Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's hammer throw

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Women's hammer throw
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue Alexander Stadium
Dates4 August (qualification)
6 August (final)
Competitors17 from 11 nations
Winning distance74.08
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
  2018
2026  

The women's hammer throw at the 2022 Commonwealth Games , as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Alexander Stadium on 4 and 6 August 2022.

Contents

The winning margin was 4.45 metres which as of 2024 is the only time the women's hammer throw has been won by more than four metres at these games.

Records

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

World record Flag of Poland.svg  Anita Włodarczyk  (POL)82.98 m Warsaw, Poland 28 August 2016
Commonwealth record Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Camryn Rogers  (CAN)77.67 m Tucson, United States 9 June 2022
Games record Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Sultana Frizell  (CAN)71.97 m Glasgow, Scotland 28 July 2014

Schedule

The schedule was as follows: [1]

DateTimeRound
Thursday 4 August 202210:00Qualification
Saturday 6 August 202219:00Final

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

Qualification

Across one groups, those who threw ≥68.00 m (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final. [2]

RankGroupAthlete#1#2#3ResultNotes
1AFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Camryn Rogers  (CAN)74.6874.68 GR , Q
2AFlag of New Zealand.svg  Julia Ratcliffe  (NZL)66.4168.7368.73Q
3AFlag of England.svg  Anna Purchase  (ENG)66.45xx66.45q
4AFlag of Australia.svg  Alexandra Hulley  (AUS)65.5866.1566.0666.15q
5AFlag of Wales 2.svg  Amber Simpson  (WAL)64.5665.67x65.67q
6AFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Kaila Butler  (CAN)x63.34x63.34q
7AFlag of Cyprus.svg  Chrystalla Kyriakou  (CYP)58.5862.09x62.09q
8AFlag of New Zealand.svg  Nicole Bradley  (NZL)59.7561.6961.7761.77q
9AFlag of Nigeria.svg  Oyesade Olatoye  (NGR)x60.4861.7461.74q
10AFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Jillian Weir  (CAN)x60.9660.5160.96q
11AFlag of India.svg  Manju Bala  (IND)59.68xx59.68q
12AFlag of Malaysia.svg  Grace Wong  (MAS)58.7156.7159.5359.53q
13AFlag of India.svg  Sarita Singh  (IND)57.48x56.6257.48
14AFlag of Kenya.svg  Linda Oseso  (KEN)48.9951.32x51.32
15AFlag of Kenya.svg  Lucy Omondi  (KEN)46.1348.3347.8648.33
16AFlag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  Tynelle Gumbs  (IVB)46.90xx46.90
AFlag of New Zealand.svg  Lauren Bruce  (NZL)xxxNM

Final

The medals were determined in the final. [3]

RankName#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Camryn Rogers  (CAN)xx74.08xx73.8974.08
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of New Zealand.svg  Julia Ratcliffe  (NZL)67.2669.5969.63xx66.9369.63
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Jillian Weir  (CAN)67.14x67.35xxx67.35
4Flag of Nigeria.svg  Oyesade Olatoye  (NGR)65.7464.82x66.5466.8062.5466.80 SB
5Flag of Wales 2.svg  Amber Simpson  (WAL)66.52x66.1264.2064.45x66.52 PB
6Flag of Australia.svg  Alexandra Hulley  (AUS)x65.5364.18x66.2666.1666.26
7Flag of England.svg  Anna Purchase  (ENG)63.4164.7363.22xxx64.73
8Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Kaila Butler  (CAN)60.58x64.22xxx64.22
9Flag of New Zealand.svg  Nicole Bradley  (NZL)60.9663.1061.3363.10
10Flag of Malaysia.svg  Grace Wong  (MAS)61.0761.3059.5261.30
11Flag of Cyprus.svg  Chrystalla Kyriakou  (CYP)57.4660.3760.9760.97
12Flag of India.svg  Manju Bala  (IND)57.2659.9560.9660.96

References

  1. "Women's Hammer Throw". Birmingham 2022. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  2. Qualification results
  3. Final Results