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. 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.

Summary 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

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.IOC sanctions Tatiana Lysenko for failing anti-doping test at London 2012 IOC Media Relations. Retrieved 11 October 2016 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.

Schedule Entry List by Event. IAAF (2012-07-27). Retrieved on 2012-07-29. All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1) Date Time RoundWednesday, 8 August 2012 10:00QualificationsFriday, 10 August 2012 19:35Finals

Records , the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record79.42 mHalle, Germany21 May 2011Olympic record(Later disqualified for doping)*76.34 m*Beijing, China20 August 20082012 World leading78.69 mMinsk, Belarus8 July 2012

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Distance Record 10 August Final Tatyana Lysenko 78.18 m OR10 AugustFinalAnita Włodarczyk77.60 mOR

Results

Qualifying round 40 Entrants as of 27 July 2012.Entry List by Event. IAAF (2012-07-27). Retrieved on 2012-07-29.

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

Final

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Anita Włodarczyk 75.01 76.02 75.72 X 77.10 77.60 77.60 OR, SB Betty Heidler 73.90 71.52 72.77 X 77.13 72.77 77.13 Zhang Wenxiu 72.96 76.34 73.81 68.20 75.56 X 76.34 4 Kathrin Klaas x 72.79 76.05 74.66 72.88 X 76.05 PB 5 Yipsi Moreno 74.60 X X X 71.97 X 74.60 6 Stephanie Falzon 73.06 69.29 71.10 73.06 SB 7 Joanna Fiodorow 62.34 72.37 X 72.37 8 Sophie Hitchon 69.33 65.75 X 69.33 DSQ Tatyana Lysenko 77.56 75.86 74.39 77.12 78.18 77.28 78.18 DSQ Aksana Miankova 69.50 X 74.40 72.06 X X 74.40 DSQ Zalina Marghieva 73.77 74.06 72.32 72.91 72.34 70.72 74.06 DSQ Mariya Bespalova 71.13 X 68.15 71.13

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