Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's hammer throw

The hammer throw at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium August 23 and August 25.

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Records

A new Olympic Record was set four times during the course of the 2004 event. Gu Yuan did it first, with her throw in the qualifying round. Olga Kuzenkova beat Gu's record during her throws in the qualifying round. Three other athletes also beat the 2000 distance during that round. Kuzenkova then extended her record twice in the final round.

Results

Qualification

August 23

Heat 1

# 71.65 m Q Olympic Record
# 71.63 m Q
# 70.73 m Q PB
# 70.56 m Q
# 68.66 m Q
# 68.21 m
# 67.83 m
# 67.64 m
#, Hungary 66.85 m
# 66.71 m
# 66.05 m
# 65.68 m
# 65.58 m
# 65.33 m
#, Italy 65.06 m
# 64.09 m
#, Australia 63.88 m
# 63.81 m
# 62.76 m
# 61.60 m
# 60.29 m
# 59.52 m
#, Croatia 56.79 m
* NM

Heat 2

#, Russia 73.71 m Q Olympic Record
#, Cuba 71.74 m Q
#, China 71.56 m Q
#, Germany 69.81 m Q
#, Belarus 69.61 m Q
#, Greece 68.58 m Q
# 68.27 m q
#, China 68.12 m
# 67.90 m
#, Russia 66.82 m
#, Germany 66.35 m
# 66.05 m
#, Hungary 65.76 m
#, United States 64.99 m
#, Great Britain 64.79 m
#, Belarus 64.42 m
# 62.76 m
#, Cuba 62.64 m
# 62.27 m
#, United States 62.23 m
#, Greece 61.61 m
#, Australia 57.79 m
# 55.34 m
* NM

Final

# Olga Kuzenkova, Russia 75.02 m OR
# Yipsi Moreno, Cuba 73.36 m
# Yunaika Crawford, Cuba 73.16 m PB
# Betty Heidler, Germany 72.73 m NR
# Kamila Skolimowska, Poland 72.57 m SB
# Olga Tsander, Belarus 72.27 m
# Wenxiu Zhang, China 72.03 m
# Iryna Sekachova, Ukraine 70.40 m
# Candice Scott, Trinidad and Tobago 69.94 m NR
# Yuan Gu, China 69.76 m
# Andrea Bunjes, Germany 68.40 m
# Alexandra Papayeoryiou, Greece 66.83 m