The women's hammer throw at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 14 and 15 September 2025.
Summary Reigning Olympic champion Camryn Rogers was back to defend her 2023 title. Brooke Andersen came in as the world leader and was the 2022 World Champion. In 2023 Andersen became only the third woman to throw over 80 metres. The second woman to throw over 80 from 2021, DeAnna Price, the 2019 champion is also entered. World record holder, four time World champion, triple Olympic Gold medalist Anita Włodarczyk, was back again at 40 having set the Masters W40 world record earlier in the year. And she wasn't the oldest in the competition as 2008 Olympic Gold medalist, three time World xhampion Yipsi Moreno is also entered two months shy of her 45th birthday. Those five names pretty much represent gold medals at major championships this century. Neither Moreno or Andersen made it out of the qualification round. Three straight fouls is a situation that has plagued Andersen before. Zhao Jie, Silja Kosonen and Rogers hit the 74 metre auto qualifier on their first attempt. Price made it on her second.
As first thrower in the final, Rogers landed a 78.09 m, which no other competitor would surpass. Kosonen was next up, tossing a 74.66 m. That was dropped to third place when Zhang Jiale threw 76.22 m. At the end of the round, Zhao threw 76.54 m, pushing Zhang and Kosonen down. They didn't know it at the time, but that order would not change save a few seconds in the final round. The next thrower up was Rogers who unleashed an 80.51 m to become the second farthest thrower in history and the fourth over 80. Nothing changed until the final round, when Zhang popped a 77.10 m to move into second place. That last long enough for her teammate Zhao to step into the ring and throw half a metre further. It was a personal best and confirmed silver. Rogers used her final throw to go 79.11 m. Throughout the 6 rounds, Rogers had 4 throws that would have won the competition.https://www.sportsnet.ca/olympics/article/canadas-camryn-rogers-wins-second-straight-hammer-throw-world-title/https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/tokyo25/news/report/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-womens-hammer
Records Before the competition records were as follows:
RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record82.98 m Warsaw, Poland 28 August 2016 Championship record80.85 m Beijing, China 27 August 2015 World Leading 79.29 m Tucson, United States 24 May 2025 African Record 75.49 m 22 May 2021 Asian Record 77.68 m Chengdu, China 29 March 2014 European Record 82.98 m Warsaw, Poland 28 August 2016 North, Central American and Caribbean record 80.31 m Eugene, United States 26 June 2021 Oceanian record 74.61 m Tucson, United States 22 May 2021 South American Record 73.74 m Buenos Aires, Argentina 10 April 2010
Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 74.00 m.
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), is as follows:
Date Time Round 14 September 09:00 Qualification 15 September 21:00 Final
Results Qualification All athletes over 74.00 m ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) advanced to the final.
Group A PlaceAthleteNationRoundMarkNotes #1 #2 #3 1 Silja Kosonen 75.88 75.88 m 2 DeAnna Price 72.33 74.99 74.99 m 3 Anita Włodarczyk 71.41 73.69 70.94 73.69 m 4 Zhang Jiale 70.37 x 72.02 72.02 m 5 Sara Fantini 71.06 70.73 67.30 71.06 m 6 Nicola Tuthill 65.43 68.77 70.70 70.70 m 7 Rose Loga 69.03 70.28 70.44 70.44 m 8 Bianca Ghelber 68.82 68.93 69.61 69.61 m 9 Samantha Borutta 68.96 68.03 67.38 68.96 m 10 Oyesade Olatoye 66.78 x 68.82 68.82 m 11 Lara Roberts 68.55 67.97 67.63 68.55 m 12 Nayoka Clunis x 68.24 65.60 68.24 m 13 Jillian Weir 67.98 x 67.20 67.98 m 14 Katarzyna Furmanek 66.70 66.04 66.40 66.70 m 15 Suvi Niiranen 66.37 x x 66.37 m 16 Valentina Savva 65.78 65.48 66.20 66.20 m 17 Yipsi Moreno 65.38 x x 65.38 m — Brooke Andersen x x x
Group B PlaceAthleteNationRoundMarkNotes #1 #2 #3 1 Camryn Rogers 77.52 77.52 m 2 Zhao Jie 74.24 74.24 m 3 Krista Tervo x x 73.73 73.73 m 4 Katrine Koch Jacobsen x 72.00 71.73 72.00 m 5 Janee' Kassanavoid 71.33 71.95 70.65 71.95 m 6 Aileen Kuhn 69.55 70.85 x 70.85 m 7 Rebecka Hallerth 67.41 70.43 x 70.43 m 8 Beatrice Nedberge Llano 65.76 69.45 70.10 70.10 m 9 Stamatia Scarvelis 70.05 67.18 x 70.05 m 10 Anna Purchase x 69.35 x 69.35 m 11 Lauren Bruce x 69.19 x 69.19 m 12 Stephanie Ratcliffe x 66.70 68.42 68.42 m 13 Ewa Różańska x 68.28 68.34 68.34 m 14 Zsanett Németh 66.79 65.36 66.97 66.97 m 15 Rachel Richeson x 66.95 x 66.95 m 16 Iryna Klymets x 66.58 66.52 66.58 m 17 Zahra Tatar 60.23 60.90 65.86 65.86 m 18 Guðrún Karítas Hallgrímsdóttir 63.45 64.24 64.94 64.94 m
Final PlaceAthleteNationRoundMarkNotes #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Camryn Rogers 78.09 80.51 78.27 x 73.90 79.11 80.51 m , Zhao Jie 76.54 75.21 76.34 76.65 75.63 77.60 77.60 m Zhang Jiale 76.22 68.02 x 74.54 x 77.10 77.10 m 4 Silja Kosonen 74.66 74.94 74.16 75.28 73.79 x 75.28 m 5 DeAnna Price 74.45 72.47 x 73.32 75.10 71.37 75.10 m 6 Anita Włodarczyk 72.32 73.44 72.81 x 74.64 73.42 74.64 m 7 Sara Fantini 71.70 73.06 x x 72.16 73.06 m 8 Katrine Koch Jacobsen x x 71.59 69.21 69.42 71.59 m 9 Aileen Kuhn 69.30 69.64 71.57 70.52 71.57 m 10 Janee' Kassanavoid x 35.43 70.35 70.10 70.35 m 11 Nicola Tuthill 69.49 68.52 69.33 69.49 m — Krista Tervo x x x
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