2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw

2002 European Athletics Championships
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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[edit]

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

Abbreviations[edit]

• All results shown are in metres

Records[edit]

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

Qualification[edit]

Group A[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	72.30	68.41	X	72.94	72.89	72.71	72.94 m	CR
	Kamila Skolimowska (POL)	69.38	68.62	68.35	72.46	65.94	X	72.46 m
	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[edit]

• 2000 Women's Olympic Hammer Throw (Sydney)
• 2001 Women's World Championships Hammer Throw (Edmonton)
• 2002 Hammer Throw Year Ranking
• 2003 Women's World Championships Hammer Throw (Paris)
• 2004 Women's Olympic Hammer Throw (Athens)

References[edit]

• Results Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
• todor66
• athletix
• hammerthrow.wz