Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's hammer throw explained

The women's hammer throw at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Alexander Stadium on 4 and 6 August 2022.

The winning margin was 4.45 metres which as of 2024 is the only time the women's hammer throw has been won by more than four metres at these games.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record		82.98 m	Warsaw, Poland	28 August 2016
Commonwealth record		77.67 m	Tucson, United States	9 June 2022
Games record		71.97 m	Glasgow, Scotland	28 July 2014

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Thursday 4 August 2022	10:00	Qualification
style=background:lemonchiffon	Saturday 6 August 2022	style=background:lemonchiffon	19:00	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

Qualification

Across one groups, those who threw ≥68.00 m (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.^[2]

Rank	Group	Athlete	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1	A		74.68			74.68	GR, Q
2	A		66.41	68.73		68.73	Q
3	A		66.45			66.45	q
4	A		65.58	66.15	66.06	66.15	q
5	A		64.56	65.67		65.67	q
6	A			63.34		63.34	q
7	A		58.58	62.09		62.09	q
8	A		59.75	61.69	61.77	61.77	q
9	A			60.48	61.74	61.74	q
10	A			60.96	60.51	60.96	q
11	A		59.68			59.68	q
12	A		58.71	56.71	59.53	59.53	q
13	A		57.48		56.62	57.48
14	A		48.99	51.32		51.32
15	A		46.13	48.33	47.86	48.33
16	A		46.90			46.90
	A

Final

The medals were determined in the final.^[3]

Rank	Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
				74.08			73.89	74.08
		67.26	69.59	69.63			66.93	69.63
		67.14		67.35				67.35
4		65.74	64.82		66.54	66.80	62.54	66.80
5		66.52		66.12	64.20	64.45		66.52
6			65.53	64.18		66.26	66.16	66.26
7		63.41	64.73	63.22				64.73
8		60.58		64.22				64.22
9		60.96	63.10	61.33				63.10
10		61.07	61.30	59.52				61.30
11		57.46	60.37	60.97				60.97
12		57.26	59.95	60.96				60.96

Notes and References

1. Web site: Women's Hammer Throw. Birmingham 2022. 7 August 2022. 7 August 2022.
2. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/ATH/2022-08-04/ATHWHAMMER------------QUAL--------__C73R_1.0.pdf Qualification results
3. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/ATH/2022-08-06/ATHWHAMMER------------FNL-000100--__C73S_1.0.pdf Final Results