# 2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw

The women's hammer throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 5 and 7 August.

## Summary

As the only woman to have thrown over 80 metres, world record holder Anita Włodarczyk was the clear favourite. While she was the first to throw over 70 metres in this competition, the next thrower, the home team's Sophie Hitchon threw better. By the end of the round, four more women threw better, the early leader was Włodarczyk's Polish teammate Malwina Kopron with a throw of 74.46 metres. In the second round, Wang Zheng jumped from second to first with a throw of 75.94 metres. The third Pole in the competition Joanna Fiodorow moved into third place with a throw of 73.02 metres. In the third round, Fiodorow was displaced by Zhang Wenxiu, then three throwers later by Hanna Skydan with a throw of 73.38 metres. During that round, Włodarczyk had improved to 71.94 metres, but was in sixth place only 60 centimetres ahead of the last qualifying spot for the final three attempts. In the fourth round, Włodarczyk finally broke through getting off a throw of 77.39 metres to take the lead. Nobody would be able to improve upon that, but Włodarczyk wasn't done, throwing 77.90 metres in the fifth round. Wang threw her best of 75.98 metres on her final attempt but it couldn't catch Włodarczyk. Nobody else could beat Kopron's first round throw to get a medal.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date | Location |
| World | 82.98 | Anita Włodarczyk | POL | 28 Aug 2016 | Warsaw, Poland |
| Championship | 80.85 | Anita Włodarczyk | POL | 27 Aug 2015 | Beijing, China |
| World leading | 82.87 | Anita Włodarczyk | POL | 29 Jul 2017 | Cetniewo, Poland |
| African | 69.70 | Amy Sène | SEN | 25 May 2014 | Forbach, France |
| Asian | 77.68 | Zheng Wang | CHN | 29 Mar 2014 | Chengdu, China |
| NACAC | 76.77 | Gwen Berry | USA | 6 May 2017 | Oxford, United States |
| South American | 73.74 | Jennifer Dahlgren | ARG | 10 Apr 2010 | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| European | 82.98 | Anita Włodarczyk | POL | 28 Aug 2016 | Warsaw, Poland |
| Oceanian | 71.12 | Bronwyn Eagles | AUS | 6 Feb 2003 | Adelaide, Australia |
No records were set at the competition.

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 71.00 metres.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 5 August | 11:35 | Qualification |
| 7 August | 20:00 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

