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.[1] 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.[2]

Women's hammer throw
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date8–10 August
Competitors37 from 25 nations
Winning distance78.18 OR
Medalists
Anita Włodarczyk  Poland
Betty Heidler  Germany
Zhang Wenxiu  China

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 (actually the measurement of the following competitor Zalina Marghieva's throw). 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.[3] 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.[4]

Schedule

Entry List by Event. IAAF (2012-07-27). Retrieved on 2012-07-29. All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Wednesday, 8 August 201210:00Qualifications
Friday, 10 August 201219:35Finals

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Betty Heidler (GER) 79.42 m Halle, Germany 21 May 2011
Olympic record  Aksana Miankova , Later disqualified for doping (BLR) *76.34 m* Beijing, China 20 August 2008
2012 World leading  Aksana Miankova (BLR) 78.69 m Minsk, Belarus 8 July 2012

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityDistanceRecord
10 AugustFinalTatyana Lysenko Russia78.18 mOR
10 August Final Anita Włodarczyk  Poland 77.60 m OR

Results

Qualifying Round

  • 40 Entrants as of 27 July 2012.[5]

Qual. rule: qualification standard 73.00m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1AAnita Włodarczyk Poland 75.6875.68Q
2BZhang Wenxiu China 74.5374.53Q
3ABetty Heidler Germany 72.6374.4474.44Q
DSQ[3]ATatyana Lysenko Russia 74.4374.43Q
5BKathrin Klaas Germany 74.1474.14Q
6AYipsi Moreno Cuba 73.9573.95Q
DSQ[4]BMariya Bespalova Russia 72.8373.5673.56Q
DSQ[6]BAksana Miankova Belarus 69.04X73.1073.10Q
9BZalina Marghieva Moldova 71.8972.19X72.19q
10ASophie Hitchon Great Britain 67.21X71.9871.98q, NR
11BStéphanie Falzon France 70.9671.6769.5571.67q
12BJoanna Fiodorow Poland 70.4868.4869.8970.48q
13AAmber Campbell United States X69.9367.3069.93
14AJessica Cosby United States 67.3669.6568.9769.65
15AKıvılcım Kaya Turkey 69.5068.4567.8469.50
DSQ[4]BGulfiya Khanafeyeva Russia 68.2069.4369.1969.43
17BÉva Orbán Hungary X68.6463.0868.64
18AJohana Moreno Colombia 68.53X68.1268.53
19AHanna Skydan Ukraine 68.5066.6857.6968.50
20AMartina Hrašnová Slovakia 67.6968.4167.7568.41
21BBerta Castells Spain 67.7468.4165.2668.41
22ABianca Perie Romania X68.34X68.34
23BArasay Thondike Cuba 67.9365.81X67.93
24BTuğçe Şahutoğlu Turkey 67.5864.1166.5667.58
25AAriannis Vichy Cuba X67.4864.2567.48
26ASultana Frizell Canada 66.0767.45X67.45
27ARosa Rodríguez Venezuela 66.66X67.3467.34
28BAmanda Bingson United States 65.9666.3267.2967.29
29BBarbara Špiler Slovenia 65.6962.8367.2167.21
DSQ AAlena Matoshka Belarus 66.8567.0365.2267.03
31BKateřina Šafránková Czech Republic 66.16X65.2566.16
32AAmy Sène Senegal 65.4965.43X65.49
33BIryna Novozhylova Ukraine 65.3563.9864.2965.35
34BHeather Steacy Canada 62.9961.7963.4063.40
35BVânia Silva Portugal 62.8162.18X62.81
36ASilvia Salis Italy X10.84X10.84
BJennifer Dahlgren Argentina XXXNM

Final

RankNameNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
DSQ[3]Tatyana Lysenko Russia 77.5675.8674.3977.1278.1877.2878.18
Anita Włodarczyk Poland 75.0176.0275.72X77.1077.6077.60OR, SB
Betty Heidler Germany 73.9071.5272.77X77.1372.7777.13
Zhang Wenxiu China 72.9676.3473.8168.2075.56X76.34
4Kathrin Klaas Germany x72.7976.0574.6672.88X76.05PB
5Yipsi Moreno Cuba 74.60XXX71.97X74.60
DSQ[6]Aksana Miankova Belarus 69.50X74.4072.06XX74.40
DSQZalina Marghieva Moldova 73.7774.0672.3272.9172.3470.72 74.06
6Stephanie Falzon France 73.0669.2971.10N/AN/AN/A73.06SB
7Joanna Fiodorow Poland 62.3472.37XN/AN/AN/A72.37
DSQ[4]Mariya Bespalova Russia 71.13X68.15N/AN/AN/A 71.13
8Sophie Hitchon Great Britain 69.3365.75XN/AN/AN/A69.33

References

  1. Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
  2. "Women's hammer throw competition format". London 2012 Organising Committee. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  3. IOC sanctions Tatiana Lysenko for failing anti-doping test at London 2012 IOC Media Relations. Retrieved 11 October 2016
  4. "IOC disqualifies four Russians from London Olympics over doping". Thomson Reuters. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  5. Entry List by Event. IAAF (2012-07-27). Retrieved on 2012-07-29.
  6. "IOC sanctions seven athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London2012". International Olympic Committee. 25 Nov 2016. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
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