# 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' hammer throw

The girls' hammer throw at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 8 and 9 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Louisa James Great Britain | Malwina Kopron Poland | Roxana Perie Romania |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best | Zhang Wenxiu (CHN) | 70.60 | Nanning, China | 5 April 2003 |
| Championship Record | Bianca Perie (ROU) | 64.61 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 14 July 2007 |
| World Youth Leading | Hanna Zinchuk (BLR) | 60.11 | Minsk, Belarus | 16 February 2011 |

## Qualification

Qualification rule: qualification standard 55.50 m or at least best 12 qualified.

### Group A

| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Heli Rinnekari | Finland | 53.30 | x | 56.21 | 56.21 | Q |
| 2 | Roxana Perie | Romania | x | 53.62 | 55.86 | 55.86 | Q, PB |
| 3 | Louisa James | Great Britain | x | x | 55.20 | 55.20 | q |
| 4 | Adrienn Kovács | Hungary | x | 54.66 | 53.73 | 54.66 | q |
| 5 | Petra Jakeljić | Croatia | x | 53.53 | x | 53.53 | q |
| 6 | Maria Grammatikaki | Greece | x | 53.47 | x | 53.47 | q |
| 7 | Malwina Kopron | Poland | 50.34 | 50.85 | 53.42 | 53.42 | q |
| 8 | María Barbaño | Spain | 52.90 | 50.79 | x | 52.90 | |
| 9 | Hanna Zinchuk | Belarus | x | 52.73 | 48.75 | 52.73 | |
| 10 | Yolanda González | Mexico | 49.37 | 50.57 | 52.31 | 52.31 | PB |
| 11 | Aya Ibrahim | Egypt | x | 49.87 | 50.22 | 50.22 | |
| 12 | Yan Mengchen | China | 44.38 | 45.65 | 46.63 | 46.63 | |
| 13 | Keyla Luna | Peru | x | 45.49 | x | 45.49 | |
| 14 | Paola Miranda | Paraguay | 43.93 | x | x | 43.93 | |
| 15 | Raphaëlle Rolnin | France | x | 3.94 | x | 3.94 | |
| | Vanessa Pfeifer | Germany | x | x | x | NM | |

### Group B

| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Hanna Bryl | Belarus | x | 53.05 | 54.88 | 54.88 | q |
| 2 | Kimberley Reed | Great Britain | x | 54.62 | x | 54.62 | q, PB |
| 3 | Alyona Shamotina | Ukraine | 51.83 | x | 54.48 | 54.48 | q |
| 4 | Sanni Saarinen | Finland | 48.20 | 54.13 | x | 54.13 | q |
| 5 | Beatrix Banga | Hungary | 50.68 | x | 53.41 | 53.41 | q |
| 6 | Danielle McConnell | Australia | 49.89 | 51.68 | 53.21 | 53.21 | |
| 7 | Margot Dubois | France | 52.65 | 52.70 | 49.22 | 52.70 | |
| 8 | Constanza Ávila | Chile | 50.67 | 49.89 | x | 50.67 | |
| 9 | Mona Ekroll Jaidi | Norway | 50.32 | x | x | 50.32 | |
| 10 | Giulia Rossetti | Italy | x | 50.28 | x | 50.28 | |
| 11 | Liu Miao | China | 49.00 | x | 49.30 | 49.30 | SB |
| 12 | Claudia Štravs | Slovenia | x | 49.27 | x | 49.27 | |
| 13 | Nabiha Guaddah | Tunisia | 48.90 | x | x | 48.90 | |
| 14 | Iliana Korosidou | Greece | x | 48.47 | x | 48.47 | |
| 15 | Ana Vásquez | Peru | 43.92 | 47.24 | 48.12 | 48.12 | |
| 16 | Menatalla Alaa | Egypt | x | 43.24 | 41.68 | 43.24 | |

## Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Louisa James | Great Britain | 55.79 | 57.13 | 54.07 | x | 49.49 | x | 57.13 | PB |
| | Malwina Kopron | Poland | 57.03 | x | 53.78 | x | 55.08 | x | 57.03 | PB |
| | Roxana Perie | Romania | 56.75 | 55.60 | x | 54.93 | x | x | 56.75 | PB |
| 4 | Petra Jakeljić | Croatia | x | 54.83 | 54.86 | 56.62 | 55.61 | 53.22 | 56.62 | |
| 5 | Heli Rinnekari | Finland | 54.58 | 53.69 | x | 56.01 | 29.60 | x | 56.01 | |
| 6 | Beatrix Banga | Hungary | 54.39 | x | x | x | x | 55.04 | 55.04 | |
| 7 | Hanna Bryl | Belarus | 53.90 | x | x | x | 54.58 | x | 54.58 | |
| 8 | Alyona Shamotina | Ukraine | 53.87 | 51.63 | x | x | 53.18 | x | 53.87 | |
| 9 | Adrienn Kovács | Hungary | 53.53 | x | 53.06 | | | | 53.53 | |
| 10 | Kimberley Reed | Great Britain | 53.05 | x | 50.71 | | | | 53.05 | |
| 11 | Maria Grammatikaki | Greece | 52.53 | x | 50.20 | | | | 52.53 | |
| 12 | Sanni Saarinen | Finland | 52.07 | x | 48.61 | | | | 52.07 | |