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2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw

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The Women's Hammer Throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 28, 2007 (qualification) and August 30, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. The qualification standard was set at 71.00 metres.

The winning margin was 2 cm. As of 2024, this remains the only time the women's hammer throw was won by less than 4 cm at these championships.

Medalists

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Gold Betty Heidler
 Germany (GER)
Silver Yipsi Moreno
 Cuba (CUB)
Bronze Zhang Wenxiu
 China (CHN)

Schedule

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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
28.08.2007 – 10:00h 28.08.2007 – 11:35h
Final Round
30.08.2007 – 19:30h

Abbreviations

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  • All results shown are in metres
Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

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Standing records prior to the 2007 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) 77.80 m August 15, 2006 Tallinn, Estonia
Championships Record  Mihaela Melinte (ROM) 75.20 m August 24, 1999 Seville, Spain
Season Best  Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) 77.30 m April 22, 2007 Bogatyr Adler, Russia

Qualification

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Group A

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Rank Overall Athlete Nation Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1 1 Ivana Brkljačić  Croatia (CRO) 74.69 74.69 m Q
2 3 Betty Heidler  Germany (GER) X 72.27 72.27 m Q
3 8 Manuela Montebrun  France (FRA) 69.02 69.77 69.40 69.77 m q
4 10 Arasay Thondike  Cuba (CUB) 69.14 68.39 X 69.14 m q
5 11 Gulfiya Khanafeyeva  Russia (RUS) 65.91 X 68.65 68.65 m q
6 13 Martina Danišová  Slovakia (SVK) X 67.13 68.15 68.15 m
7 14 Cecilia Nilsson  Sweden (SWE) 68.09 67.01 64.30 68.09 m
8 18 Alexandra Papayeoryiou  Greece (GRE) 66.88 X X 66.88 m
9 19 Yelena Priyma  Russia (RUS) X 61.79 66.84 66.84 m
10 23 Sviatlana Sudak-Torun  Turkey (TUR) 65.65 65.22 X 65.65 m
11 25 Jennifer Dahlgren  Argentina (ARG) 65.64 X X 65.64 m
12 30 Berta Castells  Spain (ESP) 63.32 X 60.93 63.32 m
13 31 Liu Yinghui  China (CHN) X 62.83 62.62 62.83 m
14 32 Masumi Aya  Japan (JPN) 61.55 62.68 59.43 62.68 m
15 33 Mihaela Melinte  Romania (ROM) X X 62.40 62.40 m
16 34 Vânia Silva  Portugal (POR) X 56.28 61.81 61.81 m
17 36 Katalin Divós  Hungary (HUN) 57.22 59.45 58.61 59.45 m
18 38 Brittany Riley  United States (USA) X X 55.72 55.72 m
Susanne Keil  Germany (GER) X X X NM
Aksana Miankova  Belarus (BLR) X X X NM

Group B

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Rank Overall Athlete Nation Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1 2 Yipsi Moreno  Cuba (CUB) 72.87 72.87 m Q SB
2 4 Zhang Wenxiu  China (CHN) X 71.31 71.31 m Q
3 5 Eileen O'Keeffe  Ireland (IRL) 71.07 71.07 m Q
4 6 Yelena Konevtseva  Russia (RUS) 70.29 70.65 70.65 m q
5 7 Kamila Skolimowska  Poland (POL) 66.57 69.57 70.18 70.18 m q
6 9 Clarissa Claretti  Italy (ITA) X X 69.53 69.53 m q
7 12 Yunaika Crawford  Cuba (CUB) 65.64 66.80 68.55 68.55 m q
8 15 Jessica Cosby  United States (USA) 63.44 67.90 66.36 67.90 m
9 16 Merja Korpela  Finland (FIN) 67.87 65.89 X 67.87 m
10 17 Stéphanie Falzon  France (FRA) 66.37 66.82 67.19 67.19 m
11 20 Amélie Perrin  France (FRA) X 66.67 66.51 66.67 m
12 21 Lenka Ledvinová  Czech Republic (CZE) 66.57 63.22 65.71 66.57 m
13 22 Olga Kuzenkova  Russia (RUS) 66.56 X 65.09 66.56 m
14 24 Mona Holm  Norway (NOR) X 63.16 65.65 65.65 m
15 26 Kristal Yush  United States (USA) 61.74 64.24 64.63 64.63 m
16 27 Bianca Perie  Romania (ROM) 64.18 60.09 62.10 64.18 m
17 28 Kathrin Klaas  Germany (GER) X X 64.00 64.00 m
18 29 Nataliya Zolotukhina  Ukraine (UKR) 61.27 63.64 62.58 63.64 m
19 35 Rosa Rodríguez  Venezuela (VEN) 58.43 61.77 61.56 61.77 m
20 37 Hao Shuai  China (CHN) X 59.09 X 59.09 m

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s) Betty Heidler  Germany (GER) X 74.76 X 73.73 71.31 73.10 74.76 m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yipsi Moreno  Cuba (CUB) 72.84 X X 74.33 70.87 74.74 74.74 m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zhang Wenxiu  China (CHN) X 73.11 X 74.21 74.39 X 74.39 m
4 Kamila Skolimowska  Poland (POL) 73.75 70.54 65.69 70.78 70.06 70.77 73.75 m
5 Yelena Konevtseva  Russia (RUS) 72.45 70.11 X X 70.35 68.90 72.45 m
6 Eileen O'Keeffe  Ireland (IRL) 70.93 64.27 69.06 66.90 69.21 69.38 70.93 m
7 Clarissa Claretti  Italy (ITA) X 70.25 70.73 67.56 70.74 X 70.74 m
8 Manuela Montebrun  France (FRA) 69.77 70.36 67.42 69.16 66.41 69.92 70.36 m
9 Arasay Thondike  Cuba (CUB) 65.84 70.20 67.65 70.20 m
10 Gulfiya Khanafeyeva  Russia (RUS) 67.79 X 69.08 69.08 m
11 Ivana Brkljačić  Croatia (CRO) 68.16 X X 68.16 m
12 Yunaika Crawford  Cuba (CUB) 67.30 X 67.56 67.56 m

See also

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References

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