2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw
The Women's Hammer Throw event at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 20 and August 22.
Medalists
Abbreviations
- All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows.| World Record | 77.80 | Tallinn, Estonia | 15 August 2006 | |
| Championship Record | 75.20 | Seville, Spain | 24 August 1999 | |
| World Leading | 77.20 | Cottbus, Germany | 8 August 2009 | |
| African Record | 68.48 | Cairo, Egypt | 18 February 2002 | |
| Asian Record | 74.86 | Shijiazhuang, China | 3 August 2007 | |
| North American record | 76.62 | Zagreb, Croatia | 9 September 2008 | |
| South American record | 72.94 | Athens, Georgia, United States | 13 April 2007 | |
| European Record | 77.80 | Tallinn, Estonia | 15 August 2006 | |
| Oceanian Record | 71.12 | Adelaide, Australia | 6 February 2003 |
The following records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Athlete | Distance | Records broken |
| 22 August | Final | 77.96 m | WR, CR, WL, ER |
Qualification standards
Schedule
Results
Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 72.00 or at least 12 best performers advance to the [|final].| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| A | Betty Heidler | 75.27 | 75.27 | Q, CR | ||||
| A | Anita Włodarczyk | 74.54 | 74.54 | Q | ||||
| B | Zhang Wenxiu | 72.72 | 72.72 | Q, SB | ||||
| A | Jessica Cosby | 72.21 | 72.21 | Q, PB | ||||
| B | Tatyana Lysenko | 70.16 | 71.73 | 71.73 | q | |||
| A | Stéphanie Falzon | 70.35 | 71.54 | 71.54 | q | |||
| B | Martina Hrašnová | 70.97 | 71.50 | 71.50 | q | |||
| B | Sultana Frizell | 67.53 | 70.98 | 69.33 | 70.98 | q | ||
| B | Manuela Montebrun | 68.65 | 62.49 | 70.66 | 70.66 | q | ||
| 10 | B | Amber Campbell | 68.48 | 70.54 | 69.95 | 70.54 | q | |
| 11 | B | Kathrin Klaas | 70.53 | 68.82 | 70.53 | q | ||
| 12 | B | Clarissa Claretti | 68.99 | 69.93 | 70.01 | 70.01 | q | |
| 13 | A | Aksana Miankova | 67.47 | 69.58 | 69.58 | |||
| 14 | B | Éva Orbán | 67.57 | 67.57 | 69.39 | 69.39 | ||
| 15 | B | Darya Pchelnik | 69.14 | 67.61 | 69.30 | 69.30 | ||
| 16 | B | Arasay Thondike | 68.97 | 68.97 | ||||
| 17 | A | Jennifer Dahlgren | 68.90 | 65.42 | 64.56 | 68.90 | ||
| 18 | A | Silvia Salis | 68.55 | 67.46 | 64.36 | 68.55 | ||
| 19 | A | Bianca Perie | 67.74 | 68.47 | 62.67 | 68.47 | ||
| 20 | B | Merja Korpela | 66.89 | 68.34 | 68.02 | 68.34 | ||
| 21 | A | Stiliani Papadopoulou | 67.33 | 67.33 | ||||
| 22 | A | Berta Castells | 67.32 | 67.32 | ||||
| 23 | A | Jennifer Joyce | 66.59 | 67.07 | 67.07 | |||
| 24 | A | Andrea Bunjes | 67.01 | 67.01 | ||||
| 25 | B | Erin Gilreath | 65.64 | 66.72 | 66.25 | 66.72 | ||
| 26 | B | Zalina Marghieva | 66.70 | 62.56 | 66.70 | |||
| 27 | A | Iryna Sekachova | 66.69 | 66.26 | 66.69 | |||
| 28 | B | Alexandra Papageorgiou | 66.33 | 62.78 | 66.33 | |||
| 29 | B | Nataliya Zolotukhina | 65.95 | 64.88 | 65.71 | 65.95 | ||
| 30 | B | Rosa Rodríguez | 65.88 | 65.39 | 60.27 | 65.88 | ||
| 31 | A | Johana Moreno | 65.05 | 64.35 | 65.05 | |||
| 32 | B | Iryna Novozhylova | 62.98 | 64.90 | 64.90 | |||
| 33 | A | Marina Marghiev | 64.83 | 64.83 | ||||
| 34 | B | Cecilia Nilsson | 61.00 | 63.77 | 63.31 | 63.77 | ||
| 35 | A | Eileen O'Keeffe | 63.20 | 63.20 | ||||
| 36 | A | Lenka Ledvinová | 62.92 | 58.72 | 62.92 | |||
| 37 | A | Vânia Silva | 62.66 | 62.86 | 62.67 | 62.86 | ||
| 38 | A | Florence Ezeh | 59.76 | 59.61 | 58.34 | 59.76 | ||
| 39 | A | Galina Mityaeva | 56.31 | 56.31 | ||||
| A | Paraskevi Theodorou | ' | ||||||
| B | Zoe Derham | ' |
Key: NM = no mark, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place