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Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's hammer throw

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Women's hammer throw
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date8–10 August
Competitors37 from 25 nations
Winning distance78.18 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anita Włodarczyk  Poland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Betty Heidler  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zhang Wenxiu  China
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The women's hammer throw competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 8–10 August.[1] Each athlete receives three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieve the qualifying distance progress to the final. If less than twelve athletes achieve this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reach the final. Each finalist is allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.[2]

Summary

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Eight entrants achieve the auto qualifier, five on their first attempt. It took 70.48 to make the final. Sophie Hitchon improved her own National record in the process.

In the first round of the final, reigning world champion Tatyana Lysenko was out to continue that success, tossing a new Olympic record 77.56. In the second round Zhang Wenxiu moved into second place. Kathrin Klaas made her best throw in the third round to move into third place, while world record holder Betty Heidler barely earned her final three throws in eighth place. In the fifth round, Heidler finally put one throw together, landing about 77 metres. But after a delay, the electronic measurement system only attributed 72.34 meters as the distance (actually the measurement of the following competitor Zalina Marghieva's throw). Confused officials couldn't find a proper solution, ultimately giving the struggling Heidler another throw. The extra throw was so bad Heidler walked out of the ring, deliberately fouling. Anita Włodarczyk moved into second place only 44 cm behind Lysenko's record. As the last thrower in the round, Lysenko improved the Olympic record to 78.18, solidifying her hold on gold, which turned out to be important as Włodarczyk's final throw of 77.60 beat Lysenko's first round record by 4 cm. After the competition was over, the measurement operators found a measurement of 77.13 in the system memory and credited it to Heidler, giving her third place, knocking Zhang out of what would have been her second consecutive bronze medal.

Disqualification of Tatyana Lysenko

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On 11 October 2016, IOC announced the disqualification of the gold medalist, Tatyana Lysenko, due to an anti-doping rule violation. Lysenko was ordered to return the medal and the IAAF was requested to modify the result of the event accordingly.[3] Anita Włodarczyk is next in line to the gold medal, promoting Betty Heidler to second place and Zhang Wenxiu to third. On 30 March 2017, Gulfiya Khanafeyeva and Mariya Bespalova were also disqualified and had their results deleted.[4]

Schedule

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Entry List by Event. IAAF (2012-07-27). Retrieved on 2012-07-29. All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Wednesday, 8 August 2012 10:00 Qualifications
Friday, 10 August 2012 19:35 Finals

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Betty Heidler (GER) 79.42 m Halle, Germany 21 May 2011
Olympic record  Aksana Miankova (BLR)
(Later disqualified for doping) 		*76.34 m* Beijing, China 20 August 2008
2012 World leading  Aksana Miankova (BLR) 78.69 m Minsk, Belarus 8 July 2012

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Distance Record
10 August Final Tatyana Lysenko  Russia 78.18 m OR
10 August Final Anita Włodarczyk  Poland 77.60 m OR

Results

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Qualifying round

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  • 40 Entrants as of 27 July 2012.[5]

