2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw

The women's hammer throw at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 26 and 27 August.Start list

The winning margin was 4.52 metres which as of 2024 remains the only time the women's hammer throw has been won by more than four metres at these championships, although Włodarczyk's winning margin at the Olympics the following year was greater.

The world championships also incorporated the 2015 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge and Anita Włodarczyk was the series winner and world champion.2015 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge Calendar. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-22.

Competition 2015 was Anita Włodarczyk's year. Already the world record holder, she threw the ball out to 81.08 less than four weeks before the championships to become the first woman to throw beyond 80 metres. Włodarczyk is the returning silver medalist and was the 2009 champion. The two-time defending champion and Olympic Champion Tatyana Lysenko, the number 3 thrower in history, did not return. No Russian athletes competed in this event. Zhang Wenxiu was the home favorite who has finished just behind Włodarczyk at every major championship (except 2011) since the Olympics were here seven years earlier.

The finals began with Włodarczyk throwing 74.40 to take the early lead in the first round. Alexandra Tavernier was close with a 74.02. In the second round, Włodarczyk threw 78.52, a distance which only three other women had ever achieved. One of those three was Betty Heidler but her 72.56 in the second round would prove to be her best effort of the day. At the end of the round Zhang threw 75.92 to move into second place. On her third throw, Włodarczyk threw 80.27, a distance only she has achieved. It was the second best throw in history. A month earlier it would have been a world record, at this meet it was only her second best throw of the day as her fourth round 80.85 set the Championship Record with a new second best throw in history. Moments before, Zhang threw her best of the day, 76.33 to solidify her hold on silver. Tavernier's first round throw held on for third, though Sophie Hitchon made a run at it with her British National Record 73.86 on her final toss.

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

World record81.08Cetniewo, Poland1 August 2015Championship record78.80Moscow, Russia16 August 2013World leading81.08Cetniewo, Poland1 August 2015African record69.70Forbach, France25 May 2014Asian record77.68Chengdu, China 29 March 2014North, Central American and Caribbean record76.62Zagreb, Croatia9 September 2008South American record73.74Buenos Aires, Argentina10 April 2010European record81.08Cetniewo, Poland1 August 2015Oceanian record71.12Adelaide, Australia6 February 2003The following records were established during the competition:Championship record80.85Beijing, China27 August 2015

Qualification standards Entry standards 70.00

Schedule Date Time Round26 August 2015 09:30 Qualification27 August 2015 19:00 Final

Results KEY:QQualifiedq12 best performersNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Qualification Qualification: Qualifying Performance 72.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.Qualification results

Rank Group Name Nationality No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 Mark Notes 1 A Anita Włodarczyk 75.01 75.01 2 A Alexandra Tavernier 74.39 74.39 , 3 A Wang Zheng 69.85 73.06 73.06 4 B Zhang Wenxiu 72.92 72.92 , 5 B Zalina Marghieva 72.29 72.29 6 B Amber Campbell 72.06 72.06 7 A Kathrin Klaas 71.38 71.41 67.81 71.41 8 A Sophie Hitchon 71.07 71.07 9 B Betty Heidler 69.80 70.60 69.61 70.60 10 A Rosa Rodríguez 70.57 70.57 11 A Amanda Bingson 66.99 69.99 69.99 12 A Alena Sobaleva 68.66 69.86 69.86 13 B Sultana Frizell 69.66 67.54 69.37 69.66 14 A Malwina Kopron 69.53 66.13 67.85 69.53 15 B Yirisleydi Ford 67.92 69.43 69.43 16 B Martina Hrašnová 68.80 67.28 67.63 68.80 17 B Joanna Fiodorow 68.72 68.72 18 A DeAnna Price 68.69 68.69 19 B Réka Gyurátz 64.94 68.26 65.37 68.26 20 B Kıvılcım Kaya 67.98 66.98 67.98 21 B Jennifer Dahlgren 66.89 67.68 67.68 22 A Liu Tingting 66.48 67.07 67.07 23 B Hanna Skydan 66.91 66.8266.91 24 B Silvia Salis 64.43 66.80 66.80 25 A Marina Nichișenco 66.63 66.63 26 B Tracey Andersson 65.28 65.99 65.99 27 A Iryna Novozhylova 65.65 65.17 61.93 65.65 28 A Éva Orbán 64.57 64.57 29 B Laura Redondo 62.46 63.86 63.45 63.86 30 A Tereza Králová 61.13 61.39 61.39 B Alena Krechyk

Final The final was started at 19:00Final results

Rank Name Nationality No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 Mark Notes Anita Włodarczyk 74.40 78.52 80.27 80.85 79.31 80.85 Zhang Wenxiu 73.47 75.92 73.65 76.33 69.93 72.99 76.33 74.02 69.59 67.83 69.93 70.60 74.02 Sophie Hitchon 71.20 71.44 73.65 71.06 72.10 73.86 73.86 Wang Zheng 72.92 68.80 71.50 73.83 73.83 Kathrin Klaas 70.61 72.72 73.13 72.65 71.64 73.18 73.18 Betty Heidler 69.33 72.56 72.24 72.35 71.22 69.85 72.56 Zalina Marghieva 72.15 72.20 72.38 71.87 72.38 Amanda Bingson 72.35 68.86 72.35 10 Alena Sobaleva 63.52 67.80 70.09 70.09 11 Rosa Rodríguez 67.78 67.78 Amber Campbell

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