# 2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw

The Women's Hammer Throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 28, 2007 (qualification) and August 30, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. The qualification standard was set at 71.00 metres.
The winning margin was 2 cm. As of 2024, this remains the only time the women's hammer throw was won by less than 4 cm at these championships.

## Medalists

| Gold | Betty Heidler Germany (GER) |
| Silver | Yipsi Moreno Cuba (CUB) |
| Bronze | Zhang Wenxiu China (CHN) |

## Schedule

* All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 28.08.2007 – 10:00h | 28.08.2007 – 11:35h |
| Final Round ||
| 30.08.2007 – 19:30h ||

## 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 2007 World Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) | 77.80 m | August 15, 2006 | Tallinn, Estonia |
| Championships Record | Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | 75.20 m | August 24, 1999 | Seville, Spain |
| Season Best | Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) | 77.30 m | April 22, 2007 | Bogatyr Adler, Russia |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Nation | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Nation | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Ivana Brkljačić | Croatia (CRO) | 74.69 | — | — | 74.69 m | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Betty Heidler | Germany (GER) | X | 72.27 | — | 72.27 m | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Manuela Montebrun | France (FRA) | 69.02 | 69.77 | 69.40 | 69.77 m | q |
| 4 | 10 | Arasay Thondike | Cuba (CUB) | 69.14 | 68.39 | X | 69.14 m | q |
| 5 | 11 | Gulfiya Khanafeyeva | Russia (RUS) | 65.91 | X | 68.65 | 68.65 m | q |
| 6 | 13 | Martina Danišová | Slovakia (SVK) | X | 67.13 | 68.15 | 68.15 m | |
| 7 | 14 | Cecilia Nilsson | Sweden (SWE) | 68.09 | 67.01 | 64.30 | 68.09 m | |
| 8 | 18 | Alexandra Papayeoryiou | Greece (GRE) | 66.88 | X | X | 66.88 m | |
| 9 | 19 | Yelena Priyma | Russia (RUS) | X | 61.79 | 66.84 | 66.84 m | |
| 10 | 23 | Sviatlana Sudak-Torun | Turkey (TUR) | 65.65 | 65.22 | X | 65.65 m | |
| 11 | 25 | Jennifer Dahlgren | Argentina (ARG) | 65.64 | X | X | 65.64 m | |
| 12 | 30 | Berta Castells | Spain (ESP) | 63.32 | X | 60.93 | 63.32 m | |
| 13 | 31 | Liu Yinghui | China (CHN) | X | 62.83 | 62.62 | 62.83 m | |
| 14 | 32 | Masumi Aya | Japan (JPN) | 61.55 | 62.68 | 59.43 | 62.68 m | |
| 15 | 33 | Mihaela Melinte | Romania (ROM) | X | X | 62.40 | 62.40 m | |
| 16 | 34 | Vânia Silva | Portugal (POR) | X | 56.28 | 61.81 | 61.81 m | |
| 17 | 36 | Katalin Divós | Hungary (HUN) | 57.22 | 59.45 | 58.61 | 59.45 m | |
| 18 | 38 | Brittany Riley | United States (USA) | X | X | 55.72 | 55.72 m | |
| — | — | Susanne Keil | Germany (GER) | X | X | X | NM | |
| — | — | Aksana Miankova | Belarus (BLR) | X | X | X | NM | |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Nation | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Nation | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Yipsi Moreno | Cuba (CUB) | 72.87 | — | — | 72.87 m | Q SB |
| 2 | 4 | Zhang Wenxiu | China (CHN) | X | 71.31 | — | 71.31 m | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Eileen O'Keeffe | Ireland (IRL) | 71.07 | — | — | 71.07 m | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Yelena Konevtseva | Russia (RUS) | 70.29 | 70.65 | — | 70.65 m | q |
| 5 | 7 | Kamila Skolimowska | Poland (POL) | 66.57 | 69.57 | 70.18 | 70.18 m | q |
| 6 | 9 | Clarissa Claretti | Italy (ITA) | X | X | 69.53 | 69.53 m | q |
| 7 | 12 | Yunaika Crawford | Cuba (CUB) | 65.64 | 66.80 | 68.55 | 68.55 m | q |
| 8 | 15 | Jessica Cosby | United States (USA) | 63.44 | 67.90 | 66.36 | 67.90 m | |
| 9 | 16 | Merja Korpela | Finland (FIN) | 67.87 | 65.89 | X | 67.87 m | |
| 10 | 17 | Stéphanie Falzon | France (FRA) | 66.37 | 66.82 | 67.19 | 67.19 m | |
| 11 | 20 | Amélie Perrin | France (FRA) | X | 66.67 | 66.51 | 66.67 m | |
| 12 | 21 | Lenka Ledvinová | Czech Republic (CZE) | 66.57 | 63.22 | 65.71 | 66.57 m | |
| 13 | 22 | Olga Kuzenkova | Russia (RUS) | 66.56 | X | 65.09 | 66.56 m | |
| 14 | 24 | Mona Holm | Norway (NOR) | X | 63.16 | 65.65 | 65.65 m | |
| 15 | 26 | Kristal Yush | United States (USA) | 61.74 | 64.24 | 64.63 | 64.63 m | |
| 16 | 27 | Bianca Perie | Romania (ROM) | 64.18 | 60.09 | 62.10 | 64.18 m | |
| 17 | 28 | Kathrin Klaas | Germany (GER) | X | X | 64.00 | 64.00 m | |
| 18 | 29 | Nataliya Zolotukhina | Ukraine (UKR) | 61.27 | 63.64 | 62.58 | 63.64 m | |
| 19 | 35 | Rosa Rodríguez | Venezuela (VEN) | 58.43 | 61.77 | 61.56 | 61.77 m | |
| 20 | 37 | Hao Shuai | China (CHN) | X | 59.09 | X | 59.09 m | |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Betty Heidler | Germany (GER) | X | 74.76 | X | 73.73 | 71.31 | 73.10 | 74.76 m | |
| | Yipsi Moreno | Cuba (CUB) | 72.84 | X | X | 74.33 | 70.87 | 74.74 | 74.74 m | |
| | Zhang Wenxiu | China (CHN) | X | 73.11 | X | 74.21 | 74.39 | X | 74.39 m | |
| 4 | Kamila Skolimowska | Poland (POL) | 73.75 | 70.54 | 65.69 | 70.78 | 70.06 | 70.77 | 73.75 m | |
| 5 | Yelena Konevtseva | Russia (RUS) | 72.45 | 70.11 | X | X | 70.35 | 68.90 | 72.45 m | |
| 6 | Eileen O'Keeffe | Ireland (IRL) | 70.93 | 64.27 | 69.06 | 66.90 | 69.21 | 69.38 | 70.93 m | |
| 7 | Clarissa Claretti | Italy (ITA) | X | 70.25 | 70.73 | 67.56 | 70.74 | X | 70.74 m | |
| 8 | Manuela Montebrun | France (FRA) | 69.77 | 70.36 | 67.42 | 69.16 | 66.41 | 69.92 | 70.36 m | |
| 9 | Arasay Thondike | Cuba (CUB) | 65.84 | 70.20 | 67.65 | | | | 70.20 m | |
| 10 | Gulfiya Khanafeyeva | Russia (RUS) | 67.79 | X | 69.08 | | | | 69.08 m | |
| 11 | Ivana Brkljačić | Croatia (CRO) | 68.16 | X | X | | | | 68.16 m | |
| 12 | Yunaika Crawford | Cuba (CUB) | 67.30 | X | 67.56 | | | | 67.56 m | |