2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw explained

The women's hammer throw at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 12 and 14 July.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Alexandra Tavernier	Alexia Sedykh	Alena Navahrodskaya

Records

, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record		73.24 m	Changsha, China	24 June 2005
Championship Record		67.95 m	Bydgoszcz, Poland	9 July 2008
World Junior Leading		68.44 m	Forbach, France	27 May 2012
Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Championship Record & World Junior Leading		70.62	Barcelona, Spain	14 July 2012

Qualification

Qual. rule: qualification standard 62.00 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Note
1	B			66.22			66.22	Q
2	B			59.44	65.61		65.61	Q
3	A	Alexia Sedykh		65.54			65.54	Q
4	A			X	63.22		63.22	Q
5	B			61.54	X	59.45	61.54	q
6	A			60.09	X	61.01	61.01	q
7	B			X	51.01	60.92	60.92	q, PB
8	B			60.75	58.70	55.87	60.75	q, PB
9	A			X	60.19	X	60.19	q
10	A			X	56.22	60.01	60.01	q
11	A			59.93	54.34	53.34	59.93	q
12	B			59.32	X	57.57	59.32	q
13	A			53.67	58.87	58.94	58.94
14	B			57.46	58.78	X	58.78
15	B			X	57.99	58.01	58.01
16	B			X	53.49	57.93	57.93
17	B			57.87	X	X	57.87	PB
18	B			55.03	56.34	57.82	57.82
19	B			57.45	X	X	57.45	SB
20	B			56.11	56.03	56.65	56.65
21	A			50.13	56.18	54.84	56.18
22	A	Yolanda González		49.35	55.66	55.19	55.66
23	A			54.19	54.45	53.86	54.45
24	B			X	54.30	X	54.30
25	A			51.11	X	54.23	54.23
26	B			X	53.14	X	53.14
27	A			X	52.42	52.19	52.42
28	A			50.25	49.61	X	50.25
29	B			X	49.16	X	49.16
30	B			X	45.19	X	45.19
–	A			X	X	X	NM
–	A			X	X	X	NM
–	B			X	X	X	NM
–	B			X	X	X	NM
–	B			X	X	X	NM
–	A			X	X	X	NM
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Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Note
			66.14	X	X	70.62	69.12	X	70.62	CR
	Alexia Sedykh		65.29	67.34	64.99	66.76	63.74	65.64	67.34
			62.96	67.13	X	63.26	X	60.89	67.13	PB
4			60.62	67.00	65.90	X	66.63	65.33	67.00	AJ
5			61.00	60.36	63.32	58.90	59.62	X	63.32	PB
6			X	60.28	63.19	59.77	59.89	X	63.19
7			61.63	59.40	X	X	59.08	56.27	61.63
8			57.25	60.88	59.46	X	58.38	60.09	60.88
9			58.70	55.85	60.72				60.72
10			X	58.62	X				58.62
11			57.67	X	58.09				58.09
12			56.46	56.49	X				56.49

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 39 athletes from 27 countries participated in the event.

External links

• WJC12 Hammer throw schedule

Notes and References

1. Web site: iaaf.org – International Association of Athletics Federations. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120727064837/http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=HT/combCode=hash/timetable.html. 2012-07-27.