Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's hammer throw

The Women's Hammer Throw event at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Wednesday, 27 September and Friday, 29 September.

The qualifying athletes progressed through to the final where the qualifying distances are scrapped and they start afresh with up to six throws. The qualifying distance was 65.50 metres. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest throws until a total of 12 qualifiers.

Medalists

Schedule All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B27.09.2000 – 09:00h27.09.2000 – 11:00hFinal Round29.09.2000 – 19:00h

Abbreviations Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markOR olympic recordWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best

Records Standing records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics World Record 76.06 m 29 August 1999 Rüdlingen, Switzerland Olympic Record New Event Seasons Best 75.68 m 4 June 2000 Tula, Russia Broken records during the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic Record 70.60 m 27 September 2000 Sydney, Australia Olympic Record 71.16 m 29 September 2000 Sydney, Australia

Qualifying

Group A RankAthleteCountryAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 Olga Kuzenkova 70.60 — — 70.60 m OR 2 Kamila Skolimowska 66.30 — — 66.30 m 3 Yipsi Moreno 65.74 — — 65.74 m 4 Dawn Ellerbe 64.91 63.27 57.99 64.91 m 5 Svetlana Sudak X X 63.83 63.83 m 6 Lorraine Shaw 63.21 62.60 57.09 63.21 m 7 Amy Palmer 61.96 62.49 62.78 62.78 m 8 Iryna Sekachova 61.44 60.62 X 61.44 m 9 Tasha Williams 50.96 54.14 61.18 61.18 m 10 Alla Davydova 60.86 X X 60.86 m 11 Karyne Perkins 55.18 59.49 55.22 59.49 m 12 Mia Strömmer 57.33 X 59.43 59.43 m 13 Michelle Fournier X 55.72 59.15 59.15 m 14 Caroline Fournier X 53.60 56.18 56.18 m — Ester Balassini X X X NM

Group B RankAthleteCountryAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 Kirsten Münchow 59.09 67.64 — 67.64 m 2 Ivana Brkljačić 65.01 62.59 X 65.01 m 3 Deborah Sosimenko 64.01 61.18 59.53 64.01 m 4 Sini Pöyry 63.80 60.12 61.81 63.80 m 5 Lyudmila Gubkina 62.40 63.13 63.29 63.29 m 6 Katalin Divós 61.88 X 62.74 62.74 m 7 Lisa Misipeka 61.74 58.74 X 61.74 m 8 Tatyana Konstantinova 57.24 61.14 61.48 61.48 m 9 Jesseca Cross 56.98 60.85 60.51 60.85 m 10 Zhao Wei 59.54 57.44 55.98 59.54 m 11 Manuela Montebrun 57.60 X 57.77 57.77 m 12 Aneliya Yordanova X 54.92 54.69 54.92 m — Olga Tsander X X X NM

Overall Qualifying results Place Athlete Country Group Mark Qual Extra 1 Olga Kuzenkova A 70.60 Q OR 2 Kirsten Münchow B 67.64 Q 3 Kamila Skolimowska A 66.30 Q 4 Yipsi Moreno A 65.74 Q 5 Ivana Brkljačić B 65.01 Q 6 Dawn Ellerbe A 64.91 Q 7 Deborah Sosimenko B 64.01 Q 8 Svetlana Sudak A 63.83 Q 9Sini Pöyry B 63.80 Q 10 Lyudmila Gubkina B 63.29 Q 11 Lorraine Shaw A 63.21 Q 12Amy Palmer A 62.78 Q 13 Katalin Divós B 62.74 14Lisa Misipeka B 61.74 15 Tatyana Konstantinova B 61.48 16 Iryna Sekachova A 61.44 17 Tasha Williams A 61.18 18 Alla Davydova A 60.68 19 Jesseca Cross B 60.85 20 Zhao Wei B 59.54 21Karyne Perkins A 59.49 22Mia Strömmer A 59.43 23Michelle Fournier B 59.15 24Manuela Montebrun B 57.77 25Caroline Fournier A 56.18 26Aneliya Yordanova B 54.92— Ester Balassini A NM—Olga Tsander B NM

Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceExtra123456 X 66.33 71.16 66.06 69.91 — 71.16 m OR X 67.18 69.64 69.77 X X 69.77 m 66.42 X 67.81 66.03 69.28 67.96 69.28 m NR 4 65.79 67.16 67.04 64.88 68.33 67.43 68.33 m 5 67.95 64.24 65.49 66.39 X X 67.95 m AR 6 66.04 66.16 X 67.08 66.77 66.95 67.08 m 7 62.50 64.51 66.80 64.40 66.16 64.71 66.80 m 8 X 60.21 66.15 59.42 X X 66.15 m 9 64.27 56.96 63.65 64.27 m 10 X 64.21 X 64.21 m 11 61.25 63.20 X 63.20 m 12 62.49 X 62.21 62.49 m

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's hammer throw

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