Women's hammer throw at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Stade de France, Paris, France | ||||||||||||
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Winning distance | 76.97 m | ||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |||
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Qualification | |||
Track events | |||
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
400 m | men | women | |
800 m | men | women | |
1500 m | men | women | |
5000 m | men | women | |
10,000 m | men | women | |
100 m hurdles | women | ||
110 m hurdles | men | ||
400 m hurdles | men | women | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | women | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women | |
4 × 400 m relay | men | mixed | women |
Road events | |||
Marathon | men | women | |
20 km walk | men | women | |
Marathon walk relay | mixed | ||
Field events | |||
High jump | men | women | |
Pole vault | men | women | |
Long jump | men | women | |
Triple jump | men | women | |
Shot put | men | women | |
Discus throw | men | women | |
Hammer throw | men | women | |
Javelin throw | men | women | |
Combined events | |||
Heptathlon | women | ||
Decathlon | men | ||
The women's hammer throw at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 4 and 6 August 2024. This was the 7th time that the event is contested at the Summer Olympics.
World record holder, triple defending champion Anita Włodarczyk returns for a fourth. She will turn 39 two days after competition. The rest of the podium Wang Zheng and Malwina Kopron are also back. World leader and #3 of all time Brooke Andersen would ordinarily be the favorite, but she couldn't land a fair throw at the US Trials and didn't qualify. Anderson was the 2022 World Champion, the 2023 Champion was Camryn Rogers who is also #2 on the world list, just ahead of 2019 World Champion, 2023 bronze medalist DeAnna Price. [1]
Krista Tervo, Annette Echikunwoke, Katrine Koch Jacobsen, Rogers and Price were the auto qualifiers. Włodarczyk was the last qualifier for the final with 71.06m, her fifth final. [2]
Zhao Jie started off the action with 72.20m. Rogers spun it out to 74.11m. Hanna Skydan moved into second with a 73.27m. Echikunwoke almost matched that with 73.11m. Włodarczyk proved she was still going to be a contender by throwing 73.17m. In the second round, Zhao took the lead with a throw of 74.27m. Silja Kosonen became the third over 74, though barely with a throw of 74.04m. In the third round Rogers took back the lead with a 74.47m. Five throws later, Echikunwoke pushed the competition a meter farther to 75.48m. In the fourth round, Rogers made it a lot closer, throwing 75.44m. It went to the fifth round, where Rogers got off the winner, 76.97 m (252 ft 6 in). Włodarczyk got off a 74.23m to just miss a fourth medal in a row. [3] [4] Along with Ethan Katzberg, Canada wins both Hammer throw events at the Olympics.
The women's hammer throw has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 2000.
Record | Athlete (Nation) | Distance (m) | Location | Date |
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World record | ![]() | 82.98 [5] | Warsaw, Poland | 26 August 2016 |
Olympic record | 82.29 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 15 August 2016 | |
World leading | ![]() | 79.92 [6] | Tucson, United States | 20 April 2024 |
Area Record | Athlete (Nation) | Distance (m) |
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Africa ( records ) | ![]() | 75.49 |
Asia ( records ) | ![]() | 77.68 |
Europe ( records ) | ![]() | 82.98 WR |
North, Central America and Caribbean ( records ) | ![]() | 80.31 |
Oceania ( records ) | ![]() | 74.61 |
South America ( records ) | ![]() | 73.74 |
