1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's hammer throw

Events at the
1997 European
Athletics U23 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
10 km walk women
20 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

The women's hammer throw event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 10 and 12 July 1997.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Mihaela Melinte
 Romania
Silver Simone Mathes
 Germany
Bronze Lyn Sprules
 Great Britain

Results

Final

12 July

Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes
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1st Mihaela Melinte  Romania 64.32 70.26 69.94 68.56 67.68 69.70 70.26
2nd Simone Mathes  Germany 58.90 64.38 60.72 60.40 x 63.18 64.38
3rd Lyn Sprules  Great Britain x 61.70 61.30 x 60.48 60.36 61.70
4 Cristina Fechita  Romania 58.84 59.06 60.50 x 59.18 60.88 60.88
5 Kirsten Münchow  Germany x 58.86 x 58.00 x 58.10 58.86
6 Veronika Ushakova  Russia 54.82 54.82 58.64 56.22 53.90 53.74 58.64
7 Marina Savitskaya  Belarus x 56.92 53.56 57.38 x 55.64 57.38
8 Irina Kuznetsova  Russia 55.26 56.22 56.98 x 54.68 55.66 56.98
9 Angélique Rondel  France 55.36 52.80 55.18 55.36
10 Ester Balassini  Italy 55.12 54.94 54.44 55.12
11 Irina Martynenko  Ukraine 54.28 54.70 54.30 54.70
12 Agnieszka Pogroszewska  Poland 54.12 x x 54.12

Qualifications

10 July
Qualify: first to 12 to the Final

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Mihaela Melinte  Romania 64.84 Q
2 Lyn Sprules  Great Britain 60.04 Q
3 Simone Mathes  Germany 59.74 Q
4 Marina Savitskaya  Belarus 59.04 Q
5 Kirsten Münchow  Germany 56.64 Q
6 Irina Martynenko  Ukraine 56.18 Q
7 Veronika Ushakova  Russia 55.78 Q
8 Irina Kuznetsova  Russia 55.78 Q
9 Cristina Fechita  Romania 55.18 Q
10 Ester Balassini  Italy 54.72 Q
11 Agnieszka Pogroszewska  Poland 53.66 Q
12 Angélique Rondel  France 52.90 Q
13 Silvia Lazzari  Italy 52.72
14 Dina Holden  Great Britain 52.56
15 Jolanta Borawska  Poland 50.40
16 Nicola Coffey  Ireland 49.84
17 Birsen Elma  Turkey 49.22
18 Olivia Kelleher  Ireland 48.86

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 1st European Athletics U23 Championships - Turku, Finland 10.7. - 13.7.1997 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 5–16, retrieved 24 October 2014
  2. ↑ Gordon, Ed, European Championships for Under 23 (Turku, Finland), athletix.org, retrieved 24 October 2014
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