2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw explained

Event:	Women's hammer throw
Competition:	2022 World Championships
Venue:	Hayward Field
Dates:	15 July (qualification) 17 July (final)
Competitors:	32
Nations:	21
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	78.96
Gold:	Brooke Andersen
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Camryn Rogers
Silvernoc:	CAN
Bronze:	Janee' Kassanavoid
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2019
Next:	2023

The women's hammer throw at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 15 and 17 July 2022.^[1]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:^[2]

width=25% align=center	Record	width=25% align=center	Athlete &	width=10% align=center		width=25% align=center	Location	width=15% align=center	Date
World record		82.98 m	Warsaw, Poland	28 August 2016
Championship record		80.85 m	Beijing, China	27 August 2015
World Leading		79.02 m	Tucson, United States	30 April 2022
African Record		75.49 m	Tucson, United States	22 May 2021
Asian Record		77.68 m	Chengdu, China	29 March 2014
North, Central American and Caribbean record		80.31 m	Eugene, United States	26 June 2021
South American Record		73.74 m	Buenos Aires, Argentina	10 April 2010
European Record		82.98 m	Warsaw, Poland	28 August 2016
Oceanian record		74.61 m	Tucson, United States	22 May 2021

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 72.50 m.^[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Date	Time	Round
15 July	12:05	Qualification
17 July	11:35	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 73.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.^[4]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
				1	2	3
1	A			74.46			74.46	Q
2	B			74.37			74.37	Q
3	A			68.35	73.83		73.83	Q
4	A			73.67			73.67	Q
5	B			69.38	72.60	66.65	72.60	q
6	B			69.20	71.76	72.38	72.38	q
7	B			70.68	72.15	71.92	72.15	q
8	B			69.36	70.39	72.00	72.00	q
9	B			69.04	72.00		72.00	q
10	A			68.80	71.36	71.01	71.36	q
11	A			70.93	70.71		70.93	q
12	A			69.28	68.20	70.87	70.87	q,
13	A				68.92	70.86	70.86
14	A			69.61	70.50		70.50
15	B			68.46		70.50	70.50
16	B			64.53		69.96	69.96
17	A				68.78	69.73	69.73
18	A			64.46	68.83	68.49	68.83
19	A			67.82	68.67	68.04	68.67
20	B			66.23	66.16	68.51	68.51
21	B			65.89		68.18	68.18
22	B			68.12		67.72	68.12
23	B			66.30	67.98	65.96	67.98
24	B			66.24		67.88	67.88
25	A			67.48	67.30	66.91	67.48
26	B			67.20	66.56	64.39	67.20
27	A			62.53	65.71	64.82	65.71
28	A			64.57	64.81		64.81
29	B			62.53	64.72	61.53	64.72
30	A				62.88		62.88

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
			74.81	x	72.74	77.42	77.56	78.96	78.96
			72.61	x	75.52	75.18	75.05	74.36	75.52
			x	74.86	x	74.75	74.24	74.75	74.86
4			71.45	73.18	70.80	x	71.05	71.04	73.18
5			67.24	68.66	70.46	x	70.64	72.41	72.41
6			70.09	72.26	70.83	70.25	x	x	72.26
7			69.46	70.32	70.49	70.81	x	70.75	70.81
8			69.89	69.57	70.42	x	70.13	x	70.42
9			69.39	68.61	70.11				70.11
10			x	69.04	x				69.04
11			65.62	64.76	69.01				69.01
12			68.12	66.66	x				68.12

Notes and References

1. https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/oregon22/timetable/bydiscipline/women/hammer-throw Timetable
2. Web site: Hammer Throw Women − Records. IAAF. 9 July 2022.
3. News: Competitions Entry Standards 2022 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022. iaaf.org. 9 July 2022.
4. https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-HT-W-q----.SL2.pdf Qualification start list