The women's hammer throw at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at Hayward Field in Eugene, United States on 7 and 9 August 2026.

Records U20 standing records prior to the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows: Record Athlete & Nationality Mark Location Date World U20 Record 74.40 m Quzhou, China 2 August 2025 Championship Record 71.64 m Nairobi, Kenya 21 August 2021 World U20 Leading 70.73 m Lahti, Finland 10 June 2026

Results Qualification Qualification took place in the morning session on 7 August 2026.

Group A PlaceAthleteNationRoundMarkNotes #1 #2 #3 1 Pinja Kärhä 67.51 67.51 m 2 Nova Kienast 60.52 63.02 64.75 64.75 m 3 57.45 x 63.06 63.06 m 4 Chen Jiajun 62.66 61.96 61.85 62.66 m 5 Alexandra Chernova x 62.41 61.10 62.41 m 6 Meagan Ewers 60.27 59.73 x 60.27 m 7 Aixa Corbacho 56.25 56.06 57.60 57.60 m 8 Sarah Ettrup Larsen 52.60 x 55.24 55.24 m 9 Beatrice Lindberg x x 52.38 52.38 m 10 Chae-min Yang 52.33 x 51.87 52.33 m Denisse Medina x x x

Group B PlaceAthleteNationRoundMarkNotes #1 #2 #3 1 Burklie Burton 68.03 68.03 m 2 Clara Hegemann 66.68 66.68 m 3 Polina Dzerozhynska 64.39 64.39 m 4 Erica Lejon 57.71 61.10 x 61.10 m 5 Mirabella Emese Keserű x 47.42 59.77 59.77 m 6 Kimberly Cristina de Souza 56.24 59.31 59.05 59.31 m 7 58.96 57.35 x 58.96 m 8 Xiao Shifan x 58.12 58.86 58.86 m 9 Carmela Cocco 57.79 55.08 x 57.79 m 10 Anthi Apostolidou 54.76 55.19 x 55.19 m 11 Maria Pracharczyk 51.55 49.50 54.08 54.08 m

Final The final took place in the afternoon session on 9 August 2026.

PlaceAthleteNationRoundMarkNotes #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Clara Hegemann 67.65 x 66.97 68.99 x x 68.99 m Pinja Kärhä 67.51 68.51 67.73 66.22 x 66.33 68.51 m Nova Kienast 64.34 66.49 64.84 65.74 67.89 66.15 67.89 m 4 Burklie Burton 61.77 66.25 63.52 66.21 67.50 x 67.50 m 5 Polina Dzerozhynska 65.78 x 65.85 64.49 x 67.01 67.01 m 6 Chen Jiajun 65.13 65.29 63.40 63.72 66.75 x 66.75 7 Alexandra Chernova 64.00 x 65.39 63.07 x 65.39 m 8 Erica Lejon 60.12 61.33 61.90 60.77 62.60 62.60 m 9 x 60.41 60.03 x 60.41 m 10 Meagan Ewers 59.80 x 58.96 57.48 59.80 m 11 Kimberly Cristina de Souza x 58.99 x 58.99 m 12 Mirabella Emese Keserű 56.77 x x 56.77 m

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