2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw

Events at the
2001 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmenwomen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The final of the Women's Hammer Throw event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada was held on Tuesday August 7, 2001. There were a total number of 34 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged on Monday August 6, with the mark set at 67.00 metres.

Medalists

Gold Cuba Yipsi Moreno
Cuba (CUB)
Silver Russia Olga Kuzenkova
Russia (RUS)
Bronze Australia Bronwyn Eagles
Australia (AUS)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
06.08.2001 – 13:00h 06.08.2001 – 14:50h
Final Round
07.08.2001 – 20:05h

Startlist

Order № Athlete Season Best Personal Best
GROUP A
1 202  Marwa Hussein (EGY) 62.16 62.16
2 29  Karyne Di Marco (AUS) 64.32 65.38
3 758  Martina Danišová (SVK) 68.50 68.50
4 685  Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) 73.62 75.68
5 193  Lucie Vrbenská (CZE) 65.41 65.41
6 278  Manuela Montebrun (FRA) 70.28 71.18
7 253  Mia Strömmer (FIN) 69.63 69.63
8 424  Ester Balassini (ITA) 68.50 68.50
9 841  Melissa Price (USA) 66.25 66.25
10 348  Kirsten Münchow (GER) 68.09 69.28
11 371  Evdokia Tsamoglou (GRE) 65.83 65.83
12 66  Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR) 65.57 69.92
13 608  Agnieszka Pogroszewska (POL) 67.98 67.98
14 170  Ivana Brkljačić (CRO) 66.49 68.18
15 838  Anna Norgren (USA) 66.88 66.88
16 141  Zhang Wenxiu (CHN) 66.30 66.30
17 463  Masumi Aya (JPN) 62.13 62.13
GROUP B
1 340  Susanne Keil (GER) 68.07 68.07
2 594  Tasha Williams (NZL) 65.91 65.91
3 206  Nancy Guillén (ESA) 62.43 62.43
4 313  Lorraine Shaw (GBR) 68.15 68.15
5 819  Dawn Ellerbe (USA) 70.62 70.62
6 763  Cecilia Nilsson (SWE) 64.53 64.53
7 252  Sini Pöyry (FIN) 66.31 66.31
8 71  Olga Tsander (BLR) 68.94 69.81
9 187  Markéta Hajdu (CZE) 65.91 65.91
10 22  Bronwyn Eagles (AUS) 68.83 68.83
11 182  Yipsi Moreno (CUB) 70.41 70.41
12 19  Lisa Misipeka (ASA) 67.00 67.55
13 614  Kamila Skolimowska (POL) 68.48 71.16
14 264  Florence Ezeh (FRA) 66.85 66.85
15 126  Caroline Wittrin (CAN) 62.03 63.47
16 15  Karina Moya (ARG) 62.16 62.16
17 627  Vânia Silva (POR) 63.64 63.64

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

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Mihaela Melinte (ROM) 76.07 m August 29, 1999 Switzerland Rüdlingen, Switzerland
Event Record  Mihaela Melinte (ROM) 75.20 m August 24, 1999 Spain Seville, Spain
Season Best  Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) 73.62 m February 24, 2001 Russia Adler, Russia

Qualification

Group A

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 1  Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) 70.43 — — 70.43 m
2 3  Manuela Montebrun (FRA) 67.92 — — 67.92 m
3 7  Kirsten Münchow (GER) 65.69 X 63.77 65.69 m
4 8  Melissa Price (USA) 65.65 62.54 X 65.65 m
5 10  Ivana Brkljačić (CRO) 63.47 63.79 65.01 65.01 m
6 11  Zhang Wenxiu (CHN) 64.52 X 61.05 64.52 m
7 17  Anna Norgren (USA) X 63.26 63.74 63.74 m
8 18  Agnieszka Pogroszewska (POL) X 63.59 X 63.59 m
9 19  Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR) 61.63 63.58 X 63.58 m
10 21  Evdokia Tsamoglou (GRE) 61.50 60.00 61.97 61.97 m
11 23  Martina Danisová (SVK) 57.25 60.79 61.26 61.26 m
12 24  Mia Strömmer (FIN) 60.52 X 61.04 61.04 m
13 25  Lucie Vrbenská (CZE) X 56.76 60.01 60.01 m
14 26  Karyne Di Marco (AUS) 59.42 X 59.80 59.80 m
15 29  Masumi Aya (JPN) 58.84 56.89 58.70 58.84 m
16 30  Marwa Hussein (EGY) 54.50 58.41 X 58.41 m
— —  Ester Balassini (ITA) X X X NM

Group B

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 2  Bronwyn Eagles (AUS) 68.35 — — 68.35 m
2 4  Kamila Skolimowska (POL) 67.43 — — 67.43 m
3 5  Yipsi Moreno (CUB) 65.01 X 66.60 66.60 m
4 6  Florence Ezeh (FRA) 65.71 61.92 65.57 65.71 m
5 9  Olga Tsander (BLR) 65.18 62.24 X 65.18 m
6 12  Lorraine Shaw (GBR) 64.37 X 63.61 64.37 m
7 13  Dawn Ellerbe (USA) 64.34 63.66 61.62 64.34 m
8 14  Susanne Keil (GER) 64.06 X X 64.06 m
9 15  Tasha Williams (NZL) 62.09 63.79 63.83 63.83 m
10 16  Sini Pöyry (FIN) 61.59 63.76 X 63.76 m
11 20  Lisa Misipeka (ASA) X 63.34 60.73 63.34 m
12 22  Cecilia Nilsson (SWE) 61.07 61.53 59.63 61.53 m
13 27  Caroline Wittrin (CAN) 59.30 X X 59.30 m
14 28  Vânia Silva (POR) 58.50 58.85 58.91 58.91 m
15 31  Nancy Guillén (ESA) X 57.96 X 57.96 m
16 32  Karina Moya (ARG) X 56.77 57.01 57.01 m
17 33  Markéta Hajdu (CZE) 53.09 55.77 X 55.77 m

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Yipsi Moreno (CUB) 69.55 69.34 70.65 61.45 68.84 66.95 70.65 m AR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) 70.61 69.94 X X X 69.78 70.61 m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Bronwyn Eagles (AUS) 67.62 68.87 64.64 63.81 68.17 67.43 68.87 m
4  Kamila Skolimowska (POL) 67.74 67.88 67.07 68.05 67.93 68.02 68.05 m
5  Manuela Montebrun (FRA) 67.78 66.82 X X 67.74 X 67.78 m
6  Lorraine Shaw (GBR) 64.04 65.89 63.68 63.66 64.95 62.38 65.89 m
7  Florence Ezeh (FRA) 63.66 65.30 64.93 65.88 65.76 64.66 65.88 m
8  Ivana Brkljačić (CRO) 65.43 X X X 62.94 X 65.43 m
9  Kirsten Münchow (GER) 62.51 X 64.39 64.39 m
10  Volha Tsander (BLR) X 64.10 X 64.10 m
11  Zhang Wenxiu (CHN) 61.61 60.15 60.70 61.61 m
12  Melissa Price (USA) 61.57 60.58 59.51 61.57 m

See also

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