For the women's hammer throw event, the qualification period is between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes are able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by throwing the entry standard of 74.00 m or further or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event. [8] [9]
The qualification was held on 4 August, starting at 10:20 (UTC+2) for Group A and 11:45 (UTC+2) for Group B in the morning. 32 athletes qualified for the first round by qualification distance or world ranking. [10]
Rank | Group | Athlete | Nation | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Notes |
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1 | B | Krista Tervo | ![]() | x | 74.79 | 74.79 | Q, NR | |
2 | A | Camryn Rogers | ![]() | x | 74.69 | – | 74.69 | Q |
3 | B | DeAnna Price | ![]() | 72.08 | 73.79 | – | 73.79 | Q |
4 | A | Annette Echikunwoke | ![]() | 73.52 | – | – | 73.52 | Q |
5 | B | Katrine Koch Jacobsen | ![]() | 72.36 | x | 73.04 | 73.04 | Q |
6 | A | Hanna Skydan | ![]() | 69.58 | 69.04 | 72.55 | 72.55 | q |
7 | A | Zhao Jie | ![]() | 70.78 | 72.49 | 72.24 | 72.49 | q |
8 | B | Sara Fantini | ![]() | 72.40 | 69.93 | 71.08 | 72.40 | q |
9 | B | Silja Kosonen | ![]() | x | 68.51 | 72.11 | 72.11 | q |
10 | B | Rosa Rodríguez | ![]() | x | 67.28 | 71.76 | 71.76 | q |
11 | A | Bianca Ghelber | ![]() | 71.42 | x | 71.34 | 71.42 | q |
12 | B | Anita Włodarczyk | ![]() | 71.04 | 70.41 | 71.06 | 71.06 | q |
13 | A | Li Jiangyan | ![]() | x | 70.54 | x | 70.54 | |
14 | A | Erin Reese | ![]() | 68.74 | 70.23 | x | 70.23 | |
15 | A | Stephanie Ratcliffe | ![]() | x | x | 70.07 | 70.07 | |
16 | B | Nicola Tuthill | ![]() | x | 68.87 | 69.90 | 69.90 | |
17 | B | Stamatia Scarvelis | ![]() | 69.38 | 66.86 | x | 69.38 | |
18 | A | Thea Löfman | ![]() | 64.13 | 68.92 | 69.12 | 69.12 | |
19 | A | Rose Loga | ![]() | 68.94 | 63.10 | x | 68.94 | |
20 | A | Lauren Bruce | ![]() | x | 67.03 | 68.93 | 68.93 | |
21 | A | Suvi Koskinen | ![]() | 66.14 | x | 67.90 | 67.90 | |
22 | B | Zalina Marghieva | ![]() | x | 67.84 | 66.45 | 67.84 | |
23 | A | Malwina Kopron | ![]() | 65.39 | 65.65 | 67.68 | 67.68 | |
24 | B | Vanessa Sterckendries | ![]() | 67.67 | x | 64.67 | 67.67 | |
25 | A | Zahra Tatar | ![]() | 66.06 | 66.99 | 66.90 | 66.99 | |
26 | B | Iryna Klymets | ![]() | 66.95 | 66.61 | 65.70 | 66.95 | |
27 | A | Beatrice Nedberge Llano | ![]() | 66.11 | 66.92 | 64.77 | 66.92 | |
28 | B | Wang Zheng | ![]() | 66.92 | x | x | 66.92 | |
29 | B | Oyesade Olatoye | ![]() | x | 64.36 | 66.41 | 66.41 | |
30 | B | Réka Gyurátz | ![]() | x | 64.77 | 63.86 | 64.77 | |
A | Mayra Gaviria | ![]() | x | r | – | — | NM | |
B | Alexandra Tavernier | ![]() | x | x | x | — | NM |
The final is scheduled to be held on 6 August, starting at 20:00 (UTC+2) in the evening. [10]
Rank | Athlete | Nation | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Notes |
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![]() | Camryn Rogers | ![]() | 74.11 | x | 74.47 | 75.44 | 76.97 | x | 76.97 | |
![]() | Annette Echikunwoke | ![]() | 73.11 | 71.45 | 75.48 | x | 73.32 | 73.56 | 75.48 | SB |
![]() | Zhao Jie | ![]() | 72.90 | 74.27 | 73.95 | 72.79 | 73.88 | 71.88 | 74.27 | |
4 | Anita Włodarczyk | ![]() | 73.17 | 72.18 | 73.13 | 73.61 | 74.23 | 69.77 | 74.23 | SB |
5 | Silja Kosonen | ![]() | x | 74.04 | 72.44 | x | 73.12 | 72.10 | 74.04 | SB |
6 | Krista Tervo | ![]() | x | 73.83 | x | 72.56 | 71.25 | x | 73.83 | |
7 | Hanna Skydan | ![]() | 73.27 | 72.48 | 71.39 | 73.66 | 72.91 | 73.27 | 73.66 | SB |
8 | Rosa Rodríguez | ![]() | 71.02 | 72.98 | x | 71.22 | 70.85 | x | 72.98 | SB |
9 | Bianca Ghelber | ![]() | x | 72.24 | 72.36 | Did not advance | 72.36 | |||
10 | Katrine Koch Jacobsen | ![]() | 71.65 | 70.64 | 71.09 | Did not advance | 71.65 | |||
11 | DeAnna Price | ![]() | x | 70.18 | 71.00 | Did not advance | 71.00 | |||
12 | Sara Fantini | ![]() | 69.20 | 69.58 | x | Did not advance | 69.58 |
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