Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's hammer throw


The women's hammer throw competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 8–10 August. Each athlete receives three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieve the qualifying distance progress to the final. If less than twelve athletes achieve this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reach the final. Each finalist is allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.

Summary

Eight entrants achieve the auto qualifier, five on their first attempt. It took 70.48 to make the final. Sophie Hitchon improved her own National record in the process.
In the first round of the final, reigning world champion Tatyana Lysenko was out to continue that success, tossing a new Olympic record 77.56. In the second round Zhang Wenxiu moved into second place. Kathrin Klaas made her best throw in the third round to move into third place, while world record holder Betty Heidler barely earned her final three throws in eighth place. In the fifth round, Heidler finally put one throw together, landing about 77 metres. But after a delay, the electronic measurement system only attributed 72.34 meters as the distance. Confused officials couldn't find a proper solution, ultimately giving the struggling Heidler another throw. The extra throw was so bad Heidler walked out of the ring, deliberately fouling. Anita Włodarczyk moved into second place only 44 cm behind Lysenko's record. As the last thrower in the round, Lysenko improved the Olympic record to 78.18, solidifying her hold on gold, which turned out to be important as Włodarczyk's final throw of 77.60 beat Lysenko's first round record by 4 cm. After the competition was over, the measurement operators found a measurement of 77.12 in the system memory and credited it to Heidler, giving her third place, knocking Zhang out of what would have been her second consecutive bronze medal.

Disqualification of Tatyana Lysenko

On 11 October 2016, IOC announced the disqualification of the gold medalist, Tatyana Lysenko, due to an anti-doping rule violation. Lysenko was ordered to return the medal and the IAAF was requested to modify the result of the event accordingly. Anita Włodarczyk is next in line to the gold medal, promoting Betty Heidler to second place and Zhang Wenxiu to third. On 30 March 2017, Gulfiya Khanafeyeva and Mariya Bespalova were also disqualified and had their results deleted.

Schedule

. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-29.
All times are British Summer Time
DateTimeRound
Wednesday, 8 August 201210:00Qualifications
Friday, 10 August 201219:35Finals

Records

, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record79.42 mHalle, Germany21 May 2011
Olympic record*76.34 m*Beijing, China20 August 2008
2012 World leading78.69 mMinsk, Belarus8 July 2012

The following records were established during the competition:
DateEventNameNationalityDistanceRecord
10 AugustFinalTatyana Lysenko78.18 mOR
10 AugustFinalAnita Włodarczyk77.60 mOR

Results

Qualifying Round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 73.00m or at least best 12 qualified.
RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1AAnita Włodarczyk75.6875.68Q
2BZhang Wenxiu74.5374.53Q
3ABetty Heidler72.6374.4474.44Q
DSQATatyana Lysenko74.4374.43Q
5BKathrin Klaas74.1474.14Q
6AYipsi Moreno73.9573.95Q
DSQBMariya Bespalova72.8373.5673.56Q
DSQBAksana Miankova69.04X73.1073.10Q
9BZalina Marghieva71.8972.19X72.19q
10ASophie Hitchon67.21X71.9871.98q, NR
11BStéphanie Falzon70.9671.6769.5571.67q
12BJoanna Fiodorow70.4868.4869.8970.48q
13AAmber CampbellX69.9367.3069.93
14AJessica Cosby67.3669.6568.9769.65
15AKıvılcım Kaya69.5068.4567.8469.50
DSQBGulfiya Khanafeyeva68.2069.4369.1969.43
17BÉva OrbánX68.6463.0868.64
18AJohana Moreno68.53X68.1268.53
19AHanna Skydan68.5066.6857.6968.50
20AMartina Hrašnová67.6968.4167.7568.41
21BBerta Castells67.7468.4165.2668.41
22ABianca PerieX68.34X68.34
23BArasay Thondike67.9365.81X67.93
24BTuğçe Şahutoğlu67.5864.1166.5667.58
25AAriannis VichyX67.4864.2567.48
26ASultana Frizell66.0767.45X67.45
27ARosa Rodríguez66.66X67.3467.34
28BAmanda Bingson65.9666.3267.2967.29
29BBarbara Špiler65.6962.8367.2167.21
DSQAAlena Matoshka66.8567.0365.2267.03
31BKateřina Šafránková66.16X65.2566.16
32AAmy Sène65.4965.43X65.49
33BIryna Novozhylova65.3563.9864.2965.35
34BHeather Steacy62.9961.7963.4063.40
35BVânia Silva62.8162.18X62.81
36ASilvia SalisX10.84X10.84
BJennifer DahlgrenXXX

Final

RankNameNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
DSQTatyana Lysenko77.5675.8674.3977.1278.1877.2878.18
Anita Włodarczyk75.0176.0275.72X77.1077.6077.60OR, SB
Betty Heidler73.9071.5272.77X77.1372.7777.13
Zhang Wenxiu72.9676.3473.8168.2075.56X76.34
4Kathrin Klaasx72.7976.0574.6672.88X76.05PB
5Yipsi Moreno74.60XXX71.97X74.60
DSQAksana Miankova69.50X74.4072.06XX74.40
DSQZalina Marghieva73.7774.0672.3272.9172.3470.72 74.06
6Stephanie Falzon73.0669.2971.1073.06SB
7Joanna Fiodorow62.3472.37X72.37
DSQMariya Bespalova71.13X68.15 71.13
8Sophie Hitchon69.3365.75X69.33