2006 European Athletics Championships – 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 2006 European Championships

2006 European Championships in Athletics

The 19th European Athletics Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, between 7 August and 13 August 2006. The competition arena was the Ullevi Stadium and the official motto "Catch the Spirit"...

in Gothenburg, Sweden had a total number of 40 participating athletes. The final was held on Tuesday August 8, 2006, and the qualifying round on Monday August 7, 2006 with the mark set at 70.00 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Tatyana Lysenko Tatyana Lysenko Tatyana Viktorovna Lysenko is a Russian hammer thrower. She used to hold the world record with 77.80 metres, achieved on 15 August 2006 in Tallinn.... 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)
Silver	Gulfiya Khanafeyeva Gulfiya Khanafeyeva Gulfiya Raifovna Khanafeyeva is a Russian hammer thrower of Tatar ethnicity.Her international breakthrough came following her world record breaking throw of 77.26 metres from 12 June 2006 in Tula. She beat fellow Russian Tatyana Lysenko, however Lysenko threw 77.41 metres on 24 June in Zhukovskiy... 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	Kamila Skolimowska Kamila Skolimowska Kamila Skolimowska was a Polish hammer thrower. She was known for her gold medal in the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, which made her the youngest Olympic hammer champion, as well as for her two medals from the European Championships. Her personal best throw, and Polish record, was 76.83 metres,... Poland Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north... (POL)

Schedule

All times are Central European Time
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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
07.08.2006 – 10:15h 07.08.2006 – 12:30h
Final Round
08.08.2006 – 19:30h

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
07.08.2006 – 10:15h	07.08.2006 – 12:30h
Final Round
08.08.2006 – 19:30h

Abbreviations

All results shown are in metre
Metre
The metre , symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units . Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole , its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology...

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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 2006 European 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:...	77.41 m	June 24, 2006	Zhukovskiy, 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...
Event Record	72.94 m	August 9, 2002	Munich, Germany
Broken records during the 2006 European Athletics Championships
Event Record	73.23 m	August 7, 2006	Gothenburg, Sweden
Event Record	74.85 m	August 8, 2006	Gothenburg, Sweden
Event Record	76.67 m	August 8, 2006	Gothenburg, Sweden

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	5		X	66.75	68.92	68.92 m
2	6		68.81	X	68.31	68.81 m
3	9		67.54	65.72	X	67.54 m
4	10		X	67.53	X	67.53 m
5	11		66.10	59.83	67.28	67.28 m
6	12		65.37	X	66.81	66.81 m
7	13		65.90	66.45	X	66.45 m
8	14		64.12	62.24	65.72	65.72 m
9	16		64.64	X	65.23	65.23 m
10	17		62.36	65.07	X	65.07 m
11	19		64.20	63.48	X	64.20 m
12	23		X	62.85	X	62.85 m
13	24		X	62.65	X	62.65 m
14	25		60.64	62.55	60.27	62.55 m
15	27		X	61.69	60.68	61.69 m
16	32		60.85	60.47	X	60.85 m
17	33		59.29	59.96	60.51	60.51 m
18	34		59.84	X	60.30	60.30 m
19	35		X	56.09	60.10	60.10 m
20	40		55.33	55.68	X	55.68 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	1		73.23	—	—	73.23 m	CR
2	2		71.40	—	—	71.40 m
3	3		67.58	69.19	X	69.19 m
4	4		68.43	67.33	69.02	69.02 m
5	7		65.78	64.56	68.65	68.65 m	SB 2006 Hammer Throw Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2006 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. One of the main event during this season were the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, where the final of the men's competition was held on Saturday August 12, 2006...
6	8		66.78	67.59	X	67.59 m
7	15		X	65.53	65.71	65.71 m
8	18		64.77	X	X	64.77 m
9	20		63.96	X	63.48	63.96 m
10	21		63.31	56.66	X	63.31 m
11	22		X	X	62.97	62.97 m
12	26		62.39	X	X	62.39 m
13	28		57.60	X	61.69	61.69 m
14	29		61.64	57.70	56.88	61.64 m
15	30		57.86	60.91	X	60.91 m
16	31		55.76	60.86	60.64	60.86 m
17	36		55.83	59.94	X	59.94 m
18	37		X	X	58.93	58.93 m
19	38		X	58.77	X	58.77 m
20	39		56.94	X	X	56.94 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
		74.85	73.00	76.67	72.35	73.37	X	76.67 m	CR
		70.40	X	71.04	68.47	74.50	73.94	74.50 m
		72.58	67.35	67.73	X	X	X	72.58 m
4		69.27	71.54	69.10	69.40	71.87	71.80	71.87 m
5		X	70.89	69.61	70.12	70.11	65.55	70.89 m
6		68.81	70.59	64.29	X	X	66.06	70.59 m
7		64.27	68.47	66.76	69.00	X	69.78	69.78 m
8		67.51	X	68.50	69.08	65.36	68.97	69.08 m

9		X	X	67.95				67.95 m
10		65.30	63.56	X				65.30 m
11		62.36	X	X				62.36 m
—		X	X	X				NM

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