Women Hammer Throw Athletics Olympic Games 2008 Beijing (CHN) -

Women Hammer Throw Athletics Olympic Games 2008 Beijing (CHN) -

Final 20.08 19:20	Team	Dist.	Q.	SO	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1. Yipsi Moreno	CUB	75.20m	1.	7	X	73.95	72.61	X	74.70	75.20
2. Wenxiu Zhang	CHN	74.32m	2.	8	74.00	74.32	73.40	73.50	70.75	73.53
3. Darya Pchelnik	BLR	73.65m	8.	2	69.10	72.46	72.82	71.00	72.83	73.65
4. Manuela Montebrun	FRA	72.54m	4.	9	67.63	70.55	70.01	72.54	71.92	70.63
5. Anita Wlodarczyk	POL	71.56m	6.	11	69.39	X	71.56	70.86	X	X
6. Clarissa Claretti	ITA	71.33m	5.	6	X	71.33	X	X	X	X
7. Martina Hrasnova	SVK	71.00m	3.	3	68.28	X	71.00	X	70.19	X
8. Betty Heidler	GER	70.06m	7.	10	X	X	70.06
9. Elena Priyma	RUS	69.72m	9.	12	68.19	69.72	67.33
10.Stiliani Papadopoulou	GRE	64.97m	12.	1	X	X	64.97
-. Kamila Skolimowska	POL	NM	10.	5	X	X	X
-. Aksana Miankova	BLR	76.34m	11.	4	74.40	X	72.23	X	76.34	51.72

After placing second in 2004, Moreno was favoured to win. She duly led the qualifiers with 73.92. Seven athletes reached the automatic qualifying level of 71.50, and 69.36 was the cut-off. Mariya Smolyachkova (BLR) therefore achieved the unwanted feat of throw- ing the longest-ever non-qualifying distance (69.22). Menkova was the first to exceed 70m in the final with 74.40. Zhang was nearest after the first round with 74.00, and Moreno moved into medal contention with her second round effort of 73.95. The medal places only shifted once, in the fifth round when Moreno threw 74.70. Menkova immediately responded with an Olympic record 76.34, which held off Moreno’s fine final effort of 75.20 for the gold medal. Zhang had improved to 74.32 in round two, and this was enough stay ahead of Pchelnik, who threw 73.65 in the final round.

Qualification - mark ..+..Athletes

Group A 18.08 09:10	Team	Dist.	Rk.	SO	1.	2.	3.
1. Yipsi Moreno	CUB	73.92m	1.	14	71.31	X	73.92
2. Martina Hrasnova	SVK	72.87m	3.	6	70.03	X	72.87
3. Anita Wlodarczyk	POL	71.76m	6.	11	71.76
4. Betty Heidler	GER	71.51m	7.	5	66.28	71.51
5. Darya Pchelnik	BLR	71.30m	8.	16	69.43	71.30	69.24
6. Stiliani Papadopoulou	GRE	69.36m	12.	18	66.68	69.36	69.29
7. Maryia Smaliachkova	BLR	69.22m	13.	15	X	69.22	X
8. Stephanie Falzon	FRA	68.93m	14.	4	X	68.93	X
9. Ivana Brkljacic	CRO	68.38m	16.	12	66.54	X	68.38
10.Bianca Perie	ROU	68.21m	18.	7	68.21	66.29	X
11.Iryna Novozhylova	UKR	68.11m	19.	1	67.36	X	68.11
12.Anna Bulgakova	RUS	68.04m	20.	24	X	68.04	X
13.Elena Konevtsova	RUS	67.83m	22.	21	66.81	67.83	X
14.Inna Sayenko	UKR	66.92m	27.	2	X	66.92	X
15.Merja Korpela	FIN	66.29m	30.	10	62.70	65.76	66.29
16.Zheng Wang	CHN	65.64m	32.	17	65.64	61.36	X
17.Sultana Frizell	CAN	65.44m	33.	19	X	60.43	65.44
18.Eva Orban	HUN	65.41m	34.	20	65.12	X	65.41
19.Zoe Derham	GBR	64.74m	35.	9	64.74	64.61	64.57
20.Zalina Marghieva	MDA	64.20m	37.	25	X	64.20	X
21.Loree Smith	USA	63.60m	39.	3	62.25	62.33	63.60
22.Silvia Salis	ITA	62.28m	42.	23	X	X	62.28
23.Vania Silva	POR	59.42m	46.	22	X	58.10	59.42
24.Galina Mityaeva	TJK	51.38m	47.	13	X	48.59	51.38
-. Jessica Cosby	USA	NM		8	X	X	X

Group B 18.08 10:50	Team	Dist.	Rk.	SO	1.	2.	3.
1. Wenxiu Zhang	CHN	73.36m	2.	11	73.36
2. Manuela Montebrun	FRA	72.81m	4.	7	69.80	69.86	72.81
3. Clarissa Claretti	ITA	71.82m	5.	10	67.15	71.82
4. Elena Priyma	RUS	70.69m	9.	4	70.69	69.79	65.64
5. Kamila Skolimowska	POL	69.79m	10.	2	65.97	69.79	67.01
6. Aksana Miankova	BLR	69.77m	11.	15	62.95	65.55	69.77
7. Arasay Thondike	CUB	68.74m	15.	9	X	66.68	68.74
8. Sviatlana Sudak	TUR	68.22m	17.	1	68.22	67.36	67.18
9. Amber Campbell	USA	67.86m	21.	20	67.86	X	X
10.Eileen O'Keeffe	IRE	67.66m	23.	8	62.53	62.05	67.66
11.Kathrin Klaas	GER	67.54m	24.	19	66.39	67.54	66.95
12.Iryna Sekachova	UKR	67.47m	25.	23	62.83	X	67.47
13.Lenka Ledvinova	CZE	67.17m	26.	16	65.98	65.23	67.17
14.Alexandra Papayeoryiou	GRE	66.72m	28.	24	66.72	65.73	X
15.Jennifer Dahlgren	ARG	66.35m	29.	17	58.60	X	66.35
16.Yunaika Crawford	CUB	66.16m	31.	13	66.16	65.00	64.08
17.Johana Moreno	COL	64.66m	36.	12	X	64.31	64.66
18.Malgorzata Zadura	POL	64.13m	38.	18	63.35	64.13	X
19.Candice Scott	TRT	63.03m	40.	6	63.03	62.53	X
20.Berta Castells	ESP	62.44m	41.	21	62.44	61.76	X
21.Marina Marghiev	MDA	62.12m	43.	25	61.03	X	62.12
22.Paraskevi Theodorou	CYP	61.00m	44.	22	X	61.00	X
23.Sanja Gavrilovic	CRO	60.55m	45.	5	60.55	60.37	60.36
-. Amelie Perrin	FRA	NM		3	X	X	X
-. Georgina Toth	CMR	NM		14	X	X	X