2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw

Women's hammer throw
at the 2015 World Championships
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates 26 August (qualification)
27 August (final)
Competitors 31 from 21 nations
Winning distance 80.85 m (265 ft 3 in)
Medalists
 Anita Włodarczyk   Poland
 Zhang Wenxiu   China
 Alexandra Tavernier   France
Events at the
2015 World Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men women
4 × 100 m relay men women
4 × 400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
Demonstration events
Masters 400 m women
Masters 800 m men

The women's hammer throw at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 26 and 27 August.[1][2]

The world championships also incorporated the 2015 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge and Anita Włodarczyk was the series winner and world champion.[3]

Competition

2015 was Anita Włodarczyk's year. Already the world record holder, she threw the ball out to 81.08 less than four weeks before the championships to become the first woman to throw beyond 80 metres. Włodarczyk is the returning silver medalist and was the 2009 champion. The two time defending champion and Olympic Champion Tatyana Lysenko, the number 3 thrower in history, did not return. No Russian athletes competed in this event. Zhang Wenxiu was the home favorite who has finished just behind Włodarczyk at every major championship (except 2011) since the Olympics were here seven years earlier.

The finals began with Włodarczyk throwing 74.40 to take the early lead in the first round. Alexandra Tavernier was close with a 74.02. In the second round, Włodarczyk threw 78.52, a distance which only three other women had ever achieved. One of those three was Betty Heidler but her 72.56 in the second round would prove to be her best effort of the day. At the end of the round Zhang threw 75.92 to move into second place. On her third throw, Włodarczyk threw 80.27, a distance only she has achieved. It was the second best throw in history. A month earlier it would have been a world record, at this meet it was only her second best throw of the day as her fourth round 80.85 set the Championship Record with a new second best throw in history. Moments before, Zhang threw her best of the day, 76.33 to solidify her hold on silver. Tavernier's first round throw held on for third, though Sophie Hitchon made a run at it with her British National Record 73.86 on her final toss.[4]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[5]

World record  Anita Włodarczyk (POL) 81.08 Cetniewo, Poland 1 August 2015
Championship record  Tatyana Beloborodova (RUS) 78.80 Moscow, Russia 26 August 2013
World leading  Anita Włodarczyk (POL) 81.08 Cetniewo, Poland 1 August 2015
African record  Amy Sène (SEN) 69.70 Forbach, France 25 May 2014
Asian record  Zheng Wang (CHN) 77.68 Chengdu, China 29 March 2014
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Yipsi Moreno (CUB) 76.62 Zagreb, Croatia 9 September 2008
South American record  Jennifer Dahlgren (ARG) 73.74 Buenos Aires, Argentina 10 April 2010
European record  Anita Włodarczyk (POL) 81.08 Cetniewo, Poland 1 August 2015
Oceanian record  Bronwyn Eagles (AUS) 71.12 Adelaide, Australia 6 February 2003
The following records were established during the competition:
Championship record  Anita Włodarczyk (POL) 80.85 Beijing, China 27 August 2015

Qualification standards

Entry standards[6]
70.00

Schedule

Date Time Round
26 August 2015 09:30 Qualification
27 August 2015 19:00 Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

KEY: QQualified q12 best performers NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 72.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.[7]

Rank Group Name Nationality No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 Mark Notes
1 A Anita Włodarczyk  Poland (POL) 75.01 75.01 Q
2 A Alexandra Tavernier  France (FRA) 74.39 74.39 Q, PB
3 A Wang Zheng  China (CHN) 69.85 73.06 73.06 Q
4 B Zhang Wenxiu  China (CHN) 72.92 72.92 Q, SB
5 B Zalina Marghieva  Moldova (MDA) 72.29 – – 72.29 q
6 B Amber Campbell  United States (USA) 72.06 – – 72.06 q
7 A Kathrin Klaas  Germany (GER) 71.38 71.41 67.81 71.41 q
8 A Sophie Hitchon  Great Britain (GBR) x 71.07 x 71.07 q
9 B Betty Heidler  Germany (GER) 69.80 70.60 69.61 70.60 q
10 A Rosa Rodríguez  Venezuela (VEN) 70.57 x x 70.57 q
11 A Amanda Bingson  United States (USA) 66.99 x 69.99 69.99 q
12 A Alena Sobaleva  Belarus (BLR) 68.66 x 69.86 69.86 q
13 B Sultana Frizell  Canada (CAN) 69.66 67.54 69.37 69.66
14 A Malwina Kopron  Poland (POL) 69.53 66.13 67.85 69.53
15 B Yirisleydi Ford  Cuba (CUB) x 67.92 69.43 69.43
16 B Martina Hrašnová  Slovakia (SVK) 68.80 67.28 67.63 68.80
17 B Joanna Fiodorow  Poland (POL) 68.72 x x 68.72
18 A Deanna Price  United States (USA) x x 68.69 68.69
19 B Réka Gyurátz  Hungary (HUN) 64.94 68.26 65.37 68.26
20 B Kıvılcım Kaya  Turkey (TUR) 67.98 x 66.98 67.98
21 B Jennifer Dahlgren  Argentina (ARG) 66.89 67.68 x 67.68
22 A Liu Tingting  China (CHN) x 66.48 67.07 67.07
23 B Hanna Skydan  Azerbaijan (AZE) 66.91 x 66.8266.91
24 B Silvia Salis  Italy (ITA) 64.43 x 66.80 66.80
25 A Marina Nichișenco  Moldova (MDA) x 66.63 x 66.63
26 B Tracey Andersson  Sweden (SWE) x 65.28 65.99 65.99
27 A Iryna Novozhylova  Ukraine (UKR) 65.65 65.17 61.93 65.65
28 A Éva Orbán  Hungary (HUN) 64.57 x x 64.57
29 B Laura Redondo  Spain (ESP) 62.46 63.86 63.45 63.86
30 A Tereza Králová  Czech Republic (CZE) 61.13 61.39 x 61.39
31 B Alena Krechyk  Belarus (BLR) x x x NM

Final

The final was started at 19:00[8]

Rank Name Nationality No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 Mark Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Anita Włodarczyk  Poland (POL) 74.40 78.52 80.27 80.85 79.31 x 80.85 CR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Zhang Wenxiu  China (CHN) 73.47 75.92 73.65 76.33 69.93 72.99 76.33 SB
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Alexandra Tavernier  France (FRA) 74.02 69.59 x 67.83 69.93 70.60 74.02
4 Sophie Hitchon  Great Britain (GBR) 71.20 71.44 73.65 71.06 72.10 73.86 73.86 NR
5 Wang Zheng  China (CHN) 72.92 68.80 x x 71.50 73.83 73.83
6 Kathrin Klaas  Germany (GER) 70.61 72.72 73.13 72.65 71.64 73.18 73.18 SB
7 Betty Heidler  Germany (GER) 69.33 72.56 72.24 72.35 71.22 69.85 72.56
8 Zalina Marghieva  Moldova (MDA) 72.15 72.20 72.38 x 71.87 x 72.38
9 Amanda Bingson  United States (USA) 72.35 68.86 x 72.35 SB
10 Alena Sobaleva  Belarus (BLR) 63.52 67.80 70.09 70.09
11 Rosa Rodríguez  Venezuela (VEN) x x 67.78 67.78
Amber Campbell  United States (USA) x x x NM

References

  1. ↑ "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Start list
  3. ↑ 2015 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Calendar. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.
  4. ↑ "REPORT: WOMEN'S HAMMER FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Records & Lists – Hammer Throw". IAAF. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  6. ↑ IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 18 August 2015
  7. ↑ Qualification results
  8. ↑ Final results
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