# 2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw

The Women's Hammer Throw event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 10 and August 12. The qualification standard was set at 70.00 metres or at least the best 12 qualified for the final round.

## Medalists

| Gold | Yipsi Moreno Cuba (CUB) |
| Silver | Tatyana Lysenko Russia (RUS) |
| Bronze | Manuela Montebrun France (FRA) |

## Schedule

* All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 10.08.2005 – 14:00h | 10.08.2005 – 15:40h |
| Final Round ||
| 12.08.2005 – 19:50h ||

## 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 2005 World Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) | 77.06 m | July 15, 2005 | Moscow, Russia |
| Event Record | Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | 75.20 m | August 24, 1999 | Seville, Spain |
| Season Best | Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) | 77.06 m | July 15, 2005 | Moscow, Russia |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 1 | Yipsi Moreno (CUB) | 72.67 | — | — | 72.67 m |
| 2 | 3 | Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) | 71.14 | — | — | 71.14 m |
| 3 | 4 | Kamila Skolimowska (POL) | 69.26 | 70.28 | — | 70.28 m |
| 4 | 6 | Mihaela Melinte (ROU) | 67.83 | 68.31 | 66.63 | 68.31 m |
| 5 | 7 | Clarissa Claretti (ITA) | 63.06 | 68.21 | 66.39 | 68.21 m |
| 6 | 11 | Zhang Wenxiu (CHN) | X | 66.73 | X | 66.73 m |
| 7 | 12 | Nataliya Zolotukhina (UKR) | 65.49 | 66.36 | 66.27 | 66.36 m |
| 8 | 15 | Darya Pchelnik (BLR) | X | X | 65.54 | 65.54 m |
| 9 | 16 | Berta Castells (ESP) | X | 63.56 | 65.50 | 65.50 m |
| 10 | 20 | Éva Orbán (HUN) | X | 64.26 | 64.10 | 64.26 m |
| 11 | 21 | Sini Pöyry (FIN) | X | 64.24 | X | 64.24 m |
| 12 | 24 | Bethany Hart (USA) | 63.97 | 61.95 | X | 63.97 m |
| 13 | 27 | Cecilia Nilsson (SWE) | X | 60.24 | 62.27 | 62.27 m |
| 14 | 28 | Betty Heidler (GER) | X | X | 61.91 | 61.91 m |
| — | — | Jennifer Dahlgren (ARG) | X | X | X | NM |
| — | — | Yekaterina Khoroshikh (RUS) | X | X | X | NM |
| — | — | Kathrin Klaas (GER) | X | X | X | NM |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 2 | Manuela Montebrun (FRA) | 68.64 | 71.63 | — | 71.63 m |
| 2 | 5 | Iryna Sekachova (UKR) | 67.08 | 68.55 | X | 68.55 m |
| 3 | 8 | Susanne Keil (GER) | 67.82 | X | X | 67.82 m |
| 4 | 9 | Erin Gilreath (USA) | 67.41 | 63.15 | 65.19 | 67.41 m |
| 5 | 10 | Candice Scott (TRI) | 66.85 | 64.99 | 59.70 | 66.85 m |
| 6 | 13 | Volha Tsander (BLR) | X | X | 66.07 | 66.07 m |
| 7 | 14 | Ivana Brkljačić (CRO) | 65.63 | 63.62 | 65.32 | 65.63 m |
| 8 | 17 | Amber Campbell (USA) | 61.20 | 65.48 | 61.43 | 65.48 m |
| 9 | 18 | Stiliani Papadopoulou (GRE) | 64.23 | 64.99 | 61.68 | 64.99 m |
| 10 | 19 | Jennifer Joyce (CAN) | 61.88 | X | 64.34 | 64.34 m |
| 11 | 20 | Shirley Webb (GBR) | X | 64.16 | 63.91 | 64.16 m |
| 12 | 21 | Eileen O'Keeffe (IRL) | X | 64.09 | 63.71 | 64.09 m |
| 13 | 25 | Yunaika Crawford (CUB) | X | 63.79 | X | 63.79 m |
| 14 | 26 | Yuka Murofushi (JPN) | 56.43 | 62.83 | X | 62.83 m |
| 15 | 29 | Amarilys Alméstica (PUR) | 56.66 | X | X | 56.66 m |
| — | — | Gu Yuan (CHN) | X | X | X | NM |
| — | — | Ester Balassini (ITA) | X | X | X | NM |
| n/a | n/a | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | X | 71.97 | — | 71.97 m |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Yipsi Moreno (CUB) | 70.39 | X | 70.88 | 71.26 | 73.08 | 73.04 | 73.08 m | |
| | Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) | X | 70.30 | 68.44 | 68.92 | 72.46 | 71.68 | 72.46 m | |
| | Manuela Montebrun (FRA) | 67.92 | 68.93 | 66.99 | 71.41 | 71.02 | 70.80 | 71.41 m | |
| 4 | Zhang Wenxiu (CHN) | 68.16 | 65.90 | 68.31 | 69.82 | 66.68 | 68.53 | 69.82 m | |
| 5 | Iryna Sekachova (UKR) | 69.65 | 67.26 | 67.59 | 68.62 | 68.08 | 68.15 | 69.65 m | |
| 6 | Kamila Skolimowska (POL) | 68.96 | 67.14 | 68.76 | 68.34 | 67.01 | X | 68.96 m | |
| 7 | Candice Scott (TRI) | 66.55 | 63.16 | 63.79 | X | X | 63.32 | 66.55 m | |
| 8 | Clarissa Claretti (ITA) | X | 64.28 | 64.76 | | | | 64.76 m | |
| 9 | Erin Gilreath (USA) | 64.54 | 64.01 | 63.38 | | | | 64.54 m | |
| 10 | Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | 64.31 | X | 63.94 | | | | 64.31 m | |
| 11 | Susanne Keil (GER) | X | X | 63.25 | | | | 63.25 m | |
| n/a | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | X | 68.94 | 70.70 | 70.80 | 74.03 | 75.10 | 75.10 m | DQ |