Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's hammer throw explained

Event:	Women's hammer throw
Games:	2000 Summer
Venue:	Stadium Australia
Dates:	27 September 2000 (qualification) 29 September 2000 (final)
Competitors:	28
Nations:	20
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Kamila Skolimowska
Goldnoc:	POL
Silver:	Olga Kuzenkova
Silvernoc:	RUS
Bronze:	Kirsten Münchow
Bronzenoc:	GER
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	71.16
Next:	2004

The Women's Hammer Throw event at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Wednesday, 27 September and Friday, 29 September.^[1]

The qualifying athletes progressed through to the final where the qualifying distances are scrapped and they start afresh with up to six throws. The qualifying distance was 65.50 metres. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest throws until a total of 12 qualifiers.

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
27.09.2000 - 09:00h	27.09.2000 - 11:00h
Final Round
29.09.2000 - 19:00h

Abbreviations

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics
		76.06 m	29 August 1999
	New Event
		75.68 m	4 June 2000
Broken records during the 2000 Summer Olympics
		70.60 m	27 September 2000	Sydney, Australia
		71.16 m	29 September 2000	Sydney, Australia

Qualifying

Group A

Rank	Athlete	Country	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	Country	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1			70.60	—	—	70.60 m
2			66.30	—	—	66.30 m
3			65.74	—	—	65.74 m
4			64.91	63.27	57.99	64.91 m
5			X	X	63.83	63.83 m
6			63.21	62.60	57.09	63.21 m
7			61.96	62.49	62.78	62.78 m
8			61.44	60.62	X	61.44 m
9			50.96	54.14	61.18	61.18 m
10			60.86	X	X	60.86 m
11			55.18	59.49	55.22	59.49 m
12			57.33	X	59.43	59.43 m
13			X	55.72	59.15	59.15 m
14			X	53.60	56.18	56.18 m
—			X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Athlete	Country	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	Country	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1			59.09	67.64	—	67.64 m
2			65.01	62.59	X	65.01 m
3			64.01	61.18	59.53	64.01 m
4			63.80	60.12	61.81	63.80 m
5			62.40	63.13	63.29	63.29 m
6			61.88	X	62.74	62.74 m
7			61.74	58.74	X	61.74 m
8			57.24	61.14	61.48	61.48 m
9			56.98	60.85	60.51	60.85 m
10			59.54	57.44	55.98	59.54 m
11			57.60	X	57.77	57.77 m
12			X	54.92	54.69	54.92 m
—			X	X	X	NM

Overall Qualifying results

Place	Athlete	Country	Group	Mark	Qual	Extra
1			A	70.60	Q
2			B	67.64	Q
3			A	66.30	Q
4			A	65.74	Q
5			B	65.01	Q
6	align=left			A	64.91	Q
7			B	64.01	Q
8			A	63.83	Q
9	align=left			B	63.80	Q
10			B	63.29	Q
11			A	63.21	Q
12	align=left			A	62.78	Q
13			B	62.74
14	align=left			B	61.74
15			B	61.48
16			A	61.44
17			A	61.18
18			A	60.68
19			B	60.85
20			B	59.54
21			A	59.49
22			A	59.43
23			B	59.15
24			B	57.77
25			A	56.18
26			B	54.92
—			A	NM
—			B	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Extra
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Extra
		X	66.33	71.16	66.06	69.91	—	71.16 m	OR
		X	67.18	69.64	69.77	X	X	69.77 m
		66.42	X	67.81	66.03	69.28	67.96	69.28 m
4		65.79	67.16	67.04	64.88	68.33	67.43	68.33 m
5		67.95	64.24	65.49	66.39	X	X	67.95 m
6		66.04	66.16	X	67.08	66.77	66.95	67.08 m
7		62.50	64.51	66.80	64.40	66.16	64.71	66.80 m
8		X	60.21	66.15	59.42	X	X	66.15 m

9		64.27	56.96	63.65				64.27 m
10		X	64.21	X				64.21 m
11		61.25	63.20	X				63.20 m
12		62.49	X	62.21				62.49 m

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's Hammer Throw . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175341/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/ATH/womens-hammer-throw.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 23 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.