# Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade – Women's hammer throw

The Women's Hammer Throw competition at the 2001 Summer Universiade took place on August 28 (qualification round) and August 30, 2001 in Beijing, PR China.

## Medalists

| Gold | Manuela Montebrun France (FRA) |
| Silver | Yipsi Moreno Cuba (CUB) |
| Bronze | Lyudmila Gubkina Belarus (BLR) |

## 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

Standing records prior to the 2001 Summer Universiade :
| World Record | Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | 76.07 m | August 29, 1999 | Rüdlingen, Switzerland |
| Event Record | Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | 74.24 m | July 9, 1999 | Palma de Mallorca, Spain |
| Season Best | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | 73.62 m | February 24, 2001 | Adler, Russia |

## Results
### Qualification

| Rank | Group | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Group | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | B | Yipsi Moreno (CUB) | | | | 65.41 m | |
| 2 | A | Florence Ezeh (FRA) | | | | 64.74 m | |
| 3 | B | Manuela Montebrun (FRA) | | | | 64.40 m | |
| 4 | A | Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR) | | | | 63.88 m | |
| 5 | A | Zhao Wei (CHN) | | | | 63.39 m | |
| 6 | B | Volha Tsander (BLR) | | | | 63.16 m | |
| 7 | B | Liu Yinghui (CHN) | | | | 63.13 m | |
| 8 | B | Ester Balassini (ITA) | | | | 62.77 m | |
| 9 | B | Iryna Sekachova (UKR) | | | | 62.28 m | |
| 10 | A | Evdokia Tsamoglou (GRE) | | | | 62.13 m | |
| 11 | B | Agnieszka Pogroszewska (POL) | | | | 61.98 m | |
| 12 | A | Susanne Keil (GER) | | | | 61.58 m | |
| 13 | A | Melissa Myerscough (USA) | | | | 61.06 m | |
| 14 | B | Barbara Sugar (HUN) | | | | 60.30 m | |
| 15 | B | Vânia Silva (POR) | | | | 59.41 m | |
| 16 | B | Nancy Guillén (ESA) | | | | 59.30 m | |
| 17 | B | Wendy Koolhaas (NED) | | | | 59.26 m | |
| 18 | B | Maureen Griffin (USA) | | | | 58.48 m | |
| 19 | A | Dolores Pedrares (ESP) | | | | 57.79 m | |
| 20 | A | Zübeyde Yıldız (TUR) | | | | 57.62 m | |
| 21 | A | Wang Shu-chuan (TPE) | | | | 56.50 m | |
| 22 | A | Virginia Băluţ (ROU) | | | | 56.17 m | |
| 23 | A | Liz Pidgeon (GBR) | | | | 54.29 m | |
| 24 | B | Simona Kozmus (SLO) | | | | 53.09 m | |
| 25 | A | Nia Meilani (INA) | | | | 48.17 m | |
| | A | Nathalie Thenor (CAN) | | | | NM | |
| | B | Carla Pavan (CAN) | | | | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Manuela Montebrun (FRA) | | | | | | | 69.78 m | |
| | Yipsi Moreno (CUB) | | | | | | | 68.39 m | |
| | Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR) | | | | | | | 67.97 m | |
| 4 | Volha Tsander (BLR) | | | | | | | 65.95 m | |
| 5 | Agnieszka Pogroszewska (POL) | | | | | | | 64.70 m | |
| 6 | Susanne Keil (GER) | | | | | | | 64.38 m | |
| 7 | Florence Ezeh (FRA) | | | | | | | 63.59 m | |
| 8 | Zhao Wei (CHN) | | | | | | | 63.46 m | |
| 9 | Liu Yinghui (CHN) | | | | | | | 63.26 m | |
| 10 | Iryna Sekachova (UKR) | | | | | | | 62.87 m | |
| 11 | Evdokia Tsamoglou (GRE) | | | | | | | 62.03 m | |
| 12 | Ester Balassini (ITA) | | | | | | | 61.22 m | |