The 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 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

as part of the athletics program

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

 was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium August 23 and August 25. The qualification mark was set at 68.50 metres.

Russia's 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:...

 had a habit of placing second in major internationals – the 1998 Europeans and the 1999/2001/2003 World Championships, although she had won the 2002 European Championships. She was favored, having set nine world records with the hammer, but none since 1999. She led throughout, tossing 73.18 metres (240-1) in round one, and improving to 74.27 metres (243-8) in round two, and 75.02 metres (246-1) in round three – her best mark. Cubans 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...

 and Yunaika Crawford

Yunaika Crawford

Yunaika Crawford Rogert is a Cuban hammer thrower who won the Olympic bronze medal in 2004 with a personal best throw of 73.16 metres.-Early career:...

 won the other medals, moving into these positions in rounds two and three.

Medalists

Schedule

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  Qualification Round
  Group A	Group B
  23.08.2004 – 09:05h	23.08.2004 – 10:50h
  Final Round
  25.08.2004 – 22:10h

Abbreviations

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
OR	Olympic record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics
World Record		76.06 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....
Olympic Record		71.16 m	September 29, 2000	Sydney, Australia
Season Best 2004 Hammer Throw Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2004 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, where the final of the men's competition was held on Sunday August 22, 2004...		75.18 m	April 23, 2004	Havana, Cuba
Broken records during the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record		71.65 m	August 23, 2004	Athens, Greece
Olympic Record		73.71 m	August 23, 2004	Athens, Greece
Olympic Record		74.27 m	August 25, 2004	Athens, Greece
Olympic Record		75.02 m	August 25, 2004	Athens, Greece

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	3		71.65	—	—	71.65 m	OR
2	4		66.57	71.63	—	71.63 m
3	6		70.73	—	—	70.73 m	PB
4	7		70.56	—	—	70.56 m
5	10		67.29	68.66	—	68.66 m
6	13		63.21	68.21	68.15	68.21 m
7	16		66.88	67.83	X	67.83 m
8	17		67.39	67.64	X	67.64 m
9	18		62.80	65.94	66.85	66.85 m
10	20		66.71	65.46	66.52	66.71 m
11	22		64.30	X	66.05	66.05 m
12	25		65.68	65.31	X	65.68 m
13	26		X	54.97	65.58	65.58 m
14	27		65.33	X	63.42	65.33 m
15	28		62.43	X	65.06	65.06 m
16	32		X	64.09	X	64.09 m
17	33		63.00	X	63.88	63.88 m
18	34		63.81	61.77	61.44	63.81 m
19	35		57.56	62.76	X	62.76 m
20	41		61.60	X	X	61.60 m
21	42		X	60.14	60.29	60.29 m
22	43		X	X	59.52	59.52 m
23	45		56.79	X	X	56.79 m
—	—		X	—	—	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1		73.71	—	—	73.71 m	OR
2	2		71.74	—	—	71.74 m
3	5		71.56	—	—	71.56 m
4	8		66.20	69.81	—	69.81 m
5	9		66.20	X	69.61	69.61 m
6	11		64.59	68.58	—	68.58 m
7	12		X	66.97	68.27	68.27 m
8	14		66.67	66.30	68.12	68.12 m
9	15		64.31	67.74	67.90	67.90 m
10	19		X	66.82	65.57	66.82 m
11	21		66.35	X	X	66.35 m
12	23		66.05	X	64.35	66.05 m
13	24		65.76	63.68	63.31	65.76 m
14	29		64.11	64.99	61.65	64.99 m
15	30		63.06	63.13	64.79	64.79 m
16	31		X	X	64.42	64.42 m
17	36		62.76	58.18	61.45	62.76 m
18	37		62.64	60.71	61.08	62.64 m
19	38		62.27	X	57.24	62.27 m
20	39		58.00	X	62.23	62.23 m
21	40		61.48	61.61	X	61.61 m
22	44		X	57.79	57.62	57.79 m
23	46		55.34	50.60	X	55.34 m
—	—		X	X	—	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Extra
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		73.18	74.27	75.02	X	72.60	74.92	75.02 m	OR
		X	72.68	X	X	73.36	X	73.36 m
		70.98	71.43	73.16	X	X	70.06	73.16 m	PB
4		X	67.71	72.73	72.47	70.21	68.49	72.73 m	NR German records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Germany maintained by its national athletics federation, Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband ....
5		69.91	68.50	72.57	X	X	67.06	72.57 m	SB 2004 Hammer Throw Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2004 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, where the final of the men's competition was held on Sunday August 22, 2004...
6		66.17	70.15	72.27	65.01	X	68.63	72.27 m
7		X	72.03	X	68.03	X	X	72.03 m
8		69.40	70.11	67.34	66.40	70.40	X	70.40 m
9		63.13	69.94	68.51				69.94 m	NR Trinidad and Tobago records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Trinidad and Tobago maintained by Trinidad and Tobago's national athletics federation: National Association of Athletic Administration of Trinidad and Tobago .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:...
10		67.59	68.62	69.76				69.76 m
11		68.40	61.78	68.22				68.40 m
12		X	63.26	66.83				66.83 m