Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's hammer throw

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Women's hammer throw
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
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Olympic Athletics
Venue Japan National Stadium
Dates1 August 2021 (qualifying)
3 August 2021 (final)
Competitors31 from 21 nations
Winning distance78.48 m
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Anita Włodarczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Silver medal icon.svg Zheng Wang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg Malwina Kopron Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
  2016
2024  

The women's hammer throw event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 1 and 3 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. [1] Approximately 35 athletes competed; the exact number was dependent on how many nations use universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 32 qualifying through distance or ranking (no universality places were used in 2016). [2]

Summary

Since 2009, the dominant name in women's hammer throwing has been Anita Włodarczyk. She holds the world record and the top six throws in history. She is the defending two time Olympic Champion and the 2017 World Champion. She underwent knee surgery and took much of the 2019 and 2020 seasons off. In her absence, DeAnna Price won in 2019. Until June 26 of this year, Włodarczyk was the only woman to throw beyond 80 metres. Price became the second at the US Trials. The other two American qualifiers had moved up to the top six women in history, Brooke Andersen to #5 just in April. During the 2021 season, Włodarczyk was not showing the same form, throwing in the low 70's and losing multiple competitions. Four days after Price hit 80, Włodarczyk finally showed she still could do it, getting a 77.93m in Bydgoszcz. Other strong competitors included Włodarczyk's Polish teammates; Malwina Kopron and Joanna Fiodorow, both of whom had World Championship medals; and three time World Championship medalist Wang Zheng.

Włodarczyk made short work of qualifying, reaching her second best throw of the year, 76.99m, one and done. The only other thrower to reach automatic qualifying on their first attempt was Camryn Rogers. Wang, Andersen and Alexandra Tavernier took two attempts to reach automatic. None of the other qualifiers even made automatic. 71.68 made the top 12 and into the finals.

The finals got off to a lackluster start, Tavernier coming out of the round with the lead at 73.54m. In the second, Rogers moved up with 74.35m, then Wang took over with 75.30m. That lead lasted until Włodarczyk threw next in the ring, 76.01m was the answer. The third round eliminated two Americans, Andersen and Gwen Berry, with Price barely qualifying in eighth. Włodarczyk improved to 77.44m. The fourth round saw Włodarczyk improve again to 78.48 m (257 ft 5 in), which proved to be the winner. Kopron's fifth round 75.49m moved her into silver position. But Wang used her final effort to muscle out 77.03m to take the silver for good, leaving Kopron with the bronze. Włodarczyk's gold was her third consecutive, making her the first woman to achieve the feat in an athletics field event. [3]

Background

This was the 6th appearance of the event, having appeared in every Summer Olympics since 2000.

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the women's hammer throw event if all athletes meet the entry standard or qualify by ranking during the qualifying period. (The limit of 3 has been in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress.) The qualifying standard is 72.50 metres. This standard was "set for the sole purpose of qualifying athletes with exceptional performances unable to qualify through the IAAF World Rankings pathway." The world rankings, based on the average of the best five results for the athlete over the qualifying period and weighted by the importance of the meet, will then be used to qualify athletes until the cap of 32 is reached. [2] [4]

The qualifying period was originally from 1 May 2019 to 29 June 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the period was suspended from 6 April 2020 to 30 November 2020, with the end date extended to 29 June 2021. The world rankings period start date was also changed from 1 May 2019 to 30 June 2020; athletes who had met the qualifying standard during that time were still qualified, but those using world rankings would not be able to count performances during that time. The qualifying time standards could be obtained in various meets during the given period that have the approval of the IAAF. Both outdoor and indoor meets are eligible. The most recent Area Championships may be counted in the ranking, even if not during the qualifying period. [2] [5]

NOCs can also use their universality place—each NOC can enter one female athlete regardless of time if they had no female athletes meeting the entry standard for an athletics event—in the hammer throw. [2]

Competition format

The 2020 competition continued to use the two-round format with divided final introduced in 1936. The qualifying round gave each competitor three throws to achieve a qualifying distance (73.50 metres); if fewer than 12 women did so, the top 12 would advance. The final provided each thrower with three throws; the top eight throwers received an additional three throws for a total of six, with the best to count (qualifying round throws were not considered for the final). [6]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Olympic, and area records were as follows.

