2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw

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Women's hammer throw
at the 2017 World Championships
Wlodarczyk Kopron London 2017.jpg
The Polish gold and bronze medalists, Anita Włodarczyk and Malwina Kopron, during their lap of honour
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates5 August (qualification)
7 August (final)
Competitors32 from 21 nations
Winning distance77.90 m (255 ft 6+34 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 Poland.svg  Poland
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The women's hammer throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 5 and 7 August. [1]

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Summary

As the only woman to have thrown over 80 metres, world record holder Anita Włodarczyk was the clear favourite. While she was the first to throw over 70 metres in this competition, the next thrower, the home team's Sophie Hitchon threw better. By the end of the round, four more women threw better, the early leader was Włodarczyk's Polish teammate Malwina Kopron with a throw of 74.46 metres. In the second round, Wang Zheng jumped from second to first with a throw of 75.94 metres. The third Pole in the competition Joanna Fiodorow moved into third place with a throw of 73.02 metres. In the third round, Fiodorow was displaced by Zhang Wenxiu, then three throwers later by Hanna Skydan with a throw of 73.38 metres. During that round, Włodarczyk had improved to 71.94 metres, but was in sixth place only 60 centimetres ahead of the last qualifying spot for the final three attempts. In the fourth round, Włodarczyk finally broke through getting off a throw of 77.39 metres to take the lead. Nobody would be able to improve upon that, but Włodarczyk wasn't done, throwing 77.90 metres in the fifth round. Wang threw her best of 75.98 metres on her final attempt but it couldn't catch Włodarczyk. Nobody else could beat Kopron's first round throw to get a medal. [2]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: [3]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.DateLocation
World 82.98 Anita Włodarczyk Flag of Poland.svg POL 28 Aug 2016 Warsaw, Poland
Championship 80.85 Anita Włodarczyk Flag of Poland.svg POL 27 Aug 2015 Beijing, China
World leading82.87 Anita Włodarczyk Flag of Poland.svg POL 29 Jul 2017Cetniewo, Poland
African 69.70 Amy Sène Flag of Senegal.svg SEN 25 May 2014 Forbach, France
Asian 77.68 Zheng Wang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg CHN 29 Mar 2014 Chengdu, China
NACAC 76.77 Gwen Berry Flag of the United States.svg USA 6 May 2017 Oxford, United States
South American 73.74 Jennifer Dahlgren Flag of Argentina.svg ARG 10 Apr 2010 Buenos Aires, Argentina
European 82.98 Anita Włodarczyk Flag of Poland.svg POL 28 Aug 2016 Warsaw, Poland
Oceanian 71.12 Bronwyn Eagles Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS 6 Feb 2003 Adelaide, Australia

No records were set at the competition. [4]

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 71.00 metres. [5]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows: [6]

DateTimeRound
5 August11:35 Qualification
7 August20:00 Final

Results

Qualification

The qualification round took place on 5 August, in two groups, with Group A starting at 10:34 and Group B starting at 12:06. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 71.50 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. [7] The overall results were as follows: [8]

RankGroupNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123
1A Malwina Kopron Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)74.9774.97 Q
2B Anita Włodarczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)74.6174.61 Q
3A Sophie Hitchon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)73.0573.05 Q
4A Hanna Malyshchyk Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)72.7972.79 Q
5B DeAnna Price Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)x72.7872.78 Q
6B Alexandra Tavernier Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)72.6972.69 Q, SB
7A Wang Zheng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)71.8971.89 Q
8B Hanna Skydan Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan  (AZE)71.7871.78 Q
9B Joanna Fiodorow Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)71.7271.72 Q
10B Zhang Wenxiu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)71.3970.3770.8771.39 q
11A Kateřina Šafránková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)67.93x70.6770.67 q
12B Kathrin Klaas Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)69.22x70.3370.33 q
13B Luo Na Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)x69.5469.3769.54
14A Gwen Berry Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)65.0969.12x69.12
15A Kivilcim Kaya Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)66.3367.7666.9367.76
16B Réka Gyurátz Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)x67.4860.9367.48
17A Ida Storm Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)67.39xx67.39
18B Anna Maria Orel Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)64.8062.8067.3767.37
19A Zalina Petrivskaya Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova  (MDA)xx67.0567.05
20B Marinda Petersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)63.1166.46xx66.46
21B Magdalyn Ewen Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)x66.2465.1466.24
22A Berta Castells Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)63.0966.1166.0566.11
23A Iryna Novozhylova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)65.7866.0265.5266.02
24A Bianca Perie-Ghelber Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)65.07xx65.07
25A Alyona Shamotina Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)62.6364.0364.8864.88
26A Julia Ratcliffe Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)64.6764.7261.8864.72
27B Marina Nikişenko Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova  (MDA)63.7262.9264.6364.63
28A Nikola Lomnická Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)64.60x63.3264.60
29B Iryna Klymets Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)61.2464.2060.7664.20
30A Susen Küster Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)59.3362.33x62.33
B Jillian Weir Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)xxx NM
B Jennifer Dahlgren Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)xxx NM

Final

The final took place on 7 August at 18:59. The results were as follows: [9]

RankNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123456
Gold medal icon.svg Anita Włodarczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)70.45x71.9477.3977.9073.9177.90
Silver medal icon.svg Wang Zheng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)74.3175.9475.0074.8674.5275.9875.98
Bronze medal icon.svg Malwina Kopron Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)74.76xxx69.9071.6674.76
4 Zhang Wenxiu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)69.70x73.1970.6274.5372.2174.53 SB
5 Hanna Skydan Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan  (AZE)72.4572.3873.3871.70x71.7773.38
6 Joanna Fiodorow Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)x73.0272.4173.0471.6972.6773.04
7 Sophie Hitchon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)71.4771.6271.80x70.8172.3272.32
8 Kateřina Šafránková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)71.34xxxx66.2671.34 SB
9 DeAnna Price Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)65.2067.4670.0470.04
10 Hanna Malyshchyk Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)69.43x69.0069.43
11 Kathrin Klaas Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)67.8368.91x68.91
12 Alexandra Tavernier Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)x66.3166.0166.31

References

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  2. "Report: women's hammer final – IAAF World Championships London 2017". IAAF . 7 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  3. "Hammer Throw Women – Records". IAAF . Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  4. "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  5. "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. "Hammer Throw Women − Timetable". IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  7. "Hammer Throw Women − Qualification − Results" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  8. "Hammer Throw Women − Qualification − Summary" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  9. "Hammer Throw Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.