Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's hammer throw

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Women's hammer throw
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Date18 August 2008 (qualification)
20 August 2008 (final)
Competitors50 from 34 nations
Winning distance76.34 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Yipsi Moreno Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba
Silver medal icon.svg Zhang Wenxiu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg Manuela Montebrun Flag of France.svg  France
  2004
2012  

The women's hammer throw event at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 18–20 August at the Beijing National Stadium. [1]

The qualifying standards were 69.50 m (A standard) and 67.00 m (B standard). [2]

In 2016, it was announced that reanalysis of samples from 2008 resulted in doping violations by Aksana Miankova and Darya Pchelnik being detected, and they were disqualified. Medals have been reallocated by IAAF. [3]

Schedule

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)

DateTimeRound
Monday, 18 August 200809:10Qualifications [4]
Wednesday, 20 August 200819:20Finals [5]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of Russia.svg  Tatyana Lysenko  (RUS)77.80 m Tallinn, Estonia 15 August 2006
Olympic recordFlag of Russia.svg  Olga Kuzenkova  (RUS)75.02 m Athens, Greece 25 August 2004

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:

DateEventAthleteTimeNotes
20 AugustFinalFlag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Aksana Miankova  (BLR)76.34 OR

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: 71.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

RankGroupAthleteNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1A Yipsi Moreno Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 71.31x73.9273.92Q
2B Zhang Wenxiu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 73.3673.36Q
3A Martina Danišová-Hrašnová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 70.03x72.8772.87Q
4B Manuela Montebrun Flag of France.svg  France 69.8069.8672.8172.81Q
5B Clarissa Claretti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 67.1571.8271.82Q
6A Anita Włodarczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 71.7671.76Q
7A Betty Heidler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 66.2871.5171.51Q
8A Darya Pchelnik Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 69.4371.3069.2471.30DSQ
9B Yelena Priyma Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 70.6969.7965.6470.69q
10B Kamila Skolimowska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 65.97 69.7967.0169.79q
DSQ [6] B Aksana Miankova Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 62.9565.5569.7769.77q
12A Stiliani Papadopoulou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 66.68 69.3669.2969.36q
13A Maryia Smaliachkova Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus x69.22x69.22
14A Stéphanie Falzon Flag of France.svg  France x68.93x68.93
15B Arasay Thondike Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba x66.6868.7468.74
16A Ivana Brkljacić Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 66.54x68.3868.38
17B Sviatlana Sudak-Torun Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 68.2267.3667.1868.22
18A Bianca Perie Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 68.2166.29x68.21
19A Iryna Novozhylova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 67.36x68.1168.11
20A Anna Bulgakova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia x68.04x68.04
21B Amber Campbell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 67.86xx67.86
22A Yelena Konevtseva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 66.8167.83x67.83
23B Eileen O'Keeffe Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 62.5362.0567.6667.66
24B Kathrin Klaas Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 66.3967.5466.9567.54
25B Iryna Sekachova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 62.83x67.4767.47
26B Lenka Ledvinová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 65.9865.2367.1767.17
27A Inna Sayenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine x66.92x66.92
28B Alexandra Papageorgiou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 66.7265.73x66.72
29B Jennifer Dahlgren Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 58.60x66.3566.35
30A Merja Korpela Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 62.7065.7666.2966.29
31B Yunaika Crawford Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 66.1665.0064.0866.16
32A Wang Zheng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 65.6461.36x65.64
33A Sultana Frizell Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada x60.4365.4465.44
34A Éva Orbán Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 65.12x65.4165.41
35A Zoe Derham Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 64.7464.6164.5764.74
36B Johana Moreno Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia x64.3164.6664.66
37A Zalina Marghieva Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova x64.20x64.20
38B Małgorzata Zadura Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 63.3564.13x64.13
39A Loree Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 62.2562.3363.6063.60
40B Candice Scott Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 63.0362.53x63.03
41B Berta Castells Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 62.4461.76x62.44
42A Silvia Salis Flag of Italy.svg  Italy xx62.2862.28
43B Marina Marghieva Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova 61.03x62.1262.12
44B Paraskevi Theodorou Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus x61.00x61.00
45B Sanja Gavrilovic Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 60.5560.3760.3660.55
46A Vânia Silva Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal x58.1059.4259.42
47A Galina Mityaeva Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan x48.5951.3851.38
A Jessica Cosby Flag of the United States.svg  United States xxxNM
B Amélie Perrin Flag of France.svg  France xxxNM
B Georgina Toth Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon xxxNM
AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place

Finals

RankAthleteNationality123456ResultNotes
DSQ [6] Aksana Miankova Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 74.40x72.23x76.3451.7276.34 OR
Gold medal icon.svg Yipsi Moreno Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba x73.9572.61x74.7075.2075.20
Silver medal icon.svg Zhang Wenxiu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 74.0074.3273.4073.5070.7573.5374.32 SB
DSQ Darya Pchelnik Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 69.1072.4672.8271.0072.8373.6573.65
Bronze medal icon.svg Manuela Montebrun Flag of France.svg  France 67.6370.5570.0172.5471.9270.6372.54
4 Anita Włodarczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 69.39x71.5670.86xx71.56
5 Clarissa Claretti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy x71.33xxxx71.33
6 Martina Danišová-Hrasnová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 68.28x71.00x70.19x71.00
7 Betty Heidler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany xx70.0670.06
8 Yelena Priyma Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 68.1969.7267.3369.72
9 Stilianí Papadopoúlou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece xx64.9764.97
Kamila Skolimowska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland xxx NM

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