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2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw

Tatyana Lysenko after her victory.

The women's hammer throw event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 2 and 4.

Betty Heidler was the pre-event favourite: she was undefeated that season, held the four best marks of the year, and had broken the world record with a throw of 79.42 m in May. Tatyana Lysenko, a former record holder, was ranked second prior to the championships. Yipsi Moreno and Zhang Wenxiu (both medalists at the 2008 Olympics) were both in good form that season, as was Kathrin Klaas (fourth in 2009). Zalina Marghieva, Alena Matoshka, Jennifer Dahlgren were other entrants ranked in the top ten.[1][2] The 2009 world champion Anita Włodarczyk was not expected to compete due to a back injury.[3]

Tatyana Lysenko won the competition on her first throw, then proceeded to improve her position on the next two throws. Top qualifier Zhang Wenxiu also made her best throw on her first attempt. It took Betty Heidler until the 5th round to finally displace her into bronze position, pushing Yipsi Moreno off the medal stand. Defending champion Anita Włodarczyk did make a game effort, throwing her season best, but only managed 5th place.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Tatyana Lysenko
 Russia (RUS)
Betty Heidler
 Germany (GER)
Zhang Wenxiu
 China (CHN)

Records

World record  Betty Heidler (GER) 79.42 Halle, Germany 21 May 2011
Championship record  Anita Włodarczyk (POL) 77.96 Berlin, Germany 22 August 2009
World leading  Betty Heidler (GER) 79.42 Halle, Germany 21 May 2011
African record  Marwa Hussein (EGY) 68.48 Cairo, Egypt 18 February 2005
Asian record  Zhang Wenxiu (CHN) 75.65 Fränkisch-Crumbach, Germany 12 June 2011
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Yipsi Moreno (CUB) 76.62 Zagreb, Croatia 9 September 2008
South American record  Jennifer Dahlgren (ARG) 73.74 Buenos Aires, Argentina 10 April 2010
European record  Betty Heidler (GER) 79.42 Halle, Germany 21 May 2011
Oceanian record  Bronwyn Eagles (AUS) 71.12 Adelaide, Australia 6 February 2003

Qualification standards

A mark B mark
71.50 m 69.00

Schedule

Date Time Round
2 September 2011 10:00 Qualification
4 September 2011 18:15 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 71.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 A Zhang Wenxiu  China (CHN) 74.17 74.17 Q
2 B Yipsi Moreno  Cuba (CUB) 73.29 73.29 Q
3 B Jennifer Dahlgren  Argentina (ARG) 67.81 x 72.70 72.70 Q, SB
4 A Tatyana Lysenko  Russia (RUS) 71.94 71.94 Q
5 A Kathrin Klaas  Germany (GER) 69.26 69.57 71.69 71.69 Q
6 B Betty Heidler  Germany (GER) 71.48 71.48 Q
7 B Anita Włodarczyk  Poland (POL) 71.09 71.09 Q
8 A Jessica Cosby  United States (USA) 71.06 71.06 Q
9 A Zalina Marghieva  Moldova (MDA) x 70.09 69.85 70.09 q
10 A Silvia Salis  Italy (ITA) 69.82 66.58 x 69.82 q
11 A Bianca Perie  Romania (ROM) 68.12 69.66 69.01 69.66 q
12 A Stéphanie Falzon  France (FRA) x 68.92 67.37 68.92 q
13 B Éva Orbán  Hungary (HUN) 68.89 68.28 x 68.89
14 A Amber Campbell  United States (USA) 68.26 68.87 x 68.87
15 B Jeneva McCall  United States (USA) 68.26 65.22 65.45 68.26
16 B Alena Matoshka  Belarus (BLR) x 68.23 67.88 68.23
17 B Marina Marghiev  Moldova (MDA) x 67.95 x 67.95
18 B Berta Castells  Spain (ESP) 67.74 65.22 67.02 67.74
19 B Nataliya Zolotukhina  Ukraine (UKR) 67.44 67.57 65.93 67.57
20 B Mona Holm  Norway (NOR) 67.16 66.97 x 67.16
21 A Joanna Fiodorow  Poland (POL) x 66.88 x 66.88
22 A Alexandra Papageorgiou  Greece (GRE) 64.38 65.58 66.77 66.77
23 A Amy Sène  Senegal (SEN) 66.15 x 61.31 66.15
24 A Merja Korpela  Finland (FIN) 63.93 x 65.64 65.64
25 A Vânia Silva  Portugal (POR) 64.46 65.40 64.18 65.40
26 B Sophie Hitchon  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 61.91 x 64.93 64.93
27 B Masumi Aya  Japan (JPN) 60.14 64.09 x 64.09
28 A Heather Steacy  Canada (CAN) 63.39 x x 63.39
29 B Liu Tingting  China (CHN) 61.45 62.17 63.12 63.12
30 A Kang Na-Ru  South Korea (KOR) 61.05 x x 61.05

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tatyana Lysenko  Russia (RUS) 76.80 77.09 77.13 74.51 75.05 x 77.13 SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Betty Heidler  Germany (GER) x 73.96 74.70 x 76.06 x 76.06
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zhang Wenxiu  China (CHN) 75.03 74.31 x 73.17 71.86 74.79 75.03
4 Yipsi Moreno  Cuba (CUB) 73.29 x 74.48 x x x 74.48 SB
5 Anita Włodarczyk  Poland (POL) 73.56 x 72.61 x x 72.65 73.56 SB
6 Bianca Perie  Romania (ROM) 67.73 70.40 67.75 70.24 70.91 72.04 72.04 SB
7 Kathrin Klaas  Germany (GER) 67.02 70.18 70.67 71.89 70.44 x 71.89
- Zalina Marghieva  Moldova (MDA) 69.99 x 68.13 70.24 70.27 68.76 70.27 DQ
8 Silvia Salis  Italy (ITA) 68.61 69.88 x 69.88
9 Jennifer Dahlgren  Argentina (ARG) 68.27 x 69.72 69.72
10 Jessica Cosby  United States (USA) x 68.91 68.15 68.91
11 Stéphanie Falzon  France (FRA) 66.57 x x 66.57

References

  1. ^ Landells, Steve (2011-08-19). Women’s Hammer Throw – PREVIEW Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-28.
  2. ^ Hammer throw 2011. IAAF (2011-08-23). Retrieved on 2011-08-28.
  3. ^ World Championships preview – women’s field events Archived 2012-06-16 at the Wayback Machine. Athletics Weekly (2011-08-25). Retrieved on 2011-08-28.