# 2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw

The women's hammer throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 27 to 28 September 2019.

## Summary

In the absence of world record holder Anita Włodarczyk, who has dominated hammer throwing since 2012, this was the first major championship opportunity for someone else. With the defending champion recovering from knee surgery, world leader DeAnna Price seized the opportunity on the second throw of the competition with a 76.87m that nobody would beat all day, except Price, who threw her best of 77.54 m (254 ft 4 in) in the third round. The next thrower into the ring was Włodarczyk's Polish teammate Joanna Fiodorow, who tried to pick up the slack, throwing her personal best 76.35m which dominated everybody else. Zalina Petrivskaya's first throw of the competition was dropped to third place after the first three throwers. She maintained that position until the middle of the fifth round when Wang Zheng's 74.76m grabbed bronze.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| World record | Anita Włodarczyk (POL) | 82.98 m | Warsaw, Poland | 28 August 2016 |
| Championship record | Anita Włodarczyk (POL) | 80.85 m | Beijing, China | 27 August 2015 |
| World Leading | DeAnna Price (USA) | 78.24 m | Des Moines, United States | 27 July 2019 |
| African Record | Amy Sene (SEN) | 69.70 m | Forbach, France | 25 May 2014 |
| Asian Record | Wang Zheng (CHN) | 77.68 m | Chengdu, China | 29 March 2014 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | DeAnna Price (USA) | 78.24 m | Des Moines, United States | 27 July 2019 |
| South American Record | Jennifer Dahlgren (ARG) | 73.74 m | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 10 April 2010 |
| European Record | Anita Włodarczyk (POL) | 82.98 m | Warsaw, Poland | 28 August 2016 |
| Oceanian record | Julia Ratcliffe (NZL) | 71.39 m | Townsville, Australia | 28 June 2019 |

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 71.00 m.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 27 September | 16:40 | Qualification |
| 28 September | 19:25 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 72.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | B | DeAnna Price | United States (USA) | 73.77 | | | 73.77 | Q |
| 2 | B | Zalina Petrivskaya | Moldova (MDA) | 73.40 | | | 73.40 | Q |
| 3 | A | Joanna Fiodorow | Poland (POL) | 73.39 | | | 73.39 | Q |
| 4 | B | Hanna Skydan | Azerbaijan (AZE) | x | 70.86 | 73.32 | 73.32 | Q, SB |
| 5 | A | Iryna Klymets | Ukraine (UKR) | 71.51 | 72.93 | | 72.93 | Q, PB |
| 6 | A | Alexandra Tavernier | France (FRA) | 72.91 | | | 72.91 | Q |
| 7 | B | Wang Zheng | China (CHN) | 72.65 | | | 72.65 | Q |
| 8 | A | Hanna Malyshik | Belarus (BLR) | 71.42 | 71.03 | 72.59 | 72.59 | Q |
| 9 | B | Martina Hrašnová | Slovakia (SVK) | 71.85 | 72.01 | | 72.01 | Q |
| 10 | A | Gwen Berry | United States (USA) | x | 71.72 | x | 71.72 | q |
| 11 | B | Alena Sobaleva | Belarus (BLR) | 70.26 | 70.28 | 71.52 | 71.52 | q, SB |
| 12 | A | Luo Na | China (CHN) | 71.35 | 71.12 | x | 71.35 | q |
| 13 | B | Malwina Kopron | Poland (POL) | x | x | 70.46 | 70.46 | |
| 14 | A | Julia Ratcliffe | New Zealand (NZL) | 67.07 | 70.45 | 68.21 | 70.45 | |
| 15 | B | Yelizaveta Tsareva | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 70.35 | 68.40 | 67.54 | 70.35 | |
| 16 | B | Anastasya Kalamoyets | Belarus (BLR) | x | x | 69.67 | 69.67 | |
| 17 | A | Stamatia Scarvelis | Greece (GRE) | 66.53 | 67.82 | 69.65 | 69.65 | |
| 18 | B | Bianca Florentina Ghelber | Romania (ROM) | 68.01 | 68.65 | x | 68.65 | |
| 19 | A | Sofiya Palkina | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 67.53 | 68.53 | 67.26 | 68.53 | |
| 20 | A | Brooke Andersen | United States (USA) | 66.73 | 68.46 | x | 68.46 | |
| 21 | B | Krista Tervo | Finland (FIN) | x | 66.47 | 68.25 | 68.25 | |
| 22 | B | Laura Igaune | Latvia (LAT) | 67.14 | 67.77 | 66.39 | 67.77 | |
| 23 | B | Réka Gyurátz | Hungary (HUN) | 67.28 | 67.41 | x | 67.41 | |
| 24 | B | Alona Shamotina | Ukraine (UKR) | 64.14 | 67.30 | x | 67.30 | |
| 25 | A | Liu Tingting | China (CHN) | x | 66.91 | 67.11 | 67.11 | |
| 26 | A | Sara Fantini | Italy (ITA) | 65.15 | 66.58 | x | 66.58 | |
| 27 | A | Barbara Špiler | Slovenia (SLO) | 65.55 | x | 65.76 | 65.76 | |
| 28 | A | Beatrice Nedberge Llano | Norway (NOR) | 65.55 | 64.51 | 65.51 | 65.55 | |
| 29 | B | Kateřina Šafránková | Czech Republic (CZE) | 62.65 | 63.55 | 65.46 | 65.46 | |
| 30 | A | Iryna Novozhylova | Ukraine (UKR) | 60.66 | 65.31 | 63.63 | 65.31 | |

### Final

The final was started on 28 September at 19:25.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Mark | Notes |
| | DeAnna Price | United States (USA) | 76.87 | x | 77.54 | 74.56 | 73.77 | 75.68 | 77.54 | |
| | Joanna Fiodorow | Poland (POL) | 76.35 | 74.77 | 72.78 | 74.69 | x | x | 76.35 | PB |
| | Wang Zheng | China (CHN) | 72.94 | x | x | 73.75 | 74.76 | x | 74.76 | |
| 4 | Zalina Petrivskaya | Moldova (MDA) | 73.73 | 73.60 | 74.33 | 70.49 | 74.27 | 72.94 | 74.33 | |
| 5 | Iryna Klymets | Ukraine (UKR) | 73.17 | 73.56 | x | 70.26 | 72.59 | 71.95 | 73.56 | PB |
| 6 | Alexandra Tavernier | France (FRA) | 71.50 | 70.48 | 73.31 | 72.24 | 73.33 | x | 73.33 | |
| 7 | Hanna Skydan | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 70.69 | 71.99 | 72.80 | 72.83 | 71.44 | 70.99 | 72.83 | |
| 8 | Luo Na | China (CHN) | 71.33 | 72.04 | 70.83 | 70.41 | 71.03 | x | 72.04 | |
| 9 | Martina Hrašnová | Slovakia (SVK) | 66.09 | 71.28 | x | | | | 71.28 | |
| 10 | Hanna Malyshik | Belarus (BLR) | 71.24 | 66.52 | 70.12 | | | | 71.24 | |
| 11 | Alena Sobaleva | Belarus (BLR) | 70.45 | x | 68.65 | | | | 70.45 | |
| | Gwen Berry | United States (USA) | x | x | x | | | | NM | NM |