2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw

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Women's hammer throw
at the 2015 World Championships
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates26 August (qualification)
27 August (final)
Competitors31 from 21 nations
Winning distance80.85 m (265 ft 3 in)
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of France.svg  France
  2013
2017  

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]

Contents

The winning margin was 4.52 metres which as of 2024 remains the only time the women's hammer throw has been won by more than four metres at these championships, although Włodarczyk's winning margin at the Olympics the following year was greater.

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 Flag of Poland.svg  Anita Włodarczyk  (POL)81.08 Cetniewo, Poland1 August 2015
Championship record Flag of Russia.svg  Tatyana Beloborodova  (RUS)78.80 Moscow, Russia16 August 2013
World leadingFlag of Poland.svg  Anita Włodarczyk  (POL)81.08Cetniewo, Poland1 August 2015
African record Flag of Senegal.svg  Amy Sène  (SEN)69.70 Forbach, France25 May 2014
Asian record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zheng Wang  (CHN)77.68 Chengdu, China29 March 2014
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of Cuba.svg  Yipsi Moreno  (CUB)76.62 Zagreb, Croatia9 September 2008
South American record Flag of Argentina.svg  Jennifer Dahlgren  (ARG)73.74 Buenos Aires, Argentina10 April 2010
European record Flag of Poland.svg  Anita Włodarczyk  (POL)81.08Cetniewo, Poland1 August 2015
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Bronwyn Eagles  (AUS)71.12 Adelaide, Australia6 February 2003
The following records were established during the competition:
Championship record Flag of Poland.svg  Anita Włodarczyk  (POL)80.85 Beijing, China27 August 2015

Qualification standards

Entry standards [6]
70.00

Schedule

DateTimeRound
26 August 201509:30 Qualification
27 August 201519:00 Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

KEY:QQualifiedq12 best performersNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Qualification

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

RankGroupNameNationalityNo. 1No. 2No. 3MarkNotes
1A Anita Włodarczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)75.0175.01 Q
2A Alexandra Tavernier Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)74.3974.39 Q, PB
3A Wang Zheng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)69.8573.0673.06 Q
4B Zhang Wenxiu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)72.9272.92 Q, SB
5B Zalina Marghieva Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova  (MDA)72.2972.29 q
6B Amber Campbell Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)72.0672.06 q
7A Kathrin Klaas Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)71.3871.4167.8171.41 q
8A Sophie Hitchon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)x71.07x71.07 q
9B Betty Heidler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)69.8070.6069.6170.60 q
10A Rosa Rodríguez Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela  (VEN)70.57xx70.57 q
11A Amanda Bingson Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)66.99x69.9969.99 q
12A Alena Sobaleva Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)68.66x69.8669.86 q
13B Sultana Frizell Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)69.6667.5469.3769.66
14A Malwina Kopron Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)69.5366.1367.8569.53
15B Yirisleydi Ford Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)x67.9269.4369.43
16B Martina Hrašnová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)68.8067.2867.6368.80
17B Joanna Fiodorow Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)68.72xx68.72
18A DeAnna Price Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)xx68.6968.69
19B Réka Gyurátz Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)64.9468.2665.3768.26
20B Kıvılcım Kaya Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)67.98x66.9867.98
21B Jennifer Dahlgren Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)66.8967.68x67.68
22A Liu Tingting Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)x66.4867.0767.07
23B Hanna Skydan Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan  (AZE)66.91x66.8266.91
24B Silvia Salis Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)64.43x66.8066.80
25A Marina Nichișenco Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova  (MDA)x66.63x66.63
26B Tracey Andersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)x65.2865.9965.99
27A Iryna Novozhylova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)65.6565.1761.9365.65
28A Éva Orbán Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)64.57xx64.57
29B Laura Redondo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)62.4663.8663.4563.86
30A Tereza Králová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)61.1361.39x61.39
B Alena Krechyk Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)xxx NM

Final

The final was started at 19:00 [8]

RankNameNationalityNo. 1No. 2No. 3No. 4No. 5No. 6MarkNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Anita Włodarczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)74.4078.5280.2780.8579.31x80.85 CR
Silver medal icon.svg Zhang Wenxiu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)73.4775.9273.6576.3369.9372.9976.33 SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Alexandra Tavernier Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)74.0269.59x67.8369.9370.6074.02
4 Sophie Hitchon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)71.2071.4473.6571.0672.1073.8673.86 NR
5 Wang Zheng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)72.9268.80xx71.5073.8373.83
6 Kathrin Klaas Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)70.6172.7273.1372.6571.6473.1873.18 SB
7 Betty Heidler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)69.3372.5672.2472.3571.2269.8572.56
8 Zalina Marghieva Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova  (MDA)72.1572.2072.38x71.87x72.38
9 Amanda Bingson Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)72.3568.86x72.35 SB
10 Alena Sobaleva Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)63.5267.8070.0970.09
11 Rosa Rodríguez Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela  (VEN)xx67.7867.78
Amber Campbell Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)xxx NM

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