World recordFlag of Poland.svg  Anita Włodarczyk  (POL)82.98 Warsaw, Poland 28 August 2016
Olympic recordFlag of Poland.svg  Anita Włodarczyk  (POL)82.29 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 15 August 2016
AreaDistance (m)AthleteNation
Africa ( records )75.49 Annette Echikunwoke Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Asia ( records )77.68 Wang Zheng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Europe ( records )82.98 WR Anita Włodarczyk Flag of Poland.svg Poland
North, Central America
and Caribbean
( records )
80.31 DeAnna Price Flag of the United States.svg United States
Oceania ( records )74.61 Lauren Bruce Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
South America ( records )73.74 Jennifer Dahlgren Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

The women's hammer throw took place over two separate days. [1]

DateTimeRound
Sunday, 1 August 20219:10Qualifying
Tuesday, 3 August 202119:00Final

Results

Qualifying

Qualification rules: Qualifying performance 73.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

RankGroupAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1A Anita Włodarczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 76.9976.99 Q
2B Zheng Wang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 71.6974.2974.29 Q, SB
3A Brooke Andersen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 71.3274.0074.00 Q
4B Camryn Rogers Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 73.9773.97 Q
5A Alexandra Tavernier Flag of France.svg  France 72.3473.5173.51 Q
6A Julia Ratcliffe Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 73.2068.8970.8773.20 q
7B Gwen Berry Flag of the United States.svg  United States 68.5170.2873.1973.19 q
8B Malwina Kopron Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 73.06xx73.06 q
9B DeAnna Price Flag of the United States.svg  United States 71.0372.55x72.55 q
10B Joanna Fiodorow Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 72.32xx72.32 q
11B Bianca Ghelber Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 69.7870.8071.7271.72 q
12A Sara Fantini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 71.6869.2669.2771.68 q
13A Hanna Malyshchyk Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 70.80xx70.80
14B Silja Kosonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 69.0169.5970.4970.49
15A Na Luo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 69.8669.62x69.86
16A Hanna Skydan Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 67.93x69.5769.57
17A Zalina Petrivskaya Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova 69.29x67.8669.29
18A Stamatia Scarvelis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 68.7069.01x69.01
19A Jillian Weir Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 68.55x68.6868.68
20B Laura Igaune Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 68.3568.5366.8968.53
21B Iryna Klymets Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 66.63x68.2968.29
22B Rosa Rodríguez Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela x67.2568.2368.23
23B Lauren Bruce Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 67.7166.0166.1567.71
24B Samantha Borutta Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 57.0067.3866.4767.38
25B Martina Hrašnová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 66.63x66.5566.63
26A Réka Gyurátz Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary xx66.4866.48
27A Tuğçe Şahutoğlu Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 64.2366.0665.6666.06
28B Nastassia Maslava Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 60.52x65.1565.15
29A Laura Redondo Mora Flag of Spain.svg  Spain xx62.4262.42
30A Iryna Novozhylova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine x58.7759.8559.85
A Krista Tervo Flag of Finland.svg  Finland xxx NM

Final

RankAthleteNation123456DistanceNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Anita Włodarczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland x76.0177.4478.48x77.0278.48 SB
Silver medal icon.svg Wang Zheng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 73.2175.30x71.09x77.0377.03 SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Malwina Kopron Flag of Poland.svg  Poland x73.09x74.1175.4974.5975.49 SB
4 Alexandra Tavernier Flag of France.svg  France 73.54x70.8172.64x74.4174.41 SB
5 Camryn Rogers Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada x74.35xx71.14x74.35
6 Bianca Ghelber Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 70.15x74.1870.3271.70x74.18 PB
7 Joanna Fiodorow Flag of Poland.svg  Poland x73.0973.46x73.83x73.83 SB
8 DeAnna Price Flag of the United States.svg  United States x72.87x72.69x73.0973.09
9 Julia Ratcliffe Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 72.6172.6971.79did not advance72.69
10 Brooke Andersen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 72.16xxdid not advance72.16
11 Gwen Berry Flag of the United States.svg  United States 67.66x71.35did not advance71.35
12 Sara Fantini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 67.5569.1067.91did not advance69.10

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