The women's hammer throw competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 23–25 August.

Competition format Each athlete receives three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieve the qualifying distance progress to the final. If less than twelve athletes achieve this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reach the final. Each finalist is allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.

Schedule All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2) Date Time RoundMonday, 23 August 2004 09:00QualificationWednesday, 25 August 2004 22:10Final

Records Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows:

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Result Record 21 August Qualification A Gu Yuan 71.65 m 21 August Qualification B Olga Kuzenkova 73.71 m 23 August Final Olga Kuzenkova 75.02 m

Results

Qualifying round Rule: Qualifying standard 68.50 (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1 B Olga Kuzenkova 73.71 73.71 Q, 2 B Yunaika Crawford 71.74 71.74 Q 3 A Gu Yuan 71.65 71.65 Q, AS 4 A Iryna Sekachova 66.57 71.63 71.63 Q 5 B Zhang Wenxiu 71.56 71.56 Q 6 A Andrea Bunjes 70.73 70.73 Q, PB 7 A Yipsi Moreno 70.56 70.56 Q 8 B Betty Heidler 66.20 69.81 69.81 Q 9 B Volha Tsander 66.20 69.61 69.61 Q 10 A Kamila Skolimowska 67.29 68.66 68.66 Q 11 B Alexandra Papageorgiou 64.59 68.58 68.58 Q 12 B Candice Scott 66.97 68.27 68.27 q 13 A Ivana Brkljačić 63.21 68.21 68.15 68.21 14 B Liu Yinghui 66.67 66.30 68.12 68.12 15 B Manuela Montebrun 64.31 67.74 67.90 67.90 16 A Yelena Konevtseva 66.88 67.83 67.83 17 A Katalin Divós 67.39 67.64 67.64 18 A Julianna Tudja 62.80 65.94 66.85 66.85 19 B Tatyana Lysenko 66.82 65.57 66.82 20 A Erin Gilreath 66.71 65.46 66.52 66.71 21 B Susanne Keil 66.35 66.35 22 A Berta Castells 64.30 66.05 66.05 23 B Sini Pöyry 66.05 64.35 66.05 24 B Éva Orbán 65.76 63.68 63.31 65.76 25 A Maryia Smaliachkova 65.68 65.31 65.68 26 A Ester Balassini 54.97 65.58 65.58 27 A Yuka Murofushi 65.33 63.42 65.33 28 A Clarissa Claretti 62.43 65.06 65.06 29 B Anna Mahon 64.11 64.99 61.65 64.99 30 B Lorraine Shaw 63.06 63.13 64.79 64.79 31 B Sviatlana Sudak 64.42 64.42 32 A Bronwyn Eagles 64.09 64.09 33 A Brooke Krueger 63.00 63.88 63.88 34 A Vânia Silva 63.81 61.77 61.44 63.81 35 A Evdokia Tsamoglou 57.56 62.76 62.76 36 B Violeta Guzmán 62.76 58.18 61.45 62.76 37 B Aldenay Vasallo 62.64 60.71 61.08 62.64 38 B Marwa Hussein 62.27 57.24 62.27 39 B Jackie Jeschelnig 58.00 62.23 62.23 40 B Stiliani Papadopoulou 61.48 61.61 61.61 41 A Shirley Webb 61.60 61.60 42 A Lucie Vrbenská 60.14 60.29 60.29 43 A Jennifer Dahlgren 59.52 59.52 44 B Deborah Sosimenko 57.79 57.62 57.79 45 A Sanja Gavrilović 56.79 56.79 46 B Marina Lapina 55.34 50.60 55.34 A Eleni Teloni B Lisa Misipeka

Final Rank Name Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 6 Result Notes Olga Kuzenkova 73.18 74.27 75.02 72.60 74.92 75.02 Yipsi Moreno 72.68 73.36 73.36 Yunaika Crawford 70.98 71.43 73.16 70.06 73.16 4 Betty Heidler 67.71 72.73 72.47 70.21 68.49 72.73 NR 5 Kamila Skolimowska 69.91 68.50 72.57 67.06 72.57 6 Volha Tsander 66.17 70.15 72.27 65.01 68.63 72.27 7 Zhang Wenxiu 72.03 68.03 72.03 8 Iryna Sekachova 69.40 70.11 67.34 66.40 70.40 70.40 9 Candice Scott 63.13 69.94 68.51 69.94 NR 10 Gu Yuan 67.59 68.62 69.76 69.76 11 Andrea Bunjes 68.40 61.78 68.22 68.40 12 Alexandra Papageorgiou 63.26 66.83 66.83

References

External links Official Olympic Report