# 2001 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's hammer throw

The women's hammer throw event at the 2001 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, at Olympisch Stadion on 12 and 13 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Manuela Montebrun France |
| Silver | Sini Pöyry Finland |
| Bronze | Cecilia Nilsson Sweden |

## Results
### Final

13 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
| | Manuela Montebrun | France | 57.58 | 65.61 | 62.63 | 66.40 | 66.73 | 65.04 | 66.73 | |
| | Sini Pöyry | Finland | 62.40 | 63.96 | 64.43 | x | x | 64.71 | 64.71 | |
| | Cecilia Nilsson | Sweden | 60.14 | 61.72 | x | 61.65 | 64.06 | x | 64.06 | |
| 4 | Vânia Silva | Portugal | x | 63.01 | 63.64 | 60.25 | 60.58 | 63.49 | 63.64 | |
| 5 | Merja Korpela | Finland | 58.70 | 62.44 | 60.16 | 62.71 | 63.51 | 57.65 | 63.51 | |
| 6 | Tatyana Gromoda | Belarus | 59.20 | 58.47 | 55.88 | 62.06 | 60.88 | 63.13 | 63.13 | |
| 7 | Bianca Achilles | Germany | x | 60.41 | x | x | 61.07 | 60.28 | 61.07 | |
| 8 | Julianna Tudja | Hungary | 57.93 | x | 60.00 | x | x | 60.52 | 60.52 | |
| 9 | Livia Marx | Hungary | 57.31 | 58.80 | 59.14 | | | | 59.14 | |
| 10 | Wendy Koolhaas | Netherlands | 56.83 | 58.47 | 58.51 | | | | 58.51 | |
| 11 | Kaisa Kintonen | Finland | x | 55.56 | x | | | | 55.56 | |
| 12 | Alexandra Papageorgiou | Greece | 52.54 | x | x | | | | 52.54 | |

### Qualifications

12 July Qualifying 63.00 or 12 best to the Final

#### Group A

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Bianca Achilles | Germany | 60.80 | q |
| 2 | Merja Korpela | Finland | 60.33 | q |
| 3 | Tatyana Gromoda | Belarus | 60.07 | q |
| 4 | Julianna Tudja | Hungary | 59.10 | q |
| 5 | Kaisa Kintonen | Finland | 58.29 | q |
| 6 | Wendy Koolhaas | Netherlands | 57.94 | q |
| 7 | Sónia Alves | Portugal | 57.70 | |
| 8 | Barbara Németh | Hungary | 57.66 | |
| 9 | Yelena Tauryanina | Russia | 57.53 | |
| 10 | Clarissa Claretti | Italy | 56.51 | |
| 11 | Amélie Perrin | France | 56.33 | |
| 12 | Maria José Conde | Portugal | 55.21 | |
| 13 | Marie Hilmersson | Sweden | 53.71 | |
| 14 | Zübeyde Yıldız | Turkey | 50.75 | |

#### Group B

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Manuela Montebrun | France | 64.03 | Q |
| 2 | Vânia Silva | Portugal | 62.18 | q |
| 3 | Sini Pöyry | Finland | 61.32 | q |
| 5 | Livia Marx | Hungary | 59.31 | q |
| 6 | Alexandra Papageorgiou | Greece | 58.32 | q |
| 7 | Olga Markevich | Belarus | 57.36 | |
| 8 | Eileen O'Keeffe | Ireland | 57.08 | |
| 9 | Debby van der Schilt | Netherlands | 56.68 | |
| 10 | Eva Danielsen | Norway | 55.76 | |
| 11 | Zoe Derham | United Kingdom | 55.53 | |
| 12 | Eva Charfreitagová | Slovakia | 54.55 | |
| 13 | Virginia Balut | Romania | 53.67 | |
| 14 | Klára Chytrá | Czech Republic | 51.33 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.
* Belarus (2)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Finland (3)
* France (2)
* Germany (1)
* Greece (1)
* Hungary (3)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (1)
* Netherlands (2)
* Norway (1)
* Portugal (3)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (1)
* Slovakia (1)
* Sweden (2)
* Turkey (1)
* United Kingdom (1)