1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw

1998 European Athletics 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
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
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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The final of the Women's Hammer Throw event at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary was held on Saturday August 22, 1998. There were a total number of 35 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged a day earlier, on Friday August 21, with the mark set at 61.50 metres. It was the first time in history that women competed in the hammer throw at the European Championships.

Gold	Mihaela Melinte Romania (ROM)
Silver	Olga Kuzenkova Russia (RUS)
Bronze	Kirsten Münchow Germany (GER)

• All results shown are in metres

Standing records prior to the 1998 European Athletics Championships
World Record	Mihaela Melinte (ROM)	73.14 m	July 16, 1998	Poiana Brasov, Romania
Event Record	New Event
Season Best	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	73.80 m [1]	May 15, 1998	Togliattigrad, Russia
Broken records during the 1998 European Athletics Championships
Event Record	Mihaela Melinte (ROM)	71.17 m	August 22, 1998	Budapest, Hungary

Rank	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
		1	2	3
1	Mihaela Melinte (ROM)				68.65 m
2	Kirsten Münchow (GER)				66.81 m
3	Svetlana Sudak (BLR)				64.12 m
4	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)				64.10 m
5	Kamila Skolimowska (POL)				62.72 m	SB
6	Alla Davydova (RUS)				62.69 m
7	Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR)				62.46 m
8	Simone Mathes (GER)				62.25 m
9	Katalin Divós (HUN)				61.62 m
10	Lorraine Shaw (GBR)				61.11 m
11	Lyn Sprules (GBR)				60.64 m	SB
12	Manuela Priemer (GER)				59.15 m
13	Agnieszka Pogroszewska (POL)				58.88 m
14	Florence Ezeh (FRA)				58.72 m
15	Sini Pöyry (FIN)				58.61 m
16	Tatyana Konstantinova (RUS)				58.35 m
17	Jolanta Borawska (POL)				57.79 m
18	Mia Strömmer (FIN)				57.40 m
19	Ester Balassini (ITA)				56.42 m
20	Julianna Tudja (HUN)				55.90 m
21	Iryna Sekachova (UKR)				55.37 m
22	Cécile Lignot-Maubert (FRA)				54.68 m
23	Dolores Pedrares (ESP)	52.10	54.34	51.01	54.34 m
24	Barbara Sugar (HUN)				54.29 m
25	Manuela Montebrun (FRA)				54.13 m
26	Maria Tranchina (ITA)				53.87 m
27	Jennifer Petit (BEL)				53.63 m
28	Unn Merete Lie (NOR)				53.01 m
29	Nicola Coffey (IRL)				52.63 m
30	Nesrin Kaya (TUR)				51.70 m
31	Sonia Martins (POR)				50.70 m
32	Charlotte Wahlin (DEN)				50.62 m
—	Ivana Brkljačić (CRO)	X	X	X	NM
—	Olivia Kelleher (IRL)	X	X	X	NM

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Mihaela Melinte (ROM)	68.41	66.19	69.02	X	70.63	71.17	71.17 m	CR
	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	69.23	69.28	63.72	X	X	X	69.28 m
	Kirsten Münchow (GER)	X	61.28	X	61.03	X	65.61	65.61 m
4	Simone Mathes (GER)	56.29	63.60	X	X	62.96	64.05	64.05 m
5	Katalin Divós (HUN)	63.74	58.90	X	60.04	61.93	X	63.74 m	NR
6	Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR)	62.15	X	X	X	X	63.03	63.03 m
7	Kamila Skolimowska (POL)	X	61.50	62.68	X	59.63	X	62.68 m
8	Alla Davydova (RUS)	60.47	60.88	60.91	62.36	61.92	61.62	62.36 m
9	Svetlana Sudak (BLR)	60.14	X	60.12				60.14 m
10	Manuela Priemer (GER)	58.07	59.47	X				59.47 m
11	Lorraine Shaw (GBR)	X	54.55	58.19				58.19 m
12	Lyn Sprules (GBR)	X	57.68	X				57.68 m

• 1998 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

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