Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's hammer throw explained

Event:	Women's hammer throw
Games:	2014 Asian Games
Venue:	Incheon Asiad Main Stadium
Dates:	28 September
Competitors:	8
Nations:	7
Gold:	Zhang Wenxiu
Goldnoc:	CHN
Silver:	Wang Zheng
Silvernoc:	CHN
Bronze:	Manju Bala
Bronzenoc:	IND
Prev:	2010
Next:	2018

See main article: Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games.

The women's hammer throw event at the 2014 Asian Games was held at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium, Incheon, South Korea on 28 September. The competition was won by Zhang Wenxiu of China. Zhang was disqualified after testing positive for the prohibited substance zeranol, but the Court of Arbitration for Sport reinstated her on appeal after ruling that the zeranol came from contaminated food.^[1]

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time

width=220	Date	width=50	Time	width=150	Event
Sunday, 28 September 2014	18:40	Final

Results

Rank	Athlete	Attempt						Result	Notes
width=45	1	width=45	2	width=45	3	width=45	4	width=45	5	width=45	6
		74.14	72.56	74.27	75.96	76.20	77.33	77.33
		56.35	72.58	74.16	74.00	71.31	X	74.16
		60.47	X	60.28	57.80	57.19	60.34	60.47
4		57.14	X	58.48	59.72	X	59.84	59.84
5		56.59	X	56.97	58.70	58.80	58.35	58.80
6		55.21	X	54.29	50.01	53.87	53.86	55.21
7		51.31	52.69	49.60	50.33	X	51.92	52.69
8		X	X	X	38.36	X	37.25	38.36

References

• Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: China hammer thrower's gold medal reinstated . . May 6, 2015 . August 14, 2015 . AFP.