Women Hammer Throw Athletics XVII Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 2000 - Friday, 29th September - Gold Medal: Kamila Skolimowska, Poland
Final 18:00
Distance
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1. Kamila Skolimowska
POL
71.16m
X
66.33
71.16
66.06
69.91
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2. Olga Kuzenkova
RUS
69.77m
X
67.18
69.64
69.77
X
X
3. Kirsten Munchow
GER
69.28m
66.42
X
67.81
66.03
69.28
67.96
4. Yipsi Moreno
CUB
68.33m
65.79
67.16
67.04
64.88
68.33
67.43
5. Deborah Sosimenko
AUS
67.95m
67.95
64.24
65.49
66.39
X
X
6. Lyudmila Gubkina
BLR
67.08m
66.04
66.16
X
67.08
66.77
66.95
7. Dawn Ellerbe
USA
66.80m
62.50
64.51
66.80
64.40
66.16
64.71
8. Amy Christiansen-Palmer
USA
66.15m
X
60.21
66.15
59.42
X
X
9. Lorraine Shaw
GBR
64.27m
64.27
56.96
63.65
10.Svetlana Sudak
BLR
64.21m
X
64.21
X
11.Ivana Brkljacic
CRO
63.20m
61.25
63.20
X
12.Sini Poyry
FIN
62.49m
62.49
X
62.21
Qualifiying A Standard: 65.00s
Qualifiying B Standard: 63.50s
The first shock came when Mihaela Melinte, the world record holder, and co-favourite, was marched off the field before the qualifying competition because of a doping violation. The other favourite, Kuzenkova led the qualifying by almost 3m with 70.60.
Sosimenko led the final with her opening 67.95 until the third round. Skolimowska then broke her world junior record (70.66) with 71.16.
Kuzenkova responded with 69.64 and 69.77, but could never get on terms with the 17 year-old Pole. Both Münchow (69.28) and Moreno (68.33) went ahead of Sosimenko in the 5th round.
The athletics world was shocked when, in February 2009, Skolimowska died suddenly from a pulmonary embolism at the age of 26.