The final of the Women's Hammer Throw event at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary was held on Saturday August 22, 1998. There were a total number of 35 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged a day earlier, on Friday August 21, with the mark set at 61.50 metres. It was the first time in history that women competed in the hammer throw at the European Championships.

Medalists Gold Mihaela MelinteRomania (ROM)Silver Olga KuzenkovaRussia (RUS)Bronze Kirsten MünchowGermany (GER)

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

Records Standing records prior to the 1998 European Athletics Championships World Record 73.14 m July 16, 1998 Poiana Brasov, Romania Event Record New Event Season Best 73.80 m Not ratified as a world record by the IAAF May 15, 1998 Togliattigrad, Russia Broken records during the 1998 European Athletics Championships Event Record 71.17 m August 22, 1998 Budapest, Hungary

Qualification

Final ranking RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 68.65 m 2 66.81 m 3 64.12 m 4 64.10 m 5 62.72 m SB 6 62.69 m 7 62.46 m 8 62.25 m 9 61.62 m 10 61.11 m 11 60.64 m SB 12 59.15 m 13 58.88 m 14 58.72 m 15 58.61 m 16 58.35 m 17 57.79 m 18 57.40 m 19 56.42 m 20 55.90 m 21 55.37 m 22 54.68 m 23 52.10 54.34 51.01 54.34 m 24 54.29 m 25 54.13 m 26 53.87 m 27 53.63 m 28 53.01 m 29 52.63 m 30 51.70 m 31 50.70 m 32 50.62 m — X X X NM — X X X NM

Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 68.41 66.19 69.02 X 70.63 71.17 71.17 m CR 69.23 69.28 63.72 X X X 69.28 m X 61.28 X 61.03 X 65.61 65.61 m 4 56.29 63.60 X X 62.96 64.05 64.05 m 5 63.74 58.90 X 60.04 61.93 X 63.74 m NR 6 62.15 X X X X 63.03 63.03 m 7 X 61.50 62.68 X 59.63 X 62.68 m 8 60.47 60.88 60.91 62.36 61.92 61.62 62.36 m 9 60.14 X 60.12 60.14 m 10 58.07 59.47 X 59.47 m 11 X 54.55 58.19 58.19 m 12 X 57.68 X 57.68 m

See also 1998 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

Notes

References Results todor66 hammerthrow.wz