Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's hammer throw

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Women's hammer throw
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
Date8–10 August
Competitors37 from 25 nations
Winning distance78.18 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Anita Włodarczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Silver medal icon.svg Betty Heidler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Zhang Wenxiu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
  2008
2016  
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The women's hammer throw competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 8–10 August. [1] Each athlete receives three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieve the qualifying distance progress to the final. If less than twelve athletes achieve this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reach the final. Each finalist is allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts. [2]

Summary

Eight entrants achieve the auto qualifier, five on their first attempt. It took 70.48 to make the final. Sophie Hitchon improved her own National record in the process.

In the first round of the final, reigning world champion Tatyana Lysenko was out to continue that success, tossing a new Olympic record 77.56. In the second round Zhang Wenxiu moved into second place. Kathrin Klaas made her best throw in the third round to move into third place, while world record holder Betty Heidler barely earned her final three throws in eighth place. In the fifth round, Heidler finally put one throw together, landing about 77 metres. But after a delay, the electronic measurement system only attributed 72.34 meters as the distance (actually the measurement of the following competitor Zalina Marghieva's throw). Confused officials couldn't find a proper solution, ultimately giving the struggling Heidler another throw. The extra throw was so bad Heidler walked out of the ring, deliberately fouling. Anita Włodarczyk moved into second place only 44 cm behind Lysenko's record. As the last thrower in the round, Lysenko improved the Olympic record to 78.18, solidifying her hold on gold, which turned out to be important as Włodarczyk's final throw of 77.60 beat Lysenko's first round record by 4 cm. After the competition was over, the measurement operators found a measurement of 77.13 in the system memory and credited it to Heidler, giving her third place, knocking Zhang out of what would have been her second consecutive bronze medal.

Disqualification of Tatyana Lysenko

On 11 October 2016, IOC announced the disqualification of the gold medalist, Tatyana Lysenko, due to an anti-doping rule violation. Lysenko was ordered to return the medal and the IAAF was requested to modify the result of the event accordingly. [3] Anita Włodarczyk is next in line to the gold medal, promoting Betty Heidler to second place and Zhang Wenxiu to third. On 30 March 2017, Gulfiya Khanafeyeva and Mariya Bespalova were also disqualified and had their results deleted. [4]

Schedule

Entry List by Event. IAAF (2012-07-27). Retrieved on 2012-07-29. All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Wednesday, 8 August 201210:00Qualifications
Friday, 10 August 201219:35Finals

Records

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

World recordFlag of Germany.svg  Betty Heidler  (GER)79.42 m Halle, Germany 21 May 2011
Olympic recordFlag of Belarus.svg  Aksana Miankova  (BLR)
(Later disqualified for doping)
*76.34 m* Beijing, China 20 August 2008
2012 World leadingFlag of Belarus.svg  Aksana Miankova  (BLR)78.69 m Minsk, Belarus 8 July 2012

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityDistanceRecord
10 AugustFinal Tatyana Lysenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 78.18 m OR
10 AugustFinal Anita Włodarczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 77.60 m OR

Results

Qualifying round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 73.00m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1A Anita Włodarczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 75.6875.68Q
2B Zhang Wenxiu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 74.5374.53Q
3A Betty Heidler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 72.6374.4474.44Q
DSQ [3] A Tatyana Lysenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 74.4374.43Q
5B Kathrin Klaas Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 74.1474.14Q
6A Yipsi Moreno Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 73.9573.95Q
DSQ [4] B Mariya Bespalova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 72.8373.5673.56Q
DSQ [6] B Aksana Miankova Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 69.04X73.1073.10Q
9B Zalina Marghieva Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova 71.8972.19X72.19q
10A Sophie Hitchon Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 67.21X71.9871.98q, NR
11B Stéphanie Falzon Flag of France.svg  France 70.9671.6769.5571.67q
12B Joanna Fiodorow Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 70.4868.4869.8970.48q
13A Amber Campbell Flag of the United States.svg  United States X69.9367.3069.93
14A Jessica Cosby Flag of the United States.svg  United States 67.3669.6568.9769.65
15A Kıvılcım Kaya Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 69.5068.4567.8469.50
DSQ [4] B Gulfiya Khanafeyeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 68.2069.4369.1969.43
17B Éva Orbán Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary X68.6463.0868.64
18A Johana Moreno Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 68.53X68.1268.53
19A Hanna Skydan Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 68.5066.6857.6968.50
20A Martina Hrašnová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 67.6968.4167.7568.41
21B Berta Castells Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 67.7468.4165.2668.41
22A Bianca Perie Flag of Romania.svg  Romania X68.34X68.34
23B Arasay Thondike Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 67.9365.81X67.93
24B Tuğçe Şahutoğlu Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 67.5864.1166.5667.58
25A Ariannis Vichy Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba X67.4864.2567.48
26A Sultana Frizell Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 66.0767.45X67.45
27A Rosa Rodríguez Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 66.66X67.3467.34
28B Amanda Bingson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 65.9666.3267.2967.29
29B Barbara Špiler Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 65.6962.8367.2167.21
DSQA Alena Matoshka Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 66.8567.0365.2267.03
31B Kateřina Šafránková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 66.16X65.2566.16
32A Amy Sène Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 65.4965.43X65.49
33B Iryna Novozhylova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 65.3563.9864.2965.35
34B Heather Steacy Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 62.9961.7963.4063.40
35B Vânia Silva Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 62.8162.18X62.81
36A Silvia Salis Flag of Italy.svg  Italy X10.84X10.84
B Jennifer Dahlgren Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina XXXNM

Final

RankNameNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
DSQ [3] Tatyana Lysenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 77.5675.8674.3977.1278.1877.2878.18
Gold medal icon.svg Anita Włodarczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 75.0176.0275.72X77.1077.6077.60OR, SB
Silver medal icon.svg Betty Heidler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 73.9071.5272.77X77.1372.7777.13
Bronze medal icon.svg Zhang Wenxiu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 72.9676.3473.8168.2075.56X76.34
4 Kathrin Klaas Flag of Germany.svg  Germany x72.7976.0574.6672.88X76.05PB
5 Yipsi Moreno Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 74.60XXX71.97X74.60
DSQ [6] Aksana Miankova Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 69.50X74.4072.06XX74.40
DSQ Zalina Marghieva Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova 73.7774.0672.3272.9172.3470.7274.06
6 Stephanie Falzon Flag of France.svg  France 73.0669.2971.1073.06SB
7 Joanna Fiodorow Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 62.3472.37X72.37
DSQ [4] Mariya Bespalova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 71.13X68.1571.13
8 Sophie Hitchon Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 69.3365.75X69.33

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