The women's

hammer throw The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consis ...

at the

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was held at the

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from 27 to 28 September 2019.

Summary

In the absence of world record holder

Anita Włodarczyk Anita Włodarczyk (; born 8 August 1985) is a Polish hammer thrower. She is the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Olympic champion, and the first woman in history to throw the hammer over 80 m; she currently holds the women's world record of 82.98 m. She is co ...

, who has dominated hammer throwing since 2012, this was the first major championship opportunity for someone else. With the defending champion recovering from knee surgery, world leader

DeAnna Price DeAnna Marie Price (born June 8, 1993) is an American track and field athlete competing primarily in the hammer throw. Price's personal best in the hammer is , the American record, set at the 2021 US Olympic trials. The throw ranks her as th ...

seized the opportunity on the second throw of the competition with a 76.87m that nobody would beat all day, except Price, who threw her best of in the third round. The next thrower into the ring was Włodarczyk's Polish teammate Joanna Fiodorow, who tried to pick up the slack, throwing her personal best 76.35m which dominated everybody else.

Zalina Petrivskaya Zalina Marghieva (russian: Залина Сослановна Маргиева; born 5 February 1988) is a female hammer thrower who competes for Moldova. Born in Russia, she is the sister of Marina Marghieva and Serghei Marghiev, and is coached ...

's first throw of the competition was dropped to third place after the first three throwers. She maintained that position until the middle of the fifth round when Wang Zheng's 74.76m grabbed bronze.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 71.00 m.

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 72.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.

Final

The final was started on 28 September at 19:25.

References

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Hammer throw The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consis ...

Hammer throw at the World Athletics Championships