2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw explained

Event:	Women's hammer throw
Competition:	2017 World Championships
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Dates:	5 August (qualification) 7 August (final)
Competitors:	32
Nations:	21
Win Label:	Winning distance
Goldnoc:	POL
Silver:	Wang Zheng
Silvernoc:	CHN
Bronze:	Malwina Kopron
Bronzenoc:	POL
Prev:	2015
Next:	2019

The women's hammer throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 5 and 7 August.^[1]

Summary

As the only woman to have thrown over 80 metres, world record holder Anita Włodarczyk was the clear favourite. While she was the first to throw over 70 metres in this competition, the next thrower, the home team's Sophie Hitchon threw better. By the end of the round, four more women threw better, the early leader was Włodarczyk's Polish teammate Malwina Kopron with a throw of 74.46 metres. In the second round, Wang Zheng jumped from second to first with a throw of 75.94 metres. The third Pole in the competition Joanna Fiodorow moved into third place with a throw of 73.02 metres. In the third round, Fiodorow was displaced by Zhang Wenxiu, then three throwers later by Hanna Skydan with a throw of 73.38 metres. During that round, Włodarczyk had improved to 71.94 metres, but was in sixth place only 60 centimetres ahead of the last qualifying spot for the final three attempts. In the fourth round, Włodarczyk finally broke through getting off a throw of 77.39 metres to take the lead. Nobody would be able to improve upon that, but Włodarczyk wasn't done, throwing 77.90 metres in the fifth round. Wang threw her best of 75.98 metres on her final attempt but it couldn't catch Włodarczyk. Nobody else could beat Kopron's first round throw to get a medal.^[2]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:^[3]

Record		Athlete		Date	Location
World	82.98	Anita Włodarczyk	Poland	28 Aug 2016	Warsaw, Poland
Championship	80.85	Anita Włodarczyk	Poland	27 Aug 2015	Beijing, China
World leading	82.87	Anita Włodarczyk	Poland	29 Jul 2017	Cetniewo, Poland
African	69.70	Amy Sène	Senegal		Forbach, France
Asian	77.68	Zheng Wang		29 Mar 2014	Chengdu, China
NACAC	76.77	Gwen Berry	United States	6 May 2017	Oxford, United States
South American	73.74	Jennifer Dahlgren	Argentina	10 Apr 2010	Buenos Aires, Argentina
European	82.98	Anita Włodarczyk	Poland	28 Aug 2016	Warsaw, Poland
Oceanian	71.12	Bronwyn Eagles	Australia	6 Feb 2003	Adelaide, Australia

No records were set at the competition.^[4]

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 71.00 metres.^[5]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:^[6]

Date	Time	Round
5 August	11:35	Qualification
7 August	20:00	Final

Results

Qualification

The qualification round took place on 5 August, in two groups, with Group A starting at 10:34 and Group B starting at 12:06. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 71.50 metres ( 

Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.^[7] The overall results were as follows:^[8]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
				1	2	3
1	A			74.97			74.97
2	B			74.61			74.61
3	A			73.05			73.05
4	A			72.79			72.79
5	B				72.78		72.78
6	B			72.69			72.69	,
7	A			71.89			71.89
8	B			71.78			71.78
9	B			71.72			71.72
10	B			71.39	70.37	70.87	71.39
11	A			67.93		70.67	70.67
12	B			69.22		70.33	70.33
13	B				69.54	69.37	69.54
14	A			65.09	69.12		69.12
15	A			66.33	67.76	66.93	67.76
16	B				67.48	60.93	67.48
17	A			67.39			67.39
18	B			64.80	62.80	67.37	67.37
19	A					67.05	67.05
20	B			63.11	66.46	x	66.46
21	B				66.24	65.14	66.24
22	A			63.09	66.11	66.05	66.11
23	A			65.78	66.02	65.52	66.02
24	A			65.07			65.07
25	A			62.63	64.03	64.88	64.88
26	A			64.67	64.72	61.88	64.72
27	B			63.72	62.92	64.63	64.63
28	A			64.60		63.32	64.60
29	B			61.24	64.20	60.76	64.20
30	A			59.33	62.33		62.33
	B
	B

Final

The final took place on 7 August at 18:59. The results were as follows:^[9]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
			70.45		71.94	77.39	77.90	73.91	77.90
			74.31	75.94	75.00	74.86	74.52	75.98	75.98
			74.76				69.90	71.66	74.76
			69.70		73.19	70.62	74.53	72.21	74.53
			72.45	72.38	73.38	71.70		71.77	73.38
				73.02	72.41	73.04	71.69	72.67	73.04
			71.47	71.62	71.80		70.81	72.32	72.32
			71.34					66.26	71.34
			65.20	67.46	70.04				70.04
10			69.43		69.00				69.43
11			67.83	68.91					68.91
12				66.31	66.01				66.31

Notes and References

1. https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5151/AT-HT-W-q----.SL2.pdf Start list
2. Web site: Report: women's hammer final – IAAF World Championships London 2017. IAAF. 11 August 2017. 7 August 2017.
3. Web site: Hammer Throw Women – Records . IAAF. 31 July 2017.
4. Web site: Records Set - Final. IAAF. 14 August 2017.
5. Web site: Qualification System and Entry Standards. IAAF. 9 August 2017.
6. Web site: Hammer Throw Women − Timetable. IAAF. 9 August 2017.
7. Web site: Hammer Throw Women − Qualification − Results. IAAF. 9 Aug 2017.
8. Web site: Hammer Throw Women − Qualification − Summary. IAAF. 9 Aug 2017.
9. Web site: Hammer Throw Women − Final − Results. IAAF. 9 Aug 2017.