2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw

2012 World Junior 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
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
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
10,000 m 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 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 12 and 14 July.^[1][2][3]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Alexandra Tavernier  France	Alexia Sedykh  France	Alena Navahrodskaya  Belarus

Records[]

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record	Zhang Wenxiu (CHN)	73.24 m	Changsha, China	24 June 2005
Championship Record	Bianca Perie (ROU)	67.95 m	Bydgoszcz, Poland	9 July 2008
World Junior Leading	Alexandra Tavernier (FRA)	68.44 m	Forbach, France	27 May 2012
Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Championship Record & World Junior Leading	Alexandra Tavernier (FRA)	70.62	Barcelona, Spain	14 July 2012

Qualification[]

Qual. rule: qualification standard 62.00 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Note
1	B	Alexandra Tavernier	France	66.22			66.22	Q
2	B	Alena Navahrodskaya	Belarus	59.44	65.61		65.61	Q
3	A	Alexia Sedykh	France	65.54			65.54	Q
4	A	Julia Ratcliffe	New Zealand	X	63.22		63.22	Q
5	B	Na Luo	China	61.54	X	59.45	61.54	q
6	A		Greece	60.09	X	61.01	61.01	q
7	B		Romania	X	51.01	60.92	60.92	q, PB
8	B		Great Britain	60.75	58.70	55.87	60.75	q, PB
9	A		United States	X	60.19	X	60.19	q
10	A	Réka Gyurátz	Hungary	X	56.22	60.01	60.01	q
11	A		Russia	59.93	54.34	53.34	59.93	q
12	B		Netherlands	59.32	X	57.57	59.32	q
13	A		Australia	53.67	58.87	58.94	58.94
14	B		Russia	57.46	58.78	X	58.78
15	B		Finland	X	57.99	58.01	58.01
16	B		Spain	X	53.49	57.93	57.93
17	B		Australia	57.87	X	X	57.87	PB
18	B	DeAnna Price	United States	55.03	56.34	57.82	57.82
19	B		Ukraine	57.45	X	X	57.45	SB
20	B		Croatia	56.11	56.03	56.65	56.65
21	A		Romania	50.13	56.18	54.84	56.18
22	A	Yolanda González	Mexico	49.35	55.66	55.19	55.66
23	A		Slovenia	54.19	54.45	53.86	54.45
24	B		Slovakia	X	54.30	X	54.30
25	A		Venezuela	51.11	X	54.23	54.23
26	B		Paraguay	X	53.14	X	53.14
27	A		Cyprus	X	52.42	52.19	52.42
28	A	Marinda Petersson	Sweden	50.25	49.61	X	50.25
29	B		Greece	X	49.16	X	49.16
30	B		Poland	X	45.19	X	45.19
-	A	Al'ona Shamotina	Ukraine	X	X	X	NM
-	A		Argentina	X	X	X	NM
-	B		Turkey	X	X	X	NM
-	B		Sweden	X	X	X	NM
-	B		Hungary	X	X	X	NM
-	A	Hanna Zinchuk	Belarus	X	X	X	NM
-	A	Malwina Kopron	Poland	X	X	X	NM
-	A		Finland	X	X	X	NM
-	A		Serbia	X	X	X	NM

Final[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Note
	Alexandra Tavernier	France	66.14	X	X	70.62	69.12	X	70.62	CR
	Alexia Sedykh	France	65.29	67.34	64.99	66.76	63.74	65.64	67.34
	Alena Navahrodskaya	Belarus	62.96	67.13	X	63.26	X	60.89	67.13	PB
4	Julia Ratcliffe	New Zealand	60.62	67.00	65.90	X	66.63	65.33	67.00	AJ
5		Greece	61.00	60.36	63.32	58.90	59.62	X	63.32	PB
6	Na Luo	China	X	60.28	63.19	59.77	59.89	X	63.19
7		Netherlands	61.63	59.40	X	X	59.08	56.27	61.63
8	Réka Gyurátz	Hungary	57.25	60.88	59.46	X	58.38	60.09	60.88
9		Russia	58.70	55.85	60.72				60.72
10		United States	X	58.62	X				58.62
11		Romania	57.67	X	58.09				58.09
12		Great Britain	56.46	56.49	X				56.49

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 39 athletes from 27 countries participated in the event.

References[]

External links[]

• WJC12 Hammer throw schedule