2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw
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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.
| Women's hammer throw at the European Athletics Championships |
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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
| Gold |  Olga KuzenkovaRussia (RUS) |
| Silver |  Kamila SkolimowskaPoland (POL) |
| Bronze |  Manuela MontebrunFrance (FRA) |
Abbreviations
- 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
| 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
Group A
| 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
| 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
| 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 | ||||