The qualification round took place on 5 August, in two groups, with Group A starting at 10:34 and Group B starting at 12:06. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 71.50 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | A | Malwina Kopron | Poland (POL) | 74.97 | | | 74.97 | Q |
| 2 | B | Anita Włodarczyk | Poland (POL) | 74.61 | | | 74.61 | Q |
| 3 | A | Sophie Hitchon | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 73.05 | | | 73.05 | Q |
| 4 | A | Hanna Malyshchyk | Belarus (BLR) | 72.79 | | | 72.79 | Q |
| 5 | B | DeAnna Price | United States (USA) | x | 72.78 | | 72.78 | Q |
| 6 | B | Alexandra Tavernier | France (FRA) | 72.69 | | | 72.69 | Q, SB |
| 7 | A | Wang Zheng | China (CHN) | 71.89 | | | 71.89 | Q |
| 8 | B | Hanna Skydan | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 71.78 | | | 71.78 | Q |
| 9 | B | Joanna Fiodorow | Poland (POL) | 71.72 | | | 71.72 | Q |
| 10 | B | Zhang Wenxiu | China (CHN) | 71.39 | 70.37 | 70.87 | 71.39 | q |
| 11 | A | Kateřina Šafránková | Czech Republic (CZE) | 67.93 | x | 70.67 | 70.67 | q |
| 12 | B | Kathrin Klaas | Germany (GER) | 69.22 | x | 70.33 | 70.33 | q |
| 13 | B | Luo Na | China (CHN) | x | 69.54 | 69.37 | 69.54 | |
| 14 | A | Gwen Berry | United States (USA) | 65.09 | 69.12 | x | 69.12 | |
| 15 | A | Kivilcim Kaya | Turkey (TUR) | 66.33 | 67.76 | 66.93 | 67.76 | |
| 16 | B | Réka Gyurátz | Hungary (HUN) | x | 67.48 | 60.93 | 67.48 | |
| 17 | A | Ida Storm | Sweden (SWE) | 67.39 | x | x | 67.39 | |
| 18 | B | Anna Maria Orel | Estonia (EST) | 64.80 | 62.80 | 67.37 | 67.37 | |
| 19 | A | Zalina Petrivskaya | Moldova (MDA) | x | x | 67.05 | 67.05 | |
| 20 | B | Marinda Petersson | Sweden (SWE) | 63.11 | 66.46 | xx | 66.46 | |
| 21 | B | Magdalyn Ewen | United States (USA) | x | 66.24 | 65.14 | 66.24 | |
| 22 | A | Berta Castells | Spain (ESP) | 63.09 | 66.11 | 66.05 | 66.11 | |
| 23 | A | Iryna Novozhylova | Ukraine (UKR) | 65.78 | 66.02 | 65.52 | 66.02 | |
| 24 | A | Bianca Perie-Ghelber | Romania (ROM) | 65.07 | x | x | 65.07 | |
| 25 | A | Alyona Shamotina | Ukraine (UKR) | 62.63 | 64.03 | 64.88 | 64.88 | |
| 26 | A | Julia Ratcliffe | New Zealand (NZL) | 64.67 | 64.72 | 61.88 | 64.72 | |
| 27 | B | Marina Nikişenko | Moldova (MDA) | 63.72 | 62.92 | 64.63 | 64.63 | |
| 28 | A | Nikola Lomnická | Slovakia (SVK) | 64.60 | x | 63.32 | 64.60 | |
| 29 | B | Iryna Klymets | Ukraine (UKR) | 61.24 | 64.20 | 60.76 | 64.20 | |
| 30 | A | Susen Küster | Germany (GER) | 59.33 | 62.33 | x | 62.33 | |
| | B | Jillian Weir | Canada (CAN) | x | x | x | NM | |
| | B | Jennifer Dahlgren | Argentina (ARG) | x | x | x | NM | |

### Final

The final took place on 7 August at 18:59. The results were as follows:
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Mark | Notes |
| | Anita Włodarczyk | Poland (POL) | 70.45 | x | 71.94 | 77.39 | 77.90 | 73.91 | 77.90 | |
| | Wang Zheng | China (CHN) | 74.31 | 75.94 | 75.00 | 74.86 | 74.52 | 75.98 | 75.98 | |
| | Malwina Kopron | Poland (POL) | 74.76 | x | x | x | 69.90 | 71.66 | 74.76 | |
| 4 | Zhang Wenxiu | China (CHN) | 69.70 | x | 73.19 | 70.62 | 74.53 | 72.21 | 74.53 | SB |
| 5 | Hanna Skydan | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 72.45 | 72.38 | 73.38 | 71.70 | x | 71.77 | 73.38 | |
| 6 | Joanna Fiodorow | Poland (POL) | x | 73.02 | 72.41 | 73.04 | 71.69 | 72.67 | 73.04 | |
| 7 | Sophie Hitchon | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 71.47 | 71.62 | 71.80 | x | 70.81 | 72.32 | 72.32 | |
| 8 | Kateřina Šafránková | Czech Republic (CZE) | 71.34 | x | x | x | x | 66.26 | 71.34 | SB |
| 9 | DeAnna Price | United States (USA) | 65.20 | 67.46 | 70.04 | | | | 70.04 | |
| 10 | Hanna Malyshchyk | Belarus (BLR) | 69.43 | x | 69.00 | | | | 69.43 | |
| 11 | Kathrin Klaas | Germany (GER) | 67.83 | 68.91 | x | | | | 68.91 | |
| 12 | Alexandra Tavernier | France (FRA) | x | 66.31 | 66.01 | | | | 66.31 | |