The Women's Hammer Throw event at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 20 and August 22.

Medalists GoldSilverBronze

Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows.

World Record77.80 Tallinn, Estonia 15 August 2006 Championship Record75.20Seville, Spain24 August 1999World Leading77.20Cottbus, Germany8 August 2009African Record68.48Cairo, Egypt18 February 2002Asian Record74.86Shijiazhuang, China3 August 2007North American record76.62Zagreb, Croatia9 September 2008South American record72.94Athens, Georgia, United States13 April 2007European Record77.80Tallinn, Estonia15 August 2006Oceanian Record71.12Adelaide, Australia6 February 2003

The following records were set during this competition.

Date Event Athlete Distance Records broken 22 August Final 77.96 m WR, CR, WL, ER

Qualification standards A standardB standard 70.00m 67.50m

Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 20, 2009 14:15 QualificationAugust 22, 2009 19:30 Final

Results

Qualification Qualification: Qualifying Performance 72.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes A Betty Heidler 75.27 75.27 Q, CR A Anita Włodarczyk 74.54 74.54 Q B Zhang Wenxiu 72.72 72.72 Q, SB A Jessica Cosby 72.21 72.21 Q, PB B Tatyana Lysenko 70.16 71.73 71.73 q A Stéphanie Falzon 70.35 71.54 71.54 q B Martina Hrašnová 70.97 71.50 71.50 q B Sultana Frizell 67.53 70.98 69.33 70.98 q B Manuela Montebrun 68.65 62.49 70.66 70.66 q 10 B Amber Campbell 68.48 70.54 69.95 70.54 q 11 B Kathrin Klaas 70.53 68.82 70.53 q 12 B Clarissa Claretti 68.99 69.93 70.01 70.01 q 13 A Aksana Miankova 67.47 69.58 69.58 14 B Éva Orbán 67.57 67.57 69.39 69.39 15 B Darya Pchelnik 69.14 67.61 69.30 69.30 16 B Arasay Thondike 68.97 68.97 17 A Jennifer Dahlgren 68.90 65.42 64.56 68.90 18 A Silvia Salis 68.55 67.46 64.36 68.55 19 A Bianca Perie 67.74 68.47 62.67 68.47 20 B Merja Korpela 66.89 68.34 68.02 68.34 21 A Stiliani Papadopoulou 67.33 67.33 22 A Berta Castells 67.32 67.32 23 A Jennifer Joyce 66.59 67.07 67.07 24 A Andrea Bunjes 67.01 67.01 25 B Erin Gilreath 65.64 66.72 66.25 66.72 26 B Zalina Marghieva 66.70 62.56 66.70 27 A Iryna Sekachova 66.69 66.26 66.69 28 B Alexandra Papageorgiou 66.33 62.78 66.33 29 B Nataliya Zolotukhina 65.95 64.88 65.71 65.95 30 B Rosa Rodríguez 65.88 65.39 60.27 65.88 31 A Johana Moreno 65.05 64.35 65.05 32 B Iryna Novozhylova 62.98 64.90 64.90 33 A Marina Marghiev 64.83 64.83 34 B Cecilia Nilsson 61.00 63.77 63.31 63.77 35 A Eileen O'Keeffe 63.20 63.20 36 A Lenka Ledvinová 62.92 58.72 62.92 37 A Vânia Silva 62.66 62.86 62.67 62.86 38 A Florence Ezeh 59.76 59.61 58.34 59.76 39 A Galina Mityaeva 56.31 56.31 A Paraskevi Theodorou B Zoe Derham

Key: NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result), Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place

Final Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Anita Włodarczyk 74.86 77.96 - - - 77.96 WR Betty Heidler 75.10 75.38 75.73 73.45 76.44 77.12 77.12 NR Martina Hrašnová 67.84 72.72 73.07 69.50 74.79 65.65 74.79 4 Kathrin Klaas 72.02 74.23 66.28 74.23 PB 5 Zhang Wenxiu 69.42 72.57 71.80 70.83 71.03 72.57 6 Tatyana Lysenko 72.22 71.36 71.51 70.16 72.22 7 Jessica Cosby 72.17 69.94 68.10 71.35 72.17 8 Clarissa Claretti 71.56 69.42 70.97 70.91 70.24 71.56 9 Stéphanie Falzon 71.40 70.80 71.40 10 Sultana Frizell 69.63 70.88 68.47 70.88 11 Amber Campbell 64.62 70.08 70.08 12 Manuela Montebrun 69.92 69.75 69.92

Key: NR = National record, PB = Personal best, WR = World record

See also 2009 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

References General hammerthrow.wz Specific