# 2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw

The final of the Women's Hammer Throw event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada was held on Tuesday August 7, 2001. There were a total number of 34 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged on Monday August 6, with the mark set at 67.00 metres.

## Medalists

| Gold | Yipsi Moreno Cuba (CUB) |
| Silver | Olga Kuzenkova Russia (RUS) |
| Bronze | Bronwyn Eagles Australia (AUS) |

## Schedule

* All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 06.08.2001 – 13:00h | 06.08.2001 – 14:50h |
| Final Round ||
| 07.08.2001 – 20:05h ||

## Startlist

| Order | № | Athlete | Season Best | Personal Best |
| GROUP A |||||
| 1 | 202 | Marwa Hussein (EGY) | 62.16 | 62.16 |
| 2 | 29 | Karyne Di Marco (AUS) | 64.32 | 65.38 |
| 3 | 758 | Martina Danišová (SVK) | 68.50 | 68.50 |
| 4 | 685 | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | 73.62 | 75.68 |
| 5 | 193 | Lucie Vrbenská (CZE) | 65.41 | 65.41 |
| 6 | 278 | Manuela Montebrun (FRA) | 70.28 | 71.18 |
| 7 | 253 | Mia Strömmer (FIN) | 69.63 | 69.63 |
| 8 | 424 | Ester Balassini (ITA) | 68.50 | 68.50 |
| 9 | 841 | Melissa Price (USA) | 66.25 | 66.25 |
| 10 | 348 | Kirsten Münchow (GER) | 68.09 | 69.28 |
| 11 | 371 | Evdokia Tsamoglou (GRE) | 65.83 | 65.83 |
| 12 | 66 | Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR) | 65.57 | 69.92 |
| 13 | 608 | Agnieszka Pogroszewska (POL) | 67.98 | 67.98 |
| 14 | 170 | Ivana Brkljačić (CRO) | 66.49 | 68.18 |
| 15 | 838 | Anna Norgren (USA) | 66.88 | 66.88 |
| 16 | 141 | Zhang Wenxiu (CHN) | 66.30 | 66.30 |
| 17 | 463 | Masumi Aya (JPN) | 62.13 | 62.13 |
| GROUP B |||||
| 1 | 340 | Susanne Keil (GER) | 68.07 | 68.07 |
| 2 | 594 | Tasha Williams (NZL) | 65.91 | 65.91 |
| 3 | 206 | Nancy Guillén (ESA) | 62.43 | 62.43 |
| 4 | 313 | Lorraine Shaw (GBR) | 68.15 | 68.15 |
| 5 | 819 | Dawn Ellerbe (USA) | 70.62 | 70.62 |
| 6 | 763 | Cecilia Nilsson (SWE) | 64.53 | 64.53 |
| 7 | 252 | Sini Pöyry (FIN) | 66.31 | 66.31 |
| 8 | 71 | Olga Tsander (BLR) | 68.94 | 69.81 |
| 9 | 187 | Markéta Hajdu (CZE) | 65.91 | 65.91 |
| 10 | 22 | Bronwyn Eagles (AUS) | 68.83 | 68.83 |
| 11 | 182 | Yipsi Moreno (CUB) | 70.41 | 70.41 |
| 12 | 19 | Lisa Misipeka (ASA) | 67.00 | 67.55 |
| 13 | 614 | Kamila Skolimowska (POL) | 68.48 | 71.16 |
| 14 | 264 | Florence Ezeh (FRA) | 66.85 | 66.85 |
| 15 | 126 | Caroline Wittrin (CAN) | 62.03 | 63.47 |
| 16 | 15 | Karina Moya (ARG) | 62.16 | 62.16 |
| 17 | 627 | Vânia Silva (POR) | 63.64 | 63.64 |

