2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw explained

Event:Women's hammer throw
Competition:2023 World Championships
Venue:National Athletics Centre
Dates:23 August (Qualification)
24 August (Final)
Competitors:36
Nations:24
Win Label:Winning distance
Win Value:77.22
Gold:Camryn Rogers
Goldnoc:CAN
Silver:Janee Kassanavoid
Silvernoc:USA
Bronze:DeAnna Price
Bronzenoc:USA
Prev:2022
Next:2025

The women's hammer throw at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 23 and 24 August 2023.[1]

Summary

In the preliminary round, defending champion Brooke Andersen relinquished her opportunity to defend, struggling to put the hammer into the sector and only throwing 67.72m, almost 5 metres behind the last qualifying spot. Anita Włodarczyk was also unable to make the finals with a best of 71.17m.

Hanna Skydan had the first legal throw of the competition, 74.18m. Returning 4th place, Sara Fantini got close with a 73.89m At the end of the round, returning silver medalist Camryn Rogers launched a to take the lead. Starting the second round, the next thrower was returning bronze medalist Janee' Kassanavoid. Her 76.00m took over second place. Nobody else improved into the medals. Again in the third round, Kassanavoid improved to 76.36m while by the end of the round, seven women had thrown 73 metres or better, leaving Olympic silver medalist Wang Zheng in the last qualifying position. Barely one spot ahead of her, 2019 Champion DeAnna Price had only managed 73.28m but also qualified for three more throws. With the new life, in the fifth round, she spun a 75.41m to take the bronze medal position. Nobody was able to improve through the remaining two rounds.

Rogers threw consistently with four throws better than anyone else was able to produce in the competition.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

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World record82.98 mWarsaw, Poland28 August 2016
Championship record80.85 mBeijing, China27 August 2015
World Leading80.17 mTucson, United States30 May 2023
African Record75.49 mTucson, United States22 May 2021
Asian Record77.68 mChengdu, China29 March 2014
North, Central American and Caribbean record80.31 mEugene, United States26 June 2021
South American Record73.74 mBuenos Aires, Argentina10 April 2010
European Record82.98 mWarsaw, Poland28 August 2016
Oceanian record74.61 mTucson, United States22 May 2021

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 73.60.[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (CEST), was as follows:[4]

DateTimeRound
23 August 19:00 Qualification
20:35 Qualification
24 August 19:00 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 73.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.[5] [6]

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3
1 A 77.10 77.10 Q, 
2 A 76.2576.25 Q
3 B x 74.1974.19 Q,
4 A 70.97 73.9573.95 Q
5 B 73.67 73.67 Q
6 A 73.2873.28 Q,
7 A 69.13 73.23 73.23 Q,
8 B 71.04 x 72.70 72.70 q
9 A x 71.48 72.35 72.35 q,
10 A 66.73 71.93 71.08 71.93 q
11 B 70.99 71.31 67.76 71.31 q
12 B 70.63 71.25 70.32 71.25 q
13 B 70.36 71.17 67.76 71.17
14 B 68.57 x 70.81 70.81
15 A 67.7870.81 67.83 70.81
16 B 70.59 69.17 68.86 70.59
17 B 70.19 x 69.42 70.19
18 A 69.87 66.93 67.97 69.87
19 B 67.33 x 69.76 69.76
20 A 64.56 69.32 69.57 69.57
21 B 69.11 67.98 66.57 69.11
22 B 68.51 66.94 69.05 69.05
23 A x 67.53 68.00 68.00
24 A x 67.95 x 67.95
25 B x x 67.72 67.72
26 A 67.51 67.53 x 67.53
27 B 65.97 65.14 67.48 67.48
28 A 67.10 67.04 x 67.10
29 A 66.87 66.95 66.29 66.95
30 B x 66.92 65.76 66.92
31 B 65.69 66.87 x 66.87
32 A 66.14 66.82 65.25 66.82
33 B 65.25 66.81x 66.81
34 A 57.17 64.83 66.28 66.28
35 B x 58.10 x 58.10
A x x x NM

Final

The final was started on 24 August at 20:29.[7]

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
77.22 77.07 76.75 75.68 76.72 74.9277.22
x 76.00 76.36 73.13 75.27 75.06 76.36
x x 73.28 72.62 75.4173.98 75.41
4 74.18 x 73.67x 68.76 72.91 74.18
5 73.89x72.59 x x 73.43 73.89
6 71.9473.85 69.42 71.79 71.82 x 73.85
7 x x 73.58 72.35 73.70 72.46 73.70
8 70.29 72.14 x x x x 72.14
9 69.89 71.33 70.04 71.33
10 69.87 70.29 x 70.29
11 x 68.82 70.29 70.29
x x x NM

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 16 August 2023 . WCH Budapest 23 preview: hammer throw . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231130142909/https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/world-athletics-championships-budapest-2023-7138987/news/preview/world-championships-budapest-preview-hammer . 30 November 2023 . 26 August 2023 . World Athletics.
  2. Web site: Hammer Throw Women − Records . 26 August 2023 . . 30 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230730100800/https://worldathletics.org/records/by-discipline/throws/hammer-throw/outdoor/women . live .
  3. Web site: Qualifying System and Entry Standards . . 2022-08-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220819191514/https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/62ff627cef4200119b5555be.pdf . live .
  4. Web site: Women's Hammer Throw Timetable . live . https://archive.today/20240213222932/https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/world-athletics-championships-budapest-2023-7138987/timetable/bydiscipline/women/hammer-throw . 13 February 2024 . 20 August 2023 . World Athletics.
  5. Web site: 23 August 2023 . Results Hammer Throw Women - Qualification . 26 August 2023 . . 26 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230826151115/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-HT-W-q----.RS6.pdf . live .
  6. Web site: 24 August 2023 . Summary Hammer Throw Men - Qualification . 26 August 2023 . . 26 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230826151116/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-HT-W-q----.RS4.pdf . live .
  7. Web site: 24 August 2023 . Results Hammer Throw Women - Final . . 26 August 2023 . 25 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230825102625/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-HT-W-f----.RS6.pdf . live .