2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw explained

Event:	Women's hammer throw
Competition:	2019 World Championships
Venue:	Khalifa International Stadium
Dates:	27 September (qualification) 28 September (final)
Competitors:	30
Nations:	20
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	77.54
Gold:	DeAnna Price
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Joanna Fiodorow
Silvernoc:	POL
Bronze:	Wang Zheng
Bronzenoc:	CHN
Prev:	2017
Next:	2022

The women's hammer throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 27 to 28 September 2019.^[1]

Summary

In the absence of world record holder Anita Włodarczyk, who has dominated hammer throwing since 2012, this was the first major championship opportunity for someone else. With the defending champion recovering from knee surgery,^[2] world leader DeAnna Price seized the opportunity on the second throw of the competition with a 76.87m that nobody would beat all day, except Price, who threw her best of in the third round. The next thrower into the ring was Włodarczyk's Polish teammate Joanna Fiodorow, who tried to pick up the slack, throwing her personal best 76.35m which dominated everybody else. Zalina Petrivskaya's first throw of the competition was dropped to third place after the first three throwers. She maintained that position until the middle of the fifth round when Wang Zheng's 74.76m grabbed bronze.

Records

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

World record		82.98 m	Warsaw, Poland	28 August 2016
Championship record		80.85 m	Beijing, China	27 August 2015
World Leading		78.24 m	Des Moines, United States	27 July 2019
African Record		69.70 m	Forbach, France	25 May 2014
Asian Record		77.68 m	Chengdu, China	29 March 2014
North, Central American and Caribbean record		78.24 m	Des Moines, United States	27 July 2019
South American Record		73.74 m	Buenos Aires, Argentina	10 April 2010
European Record		82.98 m	Warsaw, Poland	28 August 2016
Oceanian record		71.39 m	Townsville, Australia	28 June 2019

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 71.00 m.^[4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:^[5]

Date	Time	Round
27 September	16:40	Qualification
28 September	19:25	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 72.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.^{[6] [7]}

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
				1	2	3
1	B			73.77			73.77	Q
2	B			73.40			73.40	Q
3	A			73.39			73.39	Q
4	B				70.86	73.32	73.32	Q,
5	A			71.51	72.93		72.93	Q,
6	A			72.91			72.91	Q
7	B			72.65			72.65	Q
8	A			71.42	71.03	72.59	72.59	Q
9	B			71.85	72.01		72.01	Q
10	A				71.72		71.72	q
11	B			70.26	70.28	71.52	71.52	q,
12	A			71.35	71.12		71.35	q
13	B					70.46	70.46
14	A			67.07	70.45	68.21	70.45
15	B			70.35	68.40	67.54	70.35
16	B					69.67	69.67
17	A			66.53	67.82	69.65	69.65
18	B			68.01	68.65		68.65
19	A			67.53	68.53	67.26	68.53
20	A			66.73	68.46		68.46
21	B				66.47	68.25	68.25
22	B			67.14	67.77	66.39	67.77
23	B			67.28	67.41		67.41
24	B			64.14	67.30		67.30
25	A				66.91	67.11	67.11
26	A			65.15	66.58		66.58
27	A			65.55		65.76	65.76
28	A			65.55	64.51	65.51	65.55
29	B			62.65	63.55	65.46	65.46
30	A			60.66	65.31	63.63	65.31

Final

The final was started on 28 September at 19:25.^[8]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
			76.87		77.54	74.56	73.77	75.68	77.54
			76.35	74.77	72.78	74.69			76.35
			72.94			73.75	74.76		74.76
4			73.73	73.60	74.33	70.49	74.27	72.94	74.33
5			73.17	73.56		70.26	72.59	71.95	73.56
6			71.50	70.48	73.31	72.24	73.33		73.33
7			70.69	71.99	72.80	72.83	71.44	70.99	72.83
8			71.33	72.04	70.83	70.41	71.03		72.04
9			66.09	71.28					71.28
10			71.24	66.52	70.12				71.24
11			70.45		68.65				70.45

Notes and References

1. Web site: Start list.
2. Web site: Anita Wlodarczyk, one of track and field's most dominant, sidelined. 16 July 2019.
3. Web site: Hammer Throw − Women Outdoor − Records. IAAF. 21 September 2019.
4. News: Competitions Entry Standards 2019 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019. iaaf.org. 2 August 2019.
5. Web site: Hammer Throw Women − Timetable. IAAF. 21 September 2019.
6. Web site: Hammer Throw Women − Qualification − Results. IAAF. 27 September 2019. 29 September 2019.
7. Web site: Hammer Throw Women − Qualification − Summary. IAAF. 27 September 2019. 29 September 2019.
8. Web site: Final results.