2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw

Hammer throw

The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...

event at the 2001 World Championships

2001 World Championships in Athletics

The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between 3 August and 12 August and was the first time the event had visited North America...

in Edmonton, 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	Yipsi Moreno Yipsi Moreno Yipsi Moreno González is a Cuban hammer thrower. She is a double world champion and Olympic silver medalist, a former world junior record holder and current area record holder... Cuba Cuba The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city... (CUB)
Silver	Olga Kuzenkova Olga Kuzenkova Olga Sergeyevna Kuzenkova is a Russian athlete, the first woman to throw the hammer more than 70 meters.She won gold in the women's hammer throw event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.She trained with Aleksandr Seleznyov.-Notes:... Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... (RUS)
Bronze	Bronwyn Eagles Bronwyn Eagles Bronwyn Eagles is an Australian Olympic athlete who competes in the hammer throw.Eagles has won five Australian Championships in the women's hammer throw event... Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... (AUS)

Schedule

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

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	№	Season Best 2001 Hammer Throw Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2001 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the 2001 World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Canada, where the final of the men's competition was held on Sunday August 5, 2001...	Personal Best
GROUP A
1	202	62.16	62.16
2	29	64.32	65.38
3	758	68.50	68.50
4	685	73.62	75.68
5	193	65.41	65.41
6	278	70.28	71.18
7	253	69.63	69.63
8	424	68.50	68.50
9	841	66.25	66.25
10	348	68.09	69.28
11	371	65.83	65.83
12	66	65.57	69.92
13	608	67.98	67.98
14	170	66.49	68.18
15	838	66.88	66.88
16	141	66.30	66.30
17	463	62.13	62.13
GROUP B
1	340	68.07	68.07
2	594	65.91	65.91
3	206	62.43	62.43
4	313	68.15	68.15
5	819	70.62	70.62
6	763	64.53	64.53
7	252	66.31	66.31
8	71	68.94	69.81
9	187	65.91	65.91
10	22	68.83	68.83
11	182	70.41	70.41
12	19	67.00	67.55
13	614	68.48	71.16
14	264	66.85	66.85
15	126	62.03	63.47
16	15	62.16	62.16
17	627	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

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 Women's hammer world record progression The first World Record in the hammer throw for women was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1994.To June 7, 2010, the IAAF has ratified 19 world records in the event.-Record Progression:...	76.07 m	August 29, 1999	Rüdlingen Rüdlingen Rüdlingen is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland.-Geography:Rüdlingen has an area, , of . Of this area, 47.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 33.8% is forested... , Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
Event Record Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...	75.20 m	August 24, 1999	Seville, Spain
Season Best 2001 Hammer Throw Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2001 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the 2001 World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Canada, where the final of the men's competition was held on Sunday August 5, 2001...	73.62 m	February 24, 2001	Adler Adlersky City District Adlersky City District is the southernmost of four city districts of the city of Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, lying along the Black Sea coast near the southern Russian border with Abkhazia, Georgia... , Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
1	1		70.43	—	—	70.43 m
2	3		67.92	—	—	67.92 m
3	7		65.69	X	63.77	65.69 m
4	8		65.65	62.54	X	65.65 m
5	10		63.47	63.79	65.01	65.01 m
6	11		64.52	X	61.05	64.52 m
7	17		X	63.26	63.74	63.74 m
8	18		X	63.59	X	63.59 m
9	19		61.63	63.58	X	63.58 m
10	21		61.50	60.00	61.97	61.97 m
11	23		57.25	60.79	61.26	61.26 m
12	24		60.52	X	61.04	61.04 m
13	25		X	56.76	60.01	60.01 m
14	26		59.42	X	59.80	59.80 m
15	29		58.84	56.89	58.70	58.84 m
16	30		54.50	58.41	X	58.41 m
—	—		X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
1	2		68.35	—	—	68.35 m
2	4		67.43	—	—	67.43 m
3	5		65.01	X	66.60	66.60 m
4	6		65.71	61.92	65.57	65.71 m
5	9		65.18	62.24	X	65.18 m
6	12		64.37	X	63.61	64.37 m
7	13		64.34	63.66	61.62	64.34 m
8	14		64.06	X	X	64.06 m
9	15		62.09	63.79	63.83	63.83 m
10	16		61.59	63.76	X	63.76 m
11	20		X	63.34	60.73	63.34 m
12	22		61.07	61.53	59.63	61.53 m
13	27		59.30	X	X	59.30 m
14	28		58.50	58.85	58.91	58.91 m
15	31		X	57.96	X	57.96 m
16	32		X	56.77	57.01	57.01 m
17	33		53.09	55.77	X	55.77 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
		69.55	69.34	70.65	61.45	68.84	66.95	70.65 m	AR
		70.61	69.94	X	X	X	69.78	70.61 m
		67.62	68.87	64.64	63.81	68.17	67.43	68.87 m
4		67.74	67.88	67.07	68.05	67.93	68.02	68.05 m
5		67.78	66.82	X	X	67.74	X	67.78 m
6		64.04	65.89	63.68	63.66	64.95	62.38	65.89 m
7		63.66	65.30	64.93	65.88	65.76	64.66	65.88 m
8		65.43	X	X	X	62.94	X	65.43 m

9		62.51	X	64.39				64.39 m
10		X	64.10	X				64.10 m
11		61.61	60.15	60.70				61.61 m
12		61.57	60.58	59.51				61.57 m