2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw explained

Event:	Women's hammer throw
Competition:	2013 World Championships
Venue:	Luzhniki Stadium
Dates:	14 August (qualification) 16 August (final)
Competitors:	26
Nations:	18
Win Label:	Winning distance
Gold:	Anita Włodarczyk
Silver:	Zhang Wenxiu
Bronze:	Wang Zheng
Prev:	2011
Next:	2015

The women's hammer throw at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 14–16 August.^[1]

After feeling out the ring, there were six automatic qualifiers to the final, most making it on their second attempt. It took 70.47 to make the final. Among the non-qualifiers was the world record holder Betty Heidler.

In the final, Jeneva McCall's first attempt 72.33 held up through the first 9 throwers until Tatyana Lysenko let loose a 77.58. Zhang Wenxiu answered that with a 74.62 to move into second place. The second round got more serious with three more throwers over 74 meters, with Wang Zheng moving into second with a personal best 74.90. Lysenko had a second throw out over 77. In the third round, Anita Włodarczyk moved into the lead, her 77.79 tickling her own championship record from 2009, what was at the time the world record. Zhang moved past her teammate back into third with a 75.09. And after leading most of the first round, McCall's day was done. After the short break to rearrange the order, the fourth round was the decider. The five competitors all fouled consecutively, then Zhang shored up her third place with a 75.58. Next into the ring, Lysenko sent it out 78.80 a new championship record. And following her, Włodarczyk set a new Polish national record with her 78.46. In the final two rounds, nobody came within a meter of improving.

Performances in the World Championships contributed to the final scoring of the 2013 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge – a first for the series.^[2]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:^[3]

World record		79.42	Halle, Germany	21 May 2011
Championship record		77.96	Berlin, Germany	22 August 2009
World leading		78.24	Moscow, Russia	24 July 2013
African record		69.10	Angers, France	17 June 2012
Asian record		76.99	Ostrava, Czech Republic	24 May 2012
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
14 August 2013	9:30	Qualification
16 August 2013	19:00	Final

Results

KEY:

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Q

Qualified

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q

12 best performers

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Qualification

Qualification: 73.00 m (Q) and at least 12 best (q) advanced to the final.^[4]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	Mark	Notes
1	B			x	76.18		76.18	Q
2	A			71.99	75.15		75.15	Q, SB
DSQ	A			68.86	74.83		74.83	Q
DSQ	A			x	74.60		74.60	Q
5	B			73.89			73.89	Q
6	B			71.33	73.17		73.17	Q, PB
7	B			69.67	69.62	72.47	72.47	q
8	B			71.90	x	x	71.90	q
9	B			71.69	x	x	71.69	q
10	B			70.19	69.58	71.32	71.32	q, SB
11	A			x	69.45	70.62	70.62	q
12	A			70.47	x	69.14	70.47	q
13	B			69.86	66.92	67.40	69.86
14	B			69.07	x	69.68	69.68
15	A			67.48	69.35	x	69.35
16	A			67.86	69.06	68.77	69.06
17	A			67.63	66.86	68.90	68.90
18	A			68.83	66.41	x	68.83
19	B			68.56	67.62	65.86	68.56
20	B			x	66.93	68.34	68.34
21	A			x	x	68.00	68.00
22	B			62.19	66.65	x	66.65
23	B			x	64.96	65.58	65.58	SB
24	A			63.68	x	64.74	64.74
25	A			x	x	64.58	64.58
26	B			x	61.37	x	61.37
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Final

The final started at 19:00.^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 5	No. 6	Mark	Notes
			70.75	74.21	77.79	78.46	72.85	71.39	78.46	NR
			74.62	73.60	75.08	75.58	72.70	x	75.58	SB
			68.46	74.90	x	73.94	x	72.35	74.90	PB
			68.96	74.16	71.06	x	x	72.68	74.16	SB
			71.46	72.76	71.21	68.80	x	68.61	72.76
			67.17	72.70	70.18	70.57	x	67.39	72.70
			72.33	72.61	72.65				72.65
9			x	72.56	x				72.56
10			71.15	70.40	71.25				71.25
11			71.07	69.52	69.00				71.07
DSQ			77.58	77.33	76.34	78.80	76.90	74.49	78.80	CR
DSQ			x	72.69	74.62	72.80	x	73.33	74.62

External links

• Hammer throw results at IAAF website

Notes and References

1. http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/4873/AT-HT-W-q----.SL2.pdf?v=47068545 Start list
2. http://www.iaaf.org/Competitions/iaaf-hammer-throw-challenge/calendar/2013 2013 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Calendar
3. Web site: Records & Lists – Hammer Throw. IAAF. 7 August 2013.
4. http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/4873/AT-HT-W-q----.RS4.pdf?v=-705820198 Qualification Results
5. http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/4873/AT-HT-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=-833673037 Final Results