The qualifying round produced one of the shocks of the championship when world record holder Heidler, a medallist at the three previous championships, was eliminated. Olympic Champion Lysenko led the final from the start until the third round when Wodarczyk threw 77.79. Lysenko reacted in the next round with a Russian record 78.80, the second-best ever. On the very next throw, Wodarczyk showed her competitive ability with 78.46, a national record and good for fourth on the all-time list.
Of all the field events in Moscow, this one, with performances so close to the world record, was the most qualitative.
Qualification - Wednesday 14.08 - mark 73.00m - 6+6 Athletes.
RUS
POL
CHN
CUB
HUN
USA
ROU
CHN
RUS
HUN
USA
VEN
CAN
ARG
GER
SVK
CZE
SLO
UKR
POL
CUB
ROU
GBR
BLR
SEN
SWE
