Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's hammer throw

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Women's hammer throw
at the 2014 Asian Games
Venue Incheon Asiad Main Stadium
Dates28 September
Competitors8 from 7 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of India.svg  India
  2010
2018  

The women's hammer throw event at the 2014 Asian Games was held at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium, Incheon, South Korea on 28 September. The competition was won by Zhang Wenxiu of China. Zhang was disqualified after testing positive for the prohibited substance zeranol, but the Court of Arbitration for Sport reinstated her on appeal after ruling that the zeranol came from contaminated food. [1]

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Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

DateTimeEvent
Sunday, 28 September 201418:40Final

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record Flag of Poland.svg  Anita Włodarczyk  (POL)79.58 Berlin, Germany 31 August 2014
Asian Record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Zheng  (CHN)77.68 Chengdu, China 29 March 2014
Games Record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Wenxiu  (CHN)74.15 Doha, Qatar 8 December 2006

Results

RankAthleteAttemptResultNotes
123456
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Wenxiu  (CHN)74.1472.5674.2775.9676.2077.3377.33 GR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Zheng  (CHN)56.3572.5874.1674.0071.31X74.16
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of India.svg  Manju Bala  (IND)60.47X60.2857.8057.1960.3460.47
4Flag of Japan.svg  Masumi Aya  (JPN)57.14X58.4859.72X59.8459.84
5Flag of South Korea.svg  Kang Na-ru  (KOR)56.59X56.9758.7058.8058.3558.80
6Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Anastasiya Aslanidu  (UZB)55.21X54.2950.0153.8753.8655.21
7Flag of Thailand.svg  Panwat Gimsrang  (THA)51.3152.6949.6050.33X51.9252.69
8Flag of Qatar.svg  Bashayer Al-Quraishi  (QAT)XXX38.36X37.2538.36

References

  1. AFP (May 6, 2015). "China hammer thrower's gold medal reinstated". Yahoo Sports . Retrieved August 14, 2015.