2026 World Athletics U20 Championships – Women's hammer throw

Women's hammer throw
at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships
Women's hammer throw ; at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships
Venue	Hayward Field
Dates	7 August (Qualification); 9 August (Final);
Competitors	22 from 18 nations
Winning distance	68.99 m
Medalists
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The women's hammer throw at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at Hayward Field in Eugene, United States on 7 and 9 August 2026.^[1]

Dates

Competitors22 from 18 nations

Winning distance68.99 m

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Record	Athlete & Nationality	Mark	Location	Date
World U20 Record	Zhang Jiale (CHN)	74.40 m	Quzhou, China	2 August 2025
Championship Record	Silja Kosonen (FIN)	71.64 m	Nairobi, Kenya	21 August 2021
World U20 Leading	Pinja Kärhä (FIN)	70.73 m	Lahti, Finland	10 June 2026

Place	Athlete	Nation	Round			Mark	Notes
Place	Athlete	Nation	#1	#2	#3	Mark	Notes
1	Pinja Kärhä	Finland	67.51			67.51 m	Q
2	Nova Kienast	Germany	60.52	63.02	64.75	64.75 m	Q
3	Manon Beernaert [nl]	Belgium	57.45	x	63.06	63.06 m	q
4	Chen Jiajun	China	62.66	61.96	61.85	62.66 m	q
5	Alexandra Chernova	Greece	x	62.41	61.10	62.41 m	q
6	Meagan Ewers	United States	60.27	59.73	x	60.27 m	q
7	Aixa Corbacho	Spain	56.25	56.06	57.60	57.60 m
8	Sarah Ettrup Larsen	Denmark	52.60	x	55.24	55.24 m
9	Beatrice Lindberg	Sweden	x	x	52.38	52.38 m
10	Chae-min Yang	South Korea	52.33	x	51.87	52.33 m
	Denisse Medina	Ecuador	x	x	x	NM
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Place	Athlete	Nation	Round			Mark	Notes
Place	Athlete	Nation	#1	#2	#3	Mark	Notes
1	Burklie Burton	United States	68.03			68.03 m
2	Clara Hegemann	Germany	66.68			66.68 m
3	Polina Dzerozhynska	Ukraine	64.39			64.39 m
4	Erica Lejon	Sweden	57.71	61.10	x	61.10 m
5	Mirabella Emese Keserű	Hungary	x	47.42	59.77	59.77 m
6	Kimberly Cristina de Souza	Brazil	56.24	59.31	59.05	59.31 m
7	Salma Haitham Rashed Saeed Almarri [de]	United Arab Emirates	58.96	57.35	x	58.96 m
8	Xiao Shifan	China	x	58.12	58.86	58.86 m
9	Carmela Cocco	Argentina	57.79	55.08	x	57.79 m
10	Anthi Apostolidou	Cyprus	54.76	55.19	x	55.19 m
11	Maria Pracharczyk	Poland	51.55	49.50	54.08	54.08 m
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Place	Athlete	Nation	Round						Mark	Notes
Place	Athlete	Nation	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Mark	Notes
	Clara Hegemann	Germany	67.65	x	66.97	68.99	x	x	68.99 m
	Pinja Kärhä	Finland	67.51	68.51	67.73	66.22	x	66.33	68.51 m
	Nova Kienast	Germany	64.34	66.49	64.84	65.74	67.89	66.15	67.89 m	SB
4	Burklie Burton	United States	61.77	66.25	63.52	66.21	67.50	x	67.50 m
5	Polina Dzerozhynska	Ukraine	65.78	x	65.85	64.49	x	67.01	67.01 m	PB
6	Chen Jiajun	China	65.13	65.29	63.40	63.72	66.75	x	66.75
7	Alexandra Chernova	Greece	64.00	x	65.39	63.07	x		65.39 m
8	Erica Lejon	Sweden	60.12	61.33	61.90	60.77	62.60		62.60 m
9	Manon Beernaert [nl]	Belgium	x	60.41	60.03	x			60.41 m
10	Meagan Ewers	United States	59.80	x	58.96	57.48			59.80 m
11	Kimberly Cristina de Souza	Brazil	x	58.99	x				58.99 m
12	Mirabella Emese Keserű	Hungary	56.77	x	x				56.77 m
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