2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw explained

Event:Women's hammer throw
Competition:European Athletics Championships

The final of the Women's hammer throw event at the 2002 European Championships in Munich, Germany was held on August 9, 2002. There were a total number of 44 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged two days earlier, on August 7, with the mark set at 66.00 metres.

On 8 March 2013, the IAAF announced that following retesting of samples taken at the championships, it had been found that Olga Kuzenkova of Russia had taken a banned substance. It was not announced whether this would mean an alteration in the medal result.[1]

Medalists

Gold Olga Kuzenkova
Russia (RUS)
Silver Kamila Skolimowska
Poland (POL)
Bronze Manuela Montebrun
France (FRA)

Abbreviations

Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2002 European Athletics Championships
76.07 m August 29, 1999
71.17 m August 22, 1998
Broken records during the 2002 European Athletics Championships
72.30 m August 9, 2002
72.94 m August 9, 2002

Qualification

Group A

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance
123
1 1 68.45 m
2 2 67.74 m
3 4 66.67 m
4 6 65.84 m
5 9 64.74 m
6 14 63.13 m
7 17 62.46 m
8 20 61.50 m
9 21 61.46 m
10 22 61.39 m
11 23 61.22 m
12 24 60.87 m
13 28 57.85 59.93 58.3059.93 m
14 29 59.87 m
15 30 59.64 m
16 31 59.30 m
17 34 57.61 m
18 37 56.48 m
19 39 55.81 m
20 41 53.99 m
21 42 53.65 m
22 43 47.65 m

Group B

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistance
123
1 3 66.84 m
2 5 66.11 m
3 7 65.43 m
4 8 64.87 m
5 10 64.70 m
6 11 64.38 m
7 12 63.38 m
8 13 63.17 m
9 15 62.85 m
10 16 62.50 m
11 18 62.18 m
12 19 61.77 m
13 25 60.67 m
14 26 60.28 m
15 27 60.13 m
16 32 58.38 m
17 33 58.22 m
18 35 X 57.15 56.98 57.15 m
19 36 56.98 m
20 38 56.20 m
21 40 54.32 m
- - X X X NM

Final

RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote
123456
72.30 68.41 X72.9472.89 72.7172.94 mCR
69.38 68.62 68.3572.4665.94 X72.46 m
70.69 63.36 72.04X68.78 70.3472.04 m
4 X64.94 66.82 68.03X65.8668.03 m PB
5 67.4766.73 67.05 64.13 65.7665.8567.47 m
6 64.85 66.29 67.27X66.86X67.27 m
7 63.32 66.4963.74 59.4161.23 64.0566.49 m
8 57.84 66.25X64.19 X X66.25 m
9 62.53 65.30 65.9265.92 m
10 63.85 63.61 65.2065.20 m
11 64.92XX64.92 m
12 64.1961.81 64.1664.19 m

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Helsinki retests uncover adverse findings. 2013-03-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20130326192807/http://www.athleticsweekly.com/news/doping-helsinki-2005-re-tests-reveal-adverse-findings/. 2013-03-26. dead.