# Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's hammer throw

The women's hammer throw competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 23–25 August.

## Competition format

Each athlete receives three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieve the qualifying distance progress to the final. If less than twelve athletes achieve this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reach the final. Each finalist is allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.

## Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Monday, 23 August 2004 | 09:00 | Qualification |
| Wednesday, 25 August 2004 | 22:10 | Final |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | 76.06 m | Rüdlingen, Switzerland | 29 August 1999 |
| Olympic record | Kamila Skolimowska (POL) | 71.16 m | Sydney, Australia | 29 September 2000 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Result | Record |
| 21 August | Qualification A | Gu Yuan | China | 71.65 m | OR |
| 21 August | Qualification B | Olga Kuzenkova | Russia | 73.71 m | OR |
| 23 August | Final | Olga Kuzenkova | Russia | 75.02 m | OR |

## Results
### Qualifying round

Rule: Qualifying standard 68.50 (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | B | Olga Kuzenkova | Russia | 73.71 | — | — | 73.71 | Q, OR |
| 2 | B | Yunaika Crawford | Cuba | 71.74 | — | — | 71.74 | Q |
| 3 | A | Gu Yuan | China | 71.65 | — | — | 71.65 | Q, AS |
| 4 | A | Iryna Sekachova | Ukraine | 66.57 | 71.63 | — | 71.63 | Q |
| 5 | B | Zhang Wenxiu | China | 71.56 | — | — | 71.56 | Q |
| 6 | A | Andrea Bunjes | Germany | 70.73 | — | — | 70.73 | Q, PB |
| 7 | A | Yipsi Moreno | Cuba | 70.56 | — | — | 70.56 | Q |
| 8 | B | Betty Heidler | Germany | 66.20 | 69.81 | — | 69.81 | Q |
| 9 | B | Volha Tsander | Belarus | 66.20 | x | 69.61 | 69.61 | Q |
| 10 | A | Kamila Skolimowska | Poland | 67.29 | 68.66 | — | 68.66 | Q |
| 11 | B | Alexandra Papageorgiou | Greece | 64.59 | 68.58 | — | 68.58 | Q |
| 12 | B | Candice Scott | Trinidad and Tobago | x | 66.97 | 68.27 | 68.27 | q |
| 13 | A | Ivana Brkljačić | Croatia | 63.21 | 68.21 | 68.15 | 68.21 | |
| 14 | B | Liu Yinghui | China | 66.67 | 66.30 | 68.12 | 68.12 | |
| 15 | B | Manuela Montebrun | France | 64.31 | 67.74 | 67.90 | 67.90 | |
| 16 | A | Yelena Konevtseva | Russia | 66.88 | 67.83 | x | 67.83 | |
| 17 | A | Katalin Divós | Hungary | 67.39 | 67.64 | x | 67.64 | |
| 18 | A | Julianna Tudja | Hungary | 62.80 | 65.94 | 66.85 | 66.85 | |
| 19 | B | Tatyana Lysenko | Russia | x | 66.82 | 65.57 | 66.82 | |
| 20 | A | Erin Gilreath | United States | 66.71 | 65.46 | 66.52 | 66.71 | |
| 21 | B | Susanne Keil | Germany | 66.35 | x | x | 66.35 | |
| 22 | A | Berta Castells | Spain | 64.30 | x | 66.05 | 66.05 | |
