# 2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw

The final of the Women's hammer throw event at the 2002 European Championships in Munich, Germany was held on August 9, 2002. There were a total number of 44 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged two days earlier, on August 7, with the mark set at 66.00 metres.
On 8 March 2013, the IAAF announced that following retesting of samples taken at the championships, it had been found that Olga Kuzenkova of Russia had taken a banned substance. It was not announced whether this would mean an alteration in the medal result.

## Medalists

| Gold | Olga Kuzenkova Russia (RUS) |
| Silver | Kamila Skolimowska Poland (POL) |
| Bronze | Manuela Montebrun France (FRA) |

## 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 2002 European Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | 76.07 m | August 29, 1999 | Rüdlingen, Switzerland |
| Event Record | Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | 71.17 m | August 22, 1998 | Budapest, Hungary |
| Broken records during the 2002 European Athletics Championships |||||
| Event Record | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | 72.30 m | August 9, 2002 | Munich, Germany |
| Event Record | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | 72.94 m | August 9, 2002 | Munich, Germany |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 1 | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | | | | 68.45 m |
| 2 | 2 | Manuela Montebrun (FRA) | | | | 67.74 m |
| 3 | 4 | Susanne Keil (GER) | | | | 66.67 m |
| 4 | 6 | Ester Balassini (ITA) | | | | 65.84 m |
| 5 | 9 | Alexandra Papageorgiou (GRE) | | | | 64.74 m |
| 6 | 14 | Iryna Sekachova (UKR) | | | | 63.13 m |
| 7 | 17 | Ivana Brkljačić (CRO) | | | | 62.46 m |
| 8 | 20 | Lorraine Shaw (GBR) | | | | 61.50 m |
| 9 | 21 | Julianna Tudja (HUN) | | | | 61.46 m |
| 10 | 22 | Volha Tsander (BLR) | | | | 61.39 m |
| 11 | 23 | Yelena Tauryanina (RUS) | | | | 61.22 m |
| 12 | 24 | Agnieszka Pogroszewska (POL) | | | | 60.87 m |
| 13 | 28 | Dolores Pedrares (ESP) | 57.85 | 59.93 | 58.30 | 59.93 m |
| 14 | 29 | María José Conde (POR) | | | | 59.87 m |
| 15 | 30 | Eileen O'Keeffe (IRL) | | | | 59.64 m |
| 16 | 31 | Manuela Priemer (GER) | | | | 59.30 m |
| 17 | 34 | Katri Rasanen (FIN) | | | | 57.61 m |
| 18 | 37 | Eva Danielsen (NOR) | | | | 56.48 m |
| 19 | 39 | Eleni Teloni (CYP) | | | | 55.81 m |
| 20 | 41 | Wendy Koolhaas (NED) | | | | 53.99 m |
| 21 | 42 | Emilijana Ciko (ALB) | | | | 53.65 m |
| 22 | 43 | Lenka Ledvinová (CZE) | | | | 47.65 m |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 3 | Florence Ezeh (FRA) | | | | 66.84 m |
| 2 | 5 | Kamila Skolimowska (POL) | | | | 66.11 m |
| 3 | 7 | Clarissa Claretti (ITA) | | | | 65.43 m |
| 4 | 8 | Sini Pöyry (FIN) | | | | 64.87 m |
| 5 | 10 | Evdokia Tsamoglou (GRE) | | | | 64.70 m |
| 6 | 11 | Andrea Bunjes (GER) | | | | 64.38 m |
| 7 | 12 | Alla Davydova (RUS) | | | | 63.38 m |
| 8 | 13 | Lucie Vrbenská (CZE) | | | | 63.17 m |
| 9 | 15 | Cecilia Nilsson (SWE) | | | | 62.85 m |
| 10 | 16 | Sonia Alves (POR) | | | | 62.50 m |
| 11 | 18 | Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR) | | | | 62.18 m |
| 12 | 19 | Marina Rezanova (UKR) | | | | 61.77 m |
| 13 | 25 | Merja Korpela (FIN) | | | | 60.67 m |
| 14 | 26 | Martina Denisová (SVK) | | | | 60.28 m |
| 15 | 27 | Aksana Miankova (BLR) | | | | 60.13 m |
| 16 | 32 | Monica Torazzi (ITA) | | | | 58.38 m |
| 17 | 33 | Vânia Silva (POR) | | | | 58.22 m |
| 18 | 35 | Berta Castells (ESP) | X | 57.15 | 56.98 | 57.15 m |
| 19 | 36 | Sanja Gavrilović (CRO) | | | | 56.98 m |
| 20 | 38 | Livia Marx (HUN) | | | | 56.20 m |
| 21 | 40 | Zübeyde Yıldız (TUR) | | | | 54.32 m |
| — | — | Debbie van der Schilt (NED) | X | X | X | NM |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | 72.30 | 68.41 | X | 72.94 | 72.89 | 72.71 | 72.94 m | CR |
| | Kamila Skolimowska (POL) | 69.38 | 68.62 | 68.35 | 72.46 | 65.94 | X | 72.46 m | |
| | Manuela Montebrun (FRA) | 70.69 | 63.36 | 72.04 | X | 68.78 | 70.34 | 72.04 m | |
| 4 | Florence Ezeh (FRA) | X | 64.94 | 66.82 | 68.03 | X | 65.86 | 68.03 m | PB |
| 5 | Sini Pöyry (FIN) | 67.47 | 66.73 | 67.05 | 64.13 | 65.76 | 65.85 | 67.47 m | |
| 6 | Ester Balassini (ITA) | 64.85 | 66.29 | 67.27 | X | 66.86 | X | 67.27 m | |
| 7 | Alexandra Papageorgiou (GRE) | 63.32 | 66.49 | 63.74 | 59.41 | 61.23 | 64.05 | 66.49 m | |
| 8 | Clarissa Claretti (ITA) | 57.84 | 66.25 | X | 64.19 | X | X | 66.25 m | |
| 9 | Alla Davydova (RUS) | 62.53 | 65.30 | 65.92 | | | | 65.92 m | |
| 10 | Susanne Keil (GER) | 63.85 | 63.61 | 65.20 | | | | 65.20 m | |
| 11 | Andrea Bunjes (GER) | 64.92 | X | X | | | | 64.92 m | |
| 12 | Evdokia Tsamoglou (GRE) | 64.19 | 61.81 | 64.16 | | | | 64.19 m | |