# 2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw

These are the official results of the Women's Hammer Throw event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 44 participating athletes, with the final held on Thursday 28 August 2003.

## Medalists

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

## Schedule

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 26.08.2003 – 10:05h | 26.08.2003 – 12:00h |
| Final Round ||
| 28.08.2003 – 20:45h ||

## 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 2003 World Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | 76.07 m | August 29, 1999 | Rüdlingen, Switzerland |
| Event Record | Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | 75.20 m | August 24, 1999 | Seville, Spain |
| Season Best | Yipsi Moreno (CUB) | 75.14 m | July 17, 2003 | Savona, Italy |

## Startlist

| Order | № | Athlete | Season Best | Personal Best |
| GROUP A |||||
| 1 | 202 | Volha Tsander (BLR) | 70.02 | 76.66 |
| 2 | 424 | Andrea Bunjes (GER) | 69.33 | 70.73 |
| 3 | 489 | Evdokia Tsamoglou (GER) | 68.12 | 68.12 |
| 4 | 46 | Brooke Krueger (AUS) | 67.40 | 70.72 |
| 5 | 566 | Clarissa Claretti (ITA) | 67.43 | 71.98 |
| 6 | 904 | Alla Davydova (RUS) | 69.17 | 69.17 |
| 7 | 1127 | Dawn Ellerbe (USA) | 68.33 | 70.62 |
| 8 | 927 | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | 74.98 | 75.68 |
| 9 | 1034 | Cecilia Nilsson (SWE) | 63.49 | 69.03 |
| 10 | 1154 | Melissa Myerscough (USA) | 67.59 | 67.59 |
| 11 | 855 | Vânia Silva (POR) | 68.14 | 68.82 |
| 12 | 370 | Manuela Montebrun (FRA) | 74.50 | 74.66 |
| 13 | 444 | Susanne Keil (GER) | 71.93 | 72.74 |
| 14 | 615 | Masumi Aya (JPN) | 64.04 | 67.26 |
| 15 | 168 | Gu Yuan (CHN) | 72.03 | 72.36 |
| 16 | 233 | Yunaika Crawford (CUB) | 70.69 | 73.16 |
| 17 | 843 | Kamila Skolimowska (POL) | 71.38 | 76.83 |
| 18 | 244 | Aldenay Vasallo (CUB) | 69.72 | 69.72 |
| 19 | 225 | Sanja Gavrilovic (CRO) | 67.72 | 68.48 |
| 20 | 185 | Zhao Wei (CHN) | 70.67 | 70.67 |
| 21 | 289 | Berta Castells (ESP) | 65.70 | 68.87 |
| 22 | 1071 | Candice Scott (TRI) | 69.79 | 71.45 |
| GROUP B |||||
| 1 | 276 | Marwa Hussein (EGY) | 65.26 | 68.48 |
| 2 | 521 | Katalin Divós (HUN) | 67.40 | 70.79 |
| 3 | 224 | Ivana Brkljačić (CRO) | 68.03 | 75.08 |
| 4 | 921 | Yelena Konevtseva (RUS) | 69.59 | 76.21 |
| 5 | 341 | Sini Pöyry (FIN) | 67.64 | 69.16 |
| 6 | 409 | Lorraine Shaw (GBR) | 68.93 | 68.93 |
| 7 | 351 | Florence Ezeh (FRA) | 67.51 | 68.03 |
| 8 | 879 | Mihaela Melinte (ROU) | 71.99 | 76.07 |
| 9 | 183 | Zhang Wenxiu (CHN) | 70.60 | 74.86 |
| 10 | 1100 | Iryna Sekachova (UKR) | 72.96 | 74.31 |
| 11 | 109 | Aksana Miankova (BLR) | 67.58 | 76.86 |
| 12 | 439 | Betty Heidler (GER) | 70.42 | 76.55 |
| 13 | 1144 | Anna Mahon (USA) | 71.33 | 72.01 |
| 14 | 31 | Lisa Misipeka (ASA) | 69.24 | 69.24 |
| 15 | 242 | Yipsi Moreno (CUB) | 75.14 | 76.36 |
| 16 | 44 | Bronwyn Eagles (AUS) | 71.12 | 71.12 |
| 17 | 249 | Eleni Teloni (CYP) | 65.04 | 65.04 |
| 18 | 564 | Ester Balassini (ITA) | 70.43 | 73.59 |
| 19 | 113 | Sviatlana Sudak (BLR) | 68.55 | 69.80 |
| 20 | 484 | Alexandra Papayeoryiou (GRE) | 69.98 | 70.33 |
| 21 | 208 | Siniva Marsters (COK) | 48.47 | 48.47 |
| 22 | 259 | Lucie Vrbenská (CZE) | 67.86 | 67.86 |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 1 | Manuela Montebrun (FRA) | 71.36 | — | — | 71.36 m |
| 2 | 3 | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | X | 67.89 | 69.53 | 69.53 m |
| 3 | 5 | Candice Scott (TRI) | 67.27 | 65.86 | 63.10 | 67.27 m |
| 4 | 8 | Kamila Skolimowska (POL) | 66.38 | 66.01 | X | 66.38 m |
| 5 | 9 | Susanne Keil (GER) | 61.56 | 66.30 | 61.10 | 66.30 m |
