2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw

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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.

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The winning margin was 2 cm. As of 2024, this remains the only time the women's hammer throw was won by less than 4 cm at these championships.

Medalists

Gold Betty Heidler
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
Silver Yipsi Moreno
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)
Bronze Zhang Wenxiu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group AGroup B
28.08.2007 – 10:00h28.08.2007 – 11:35h
Final Round
30.08.2007 – 19:30h

Abbreviations

Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

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

Qualification

Group A

RankOverallAthleteNationAttemptsDistanceNote
123
11 Ivana Brkljačić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)74.6974.69 m Q
23 Betty Heidler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)X72.2772.27 mQ
38 Manuela Montebrun Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)69.0269.7769.4069.77 m q
410 Arasay Thondike Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)69.1468.39X69.14 m q
511 Gulfiya Khanafeyeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)65.91X68.6568.65 m q
613 Martina Danišová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)X67.1368.1568.15 m
714 Cecilia Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)68.0967.0164.3068.09 m
818 Alexandra Papayeoryiou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)66.88XX66.88 m
919 Yelena Priyma Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)X61.7966.8466.84 m
1023 Sviatlana Sudak-Torun Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)65.6565.22X65.65 m
1125 Jennifer Dahlgren Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina  (ARG)65.64XX65.64 m
1230 Berta Castells Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)63.32X60.9363.32 m
1331 Liu Yinghui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)X62.8362.6262.83 m
1432 Masumi Aya Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)61.5562.6859.4362.68 m
1533 Mihaela Melinte Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)XX62.4062.40 m
1634 Vânia Silva Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)X56.2861.8161.81 m
1736 Katalin Divós Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)57.2259.4558.6159.45 m
1838 Brittany Riley Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)XX55.7255.72 m
Susanne Keil Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)XXX NM
Aksana Miankova Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus  (BLR)XXX NM

Group B

RankOverallAthleteNationAttemptsDistanceNote
123
12 Yipsi Moreno Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)72.8772.87 m Q SB
24 Zhang Wenxiu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)X71.3171.31 m Q
35 Eileen O'Keeffe Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)71.0771.07 m Q
46 Yelena Konevtseva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)70.2970.6570.65 m q
57 Kamila Skolimowska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)66.5769.5770.1870.18 m q
69 Clarissa Claretti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)XX69.5369.53 m q
712 Yunaika Crawford Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)65.6466.8068.5568.55 m q
815 Jessica Cosby Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)63.4467.9066.3667.90 m
916 Merja Korpela Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)67.8765.89X67.87 m
1017 Stéphanie Falzon Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)66.3766.8267.1967.19 m
1120 Amélie Perrin Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)X66.6766.5166.67 m
1221 Lenka Ledvinová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)66.5763.2265.7166.57 m
1322 Olga Kuzenkova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)66.56X65.0966.56 m
1424 Mona Holm Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)X63.1665.6565.65 m
1526 Kristal Yush Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)61.7464.2464.6364.63 m
1627 Bianca Perie Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)64.1860.0962.1064.18 m
1728 Kathrin Klaas Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)XX64.0064.00 m
1829 Nataliya Zolotukhina Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)61.2763.6462.5863.64 m
1935 Rosa Rodríguez Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela  (VEN)58.4361.7761.5661.77 m
2037 Hao Shuai Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)X59.09X59.09 m

Final

RankAthleteNationAttemptsDistanceNote
123456
Gold medal icon.svg Betty Heidler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)X74.76X73.7371.3173.1074.76 m
Silver medal icon.svg Yipsi Moreno Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)72.84XX74.3370.8774.7474.74 m
Bronze medal icon.svg Zhang Wenxiu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)X73.11X74.2174.39X74.39 m
4 Kamila Skolimowska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)73.7570.5465.6970.7870.0670.7773.75 m
5 Yelena Konevtseva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)72.4570.11XX70.3568.9072.45 m
6 Eileen O'Keeffe Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)70.9364.2769.0666.9069.2169.3870.93 m
7 Clarissa Claretti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)X70.2570.7367.5670.74X70.74 m
8 Manuela Montebrun Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)69.7770.3667.4269.1666.4169.9270.36 m
9 Arasay Thondike Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)65.8470.2067.6570.20 m
10 Gulfiya Khanafeyeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)67.79X69.0869.08 m
11 Ivana Brkljačić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)68.16XX68.16 m
12 Yunaika Crawford Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)67.30X67.5667.56 m

See also

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