2018 European Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw explained

Event:	Women's hammer throw
Competition:	2018 European Athletics Championships
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Location:	Berlin
Competitors:	28
Nations:	20
Win Value:	78.94
Win Label:	Winning result
Gold:	Anita Włodarczyk
Gold Nation:	POL
Silver:	Alexandra Tavernier
Silver Nation:	FRA
Bronze:	Joanna Fiodorow
Bronze Nation:	POL
Previous:	2016
Next:	2022

The women's hammer throw at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 10 and 12 August.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 European Athletics Championships
World record		82.98 m	Warsaw, Poland	28 August 2016
European record		82.98 m	Warsaw, Poland	28 August 2016
Championship record		78.76 m	Zürich, Switzerland	15 August 2014
World Leading		79.59 m	Lublin, Poland	22 July 2018
European Leading		79.59 m	Lublin, Poland	22 July 2018
Broken records during the 2018 European Athletics Championships
Championship record		78.94 m	Berlin, Germany	12 August 2018

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
10 August 2018	10:00	Qualification
12 August 2018	19:30	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 70.00 m (Q) or best 12 performers (q)^{[2] [3] [4]}

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Note
1	B	Anita Włodarczyk		69.81	75.10		75.10
2	B	Hanna Skydan		74.02			74.02	,
3	B	Alexandra Tavernier		72.88			72.88
4	A	Hanna Malyshchyk		72.39			72.39
5	A	Joanna Fiodorow		71.46			71.46
6	B	Malwina Kopron			71.14		71.14
7	B	Sofiya Palkina		69.21	69.74	69.49	69.74
8	B	Réka Gyurátz			69.45		69.45
9	B	Iryna Klymets		68.40		69.44	69.44
10	A	Zalina Petrivskaya			69.17	69.04	69.17
11	B	Sophie Hitchon			68.69		68.69
12	A	Kathrin Klaas		66.12	68.64		68.64
13	A	Yelizaveta Tsareva		67.40	66.50	68.35	68.35
14	B	Kıvılcım Kaya		67.72	66.86	68.10	68.10
15	A	Stamatia Skarvelis		67.08	67.97		67.97
16	B	Anna Maria Orel		67.22	64.14	65.17	67.22
17	B	Ida Storm		64.52	65.22	66.66	66.66
18	A	Martina Hrašnová				66.37	66.37
19	A	Bianca Perie-Ghelber			65.77	66.17	66.17
20	A	Inga Linna		63.11	63.77	65.46	65.46
21	B	Krista Tervo		61.39	65.37		65.37
22	A	Kateřina Šafránková			64.64	64.85	64.85
23	A	Iryna Novozhylova			64.70		64.70
24	B	Marina Nichișenco			62.22	64.37	64.37
25	A	Anamari Kožul			62.55	60.40	62.55
26	B	Nicole Zihlmann		60.64		61.67	61.67
27	A	Alyona Shamotina			61.51	61.66	61.66
28	A	Éva Orbán				59.16	59.16

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Anita Włodarczyk		69.35	76.50	77.82	78.94	78.55	77.71	78.94
	Alexandra Tavernier		74.78	69.49	70.74	68.35	73.92	74.20	74.78
	Joanna Fiodorow		69.55	71.41	74.00	73.72	71.70		74.00
	Malwina Kopron				72.20	71.53			72.20
	Hanna Skydan			67.22	71.92	68.55	71.42	72.10	72.10
	Zalina Petrivskaya		70.98	70.65	71.80	70.53	71.00		71.80
	Kathrin Klaas			66.49	70.66		71.50		71.50
	Sophie Hitchon		68.80		70.52				70.52
	Réka Gyurátz		69.51	70.48	69.85				70.48
10	Sofiya Palkina		68.64		67.46				68.64
11	Iryna Klymets			66.42	68.11				68.11
	Hanna Malyshchyk

Notes and References

1. Web site: European Athletics 2018 European Championships Timetable . european-athletics.org . 15 March 2018 . 3 May 2018.
2. Web site: Qualification Group A results . 24 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180930123052/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW054901_C73R.pdf . 30 September 2018 . dead .
3. Web site: Qualification Group B results . 24 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180930123123/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW054902_C73R.pdf . 30 September 2018 . dead .
4. Web site: Qualification Summary results . 24 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180804052519/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW054900_C74B.pdf . 4 August 2018 . dead . dmy-all .
5. Web site: Final results . 3 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180820100248/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW054101_C73S.pdf . 20 August 2018 . dead . dmy-all .