2012 African Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw

2012 African Championships in Athletics
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	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
20 km walk	men	women
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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The women's hammer throw at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 29 June.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Amy Sène  Senegal
Silver	Laetitia Bambara  Burkina Faso
Bronze	Sarah Bensaad  Tunisia

Records[]

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
World record	Betty Heidler (GER)	79.42	Halle, Germany	21 May 2011
African record	Amy Sène (SEN)	69.10	Angers, France	15 June 2012
Championship record	Marwa Hussein (EGY)	66.14	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	17 July 2004

Schedule[]

Results[]

Final[]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#5	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Amy Sène	Senegal	65.49	65.05	x	65.55	x	63.10	65.55
	Laetitia Bambara	Burkina Faso	62.55	65.08	x	61.24	x	61.26	65.08
	Sarah Bensaad	Tunisia	x	59.75	60.75	60.48	59.02	57.29	60.75
4		Egypt	59.70	59.42	59.52	x	x	58.93	59.70
5		Kenya	56.14	x	58.07	57.02	x	x	58.07
6	Zouina Bouzebra	Algeria	55.57	56.42	55.84	56.67	56.66	57.31	57.31
7		Ghana	54.75	52.73	53.09	47.31	52.56	x	54.75
8		South Africa	51.90	x	x	52.65	51.55	52.09	52.65
		Egypt							DNS

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