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2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw

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Women's hammer throw
at the 2017 World Championships
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The Polish gold and bronze medalists, Anita Włodarczyk and Malwina Kopron, during their lap of honour
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates5 August (qualification)
7 August (final)
Competitors32 from 21 nations
Winning distance77.90 m (255 ft 6+3⁄4 in)
Medalists
gold medal Anita Włodarczyk   Poland
silver medal Wang Zheng   China
bronze medal Malwina Kopron   Poland
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The women's hammer throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 5 and 7 August.[1]

Summary

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As the only woman to have thrown over 80 metres, world record holder Anita Włodarczyk was the clear favourite. While she was the first to throw over 70 metres in this competition, the next thrower, the home team's Sophie Hitchon threw better. By the end of the round, four more women threw better, the early leader was Włodarczyk's Polish teammate Malwina Kopron with a throw of 74.46 metres. In the second round, Wang Zheng jumped from second to first with a throw of 75.94 metres. The third Pole in the competition Joanna Fiodorow moved into third place with a throw of 73.02 metres. In the third round, Fiodorow was displaced by Zhang Wenxiu, then three throwers later by Hanna Skydan with a throw of 73.38 metres. During that round, Włodarczyk had improved to 71.94 metres, but was in sixth place only 60 centimetres ahead of the last qualifying spot for the final three attempts. In the fourth round, Włodarczyk finally broke through getting off a throw of 77.39 metres to take the lead. Nobody would be able to improve upon that, but Włodarczyk wasn't done, throwing 77.90 metres in the fifth round. Wang threw her best of 75.98 metres on her final attempt but it couldn't catch Włodarczyk. Nobody else could beat Kopron's first round throw to get a medal.[2]

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:[3]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date Location
World 82.98 Anita Włodarczyk  POL 28 Aug 2016 Warsaw, Poland
Championship 80.85 Anita Włodarczyk  POL 27 Aug 2015 Beijing, China
World leading 82.87 Anita Włodarczyk  POL 29 Jul 2017 Cetniewo, Poland
African 69.70 Amy Sène  SEN 25 May 2014 Forbach, France
Asian 77.68 Zheng Wang  CHN 29 Mar 2014 Chengdu, China
NACAC 76.77 Gwen Berry  USA 6 May 2017 Oxford, United States
South American 73.74 Jennifer Dahlgren  ARG 10 Apr 2010 Buenos Aires, Argentina
European 82.98 Anita Włodarczyk  POL 28 Aug 2016 Warsaw, Poland
Oceanian 71.12 Bronwyn Eagles  AUS 6 Feb 2003 Adelaide, Australia

No records were set at the competition.[4]

Qualification standard

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The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 71.00 metres.[5]

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:[6]

Date Time Round
5 August 11:35 Qualification
7 August 20:00 Final

Results

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Qualification

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The qualification round took place on 5 August, in two groups, with Group A starting at 10:34 and Group B starting at 12:06. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 71.50 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.[7] The overall results were as follows:[8]

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3
1 A Malwina Kopron  Poland (POL) 74.97 74.97 Q
2 B Anita Włodarczyk  Poland (POL) 74.61 74.61 Q
3 A Sophie Hitchon  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 73.05 73.05 Q
4 A Hanna Malyshchyk  Belarus (BLR) 72.79 72.79 Q
5 B DeAnna Price  United States (USA) x 72.78 72.78 Q
6 B Alexandra Tavernier  France (FRA) 72.69 72.69 Q, SB
7 A Wang Zheng  China (CHN) 71.89 71.89 Q
8 B Hanna Skydan  Azerbaijan (AZE) 71.78 71.78 Q
9 B Joanna Fiodorow  Poland (POL) 71.72 71.72 Q
10 B Zhang Wenxiu  China (CHN) 71.39 70.37 70.87 71.39 q
11 A Kateřina Šafránková  Czech Republic (CZE) 67.93 x 70.67 70.67 q
12 B Kathrin Klaas  Germany (GER) 69.22 x 70.33 70.33 q
13 B Luo Na  China (CHN) x 69.54 69.37 69.54
14 A Gwen Berry  United States (USA) 65.09 69.12 x 69.12
15 A Kivilcim Kaya  Turkey (TUR) 66.33 67.76 66.93 67.76
16 B Réka Gyurátz  Hungary (HUN) x 67.48 60.93 67.48
17 A Ida Storm  Sweden (SWE) 67.39 x x 67.39
18 B Anna Maria Orel  Estonia (EST) 64.80 62.80 67.37 67.37
19 A Zalina Petrivskaya  Moldova (MDA) x x 67.05 67.05
20 B Marinda Petersson  Sweden (SWE) 63.11 66.46 xx 66.46
21 B Magdalyn Ewen  United States (USA) x 66.24 65.14 66.24
22 A Berta Castells  Spain (ESP) 63.09 66.11 66.05 66.11
23 A Iryna Novozhylova  Ukraine (UKR) 65.78 66.02 65.52 66.02
24 A Bianca Perie-Ghelber  Romania (ROM) 65.07 x x 65.07
25 A Alyona Shamotina  Ukraine (UKR) 62.63 64.03 64.88 64.88
26 A Julia Ratcliffe  New Zealand (NZL) 64.67 64.72 61.88 64.72
27 B Marina Nikişenko  Moldova (MDA) 63.72 62.92 64.63 64.63
28 A Nikola Lomnická  Slovakia (SVK) 64.60 x 63.32 64.60
29 B Iryna Klymets  Ukraine (UKR) 61.24 64.20 60.76 64.20
30 A Susen Küster  Germany (GER) 59.33 62.33 x 62.33
B Jillian Weir  Canada (CAN) x x x NM
B Jennifer Dahlgren  Argentina (ARG) x x x NM

Final

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The final took place on 7 August at 18:59. The results were as follows:[9]

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anita Włodarczyk  Poland (POL) 70.45 x 71.94 77.39 77.90 73.91 77.90
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wang Zheng  China (CHN) 74.31 75.94 75.00 74.86 74.52 75.98 75.98
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Malwina Kopron  Poland (POL) 74.76 x x x 69.90 71.66 74.76
4 Zhang Wenxiu  China (CHN) 69.70 x 73.19 70.62 74.53 72.21 74.53 SB
5 Hanna Skydan  Azerbaijan (AZE) 72.45 72.38 73.38 71.70 x 71.77 73.38
6 Joanna Fiodorow  Poland (POL) x 73.02 72.41 73.04 71.69 72.67 73.04
7 Sophie Hitchon  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 71.47 71.62 71.80 x 70.81 72.32 72.32
8 Kateřina Šafránková  Czech Republic (CZE) 71.34 x x x x 66.26 71.34 SB
9 DeAnna Price  United States (USA) 65.20 67.46 70.04 70.04
10 Hanna Malyshchyk  Belarus (BLR) 69.43 x 69.00 69.43
11 Kathrin Klaas  Germany (GER) 67.83 68.91 x 68.91
12 Alexandra Tavernier  France (FRA) x 66.31 66.01 66.31

References

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  1. ^ Start list
  2. ^ "Report: women's hammer final – IAAF World Championships London 2017". IAAF. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Hammer Throw Women – Records". IAAF. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Hammer Throw Women − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Hammer Throw Women − Qualification − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Hammer Throw Women − Qualification − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Hammer Throw Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
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