2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw explained

The women's hammer throw event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 2 and 4.

Betty Heidler was the pre-event favourite: she was undefeated that season, held the four best marks of the year, and had broken the world record with a throw of 79.42 m in May. Tatyana Lysenko, a former record holder, was ranked second prior to the championships. Yipsi Moreno and Zhang Wenxiu (both medalists at the 2008 Olympics) were both in good form that season, as was Kathrin Klaas (fourth in 2009). Zalina Marghieva, Alena Matoshka, Jennifer Dahlgren were other entrants ranked in the top ten.^{[1] [2]} The 2009 world champion Anita Włodarczyk was not expected to compete due to a back injury.^[3]

Tatyana Lysenko won the competition on her first throw, then proceeded to improve her position on the next two throws. Top qualifier Zhang Wenxiu also made her best throw on her first attempt. It took Betty Heidler until the 5th round to finally displace her into bronze position, pushing Yipsi Moreno off the medal stand. Defending champion Anita Włodarczyk did make a game effort, throwing her season best, but only managed 5th place.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Tatyana Lysenko	Betty Heidler	Zhang Wenxiu

Records

World record		79.42	Halle, Germany	21 May 2011
Championship record		77.96	Berlin, Germany	22 August 2009
World leading		79.42	Halle, Germany	21 May 2011
African record		68.48	Cairo, Egypt	18 February 2005
Asian record		75.65	Fränkisch-Crumbach, Germany	12 June 2011
North, Central American and Caribbean record		76.62	Zagreb, Croatia	9 September 2008
South American record		73.74	Buenos Aires, Argentina	10 April 2010
European record		79.42	Halle, Germany	21 May 2011
Oceanian record		71.12	Adelaide, Australia	6 February 2003

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
2 September 2011	10:00	Qualification
4 September 2011	18:15	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 71.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1	A			74.17			74.17	Q
2	B			73.29			73.29	Q
3	B			67.81		72.70	72.70	Q, SB
4	A			71.94			71.94	Q
5	A			69.26	69.57	71.69	71.69	Q
6	B			71.48			71.48	Q
7	B			71.09			71.09	Q
8	A			71.06			71.06	Q
9	A				70.09	69.85	70.09	q
10	A			69.82	66.58		69.82	q
11	A			68.12	69.66	69.01	69.66	q
12	A				68.92	67.37	68.92	q
13	B			68.89	68.28		68.89
14	A			68.26	68.87		68.87
15	B			68.26	65.22	65.45	68.26
16	B				68.23	67.88	68.23
17	B				67.95		67.95
18	B			67.74	65.22	67.02	67.74
19	B			67.44	67.57	65.93	67.57
20	B			67.16	66.97		67.16
21	A				66.88		66.88
22	A			64.38	65.58	66.77	66.77
23	A			66.15		61.31	66.15
24	A			63.93		65.64	65.64
25	A			64.46	65.40	64.18	65.40
26	B			61.91		64.93	64.93
27	B			60.14	64.09		64.09
28	A			63.39			63.39
29	B			61.45	62.17	63.12	63.12
30	A			61.05			61.05

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			76.80	77.09	77.13	74.51	75.05		77.13	SB
				73.96	74.70		76.06		76.06
			75.03	74.31		73.17	71.86	74.79	75.03
			73.29		74.48				74.48	SB
			73.56		72.61			72.65	73.56	SB
			67.73	70.40	67.75	70.24	70.91	72.04	72.04	SB
			67.02	70.18	70.67	71.89	70.44		71.89
-	Zalina Marghieva		69.99		68.13	70.24	70.27	68.76	70.27
8			68.61	69.88					69.88
9			68.27		69.72				69.72
10				68.91	68.15				68.91
11			66.57						66.57

External links

• Hammer throw results at IAAF website

Notes and References

1. Landells, Steve (2011-08-19). Women’s Hammer Throw – PREVIEW . IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-28.
2. http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=2011/sex=W/all=n/legal=A/disc=HT/detail.html Hammer throw 2011
3. http://www.athleticsweekly.com/news/world-championships-preview-womens-field-events/ World Championships preview – women’s field events