# 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's hammer throw

The women's hammer throw event at the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadion on 17 and 20 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Kamila Skolimowska Poland |
| Silver | Aksana Menkova Belarus |
| Bronze | Gulfiya Khanafeyeva Russia |

## Results
### Final

20 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
| | Kamila Skolimowska | Poland | 69.24 | 71.38 | 65.75 | 69.48 | – | 62.48 | 71.38 | CR |
| | Aksana Menkova | Belarus | 65.12 | x | 67.58 | 65.83 | 66.40 | 65.71 | 67.58 | |
| | Gulfiya Khanafeyeva | Russia | 65.08 | 66.98 | 64.73 | 65.38 | x | 65.39 | 66.98 | |
| 4 | Betty Heidler | Germany | x | 60.97 | 63.22 | 66.49 | 65.57 | x | 66.49 | |
| 5 | Tatyana Lysenko | Russia | 63.58 | 51.76 | 64.48 | 63.31 | 63.74 | x | 64.48 | |
| 6 | Merja Korpela | Finland | 60.85 | 63.02 | 58.96 | 63.04 | 64.44 | 63.24 | 64.44 | |
| 7 | Sanja Gavrilović | Croatia | 61.37 | 63.10 | x | 62.69 | 63.39 | 63.88 | 63.88 | |
| 8 | Ivana Brkljačić | Croatia | 62.92 | x | x | 63.04 | x | x | 63.04 | |
| 9 | Bianca Achilles | Germany | 62.51 | x | 59.54 | | | | 62.51 | |
| 10 | Debby van der Schilt | Netherlands | 59.52 | 61.90 | x | | | | 61.90 | |
| 11 | Shirley Webb | Great Britain | 58.71 | x | 59.81 | | | | 59.81 | |
| | Marina Lapina | Azerbaijan | x | x | x | | | | NM | |

### Qualifications

17 July Qualifying 64.50 or 12 best to the Final

#### Group A

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Gulfiya Khanafeyeva | Russia | 65.28 | Q |
| 2 | Merja Korpela | Finland | 63.97 | q |
| 3 | Ivana Brkljačić | Croatia | 63.31 | q |
| 4 | Bianca Achilles | Germany | 63.01 | q |
| 5 | Martina Danišová | Slovakia | 60.36 | |
| 6 | Małgorzata Zadura | Poland | 59.81 | |
| 7 | Eileen O'Keeffe | Ireland | 59.64 | |
| 8 | Stiliani Papadopoulou | Greece | 58.68 | |
| 9 | Katariina Lahti | Finland | 57.95 | |
| 10 | Marie Hilmersson | Sweden | 54.43 | |
| 11 | Aurélie Philippon | France | 53.92 | |
| 12 | Rebecka Kvist | Sweden | 47.95 | |
| | Alina Joaca Bine | Romania | NM | |

#### Group B

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Kamila Skolimowska | Poland | 66.02 | Q |
| 2 | Aksana Menkova | Belarus | 65.98 | Q |
| 3 | Betty Heidler | Germany | 63.41 | q |
| 4 | Sanja Gavrilović | Croatia | 62.93 | q |
| 5 | Shirley Webb | Great Britain | 61.90 | q |
| 6 | Debby van der Schilt | Netherlands | 61.57 | q |
| 7 | Tatyana Lysenko | Russia | 61.32 | q |
| 8 | Marina Lapina | Azerbaijan | 61.18 | q |
| 9 | Stéphanie Falzon | France | 59.15 | |
| 10 | Mona Holm | Norway | 57.31 | |
| 11 | Elisa Palmieri | Italy | 53.57 | |
| 12 | Johanna Doyle | Ireland | 53.19 | |
| 13 | Jenni Viljanen | Finland | 52.88 | |
| | Karin Engström | Sweden | NM | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.
* Azerbaijan (1)
* Belarus (1)
* Croatia (2)
* Finland (3)
* France (2)
* Germany (2)
* Great Britain (1)
* Greece (1)
* Ireland (2)
* Italy (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (2)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (2)
* Slovakia (1)
* Sweden (3)