The women's hammer throw event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 2 and 4.
Betty Heidler was the pre-event favourite: she was undefeated that season, held the four best marks of the year, and had broken the world record with a throw of 79.42 m in May. Tatyana Lysenko, a former record holder, was ranked second prior to the championships. Yipsi Moreno and Zhang Wenxiu (both medalists at the 2008 Olympics) were both in good form that season, as was Kathrin Klaas (fourth in 2009). Zalina Marghieva, Alena Matoshka, Jennifer Dahlgren were other entrants ranked in the top ten.Landells, Steve (2011-08-19). Women’s Hammer Throw – PREVIEW . IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-28.Hammer throw 2011. IAAF (2011-08-23). Retrieved on 2011-08-28. The 2009 world champion Anita Włodarczyk was not expected to compete due to a back injury.World Championships preview – women’s field events . Athletics Weekly (2011-08-25). Retrieved on 2011-08-28.
Tatyana Lysenko won the competition on her first throw, then proceeded to improve her position on the next two throws. Top qualifier Zhang Wenxiu also made her best throw on her first attempt. It took Betty Heidler until the 5th round to finally displace her into bronze position, pushing Yipsi Moreno off the medal stand. Defending champion Anita Włodarczyk did make a game effort, throwing her season best, but only managed 5th place.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeTatyana LysenkoBetty HeidlerZhang Wenxiu
Records World record79.42Halle, Germany21 May 2011Championship record77.96Berlin, Germany22 August 2009World leading79.42Halle, Germany21 May 2011African record68.48Cairo, Egypt18 February 2005Asian record75.65Fränkisch-Crumbach, Germany12 June 2011North, Central American and Caribbean record76.62Zagreb, Croatia9 September 2008South American record73.74Buenos Aires, Argentina10 April 2010European record79.42Halle, Germany21 May 2011Oceanian record71.12Adelaide, Australia6 February 2003
Qualification standards A markB mark 71.50 m 69.00
Schedule Date Time Round2 September 2011 10:00 Qualification4 September 2011 18:15 Final
Results
Qualification Qualification: Qualifying Performance 71.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final. Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1 A Zhang Wenxiu 74.17 74.17 Q 2 B Yipsi Moreno 73.29 73.29 Q 3 B Jennifer Dahlgren 67.81 72.70 72.70 Q, SB 4 A Tatyana Lysenko 71.94 71.94 Q 5 A Kathrin Klaas 69.26 69.57 71.69 71.69 Q 6 B Betty Heidler 71.48 71.48 Q 7 B Anita Włodarczyk 71.09 71.09 Q 8 A Jessica Cosby 71.06 71.06 Q 9 A Zalina Marghieva 70.09 69.85 70.09 q 10 A Silvia Salis 69.82 66.58 69.82 q 11 A Bianca Perie 68.12 69.66 69.01 69.66 q 12 A Stéphanie Falzon 68.92 67.37 68.92 q 13 B Éva Orbán 68.89 68.28 68.89 14 A Amber Campbell 68.26 68.87 68.87 15 B Jeneva McCall 68.26 65.22 65.45 68.26 16 B Alena Matoshka 68.23 67.88 68.23 17 B Marina Marghiev 67.95 67.95 18 B Berta Castells 67.74 65.22 67.02 67.74 19 B Nataliya Zolotukhina 67.44 67.57 65.93 67.57 20 B Mona Holm 67.16 66.97 67.16 21 A Joanna Fiodorow 66.88 66.88 22 A Alexandra Papageorgiou 64.38 65.58 66.77 66.77 23 A Amy Sène 66.15 61.31 66.15 24 A Merja Korpela 63.93 65.64 65.64 25 A Vânia Silva 64.46 65.40 64.18 65.40 26 B Sophie Hitchon 61.91 64.93 64.93 27 B Masumi Aya 60.14 64.09 64.09 28 A Heather Steacy 63.39 63.39 29 B Liu Tingting 61.45 62.17 63.12 63.12 30 A Kang Na-Ru 61.05 61.05
Final Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Tatyana Lysenko 76.80 77.09 77.13 74.51 75.05 77.13 SB Betty Heidler 73.96 74.70 76.06 76.06 Zhang Wenxiu 75.03 74.31 73.17 71.86 74.79 75.03 Yipsi Moreno 73.29 74.48 74.48 SB Anita Włodarczyk 73.56 72.61 72.65 73.56 SB Bianca Perie 67.73 70.40 67.75 70.24 70.91 72.04 72.04 SB Kathrin Klaas 67.02 70.18 70.67 71.89 70.44 71.89 - Zalina Marghieva 69.99 68.13 70.24 70.27 68.76 70.27 8 Silvia Salis 68.61 69.88 69.88 9 Jennifer Dahlgren 68.27 69.72 69.72 10 Jessica Cosby 68.91 68.15 68.91 11 Stéphanie Falzon 66.57 66.57
References
External links Hammer throw results at IAAF website