2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw

Events at the 2003 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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)

Abbreviations[]

• All results shown are in metres

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			Distance
			1	2	3
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			Distance
			1	2	3
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						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	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

See also[]

• Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games - Women's hammer throw
• 2003 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

References[]

• Results
• hammerthrow.wz