# 2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw

The Women's Hammer Throw event at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 20 and August 22.

## Medalists

| Gold | Anita Włodarczyk Poland (POL) |
| Silver | Betty Heidler Germany (GER) |
| Bronze | Martina Hrašnová Slovakia (SVK) |

## Abbreviations

* All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows.
| World Record | Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) | 77.80 | Tallinn, Estonia | 15 August 2006 |
| Championship Record | Mihaela Melinte (ROU) | 75.20 | Seville, Spain | 24 August 1999 |
| World Leading | Anita Włodarczyk (POL) | 77.20 | Cottbus, Germany | 8 August 2009 |
| African Record | Marwa Hussein (EGY) | 68.48 | Cairo, Egypt | 18 February 2002 |
| Asian Record | Zhang Wenxiu (CHN) | 74.86 | Shijiazhuang, China | 3 August 2007 |
| North American record | Yipsi Moreno (CUB) | 76.62 | Zagreb, Croatia | 9 September 2008 |
| South American record | Jennifer Dahlgren (ARG) | 72.94 | Athens, Georgia, United States | 13 April 2007 |
| European Record | Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) | 77.80 | Tallinn, Estonia | 15 August 2006 |
| Oceanian Record | Bronwyn Eagles (AUS) | 71.12 | Adelaide, Australia | 6 February 2003 |
The following records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Athlete | Distance | Records broken |
| 22 August | Final | Anita Włodarczyk (POL) | 77.96 m | WR, CR, WL, ER |

