2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw

The Women's Hammer Throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 28, 2007 (qualification) and August 30, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. The qualification standard was set at 71.00 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Betty Heidler (GER)
Silver	Yipsi Moreno (CUB)
Bronze	Zhang Wenxiu (CHN)

Schedule

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
28.08.2007 – 10:00h	28.08.2007 – 11:35h
Final Round
30.08.2007 – 19:30h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 2007 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Tatyana Lysenko (RUS)	77.80 m	August 15, 2006	Tallinn, Estonia
Event Record	Mihaela Melinte (ROM)	75.20 m	August 24, 1999	Seville, Spain
Season Best	Tatyana Lysenko (RUS)	77.30 m	April 22, 2007	Bogatyr Adler, Russia

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Ivana Brkljačić (CRO)	74.69	—	—	74.69 m	Q
2	3	Betty Heidler (GER)	X	72.27	—	72.27 m	Q
3	8	Manuela Montebrun (FRA)	69.02	69.77	69.40	69.77 m	q
4	10	Arasay Thondike (CUB)	69.14	68.39	X	69.14 m	q
5	11	Gulfiya Khanafeyeva (RUS)	65.91	X	68.65	68.65 m	q
6	13	Martina Danišová (SVK)	X	67.13	68.15	68.15 m
7	14	Cecilia Nilsson (SWE)	68.09	67.01	64.30	68.09 m
8	18	Alexandra Papayeoryiou (GRE)	66.88	X	X	66.88 m
9	19	Yelena Priyma (RUS)	X	61.79	66.84	66.84 m
10	23	Sviatlana Sudak-Torun (TUR)	65.65	65.22	X	65.65 m
11	25	Jennifer Dahlgren (ARG)	65.64	X	X	65.64 m
12	30	Berta Castells (ESP)	63.32	X	60.93	63.32 m
13	31	Liu Yinghui (CHN)	X	62.83	62.62	62.83 m
14	32	Masumi Aya (JPN)	61.55	62.68	59.43	62.68 m
15	33	Mihaela Melinte (ROM)	X	X	62.40	62.40 m
16	34	Vânia Silva (POR)	X	56.28	61.81	61.81 m
17	36	Katalin Divós (HUN)	57.22	59.45	58.61	59.45 m
18	38	Brittany Riley (USA)	X	X	55.72	55.72 m
—	—	Susanne Keil (GER)	X	X	X	NM
—	—	Aksana Miankova (BLR)	X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	2	Yipsi Moreno (CUB)	72.87	—	—	72.87 m	Q / SB
2	4	Zhang Wenxiu (CHN)	X	71.31	—	71.31 m	Q
3	5	Eileen O'Keeffe (IRL)	71.07	—	—	71.07 m	Q
4	6	Yelena Konevtseva (RUS)	70.29	70.65	—	70.65 m	q
5	7	Kamila Skolimowska (POL)	66.57	69.57	70.18	70.18 m	q
6	9	Clarissa Claretti (ITA)	X	X	69.53	69.53 m	q
7	12	Yunaika Crawford (CUB)	65.64	66.80	68.55	68.55 m	q
8	15	Jessica Cosby (USA)	63.44	67.90	66.36	67.90 m
9	16	Merja Korpela (FIN)	67.87	65.89	X	67.87 m
10	17	Stéphanie Falzon (FRA)	66.37	66.82	67.19	67.19 m
11	20	Amélie Perrin (FRA)	X	66.67	66.51	66.67 m
12	21	Lenka Ledvinová (CZE)	66.57	63.22	65.71	66.57 m
13	22	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	66.56	X	65.09	66.56 m
14	24	Mona Holm (NOR)	X	63.16	65.65	65.65 m
15	26	Kristal Yush (USA)	61.74	64.24	64.63	64.63 m
16	27	Bianca Perie (ROM)	64.18	60.09	62.10	64.18 m
17	28	Kathrin Klaas (GER)	X	X	64.00	64.00 m
18	29	Nataliya Zolotukhina (UKR)	61.27	63.64	62.58	63.64 m
19	35	Rosa Rodríguez (VEN)	58.43	61.77	61.56	61.77 m
20	37	Hao Shuai (CHN)	X	59.09	X	59.09 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Betty Heidler (GER)	X	74.76	X	73.73	71.31	73.10	74.76 m
	Yipsi Moreno (CUB)	72.84	X	X	74.33	70.87	74.74	74.74 m
	Zhang Wenxiu (CHN)	X	73.11	X	74.21	74.39	X	74.39 m
4	Kamila Skolimowska (POL)	73.75	70.54	65.69	70.78	70.06	70.77	73.75 m
5	Yelena Konevtseva (RUS)	72.45	70.11	X	X	70.35	68.90	72.45 m
6	Eileen O'Keeffe (IRL)	70.93	64.27	69.06	66.90	69.21	69.38	70.93 m
7	Clarissa Claretti (ITA)	X	70.25	70.73	67.56	70.74	X	70.74 m
8	Manuela Montebrun (FRA)	69.77	70.36	67.42	69.16	66.41	69.92	70.36 m
9	Arasay Thondike (CUB)	65.84	70.20	67.65				70.20 m
10	Gulfiya Khanafeyeva (RUS)	67.79	X	69.08				69.08 m
11	Ivana Brkljačić (CRO)	68.16	X	X				68.16 m
12	Yunaika Crawford (CUB)	67.30	X	67.56				67.56 m

See also

• 2007 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

References

• Official results, qualification - IAAF.org
• Official results, final - IAAF.org
• Event report - IAAF.org
• hammerthrow.wz
• todor66