1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw

None Women's hammer throw European Athletics Championships The final of the Women's Hammer Throw event at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary was held on Saturday August 22, 1998. There were a total number of 35 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged a day earlier, on Friday August 21, with the mark set at 61.50 metres. It was the first time in history that women competed in the hammer throw at the European Championships. Medalists GoldROM Mihaela MelinteRomania (ROM)SilverRUS Olga KuzenkovaRussia (RUS)BronzeGER Kirsten MünchowGermany (GER) Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordCR championship recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best Records Standing records prior to the 1998 European Athletics Championships World Record Mihaela Melinte ROM 73.14 m July 16, 1998 ROM Poiana Brasov, Romania Event Record New Event Season Best Olga Kuzenkova RUS 73.80 m Not ratified as a world record by the IAAF May 15, 1998 RUS Togliattigrad, Russia Broken records during the 1998 European Athletics Championships Event Record Mihaela Melinte ROM 71.17 m August 22, 1998 HUN Budapest, Hungary Qualification Final ranking RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 Mihaela Melinte ROM 68.65 m 2 Kirsten Münchow GER 66.81 m 3 Svetlana Sudak BLR 64.12 m 4 Olga Kuzenkova RUS 64.10 m 5 Kamila Skolimowska POL 62.72 m SB 6 Alla Davydova RUS 62.69 m 7 Lyudmila Gubkina BLR 62.46 m 8 Simone Mathes GER 62.25 m 9 Katalin Divós HUN 61.62 m 10 Lorraine Shaw GBR 61.11 m 11 Lyn Sprules GBR 60.64 m SB 12 Manuela Priemer GER 59.15 m 13 Agnieszka Pogroszewska POL 58.88 m 14 Florence Ezeh FRA 58.72 m 15 Sini Pöyry FIN 58.61 m 16 Tatyana Konstantinova RUS 58.35 m 17 Jolanta Borawska POL 57.79 m 18 Mia Strömmer FIN 57.40 m 19 Ester Balassini ITA 56.42 m 20 Julianna Tudja HUN 55.90 m 21 Iryna Sekachova UKR 55.37 m 22 Cécile Lignot-Maubert FRA 54.68 m 23 Dolores Pedrares ESP 52.10 54.34 51.01 54.34 m 24 Barbara Sugar HUN 54.29 m 25 Manuela Montebrun FRA 54.13 m 26 Maria Tranchina ITA 53.87 m 27 Jennifer Petit BEL 53.63 m 28 Unn Merete Lie NOR 53.01 m 29 Nicola Coffey IRL 52.63 m 30 Nesrin Kaya TUR 51.70 m 31 Sonia Martins POR 50.70 m 32 Charlotte Wahlin DEN 50.62 m — Ivana Brkljačić CRO X X X NM — Olivia Kelleher IRL X X X NM Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 Mihaela Melinte ROM 68.41 66.19 69.02 X 70.63 71.17 71.17 m CR Olga Kuzenkova RUS 69.23 69.28 63.72 X X X 69.28 m Kirsten Münchow GER X 61.28 X 61.03 X 65.61 65.61 m 4 Simone Mathes GER 56.29 63.60 X X 62.96 64.05 64.05 m 5 Katalin Divós HUN 63.74 58.90 X 60.04 61.93 X 63.74 m NR 6 Lyudmila Gubkina BLR 62.15 X X X X 63.03 63.03 m 7 Kamila Skolimowska POL X 61.50 62.68 X 59.63 X 62.68 m 8 Alla Davydova RUS 60.47 60.88 60.91 62.36 61.92 61.62 62.36 m 9 Svetlana Sudak BLR 60.14 X 60.12 60.14 m 10 Manuela Priemer GER 58.07 59.47 X 59.47 m 11 Lorraine Shaw GBR X 54.55 58.19 58.19 m 12 Lyn Sprules GBR X 57.68 X 57.68 m See also 1998 Hammer Throw Year Ranking Notes References Results todor66 hammerthrow.wz Category:Hammer throw at the European Athletics Championships Category:Women's events at the 1998 European Athletics Championships