## Qualification standards

| A standard | B standard |
| 70.00m | 67.50m |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| August 20, 2009 | 14:15 | Qualification |
| August 22, 2009 | 19:30 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 72.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Betty Heidler | Germany (GER) | 75.27 | | | 75.27 | Q, CR |
| 2 | A | Anita Włodarczyk | Poland (POL) | 74.54 | | | 74.54 | Q |
| 3 | B | Zhang Wenxiu | China (CHN) | 72.72 | | | 72.72 | Q, SB |
| 4 | A | Jessica Cosby | United States (USA) | 72.21 | | | 72.21 | Q, PB |
| 5 | B | Tatyana Lysenko | Russia (RUS) | 70.16 | x | 71.73 | 71.73 | q |
| 6 | A | Stéphanie Falzon | France (FRA) | 70.35 | x | 71.54 | 71.54 | q |
| 7 | B | Martina Hrašnová | Slovakia (SVK) | x | 70.97 | 71.50 | 71.50 | q |
| 8 | B | Sultana Frizell | Canada (CAN) | 67.53 | 70.98 | 69.33 | 70.98 | q |
| 9 | B | Manuela Montebrun | France (FRA) | 68.65 | 62.49 | 70.66 | 70.66 | q |
| 10 | B | Amber Campbell | United States (USA) | 68.48 | 70.54 | 69.95 | 70.54 | q |
| 11 | B | Kathrin Klaas | Germany (GER) | 70.53 | 68.82 | x | 70.53 | q |
| 12 | B | Clarissa Claretti | Italy (ITA) | 68.99 | 69.93 | 70.01 | 70.01 | q |
| 13 | A | Aksana Miankova | Belarus (BLR) | x | 67.47 | 69.58 | 69.58 | |
| 14 | B | Éva Orbán | Hungary (HUN) | 67.57 | 67.57 | 69.39 | 69.39 | |
| 15 | B | Darya Pchelnik | Belarus (BLR) | 69.14 | 67.61 | 69.30 | 69.30 | |
| 16 | B | Arasay Thondike | Cuba (CUB) | x | x | 68.97 | 68.97 | |
| 17 | A | Jennifer Dahlgren | Argentina (ARG) | 68.90 | 65.42 | 64.56 | 68.90 | |
| 18 | A | Silvia Salis | Italy (ITA) | 68.55 | 67.46 | 64.36 | 68.55 | |
| 19 | A | Bianca Perie | Romania (ROM) | 67.74 | 68.47 | 62.67 | 68.47 | |
| 20 | B | Merja Korpela | Finland (FIN) | 66.89 | 68.34 | 68.02 | 68.34 | |
| 21 | A | Stiliani Papadopoulou | Greece (GRE) | x | 67.33 | x | 67.33 | |
| 22 | A | Berta Castells | Spain (ESP) | 67.32 | x | x | 67.32 | |
| 23 | A | Jennifer Joyce | Canada (CAN) | x | 66.59 | 67.07 | 67.07 | |
| 24 | A | Andrea Bunjes | Germany (GER) | 67.01 | x | - | 67.01 | |
| 25 | B | Erin Gilreath | United States (USA) | 65.64 | 66.72 | 66.25 | 66.72 | |
| 26 | B | Zalina Marghieva | Moldova (MDA) | 66.70 | x | 62.56 | 66.70 | |
| 27 | A | Iryna Sekachova | Ukraine (UKR) | x | 66.69 | 66.26 | 66.69 | |
| 28 | B | Alexandra Papageorgiou | Greece (GRE) | 66.33 | x | 62.78 | 66.33 | |
| 29 | B | Nataliya Zolotukhina | Ukraine (UKR) | 65.95 | 64.88 | 65.71 | 65.95 | |
| 30 | B | Rosa Rodríguez | Venezuela (VEN) | 65.88 | 65.39 | 60.27 | 65.88 | |
| 31 | A | Johana Moreno | Colombia (COL) | 65.05 | 64.35 | x | 65.05 | |
| 32 | B | Iryna Novozhylova | Ukraine (UKR) | 62.98 | x | 64.90 | 64.90 | |
| 33 | A | Marina Marghiev | Moldova (MDA) | x | x | 64.83 | 64.83 | |
| 34 | B | Cecilia Nilsson | Sweden (SWE) | 61.00 | 63.77 | 63.31 | 63.77 | |
| 35 | A | Eileen O'Keeffe | Ireland (IRL) | 63.20 | x | x | 63.20 | |
| 36 | A | Lenka Ledvinová | Czech Republic (CZE) | 62.92 | x | 58.72 | 62.92 | |
| 37 | A | Vânia Silva | Portugal (POR) | 62.66 | 62.86 | 62.67 | 62.86 | |
| 38 | A | Florence Ezeh | Togo (TOG) | 59.76 | 59.61 | 58.34 | 59.76 | |
| 39 | A | Galina Mityaeva | Tajikistan (TJK) | x | 56.31 | x | 56.31 | |
| | A | Paraskevi Theodorou | Cyprus (CYP) | x | x | x | NM | |
| | B | Zoe Derham | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | x | x | x | NM | |
Key: NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result), Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Anita Włodarczyk | Poland (POL) | 74.86 | 77.96 | - | - | - | x | 77.96 | WR |
| | Betty Heidler | Germany (GER) | 75.10 | 75.38 | 75.73 | 73.45 | 76.44 | 77.12 | 77.12 | NR |
| | Martina Hrašnová | Slovakia (SVK) | 67.84 | 72.72 | 73.07 | 69.50 | 74.79 | 65.65 | 74.79 | |
| 4 | Kathrin Klaas | Germany (GER) | 72.02 | x | 74.23 | 66.28 | x | x | 74.23 | PB |
| 5 | Zhang Wenxiu | China (CHN) | 69.42 | 72.57 | x | 71.80 | 70.83 | 71.03 | 72.57 | |
| 6 | Tatyana Lysenko | Russia (RUS) | 72.22 | x | 71.36 | x | 71.51 | 70.16 | 72.22 | |
| 7 | Jessica Cosby | United States (USA) | x | 72.17 | 69.94 | 68.10 | x | 71.35 | 72.17 | |
| 8 | Clarissa Claretti | Italy (ITA) | 71.56 | 69.42 | 70.97 | 70.91 | 70.24 | x | 71.56 | |
| 9 | Stéphanie Falzon | France (FRA) | 71.40 | 70.80 | x | | | | 71.40 | |
| 10 | Sultana Frizell | Canada (CAN) | 69.63 | 70.88 | 68.47 | | | | 70.88 | |
| 11 | Amber Campbell | United States (USA) | 64.62 | 70.08 | x | | | | 70.08 | |
| 12 | Manuela Montebrun | France (FRA) | x | 69.92 | 69.75 | | | | 69.92 | |
Key: NR = National record, PB = Personal best, WR = World record