Qual. rule: qualification standard 73.00m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 A Anita Włodarczyk  Poland 75.68 – – 75.68 Q
2 B Zhang Wenxiu  China 74.53 – – 74.53 Q
3 A Betty Heidler  Germany 72.63 74.44 – 74.44 Q
DSQ[3] A Tatyana Lysenko  Russia 74.43 – – 74.43 Q
5 B Kathrin Klaas  Germany 74.14 – – 74.14 Q
6 A Yipsi Moreno  Cuba 73.95 – – 73.95 Q
DSQ[4] B Mariya Bespalova  Russia 72.83 73.56 – 73.56 Q
DSQ[6] B Aksana Miankova  Belarus 69.04 X 73.10 73.10 Q
9 B Zalina Marghieva  Moldova 71.89 72.19 X 72.19 q
10 A Sophie Hitchon  Great Britain 67.21 X 71.98 71.98 q, NR
11 B Stéphanie Falzon  France 70.96 71.67 69.55 71.67 q
12 B Joanna Fiodorow  Poland 70.48 68.48 69.89 70.48 q
13 A Amber Campbell  United States X 69.93 67.30 69.93
14 A Jessica Cosby  United States 67.36 69.65 68.97 69.65
15 A Kıvılcım Kaya  Turkey 69.50 68.45 67.84 69.50
DSQ[4] B Gulfiya Khanafeyeva  Russia 68.20 69.43 69.19 69.43
17 B Éva Orbán  Hungary X 68.64 63.08 68.64
18 A Johana Moreno  Colombia 68.53 X 68.12 68.53
19 A Hanna Skydan  Ukraine 68.50 66.68 57.69 68.50
20 A Martina Hrašnová  Slovakia 67.69 68.41 67.75 68.41
21 B Berta Castells  Spain 67.74 68.41 65.26 68.41
22 A Bianca Perie  Romania X 68.34 X 68.34
23 B Arasay Thondike  Cuba 67.93 65.81 X 67.93
24 B Tuğçe Şahutoğlu  Turkey 67.58 64.11 66.56 67.58
25 A Ariannis Vichy  Cuba X 67.48 64.25 67.48
26 A Sultana Frizell  Canada 66.07 67.45 X 67.45
27 A Rosa Rodríguez  Venezuela 66.66 X 67.34 67.34
28 B Amanda Bingson  United States 65.96 66.32 67.29 67.29
29 B Barbara Špiler  Slovenia 65.69 62.83 67.21 67.21
DSQ A Alena Matoshka  Belarus 66.85 67.03 65.22 67.03
31 B Kateřina Šafránková  Czech Republic 66.16 X 65.25 66.16
32 A Amy Sène  Senegal 65.49 65.43 X 65.49
33 B Iryna Novozhylova  Ukraine 65.35 63.98 64.29 65.35
34 B Heather Steacy  Canada 62.99 61.79 63.40 63.40
35 B Vânia Silva  Portugal 62.81 62.18 X 62.81
36 A Silvia Salis  Italy X 10.84 X 10.84
– B Jennifer Dahlgren  Argentina X X X NM

Final

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Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
DSQ[3] Tatyana Lysenko  Russia 77.56 75.86 74.39 77.12 78.18 77.28 78.18
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anita Włodarczyk  Poland 75.01 76.02 75.72 X 77.10 77.60 77.60 OR, SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Betty Heidler  Germany 73.90 71.52 72.77 X 77.13 72.77 77.13
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zhang Wenxiu  China 72.96 76.34 73.81 68.20 75.56 X 76.34
4 Kathrin Klaas  Germany x 72.79 76.05 74.66 72.88 X 76.05 PB
5 Yipsi Moreno  Cuba 74.60 X X X 71.97 X 74.60
DSQ[6] Aksana Miankova  Belarus 69.50 X 74.40 72.06 X X 74.40
DSQ Zalina Marghieva  Moldova 73.77 74.06 72.32 72.91 72.34 70.72 74.06
6 Stephanie Falzon  France 73.06 69.29 71.10 — — — 73.06 SB
7 Joanna Fiodorow  Poland 62.34 72.37 X — — — 72.37
DSQ[4] Mariya Bespalova  Russia 71.13 X 68.15 — — — 71.13
8 Sophie Hitchon  Great Britain 69.33 65.75 X — — — 69.33

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics". Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
  2. ^ "Women's hammer throw competition format". London 2012 Organising Committee. Archived from the original on 7 August 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  3. ^ a b c IOC sanctions Tatiana Lysenko for failing anti-doping test at London 2012 IOC Media Relations. Retrieved 11 October 2016
  4. ^ a b c d "IOC disqualifies four Russians from London Olympics over doping". Thomson Reuters. 30 March 2017. Archived from the original on March 31, 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  5. ^ Entry List by Event. IAAF (2012-07-27). Retrieved on 2012-07-29.
  6. ^ a b "IOC sanctions seven athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London2012". International Olympic Committee. 25 Nov 2016. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
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