2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw

Women's hammer throw
at the European Athletics Championships

The final of the Women's hammer throw event at the 2002 European Championships in Munich, Germany was held on August 9, 2002. There were a total number of 44 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged two days earlier, on August 7, with the mark set at 66.00 metres.

On 8 March 2013, the IAAF announced that following retesting of samples taken at the championships, it had been found that Olga Kuzenkova of Russia had taken a banned substance. It was not announced whether this would mean an alteration in the medal result.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Russia Olga Kuzenkova
Russia (RUS)
Silver Poland Kamila Skolimowska
Poland (POL)
Bronze France Manuela Montebrun
France (FRA)

Abbreviations

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  • 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

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Standing records prior to the 2002 European Athletics Championships
World Record  Mihaela Melinte (ROM) 76.07 m August 29, 1999 Switzerland Rüdlingen, Switzerland
Event Record  Mihaela Melinte (ROM) 71.17 m August 22, 1998 Hungary Budapest, Hungary
Broken records during the 2002 European Athletics Championships
Event Record  Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) 72.30 m August 9, 2002 Germany Munich, Germany
Event Record  Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) 72.94 m August 9, 2002 Germany Munich, Germany

Qualification

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Group A

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Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 1  Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) 68.45 m
2 2  Manuela Montebrun (FRA) 67.74 m
3 4  Susanne Keil (GER) 66.67 m
4 6  Ester Balassini (ITA) 65.84 m
5 9  Alexandra Papageorgiou (GRE) 64.74 m
6 14  Iryna Sekachova (UKR) 63.13 m
7 17  Ivana Brkljačić (CRO) 62.46 m
8 20  Lorraine Shaw (GBR) 61.50 m
9 21  Julianna Tudja (HUN) 61.46 m
10 22  Volha Tsander (BLR) 61.39 m
11 23  Yelena Tauryanina (RUS) 61.22 m
12 24  Agnieszka Pogroszewska (POL) 60.87 m
13 28  Dolores Pedrares (ESP) 57.85 59.93 58.30 59.93 m
14 29  María José Conde (POR) 59.87 m
15 30  Eileen O'Keeffe (IRL) 59.64 m
16 31  Manuela Priemer (GER) 59.30 m
17 34  Katri Rasanen (FIN) 57.61 m
18 37  Eva Danielsen (NOR) 56.48 m
19 39  Eleni Teloni (CYP) 55.81 m
20 41  Wendy Koolhaas (NED) 53.99 m
21 42  Emilijana Ciko (ALB) 53.65 m
22 43  Lenka Ledvinová (CZE) 47.65 m

Group B

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Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 3  Florence Ezeh (FRA) 66.84 m
2 5  Kamila Skolimowska (POL) 66.11 m
3 7  Clarissa Claretti (ITA) 65.43 m
4 8  Sini Pöyry (FIN) 64.87 m
5 10  Evdokia Tsamoglou (GRE) 64.70 m
6 11  Andrea Bunjes (GER) 64.38 m
7 12  Alla Davydova (RUS) 63.38 m
8 13  Lucie Vrbenská (CZE) 63.17 m
9 15  Cecilia Nilsson (SWE) 62.85 m
10 16  Sonia Alves (POR) 62.50 m
11 18  Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR) 62.18 m
12 19  Marina Rezanova (UKR) 61.77 m
13 25  Merja Korpela (FIN) 60.67 m
14 26  Martina Denisová (SVK) 60.28 m
15 27  Aksana Miankova (BLR) 60.13 m
16 32  Monica Torazzi (ITA) 58.38 m
17 33  Vânia Silva (POR) 58.22 m
18 35  Berta Castells (ESP) X 57.15 56.98 57.15 m
19 36  Sanja Gavrilović (CRO) 56.98 m
20 38  Livia Marx (HUN) 56.20 m
21 40  Zübeyde Yıldız (TUR) 54.32 m
 Debbie van der Schilt (NED) X X X NM

Final

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Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) 72.30 68.41 X 72.94 72.89 72.71 72.94 m CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Kamila Skolimowska (POL) 69.38 68.62 68.35 72.46 65.94 X 72.46 m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Manuela Montebrun (FRA) 70.69 63.36 72.04 X 68.78 70.34 72.04 m
4  Florence Ezeh (FRA) X 64.94 66.82 68.03 X 65.86 68.03 m PB
5  Sini Pöyry (FIN) 67.47 66.73 67.05 64.13 65.76 65.85 67.47 m
6  Ester Balassini (ITA) 64.85 66.29 67.27 X 66.86 X 67.27 m
7  Alexandra Papageorgiou (GRE) 63.32 66.49 63.74 59.41 61.23 64.05 66.49 m
8  Clarissa Claretti (ITA) 57.84 66.25 X 64.19 X X 66.25 m
9  Alla Davydova (RUS) 62.53 65.30 65.92 65.92 m
10  Susanne Keil (GER) 63.85 63.61 65.20 65.20 m
11  Andrea Bunjes (GER) 64.92 X X 64.92 m
12  Evdokia Tsamoglou (GRE) 64.19 61.81 64.16 64.19 m

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Helsinki retests uncover adverse findings". Archived from the original on 2013-03-26. Retrieved 2013-03-08.