# 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw

The women's hammer throw event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 2 and 4.
Betty Heidler was the pre-event favourite: she was undefeated that season, held the four best marks of the year, and had broken the world record with a throw of 79.42 m in May. Tatyana Lysenko, a former record holder, was ranked second prior to the championships. Yipsi Moreno and Zhang Wenxiu (both medalists at the 2008 Olympics) were both in good form that season, as was Kathrin Klaas (fourth in 2009). Zalina Marghieva, Alena Matoshka, Jennifer Dahlgren were other entrants ranked in the top ten. The 2009 world champion Anita Włodarczyk was not expected to compete due to a back injury.
Tatyana Lysenko won the competition on her first throw, then proceeded to improve her position on the next two throws. Top qualifier Zhang Wenxiu also made her best throw on her first attempt. It took Betty Heidler until the 5th round to finally displace her into bronze position, pushing Yipsi Moreno off the medal stand. Defending champion Anita Włodarczyk did make a game effort, throwing her season best, but only managed 5th place.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Tatyana Lysenko Russia (RUS) | Betty Heidler Germany (GER) | Zhang Wenxiu China (CHN) |

## Records

| World record | Betty Heidler (GER) | 79.42 | Halle, Germany | 21 May 2011 |
| Championship record | Anita Włodarczyk (POL) | 77.96 | Berlin, Germany | 22 August 2009 |
| World leading | Betty Heidler (GER) | 79.42 | Halle, Germany | 21 May 2011 |
| African record | Marwa Hussein (EGY) | 68.48 | Cairo, Egypt | 18 February 2005 |
| Asian record | Zhang Wenxiu (CHN) | 75.65 | Fränkisch-Crumbach, Germany | 12 June 2011 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Yipsi Moreno (CUB) | 76.62 | Zagreb, Croatia | 9 September 2008 |
| South American record | Jennifer Dahlgren (ARG) | 73.74 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 10 April 2010 |
| European record | Betty Heidler (GER) | 79.42 | Halle, Germany | 21 May 2011 |
| Oceanian record | Bronwyn Eagles (AUS) | 71.12 | Adelaide, Australia | 6 February 2003 |

## Qualification standards

| A mark | B mark |
| 71.50 m | 69.00 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 2 September 2011 | 10:00 | Qualification |
| 4 September 2011 | 18:15 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 71.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Zhang Wenxiu | China (CHN) | 74.17 | | | 74.17 | Q |
| 2 | B | Yipsi Moreno | Cuba (CUB) | 73.29 | | | 73.29 | Q |
| 3 | B | Jennifer Dahlgren | Argentina (ARG) | 67.81 | x | 72.70 | 72.70 | Q, SB |
| 4 | A | Tatyana Lysenko | Russia (RUS) | 71.94 | | | 71.94 | Q |
| 5 | A | Kathrin Klaas | Germany (GER) | 69.26 | 69.57 | 71.69 | 71.69 | Q |
| 6 | B | Betty Heidler | Germany (GER) | 71.48 | | | 71.48 | Q |
| 7 | B | Anita Włodarczyk | Poland (POL) | 71.09 | | | 71.09 | Q |
| 8 | A | Jessica Cosby | United States (USA) | 71.06 | | | 71.06 | Q |
| 9 | A | Zalina Marghieva | Moldova (MDA) | x | 70.09 | 69.85 | 70.09 | q |
| 10 | A | Silvia Salis | Italy (ITA) | 69.82 | 66.58 | x | 69.82 | q |
| 11 | A | Bianca Perie | Romania (ROM) | 68.12 | 69.66 | 69.01 | 69.66 | q |
| 12 | A | Stéphanie Falzon | France (FRA) | x | 68.92 | 67.37 | 68.92 | q |
| 13 | B | Éva Orbán | Hungary (HUN) | 68.89 | 68.28 | x | 68.89 | |
| 14 | A | Amber Campbell | United States (USA) | 68.26 | 68.87 | x | 68.87 | |
| 15 | B | Jeneva McCall | United States (USA) | 68.26 | 65.22 | 65.45 | 68.26 | |
| 16 | B | Alena Matoshka | Belarus (BLR) | x | 68.23 | 67.88 | 68.23 | |
| 17 | B | Marina Marghiev | Moldova (MDA) | x | 67.95 | x | 67.95 | |
| 18 | B | Berta Castells | Spain (ESP) | 67.74 | 65.22 | 67.02 | 67.74 | |
| 19 | B | Nataliya Zolotukhina | Ukraine (UKR) | 67.44 | 67.57 | 65.93 | 67.57 | |
| 20 | B | Mona Holm | Norway (NOR) | 67.16 | 66.97 | x | 67.16 | |
| 21 | A | Joanna Fiodorow | Poland (POL) | x | 66.88 | x | 66.88 | |
| 22 | A | Alexandra Papageorgiou | Greece (GRE) | 64.38 | 65.58 | 66.77 | 66.77 | |
| 23 | A | Amy Sène | Senegal (SEN) | 66.15 | x | 61.31 | 66.15 | |
| 24 | A | Merja Korpela | Finland (FIN) | 63.93 | x | 65.64 | 65.64 | |
| 25 | A | Vânia Silva | Portugal (POR) | 64.46 | 65.40 | 64.18 | 65.40 | |
| 26 | B | Sophie Hitchon | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 61.91 | x | 64.93 | 64.93 | |
| 27 | B | Masumi Aya | Japan (JPN) | 60.14 | 64.09 | x | 64.09 | |
| 28 | A | Heather Steacy | Canada (CAN) | 63.39 | x | x | 63.39 | |
| 29 | B | Liu Tingting | China (CHN) | 61.45 | 62.17 | 63.12 | 63.12 | |
| 30 | A | Kang Na-Ru | South Korea (KOR) | 61.05 | x | x | 61.05 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Tatyana Lysenko | Russia (RUS) | 76.80 | 77.09 | 77.13 | 74.51 | 75.05 | x | 77.13 | SB |
| | Betty Heidler | Germany (GER) | x | 73.96 | 74.70 | x | 76.06 | x | 76.06 | |
| | Zhang Wenxiu | China (CHN) | 75.03 | 74.31 | x | 73.17 | 71.86 | 74.79 | 75.03 | |
| 4 | Yipsi Moreno | Cuba (CUB) | 73.29 | x | 74.48 | x | x | x | 74.48 | SB |
| 5 | Anita Włodarczyk | Poland (POL) | 73.56 | x | 72.61 | x | x | 72.65 | 73.56 | SB |
| 6 | Bianca Perie | Romania (ROM) | 67.73 | 70.40 | 67.75 | 70.24 | 70.91 | 72.04 | 72.04 | SB |
| 7 | Kathrin Klaas | Germany (GER) | 67.02 | 70.18 | 70.67 | 71.89 | 70.44 | x | 71.89 | |
| - | Zalina Marghieva | Moldova (MDA) | 69.99 | x | 68.13 | 70.24 | 70.27 | 68.76 | 70.27 | DQ |
| 8 | Silvia Salis | Italy (ITA) | 68.61 | 69.88 | x | | | | 69.88 | |
| 9 | Jennifer Dahlgren | Argentina (ARG) | 68.27 | x | 69.72 | | | | 69.72 | |
| 10 | Jessica Cosby | United States (USA) | x | 68.91 | 68.15 | | | | 68.91 | |
| 11 | Stéphanie Falzon | France (FRA) | 66.57 | x | x | | | | 66.57 | |