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.
The world championships also incorporated the 2015 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge and Anita Włodarczyk was the series winner and world champion.

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 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:

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 72.50 or at least 12 best performers advanced to the final.
RankGroupNameNationalityNo. 1No. 2No. 3MarkNotes
1AAnita Włodarczyk75.0175.01
2AAlexandra Tavernier74.3974.39,
3AWang Zheng69.8573.0673.06
4BZhang Wenxiu72.9272.92,
5BZalina Marghieva72.2972.29
6BAmber Campbell72.0672.06
7AKathrin Klaas71.3871.4167.8171.41
8ASophie Hitchon71.0771.07
9BBetty Heidler69.8070.6069.6170.60
10ARosa Rodríguez70.5770.57
11AAmanda Bingson66.9969.9969.99
12AAlena Sobaleva68.6669.8669.86
13BSultana Frizell69.6667.5469.3769.66
14AMalwina Kopron69.5366.1367.8569.53
15BYirisleydi Ford67.9269.4369.43
16BMartina Hrašnová68.8067.2867.6368.80
17BJoanna Fiodorow68.7268.72
18ADeAnna Price68.6968.69
19BRéka Gyurátz64.9468.2665.3768.26
20BKıvılcım Kaya67.9866.9867.98
21BJennifer Dahlgren66.8967.6867.68
22ALiu Tingting66.4867.0767.07
23BHanna Skydan66.9166.8266.91
24BSilvia Salis64.4366.8066.80
25AMarina Nichișenco66.6366.63
26BTracey Andersson65.2865.9965.99
27AIryna Novozhylova65.6565.1761.9365.65
28AÉva Orbán64.5764.57
29BLaura Redondo62.4663.8663.4563.86
30ATereza Králová61.1361.3961.39
BAlena Krechyk

Final

The final was started at 19:00
RankNameNationalityNo. 1No. 2No. 3No. 4No. 5No. 6MarkNotes
Anita Włodarczyk74.4078.5280.2780.8579.3180.85
Zhang Wenxiu73.4775.9273.6576.3369.9372.9976.33
74.0269.5967.8369.9370.6074.02
Sophie Hitchon71.2071.4473.6571.0672.1073.8673.86
Wang Zheng72.9268.8071.5073.8373.83
Kathrin Klaas70.6172.7273.1372.6571.6473.1873.18
Betty Heidler69.3372.5672.2472.3571.2269.8572.56
Zalina Marghieva72.1572.2072.3871.8772.38
Amanda Bingson72.3568.8672.35
10Alena Sobaleva63.5267.8070.0970.09
11Rosa Rodríguez67.7867.78
Amber Campbell