The women's hammer throw at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 14–16 August.Start list

After feeling out the ring, there were six automatic qualifiers to the final, most making it on their second attempt. It took 70.47 to make the final. Among the non-qualifiers was the world record holder Betty Heidler.

In the final, Jeneva McCall's first attempt 72.33 held up through the first 9 throwers until Tatyana Lysenko let loose a 77.58. Zhang Wenxiu answered that with a 74.62 to move into second place. The second round got more serious with three more throwers over 74 meters, with Wang Zheng moving into second with a personal best 74.90. Lysenko had a second throw out over 77. In the third round, Anita Włodarczyk moved into the lead, her 77.79 tickling her own championship record from 2009, what was at the time the world record. Zhang moved past her teammate back into third with a 75.09. And after leading most of the first round, McCall's day was done. After the short break to rearrange the order, the fourth round was the decider. The five competitors all fouled consecutively, then Zhang shored up her third place with a 75.58. Next into the ring, Lysenko sent it out 78.80 a new championship record. And following her, Włodarczyk set a new Polish national record with her 78.46. In the final two rounds, nobody came within a meter of improving.

Performances in the World Championships contributed to the final scoring of the 2013 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge – a first for the series.2013 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Calendar. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.

Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record79.42Halle, Germany21 May 2011Championship record77.96Berlin, Germany22 August 2009World leading78.24Moscow, Russia24 July 2013African record69.10Angers, France17 June 2012Asian record76.99Ostrava, Czech Republic24 May 2012North, 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 resultB result 72.00 69.50

Schedule Date Time Round14 August 2013 9:30 Qualification16 August 2013 19:00 Final

Results KEY:QQualifiedq12 best performersNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Qualification Qualification: 73.00 m (Q) and at least 12 best (q) advanced to the final.Qualification Results

Rank Group Name Nationality No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 Mark Notes 1 B Anita Włodarczyk x 76.18 76.18 Q 2 A Zhang Wenxiu 71.99 75.15 75.15 Q, SB DSQ A Anna Bulgakova 68.86 74.83 74.83 Q DSQ A Tatyana Lysenko x 74.60 74.60 Q 5 B Oksana Kondrateva 73.89 73.89 Q 6 B Wang Zheng 71.33 73.17 73.17 Q, PB 7 B Gulfiya Khanafeyeva 69.67 69.62 72.47 72.47 q 8 B Amanda Bingson 71.90 x x 71.90 q 9 B Yipsi Moreno 71.69 x x 71.69 q 10 B Bianca Perie 70.19 69.58 71.32 71.32 q, SB 11 A Éva Orbán x 69.45 70.62 70.62 q 12 A Jeneva McCall 70.47 x 69.14 70.47 q 13 B Amber Campbell 69.86 66.92 67.40 69.86 14 B Liu Tingting 69.07 x 69.68 69.68 15 A Rosa Rodríguez 67.48 69.35 x 69.35 16 A Sultana Frizell 67.86 69.06 68.77 69.06 17 A Jennifer Dahlgren 67.63 66.86 68.90 68.90 18 A Betty Heidler 68.83 66.41 x 68.83 19 B Sophie Hitchon 68.56 67.62 65.86 68.56 20 B Kathrin Klaas x 66.93 68.34 68.34 21 A Martina Hrašnová x x 68.00 68.00 22 B Aksana Miankova 62.19 66.65 x 66.65 23 B Amy Sène x 64.96 65.58 65.58 SB 24 A Tereza Králová 63.68 x 64.74 64.74 25 A Barbara Špiler x x 64.58 64.58 26 B Tracey Andersson x 61.37 x 61.37 A Iryna Syekachova

Final The final started at 19:00.Final Results

Rank Name Nationality No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 Mark Notes Anita Włodarczyk 70.75 74.21 77.79 78.46 72.85 71.39 78.46 NR Zhang Wenxiu 74.62 73.60 75.08 75.58 72.70 x 75.58 SB Wang Zheng 68.46 74.90 x 73.94 x 72.35 74.90 PB Yipsi Moreno 68.96 74.16 71.06 x x 72.68 74.16 SB Oksana Kondrateva 71.46 72.76 71.21 68.80 x 68.61 72.76 Éva Orbán 67.17 72.70 70.18 70.57 x 67.39 72.70 Jeneva McCall 72.33 72.61 72.65 72.65 9 Amanda Bingson x 72.56 x 72.56 10 Bianca Perie 71.15 70.40 71.25 71.25 11 Gulfiya Khanafeyeva 71.07 69.52 69.00 71.07 DSQ Tatyana Lysenko 77.58 77.33 76.34 78.80 76.90 74.49 78.80 CR DSQ Anna Bulgakova x 72.69 74.62 72.80 x 73.33 74.62

References

External links Hammer throw results at IAAF website