2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw explained

The women's hammer throw at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 6 and 8 July.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 European Athletics Championships
World record		81.08 m[2] [3]	Władysławowo, Poland	1 August 2015
European record
Championship record		78.76 m	Zürich, Switzerland	15 August 2014
World Leading		79.61 m[4] [5]	Szczecin, Poland	18 June 2016
European Leading

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
6 July 2016	10:45	Qualification
8 July 2016	18:10	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 70.00 m (Q) or best 12 (q)^[6]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Note
1	B			65.79	73.94		73.94	Q
2	A			71.46			71.46	Q
3	B			70.41			70.41	Q
4	A			63.61	70.04		70.04	Q
5	A			x	70.04		70.04	Q
6	A			67.46	68.73	69.48	69.48	q
7	B			65.33	69.42	66.80	69.42	q
8	B			69.35	x	68.99	69.35	q
9	A			68.21	68.64	69.23	69.23	q
10	B			68.37	x	65.00	68.37	q
11	B			62.76	65.89	68.08	68.08	q
12	B			68.07	66.96	63.53	68.07	q
13	B			67.78	67.33	64.72	67.78
14	B			66.89	67.76	x	67.76
15	A			66.78	65.37	x	66.78
16	A			64.91	66.01	66.53	66.53
17	B			x	65.97	62.23	65.97
18	A			x	65.86	65.40	65.86
19	A			x	65.69	65.29	65.69
20	B			65.56	x	61.82	65.56
21	A			65.23	63.82	x	65.23
22	B			62.72	63.82	64.90	64.90
23	A			64.65	x	62.33	64.65
24	A			64.42	61.30	x	64.42
25	B			60.61	64.39	x	64.39
26	B			63.16	x	x	63.16
27	A			62.86	x	x	62.86
28	A			62.37	61.91	61.30	62.37
	A			x	x	x
	B			x	x	x

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			72.82	75.73	77.11	77.65	78.12	78.14	78.14
			71.27	73.19	75.77	71.31	73.64	74.35	75.77	SB
			x	71.07	73.83	72.20	73.69	69.89	73.83
			70.91	71.74	71.33	70.03	71.59	71.41	71.74
			70.26	68.25	71.04	70.49	68.77	71.73	71.73
			70.91	68.32	67.66	x	x	69.41	70.91
			70.62	67.95	70.02	69.75	x	69.82	70.62
			70.18	68.34	64.69	66.85	68.74	x	70.18
			69.55	68.37	x				69.55
10			68.80	69.35	69.48				69.48
11			67.08	65.03	x				67.08
12			x	x	63.27				63.27

External links

• amsterdam2016.org, official championship site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Programme - European Athletics Championships. amsterdam2016.org. 2016-06-30.
2. Web site: All Time Best . 2016-07-04 . International Association of Athletics Federations.
3. Web site: European Outdoor Records Men . 2016-07-04 . European Athletic Association.
4. Web site: 2016 Top List . 2016-07-04 . International Association of Athletics Federations.
5. Web site: European Top 30 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160820162918/http://www.european-athletics-statistics.org/db/xml/euroranking.php?Season=2016&Indoor=0&Gender=w&Event=380&List=senior . 2016-08-20 . 2016-07-04 . European Athletic Association.
6. Web site: Qualification results . 2016-07-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140903050004/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW054900_C73ZZ.pdf . 2014-09-03 . dead .
7. http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW054101_C73S.pdf Final results