2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw

None The Women's Hammer Throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 28, 2007 (qualification) and August 30, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. The qualification standard was set at 71.00 metres. The winning margin was 2 cm. As of 2024, this remains the only time the women's hammer throw was won by less than 4 cm at these championships. Medalists GoldBetty Heidler GERSilverYipsi Moreno CUBBronzeZhang Wenxiu CHN Schedule All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B28.08.2007 – 10:00h28.08.2007 – 11:35hFinal Round30.08.2007 – 19:30h Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best Records Standing records prior to the 2007 World Athletics Championships World Record Tatyana Lysenko RUS 77.80 m August 15, 2006 Tallinn, Estonia Championships Record Mihaela Melinte ROM 75.20 m August 24, 1999 Seville, Spain Season Best Tatyana Lysenko RUS 77.30 m April 22, 2007 Bogatyr Adler, Russia Qualification Group A RankOverallAthleteNationAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 1 Ivana Brkljačić CRO 74.69 — — 74.69 m Q 2 3 Betty Heidler GER X 72.27 — 72.27 m Q 3 8 Manuela Montebrun FRA 69.02 69.77 69.40 69.77 m q 4 10 Arasay Thondike CUB 69.14 68.39 X 69.14 m q 5 11 Gulfiya Khanafeyeva RUS 65.91 X 68.65 68.65 m q 6 13 Martina Danišová SVK X 67.13 68.15 68.15 m 7 14 Cecilia Nilsson SWE 68.09 67.01 64.30 68.09 m 8 18 Alexandra Papayeoryiou GRE 66.88 X X 66.88 m 9 19 Yelena Priyma RUS X 61.79 66.84 66.84 m 10 23 Sviatlana Sudak-Torun TUR 65.65 65.22 X 65.65 m 11 25 Jennifer Dahlgren ARG 65.64X X 65.64 m 12 30 Berta Castells ESP 63.32X 60.93 63.32 m 13 31 Liu Yinghui CHN X 62.8362.62 62.83 m 14 32 Masumi Aya JPN 61.55 62.6859.43 62.68 m 15 33 Mihaela Melinte ROM X X 62.40 62.40 m 16 34 Vânia Silva POR X 56.28 61.81 61.81 m 17 36 Katalin Divós HUN 57.22 59.45 58.61 59.45 m 18 38 Brittany Riley USA X X 55.72 55.72 m — —Susanne Keil GER X X X NM — —Aksana Miankova BLR X X X NM Group B RankOverallAthleteNationAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 2 Yipsi Moreno CUB 72.87 — — 72.87 m Q SB 2 4 Zhang Wenxiu CHN X 71.31 — 71.31 m Q 3 5 Eileen O'Keeffe IRL 71.07 — — 71.07 m Q 4 6 Yelena Konevtseva RUS 70.29 70.65 — 70.65 m q 5 7 Kamila Skolimowska POL 66.57 69.57 70.18 70.18 m q 6 9 Clarissa Claretti ITA X X 69.53 69.53 m q 7 12 Yunaika Crawford CUB 65.64 66.80 68.55 68.55 m q 8 15 Jessica Cosby USA 63.44 67.90 66.36 67.90 m 9 16 Merja Korpela FIN 67.87 65.89 X 67.87 m 10 17 Stéphanie Falzon FRA 66.37 66.82 67.19 67.19 m 11 20 Amélie Perrin FRA X 66.67 66.51 66.67 m 12 21 Lenka Ledvinová CZE 66.57 63.22 65.71 66.57 m 13 22 Olga Kuzenkova RUS 66.56 X 65.09 66.56 m 14 24 Mona Holm NOR X 63.16 65.65 65.65 m 15 26 Kristal Yush USA 61.74 64.24 64.63 64.63 m 16 27 Bianca Perie ROM 64.18 60.09 62.10 64.18 m 17 28 Kathrin Klaas GER X X 64.00 64.00 m 18 29 Nataliya Zolotukhina UKR 61.27 63.64 62.58 63.64 m 19 35 Rosa Rodríguez VEN 58.43 61.77 61.56 61.77 m 20 37 Hao Shuai CHN X 59.09 X 59.09 m Final RankAthleteNationAttemptsDistanceNote123456 Betty Heidler GER X 74.76X 73.73 71.31 73.1074.76 m Yipsi Moreno CUB 72.84 X X 74.33 70.87 74.7474.74 m Zhang Wenxiu CHN X 73.11 X 74.21 74.39X74.39 m 4 Kamila Skolimowska POL 73.75 70.54 65.69 70.78 70.06 70.77 73.75 m 5 Yelena Konevtseva RUS 72.45 70.11 X X 70.35 68.90 72.45 m 6 Eileen O'Keeffe IRL 70.93 64.27 69.06 66.90 69.21 69.38 70.93 m 7 Clarissa Claretti ITA X 70.25 70.73 67.56 70.74 X 70.74 m 8 Manuela Montebrun FRA 69.77 70.36 67.42 69.16 66.41 69.92 70.36 m 9 Arasay Thondike CUB 65.84 70.20 67.65 70.20 m 10 Gulfiya Khanafeyeva RUS 67.79 X 69.08 69.08 m 11 Ivana Brkljačić CRO 68.16 X X 68.16 m 12 Yunaika Crawford CUB 67.30 X 67.56 67.56 m See also 2007 in hammer throw References Official results, qualification - IAAF.org Official results, final - IAAF.org Event report - IAAF.org hammerthrow.wz todor66 Hammer throw Category:Hammer throw at the World Athletics Championships