | Cottbus, Germany | 8 August 2009 | ||
| African Record | 68.48 | Cairo, Egypt | 18 February 2002 | ||
| Asian Record | 74.86 | Shijiazhuang, China | 3 August 2007 | ||
| North American record | 76.62 | Zagreb, Croatia | 9 September 2008 | ||
| South American record | 72.94 | Athens, Georgia, United States | 13 April 2007 | ||
| European Record | 77.80 | Tallinn, Estonia | 15 August 2006 | ||
| Oceanian Record | 71.12 | Adelaide, Australia | 6 February 2003 |
The following records were set during this competition.
| Date | Time | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 20, 2009 | 14:15 | Qualification | |
| August 22, 2009 | 19:30 | Final |
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 72.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality |
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| Result | Notes | |
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| A | 75.27 | 75.27 | Q, CR | ||||||
| A | 74.54 | 74.54 | Q | ||||||
| B | 72.72 | 72.72 | Q, SB | ||||||
| A | 72.21 | 72.21 | Q, PB | ||||||
| B | 70.16 | 71.73 | 71.73 | q | |||||
| A | 70.35 | 71.54 | 71.54 | q | |||||
| B | 70.97 | 71.50 | 71.50 | q | |||||
| B | 67.53 | 70.98 | 69.33 | 70.98 | q | ||||
| B | 68.65 | 62.49 | 70.66 | 70.66 | q | ||||
| 10 | B | 68.48 | 70.54 | 69.95 | 70.54 | q | |||
| 11 | B | 70.53 | 68.82 | 70.53 | q | ||||
| 12 | B | 68.99 | 69.93 | 70.01 | 70.01 | q | |||
| 13 | A | 67.47 | 69.58 | 69.58 | |||||
| 14 | B | 67.57 | 67.57 | 69.39 | 69.39 | ||||
| 15 | B | 69.14 | 67.61 | 69.30 | 69.30 | ||||
| 16 | B | 68.97 | 68.97 | ||||||
| 17 | A | 68.90 | 65.42 | 64.56 | 68.90 | ||||
| 18 | A | 68.55 | 67.46 | 64.36 | 68.55 | ||||
| 19 | A | 67.74 | 68.47 | 62.67 | 68.47 | ||||
| 20 | B | 66.89 | 68.34 | 68.02 | 68.34 | ||||
| 21 | A | 67.33 | 67.33 | ||||||
| 22 | A | 67.32 | 67.32 | ||||||
| 23 | A | 66.59 | 67.07 | 67.07 | |||||
| 24 | A | 67.01 | 67.01 | ||||||
| 25 | B | 65.64 | 66.72 | 66.25 | 66.72 | ||||
| 26 | B | 66.70 | 62.56 | 66.70 | |||||
| 27 | A | 66.69 | 66.26 | 66.69 | |||||
| 28 | B | 66.33 | 62.78 | 66.33 | |||||
| 29 | B | 65.95 | 64.88 | 65.71 | 65.95 | ||||
| 30 | B | 65.88 | 65.39 | 60.27 | 65.88 | ||||
| 31 | A | 65.05 | 64.35 | 65.05 | |||||
| 32 | B | 62.98 | 64.90 | 64.90 | |||||
| 33 | A | 64.83 | 64.83 | ||||||
| 34 | B | 61.00 | 63.77 | 63.31 | 63.77 | ||||
| 35 | A | 63.20 | 63.20 | ||||||
| 36 | A | 62.92 | 58.72 | 62.92 | |||||
| 37 | A | 62.66 | 62.86 | 62.67 | 62.86 | ||||
| 38 | A | 59.76 | 59.61 | 58.34 | 59.76 | ||||
| 39 | A | 56.31 | 56.31 | ||||||
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| B |
Key: NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result), Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality |
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| Result | Notes | |
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| 74.86 | 77.96 | - | - | - | 77.96 | WR | |||||
| 75.10 | 75.38 | 75.73 | 73.45 | 76.44 | 77.12 | 77.12 | NR | ||||
| 67.84 | 72.72 | 73.07 | 69.50 | 74.79 | 65.65 | 74.79 | |||||
| 4 | 72.02 | 74.23 | 66.28 | 74.23 | PB | ||||||
| 5 | 69.42 | 72.57 | 71.80 | 70.83 | 71.03 | 72.57 | |||||
| 6 | 72.22 | 71.36 | 71.51 | 70.16 | 72.22 | ||||||
| 7 | 72.17 | 69.94 | 68.10 | 71.35 | 72.17 | ||||||
| 8 | 71.56 | 69.42 | 70.97 | 70.91 | 70.24 | 71.56 | |||||
| 9 | 71.40 | 70.80 | 71.40 | ||||||||
| 10 | 69.63 | 70.88 | 68.47 | 70.88 | |||||||
| 11 | 64.62 | 70.08 | 70.08 | ||||||||
| 12 | 69.92 | 69.75 | 69.92 |
Key: NR = National record, PB = Personal best, WR = World record