## 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 2001 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 | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | 73.62 m | February 24, 2001 | Adler, Russia |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 1 | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | 70.43 | — | — | 70.43 m |
| 2 | 3 | Manuela Montebrun (FRA) | 67.92 | — | — | 67.92 m |
| 3 | 7 | Kirsten Münchow (GER) | 65.69 | X | 63.77 | 65.69 m |
| 4 | 8 | Melissa Price (USA) | 65.65 | 62.54 | X | 65.65 m |
| 5 | 10 | Ivana Brkljačić (CRO) | 63.47 | 63.79 | 65.01 | 65.01 m |
| 6 | 11 | Zhang Wenxiu (CHN) | 64.52 | X | 61.05 | 64.52 m |
| 7 | 17 | Anna Norgren (USA) | X | 63.26 | 63.74 | 63.74 m |
| 8 | 18 | Agnieszka Pogroszewska (POL) | X | 63.59 | X | 63.59 m |
| 9 | 19 | Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR) | 61.63 | 63.58 | X | 63.58 m |
| 10 | 21 | Evdokia Tsamoglou (GRE) | 61.50 | 60.00 | 61.97 | 61.97 m |
| 11 | 23 | Martina Danisová (SVK) | 57.25 | 60.79 | 61.26 | 61.26 m |
| 12 | 24 | Mia Strömmer (FIN) | 60.52 | X | 61.04 | 61.04 m |
| 13 | 25 | Lucie Vrbenská (CZE) | X | 56.76 | 60.01 | 60.01 m |
| 14 | 26 | Karyne Di Marco (AUS) | 59.42 | X | 59.80 | 59.80 m |
| 15 | 29 | Masumi Aya (JPN) | 58.84 | 56.89 | 58.70 | 58.84 m |
| 16 | 30 | Marwa Hussein (EGY) | 54.50 | 58.41 | X | 58.41 m |
| — | — | Ester Balassini (ITA) | X | X | X | NM |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 2 | Bronwyn Eagles (AUS) | 68.35 | — | — | 68.35 m |
| 2 | 4 | Kamila Skolimowska (POL) | 67.43 | — | — | 67.43 m |
| 3 | 5 | Yipsi Moreno (CUB) | 65.01 | X | 66.60 | 66.60 m |
| 4 | 6 | Florence Ezeh (FRA) | 65.71 | 61.92 | 65.57 | 65.71 m |
| 5 | 9 | Olga Tsander (BLR) | 65.18 | 62.24 | X | 65.18 m |
| 6 | 12 | Lorraine Shaw (GBR) | 64.37 | X | 63.61 | 64.37 m |
| 7 | 13 | Dawn Ellerbe (USA) | 64.34 | 63.66 | 61.62 | 64.34 m |
| 8 | 14 | Susanne Keil (GER) | 64.06 | X | X | 64.06 m |
| 9 | 15 | Tasha Williams (NZL) | 62.09 | 63.79 | 63.83 | 63.83 m |
| 10 | 16 | Sini Pöyry (FIN) | 61.59 | 63.76 | X | 63.76 m |
| 11 | 20 | Lisa Misipeka (ASA) | X | 63.34 | 60.73 | 63.34 m |
| 12 | 22 | Cecilia Nilsson (SWE) | 61.07 | 61.53 | 59.63 | 61.53 m |
| 13 | 27 | Caroline Wittrin (CAN) | 59.30 | X | X | 59.30 m |
| 14 | 28 | Vânia Silva (POR) | 58.50 | 58.85 | 58.91 | 58.91 m |
| 15 | 31 | Nancy Guillén (ESA) | X | 57.96 | X | 57.96 m |
| 16 | 32 | Karina Moya (ARG) | X | 56.77 | 57.01 | 57.01 m |
| 17 | 33 | Markéta Hajdu (CZE) | 53.09 | 55.77 | X | 55.77 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) | 69.55 | 69.34 | 70.65 | 61.45 | 68.84 | 66.95 | 70.65 m | AR |
| | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | 70.61 | 69.94 | X | X | X | 69.78 | 70.61 m | |
| | Bronwyn Eagles (AUS) | 67.62 | 68.87 | 64.64 | 63.81 | 68.17 | 67.43 | 68.87 m | |
| 4 | Kamila Skolimowska (POL) | 67.74 | 67.88 | 67.07 | 68.05 | 67.93 | 68.02 | 68.05 m | |
| 5 | Manuela Montebrun (FRA) | 67.78 | 66.82 | X | X | 67.74 | X | 67.78 m | |
| 6 | Lorraine Shaw (GBR) | 64.04 | 65.89 | 63.68 | 63.66 | 64.95 | 62.38 | 65.89 m | |
| 7 | Florence Ezeh (FRA) | 63.66 | 65.30 | 64.93 | 65.88 | 65.76 | 64.66 | 65.88 m | |
| 8 | Ivana Brkljačić (CRO) | 65.43 | X | X | X | 62.94 | X | 65.43 m | |
| 9 | Kirsten Münchow (GER) | 62.51 | X | 64.39 | | | | 64.39 m | |
| 10 | Volha Tsander (BLR) | X | 64.10 | X | | | | 64.10 m | |
| 11 | Zhang Wenxiu (CHN) | 61.61 | 60.15 | 60.70 | | | | 61.61 m | |
| 12 | Melissa Price (USA) | 61.57 | 60.58 | 59.51 | | | | 61.57 m | |