Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's hammer throw

The Women's Hammer Throw event at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Wednesday, 27 September and Friday, 29 September.[1]

Women's hammer throw
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueStadium Australia
Dates27 September 2000 (qualification)
29 September 2000 (final)
Competitors28 from 20 nations
Winning distance71.16 OR
Medalists
Kamila Skolimowska
 Poland
Olga Kuzenkova
 Russia
Kirsten Münchow
 Germany

The qualifying athletes progressed through to the final where the qualifying distances are scrapped and they start afresh with up to six throws. The qualifying distance was 65.50 metres. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest throws until a total of 12 qualifiers.

Medalists

GoldKamila Skolimowska
 Poland
SilverOlga Kuzenkova
 Russia
BronzeKirsten Münchow
 Germany

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
27.09.2000 09:00h 27.09.2000 11:00h
Final Round
29.09.2000 19:00h

Abbreviations

Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
ORolympic record
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics
World Record Mihaela Melinte (ROM)76.06 m 29 August 1999 Rüdlingen, Switzerland
Olympic RecordNew Event
Seasons Best Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)75.68 m 4 June 2000 Tula, Russia
Broken records during the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)70.60 m 27 September 2000 Sydney, Australia
Olympic Record Kamila Skolimowska (POL)71.16 m 29 September 2000 Sydney, Australia

Qualifying

Group A

Rank Athlete Country Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1Olga Kuzenkova Russia70.6070.60 m OR
2Kamila Skolimowska Poland66.3066.30 m
3Yipsi Moreno Cuba65.7465.74 m
4Dawn Ellerbe United States64.9163.2757.9964.91 m
5Svetlana Sudak BelarusXX63.8363.83 m
6Lorraine Shaw Great Britain63.2162.6057.0963.21 m
7Amy Palmer United States61.9662.4962.7862.78 m
8Iryna Sekachova Ukraine61.4460.62X61.44 m
9Tasha Williams New Zealand50.9654.1461.1861.18 m
10Alla Davydova Russia60.86XX60.86 m
11Karyne Perkins Australia55.1859.4955.2259.49 m
12Mia Strömmer Finland57.33X59.4359.43 m
13Michelle Fournier CanadaX55.7259.1559.15 m
14Caroline Fournier MauritiusX53.6056.1856.18 m
Ester Balassini ItalyXXXNM

Group B

Rank Athlete Country Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1Kirsten Münchow Germany59.0967.6467.64 m
2Ivana Brkljačić Croatia65.0162.59X65.01 m
3Deborah Sosimenko Australia64.0161.1859.5364.01 m
4Sini Pöyry Finland63.8060.1261.8163.80 m
5Lyudmila Gubkina Belarus62.4063.1363.2963.29 m
6Katalin Divós Hungary61.88X62.7462.74 m
7Lisa Misipeka American Samoa61.7458.74X61.74 m
8Tatyana Konstantinova Russia57.2461.1461.4861.48 m
9Jesseca Cross United States56.9860.8560.5160.85 m
10Zhao Wei China59.5457.4455.9859.54 m
11Manuela Montebrun France57.60X57.7757.77 m
12Aneliya Yordanova BulgariaX54.9254.6954.92 m
Olga Tsander BelarusXXXNM

Overall Qualifying results

PlaceAthleteCountryGroupMarkQualExtra
1 Olga Kuzenkova Russia A 70.60 Q OR
2 Kirsten Münchow Germany B 67.64 Q
3 Kamila Skolimowska Poland A 66.30 Q
4 Yipsi Moreno Cuba A 65.74 Q
5 Ivana Brkljačić Croatia B 65.01 Q
6 Dawn Ellerbe United States A 64.91 Q
7 Deborah Sosimenko Australia B 64.01 Q
8 Svetlana Sudak Belarus A 63.83 Q
9 Sini Pöyry Finland B 63.80 Q
10 Lyudmila Gubkina Belarus B 63.29 Q
11 Lorraine Shaw Great Britain A 63.21 Q
12 Amy Palmer United States A 62.78 Q
13 Katalin Divós Hungary B 62.74
14 Lisa Misipeka American Samoa B 61.74
15 Tatyana Konstantinova Russia B 61.48
16 Iryna Sekachova Ukraine A 61.44
17 Tasha Williams New Zealand A 61.18
18 Alla Davydova Russia A 60.68
19 Jesseca Cross United States B 60.85
20 Zhao Wei China B 59.54
21 Karyne Perkins Australia A 59.49
22 Mia Strömmer Finland A 59.43
23 Michelle Fournier Canada B 59.15
24 Manuela Montebrun France B 57.77
25 Caroline Fournier Mauritius A 56.18
26 Aneliya Yordanova Bulgaria B 54.92
Ester Balassini Italy A NM
Olga Tsander Belarus B NM

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Extra
1 2 3 4 5 6
 Kamila Skolimowska (POL)X66.3371.1666.0669.9171.16 mOR
 Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)X67.1869.6469.77XX69.77 m
 Kirsten Münchow (GER)66.42X67.8166.0369.2867.9669.28 mNR
4 Yipsi Moreno (CUB)65.7967.1667.0464.8868.3367.4368.33 m
5 Deborah Sosimenko (AUS)67.9564.2465.4966.39XX67.95 m AR
6 Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR)66.0466.16X67.0866.7766.9567.08 m
7 Dawn Ellerbe (USA)62.5064.5166.8064.4066.1664.7166.80 m
8 Amy Palmer (USA)X60.2166.1559.42XX66.15 m
9 Lorraine Shaw (GBR)64.2756.9663.6564.27 m
10 Svetlana Sudak (BLR)X64.21X64.21 m
11 Ivana Brkljačić (CRO)61.2563.20X63.20 m
12 Sini Pöyry (FIN)62.49X62.2162.49 m

See also

References

  1. "Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's Hammer Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
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