2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' hammer throw explained

Event:	Girls' hammer throw
Competition:	2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics
Venue:	Stadium Lille Métropole
Dates:	8 July (qualification) 9 July (final)
Competitors:	32
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	57.13
Gold:	Louisa James
Goldnoc:	GBR
Silver:	Malwina Kopron
Silvernoc:	POL
Bronze:	Roxana Perie
Bronzenoc:	ROU
Prev:	2009
Next:	2013

The girls' hammer throw at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 8 and 9 July.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Louisa James	Malwina Kopron	Roxana Perie

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best		70.60		5 April 2003
Championship Record		64.61	Ostrava, Czech Republic	14 July 2007
World Youth Leading		60.11		16 February 2011

Qualification

Qualification rule: qualification standard 55.50 m or at least best 12 qualified.^[2]

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1			53.30	x	56.21	56.21	Q
2			x	53.62	55.86	55.86	Q, PB
3			x	x	55.20	55.20	q
4			x	54.66	53.73	54.66	q
5			x	53.53	x	53.53	q
6			x	53.47	x	53.47	q
7			50.34	50.85	53.42	53.42	q
8			52.90	50.79	x	52.90
9			x	52.73	48.75	52.73
10			49.37	50.57	52.31	52.31	PB
11			x	49.87	50.22	50.22
12			44.38	45.65	46.63	46.63
13			x	45.49	x	45.49
14			43.93	x	x	43.93
15			x	3.94	x	3.94
			x	x	x	NM

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1			x	53.05	54.88	54.88	q
2			x	54.62	x	54.62	q, PB
3			51.83	x	54.48	54.48	q
4			48.20	54.13	x	54.13	q
5			50.68	x	53.41	53.41	q
6			49.89	51.68	53.21	53.21
7			52.65	52.70	49.22	52.70
8			50.67	49.89	x	50.67
9			50.32	x	x	50.32
10			x	50.28	x	50.28
11			49.00	x	49.30	49.30	SB
12			x	49.27	x	49.27
13			48.90	x	x	48.90
14			x	48.47	x	48.47
15			43.92	47.24	48.12	48.12
16			x	43.24	41.68	43.24

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			55.79	57.13	54.07	x	49.49	x	57.13	PB
			57.03	x	53.78	x	55.08	x	57.03	PB
			56.75	55.60	x	54.93	x	x	56.75	PB
4			x	54.83	54.86	56.62	55.61	53.22	56.62
5			54.58	53.69	x	56.01	29.60	x	56.01
6			54.39	x	x	x	x	55.04	55.04
7			53.90	x	x	x	54.58	x	54.58
8			53.87	51.63	x	x	53.18	x	53.87
9			53.53	x	53.06				53.53
10			53.05	x	50.71				53.05
11			52.53	x	50.20				52.53
12			52.07	x	48.61				52.07

Notes and References

1. Web site: James claims first UK gold . . 9 July 2011.
2. Web site: Hammer Throw Girls - Qualification . . 8 July 2011.
3. Web site: Hammer Throw Girls - Final . . 9 July 2011.