The women's hammer throw event at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 18–20 August at the Beijing National Stadium.

The qualifying standards were 69.50 m (A standard) and 67.00 m (B standard).

In 2016, it was announced that reanalysis of samples from 2008 resulted in doping violations by Aksana Miankova and Darya Pchelnik being detected, and they were disqualified. Medals have been reallocated by IAAF.IAAF.org. The XXIX Olympic Games. Hammer Throw women.

Schedule All times are China standard time (UTC+8) Date Time RoundMonday, 18 August 2008 09:10QualificationsWednesday, 20 August 2008 19:20Finals

Records Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition: Date Event Athlete Time Notes 20 August Final 76.34

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: 71.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final. Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1 A Yipsi Moreno 71.31 x73.92 73.92 Q 2 B Zhang Wenxiu 73.36 73.36 Q 3 A Martina Danišová-Hrašnová 70.03 x 72.87 72.87 Q 4 B Manuela Montebrun 69.80 69.86 72.81 72.81 Q 5 B Clarissa Claretti 67.15 71.82 71.82 Q 6 A Anita Włodarczyk 71.76 71.76 Q 7 A Betty Heidler 66.28 71.51 71.51 Q 8 A Darya Pchelnik 69.43 71.30 69.24 71.30 DSQ 9 B Yelena Priyma 70.69 69.79 65.64 70.69 q 10 B Kamila Skolimowska 65.97 69.79 67.01 69.79 q DSQ B Aksana Miankova 62.95 65.55 69.77 69.77 q 12 A Stiliani Papadopoulou 66.68 69.36 69.29 69.36 q 13 A Maryia Smaliachkova x 69.22 x 69.22 14 A Stéphanie Falzon x68.93 x 68.93 15 B Arasay Thondike x 66.68 68.74 68.74 16 A Ivana Brkljacić 66.54 x 68.38 68.38 17 B Sviatlana Sudak-Torun 68.22 67.36 67.18 68.22 18 A Bianca Perie 68.2166.29 x 68.21 19 A Iryna Novozhylova 67.36 x 68.11 68.11 20 A Anna Bulgakova x68.04 x 68.04 21 B Amber Campbell 67.86 x x 67.86 22 A Yelena Konevtseva 66.81 67.83 x 67.83 23 B Eileen O'Keeffe 62.53 62.05 67.66 67.66 24 B Kathrin Klaas 66.3967.54 66.95 67.54 25 B Iryna Sekachova 62.83 x 67.47 67.47 26 B Lenka Ledvinová 65.98 65.23 67.17 67.17 27 A Inna Sayenko x 66.92 x 66.92 28 B Alexandra Papageorgiou 66.7265.73 x 66.72 29 B Jennifer Dahlgren 58.60 x 66.35 66.35 30 A Merja Korpela 62.70 65.76 66.29 66.29 31 B Yunaika Crawford 66.16 65.00 64.08 66.16 32 A Wang Zheng 65.64 61.36 x 65.64 33 A Sultana Frizell x 60.43 65.44 65.44 34 A Éva Orbán 65.12 x 65.41 65.41 35 A Zoe Derham 64.74 64.61 64.57 64.74 36 B Johana Moreno x 64.31 64.66 64.66 37 A Zalina Marghieva x 64.20 x 64.20 38 B Małgorzata Zadura 63.35 64.13 x 64.13 39 A Loree Smith 62.25 62.33 63.60 63.60 40 B Candice Scott 63.03 62.53 x 63.03 41 B Berta Castells 62.44 61.76 x 62.44 42 A Silvia Salis x x 62.28 62.28 43 B Marina Marghieva 61.03 x 62.12 62.12 44 B Paraskevi Theodorou x 61.00 x 61.00 45 B Sanja Gavrilovic 60.55 60.37 60.36 60.55 46 A Vânia Silva x 58.10 59.42 59.42 47 A Galina Mityaeva x 48.59 51.38 51.38 A Jessica Cosby x x x B Amélie Perrin x x x B Georgina Toth x x x

Finals Rank AthleteNationality123456ResultNotes DSQ Aksana Miankova 74.40x72.23x76.3451.7276.34 Yipsi Moreno x73.9572.61x74.7075.2075.20 Zhang Wenxiu 74.0074.3273.4073.5070.7573.5374.32DSQDarya Pchelnik 69.1072.4672.8271.0072.8373.6573.65 Manuela Montebrun 67.6370.5570.0172.5471.9270.6372.54 4Anita Włodarczyk 69.39x71.5670.86xx71.565Clarissa Claretti x71.33xxxx71.33 6Martina Danišová-Hrasnová 68.28x71.00x70.19x71.00 7Betty Heidler xx70.06 70.06 8Yelena Priyma 68.1969.7267.33 69.729Stilianí Papadopoúlou xx64.97 64.97 Kamila Skolimowska xxx

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