Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's hammer throw

The women's hammer throw at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 4 and 6 August 2024. This was the 7th time that the event is contested at the Summer Olympics.

Summary World record holder, triple defending champion Anita Włodarczyk returned for a fourth. She turned 39 two days after competition. The rest of the podium Wang Zheng and Malwina Kopron were also back. World leader and #3 of all time Brooke Andersen would ordinarily be the favorite, but she could not land a fair throw at the US Trials and did not qualify. Anderson was the 2022 World Champion; the 2023 World Champion was Camryn Rogers who is also #2 on the world list, just ahead of 2019 World Champion, 2023 bronze medalist DeAnna Price.

Krista Tervo, Annette Echikunwoke, Katrine Koch Jacobsen, Rogers and Price were the auto qualifiers. Włodarczyk was the last qualifier for the final with 71.06m, her fifth final.

Zhao Jie started off the action with 72.20m. Rogers spun it out to 74.11m. Hanna Skydan moved into second with a 73.27m. Echikunwoke almost matched that with 73.11m. Włodarczyk proved she was still going to be a contender by throwing 73.17m. In the second round, Zhao took the lead with a throw of 74.27m. Silja Kosonen became the third over 74, though barely with a throw of 74.04m. In the third round Rogers took back the lead with a 74.47m. Five throws later, Echikunwoke pushed the competition a meter farther to 75.48m. In the fourth round, Rogers made it a lot closer, throwing 75.44m. It went to the fifth round, where Rogers got off the winner, . Włodarczyk got off a 74.23m to just miss a fourth medal in a row. Along with Ethan Katzberg, Canada wins both hammer throw events at the Olympics.

Background The women's hammer throw has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 2000. +Global records before the 2024 Summer OlympicsRecordAthlete (Nation)Distance (m)LocationDateWorld record82.98"All time Top lists – Senior – Hammer throw women", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.Warsaw, Poland26 August 2016Olympic record82.29Rio de Janeiro, Brazil15 August 2016World leading79.92"Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – Hammer throw women", World Athletics, 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.Tucson, United States20 April 2024 +Area records before the 2024 Summer OlympicsArea RecordAthlete (Nation)Distance (m)Africa (records)75.49Asia (records)77.68Europe (records)82.98 WRNorth, Central America and Caribbean (records)80.31Oceania (records)74.61South America (records)73.74

Qualification

For the women's hammer throw event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by throwing the entry standard of 74.00 m or further or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.

Results

Qualification The qualification was held on 4 August, starting at 10:20 (UTC+2) for Group A and 11:45 (UTC+2) for Group B in the morning. 32 athletes qualified for the first round by qualification distance or world ranking."Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics", Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024. RankGroupAthleteNation123DistanceNotes1BKrista Tervox74.7974.79, NR2ACamryn Rogersx74.69–74.693BDeAnna Price72.0873.79–73.794AAnnette Echikunwoke73.52––73.525BKatrine Koch Jacobsen72.36x73.0473.046AHanna Skydan69.5869.0472.5572.557AZhao Jie70.7872.4972.2472.498BSara Fantini72.4069.9371.0872.409BSilja Kosonenx68.5172.1172.1110BRosa Rodríguezx67.2871.7671.7611ABianca Ghelber71.42x71.3471.4212BAnita Włodarczyk71.0470.4171.0671.0613ALi Jiangyanx70.54x70.5414AErin Reese68.7470.23x70.2315AStephanie Ratcliffexx70.0770.0716BNicola Tuthillx68.8769.9069.9017BStamatia Scarvelis69.3866.86x69.3818AThea Löfman64.1368.9269.1269.1219ARose Loga68.9463.10x68.9420ALauren Brucex67.0368.9368.9321ASuvi Koskinen66.14x67.9067.9022BZalina Marghievax67.8466.4567.8423AMalwina Kopron65.3965.6567.6867.6824BVanessa Sterckendries67.67x64.6767.6725AZahra Tatar66.0666.9966.9066.9926BIryna Klymets66.9566.6165.7066.9527ABeatrice Nedberge Llano66.1166.9264.7766.9228BWang Zheng66.92xx66.9229BOyesade Olatoyex64.3666.4166.4130BRéka Gyurátzx64.7763.8664.77AMayra Gaviriaxr–—BAlexandra Tavernierxxx—

Final The final was held on 6 August, starting at 20:00 (UTC+2) in the evening.

RankAthleteNation123456DistanceNotesCamryn Rogers74.11x74.4775.4476.97x76.97Annette Echikunwoke73.1171.4575.48x73.3273.5675.48Zhao Jie72.9074.2773.9572.7973.8871.8874.274Anita Włodarczyk73.1772.1873.1373.6174.2369.7774.235Silja Kosonenx74.0472.44x73.1272.1074.046Krista Tervox73.83x72.5671.25x73.837Hanna Skydan73.2772.4871.3973.6672.9173.2773.668Rosa Rodríguez71.0272.98x71.2270.85x72.989Bianca Ghelberx72.2472.36Did not advance72.3610Katrine Koch Jacobsen71.6570.6471.09Did not advance71.6511DeAnna Pricex70.1871.00Did not advance71.0012Sara Fantini69.2069.58xDid not advance69.58

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