Women Hammer Throw Olympic Games Athens 2004 - Wednesday 25.08
Final 22:10
Team
Dist.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
1. Olga Kuzenkova
RUS
75.02m
73.18
74.27
75.02
X
72.60
74.92
2. Yipsi Moreno
CUB
73.36m
X
72.68
X
X
73.36
X
3. Yunaika Crawford
CUB
73.16m
70.98
71.43
73.16
X
X
70.06
4. Betty Heidler
GER
72.73m
X
67.71
72.73
72.47
70.21
68.49
5. Kamila Skolimowska
POL
72.57m
69.91
68.50
72.57
X
X
67.06
6. Olga Tsander
BLR
72.27m
66.17
70.15
72.27
65.01
X
68.63
7. Wenxiu Zhang
CHN
72.03m
X
72.03
X
68.03
X
X
8. Iryna Sekachova
UKR
70.40m
69.40
70.11
67.34
66.40
70.40
X
9. Candice Scott
TRI
69.94m
63.13
69.94
68.51
10.Yuan Gu
CHN
69.76m
67.59
68.62
69.76
11.Andrea Bunjes
GER
68.40m
68.40
61.78
68.22
12.Alexándra Papayeoryíou
GRE
66.83m
X
63.26
66.83
Prior to the Olympic final only two competitions had ever seen three
women throw further than 72m; on this occasion seven were over that
distance. The big favourite was Moreno, who had remained undefeated
in 13 competitions, and had averaged beyond 73.30 – a distance
reached by only four other throwers all season. One of them was
Kuzenkova, who had competed in four global championships, and had
won the silver medal every time.
The Russian opened with 73.18, to lead by more than two metres
from Crawford, and was never headed. After a foul, Moreno reached
72.68 to take over second place from Zhang (72.03), but Kuzenkova
meanwhile had reached 74.27, and cemented her gold medal with
75.02 in round three. That was the best round for five of the top eight,
including defending champion Skolimowska, Crawford and Heidler
who demoted Moreno to fourth place. The Cuban star eventually
recovered, though looking highly frustrated in throwing 73.36 to lift
the silver from her teammate. Kuzenkova had produced three throws
further than 74m and fully merited her upset victory.
