2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' hammer throw explained

Event:	Girls' hammer throw
Competition:	2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics
Venue:	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Dates:	17–18 July
Competitors:	20
Nations:	16
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	67.82
Gold:	Sofiya Palkina
Goldnoc:	RUS
Silver:	Deniz Yaylacı
Silvernoc:	TUR
Bronze:	Shang Ningyu
Bronzenoc:	CHN
Prev:	2013
Next:	2017

The girls' hammer throw at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia from 17 to 18 July 2015.^[1]

Records

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

With qualifying standard of 63.00 (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.^[2]

Rank	Group	1	2	3	Mark	Notes
1	B	66.75			66.75	Q,
2	A	65.50			65.50	Q
3	A	64.90			64.90	Q
4	B	60.69	x	64.89	64.89	Q
5	A	62.25	63.78		63.78	Q
6	B	63.49			63.49	Q
7	A	4.85	60.58	61.71	61.71	q
8	A	55.27	60.35	59.79	60.35	q
9	B	53.89	58.17	58.77	58.77	q
10	B	58.60	58.58	58.68	58.68	q
11	A	55.60	x	57.38	57.38	q
12	B	x	x	57.32	57.32	q,
13	A	x	x	56.62	56.62
14	A	x	55.71	x	55.71
15	B	x	55.45	55.00	55.45
16	B	x	54.10	54.54	54.54
17	B	x	52.89	x	52.89
18	A	51.31	x	4.14	51.31
19	A	x	x	49.24	49.24
	B	x	x	x

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	Mark
	59.85	66.77	67.82	x	60.70	65.79	67.82
	65.56	59.12	57.83	63.07	65.51	67.01	67.01
	65.88	59.82	66.84	x	x	65.09	66.84
4	66.55	62.94	x	x	x	x	66.55
5	x	62.15	54.72	x	59.03	62.96	62.96
6	x	x	57.23	52.79	59.41	x	59.41
7	58.16	x	55.73	56.54	58.64	58.21	58.64
8	55.46	57.02	x	x	58.28	58.36	58.36
9	54.68	x	x				54.68
10	x	52.73	3.80				52.73
11	x	x	52.02				52.02
	x	x	x