| 6 | 10 | Melissa Price (USA) | 66.13 | X | X | 66.13 m |
| 7 | 11 | Gu Yuan (CHN) | 61.14 | 64.03 | 66.02 | 66.02 m |
| 8 | 16 | Brooke Krueger (AUS) | 63.97 | 64.84 | X | 64.84 m |
| 9 | 19 | Yunaika Crawford (CUB) | 59.59 | X | 64.59 | 64.59 m |
| 10 | 23 | Zhao Wei (CHN) | 60.50 | 63.85 | 61.91 | 63.85 m |
| 11 | 24 | Vânia Silva (POR) | 62.75 | X | 63.82 | 63.82 m |
| 12 | 27 | Clarissa Claretti (ITA) | X | 58.99 | 62.19 | 62.19 m |
| 13 | 29 | Dawn Ellerbe (USA) | 61.66 | 56.00 | 60.19 | 61.66 m |
| 14 | 30 | Evdokia Tsamoglou (GRE) | X | X | 61.44 | 61.44 m |
| 15 | 31 | Alla Davydova (RUS) | 60.93 | 60.84 | 61.43 | 61.43 m |
| 16 | 33 | Cecilia Nilsson (SWE) | X | 60.09 | 61.14 | 61.14 m |
| 17 | 34 | Masumi Aya (JPN) | 60.51 | X | 60.78 | 60.78 m |
| 18 | 36 | Aldenay Vasallo (CUB) | 58.96 | 58.71 | 58.43 | 58.96 m |
| 19 | 37 | Berta Castells (ESP) | 57.64 | 58.13 | X | 58.13 m |
| — | — | Sanja Gavrilovic (CRO) | X | X | X | NM |
| — | — | Olga Tsander (BLR) | X | X | X | NM |
| — | — | Andrea Bunjes (GER) | X | X | X | NM |
| — | — | Melissa Myerscough (USA) | X | X | X | DSQ |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 2 | Yipsi Moreno (CUB) | 66.78 | 67.20 | 70.91 | 70.91 m |
| 2 | 4 | Betty Heidler (GER) | 67.46 | X | X | 67.46 m |
| 3 | 6 | Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | 67.23 | 65.39 | 67.27 | 67.27 m |
| 4 | 7 | Anna Mahon (USA) | 66.83 | 66.16 | 67.25 | 67.25 m |
| 5 | 10 | Lorraine Shaw (GBR) | 66.10 | 63.53 | 64.60 | 66.10 m |
| 6 | 12 | Svetlana Sudak (BLR) | 65.29 | 61.92 | X | 65.29 m |
| 7 | 13 | Zhang Wenxiu (CHN) | 65.09 | X | X | 65.09 m |
| 8 | 14 | Sini Pöyry (FIN) | 60.49 | 65.00 | 65.01 | 65.01 m |
| 9 | 15 | Bronwyn Eagles (AUS) | 64.82 | 64.97 | 61.25 | 64.97 m |
| 10 | 17 | Ester Balassini (ITA) | 64.04 | 64.77 | 60.57 | 64.77 m |
| 11 | 18 | Alexandra Papayeoryiou (GRE) | 64.72 | 59.94 | X | 64.72 m |
| 12 | 20 | Marwa Hussein (EGY) | 64.53 | 63.92 | 64.21 | 64.53 m |
| 13 | 21 | Lisa Misipeka (ASA) | 63.10 | 61.49 | 64.42 | 64.42 m |
| 14 | 22 | Aksana Miankova (BLR) | X | 64.11 | 61.60 | 64.11 m |
| 15 | 25 | Yelena Konevtseva (RUS) | 63.00 | 59.40 | 62.88 | 63.00 m |
| 16 | 26 | Katalin Divós (HUN) | X | 59.60 | 62.58 | 62.58 m |
| 17 | 28 | Florence Ezeh (FRA) | 62.12 | 57.41 | 61.73 | 62.12 m |
| 18 | 32 | Iryna Sekachova (UKR) | X | 61.23 | 56.91 | 61.23 m |
| 19 | 35 | Ivana Brkljačić (CRO) | 56.16 | 60.06 | X | 60.06 m |
| 20 | 38 | Lucie Vrbenská (CZE) | X | 56.69 | 57.73 | 57.73 m |
| 21 | 39 | Eleni Teloni (CYP) | 55.20 | X | 52.83 | 55.20 m |
| 22 | 40 | Siniva Marsters (COK) | X | 41.54 | 39.60 | 41.54 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) | 71.02 | 73.33 | 72.52 | 69.84 | 64.98 | X | 73.33 m | |
| | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | 68.71 | 71.14 | X | 71.71 | 70.73 | 65.86 | 71.71 m | |
| | Manuela Montebrun (FRA) | 69.38 | 68.61 | 68.37 | 70.92 | 69.64 | X | 70.92 m | |
| 4 | Gu Yuan (CHN) | 68.68 | 69.66 | 70.77 | X | X | 66.13 | 70.77 m | |
| 5 | Susanne Keil (GER) | 69.43 | X | 69.17 | X | 68.38 | 67.41 | 69.43 m | |
| 6 | Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | 68.04 | 68.69 | X | 68.03 | X | X | 68.69 m | |
| 7 | Anna Mahon (USA) | 66.48 | 65.42 | 68.45 | 64.55 | 68.30 | 67.34 | 68.45 m | |
| 8 | Kamila Skolimowska (POL) | 66.05 | 68.39 | X | 65.83 | X | 65.85 | 68.39 m | |
| 9 | Candice Scott (TRI) | 66.75 | 66.80 | 67.73 | | | | 67.73 m | |
| 10 | Lorraine Shaw (GBR) | 65.66 | 65.95 | 63.92 | | | | 65.95 m | |
| 11 | Betty Heidler (GER) | 65.81 | 64.20 | X | | | | 65.81 m | |
| — | Melissa Price (USA) | X | X | 62.34 | | | | DSQ | |