| 23 | B | Sini Pöyry | Finland | 66.05 | x | 64.35 | 66.05 | |
| 24 | B | Éva Orbán | Hungary | 65.76 | 63.68 | 63.31 | 65.76 | |
| 25 | A | Maryia Smaliachkova | Belarus | 65.68 | 65.31 | x | 65.68 | |
| 26 | A | Ester Balassini | Italy | x | 54.97 | 65.58 | 65.58 | |
| 27 | A | Yuka Murofushi | Japan | 65.33 | x | 63.42 | 65.33 | |
| 28 | A | Clarissa Claretti | Italy | 62.43 | x | 65.06 | 65.06 | |
| 29 | B | Anna Mahon | United States | 64.11 | 64.99 | 61.65 | 64.99 | |
| 30 | B | Lorraine Shaw | Great Britain | 63.06 | 63.13 | 64.79 | 64.79 | |
| 31 | B | Sviatlana Sudak | Belarus | x | x | 64.42 | 64.42 | |
| 32 | A | Bronwyn Eagles | Australia | x | 64.09 | x | 64.09 | |
| 33 | A | Brooke Krueger | Australia | 63.00 | x | 63.88 | 63.88 | |
| 34 | A | Vânia Silva | Portugal | 63.81 | 61.77 | 61.44 | 63.81 | |
| 35 | A | Evdokia Tsamoglou | Greece | 57.56 | 62.76 | x | 62.76 | |
| 36 | B | Violeta Guzmán | Mexico | 62.76 | 58.18 | 61.45 | 62.76 | |
| 37 | B | Aldenay Vasallo | Cuba | 62.64 | 60.71 | 61.08 | 62.64 | |
| 38 | B | Marwa Hussein | Egypt | 62.27 | x | 57.24 | 62.27 | |
| 39 | B | Jackie Jeschelnig | United States | 58.00 | x | 62.23 | 62.23 | |
| 40 | B | Stiliani Papadopoulou | Greece | 61.48 | 61.61 | x | 61.61 | |
| 41 | A | Shirley Webb | Great Britain | 61.60 | x | x | 61.60 | |
| 42 | A | Lucie Vrbenská | Czech Republic | x | 60.14 | 60.29 | 60.29 | |
| 43 | A | Jennifer Dahlgren | Argentina | x | x | 59.52 | 59.52 | |
| 44 | B | Deborah Sosimenko | Australia | x | 57.79 | 57.62 | 57.79 | |
| 45 | A | Sanja Gavrilović | Croatia | 56.79 | x | x | 56.79 | |
| 46 | B | Marina Lapina | Azerbaijan | 55.34 | 50.60 | x | 55.34 | |
| | A | Eleni Teloni | Cyprus | x | — | — | NM | |
| | B | Lisa Misipeka | American Samoa | x | x | — | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
| | Olga Kuzenkova | Russia | 73.18 | 74.27 | 75.02 | x | 72.60 | 74.92 | 75.02 | OR |
| | Yipsi Moreno | Cuba | x | 72.68 | x | x | 73.36 | x | 73.36 | |
| | Yunaika Crawford | Cuba | 70.98 | 71.43 | 73.16 | x | x | 70.06 | 73.16 | PB |
| 4 | Betty Heidler | Germany | x | 67.71 | 72.73 | 72.47 | 70.21 | 68.49 | 72.73 | NR |
| 5 | Kamila Skolimowska | Poland | 69.91 | 68.50 | 72.57 | x | x | 67.06 | 72.57 | SB |
| 6 | Volha Tsander | Belarus | 66.17 | 70.15 | 72.27 | 65.01 | x | 68.63 | 72.27 | |
| 7 | Zhang Wenxiu | China | x | 72.03 | x | 68.03 | x | x | 72.03 | |
| 8 | Iryna Sekachova | Ukraine | 69.40 | 70.11 | 67.34 | 66.40 | 70.40 | x | 70.40 | |
| 9 | Candice Scott | Trinidad and Tobago | 63.13 | 69.94 | 68.51 | | | | 69.94 | NR |
| 10 | Gu Yuan | China | 67.59 | 68.62 | 69.76 | | | | 69.76 | |
| 11 | Andrea Bunjes | Germany | 68.40 | 61.78 | 68.22 | | | | 68.40 | |
| 12 | Alexandra Papageorgiou | Greece | x | 63.26 | 66.83 | | | | 66.83 | |