1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw

Events at the 1998 European
Athletics 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
Marathon men women
10 km walk women
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The final of the Women's Hammer Throw event at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary was held on Saturday August 22, 1998. There were a total number of 35 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged a day earlier, on Friday August 21, with the mark set at 61.50 metres. It was the first time in history that women competed in the hammer throw at the European Championships.

Medalists

GoldRomania Mihaela Melinte
Romania (ROM)
SilverRussia Olga Kuzenkova
Russia (RUS)
BronzeGermany Kirsten Münchow
Germany (GER)

Abbreviations

Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
CR championship record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1998 European Athletics Championships
World Record  Mihaela Melinte (ROM) 73.14 m July 16, 1998 Romania Poiana Brasov, Romania
Event Record New Event
Season Best  Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) 73.80 m [1] May 15, 1998 Russia Togliattigrad, Russia
Broken records during the 1998 European Athletics Championships
Event Record  Mihaela Melinte (ROM) 71.17 m August 22, 1998 Hungary Budapest, Hungary

Qualification

Final Ranking

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1  Mihaela Melinte (ROM) 68.65 m
2  Kirsten Münchow (GER) 66.81 m
3  Svetlana Sudak (BLR) 64.12 m
4  Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) 64.10 m
5  Kamila Skolimowska (POL) 62.72 m SB
6  Alla Davydova (RUS) 62.69 m
7  Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR) 62.46 m
8  Simone Mathes (GER) 62.25 m
9  Katalin Divós (HUN) 61.62 m
10  Lorraine Shaw (GBR) 61.11 m
11  Lyn Sprules (GBR) 60.64 m SB
12  Manuela Priemer (GER) 59.15 m
13  Agnieszka Pogroszewska (POL) 58.88 m
14  Florence Ezeh (FRA) 58.72 m
15  Sini Pöyry (FIN) 58.61 m
16  Tatyana Konstantinova (RUS) 58.35 m
17  Jolanta Borawska (POL) 57.79 m
18  Mia Strömmer (FIN) 57.40 m
19  Ester Balassini (ITA) 56.42 m
20  Julianna Tudja (HUN) 55.90 m
21  Iryna Sekachova (UKR) 55.37 m
22  Cécile Lignot-Maubert (FRA) 54.68 m
23  Dolores Pedrares (ESP) 52.10 54.34 51.01 54.34 m
24  Barbara Sugar (HUN) 54.29 m
25  Manuela Montebrun (FRA) 54.13 m
26  Maria Tranchina (ITA) 53.87 m
27  Jennifer Petit (BEL) 53.63 m
28  Unn Merete Lie (NOR) 53.01 m
29  Nicola Coffey (IRL) 52.63 m
30  Nesrin Kaya (TUR) 51.70 m
31  Sonia Martins (POR) 50.70 m
32  Charlotte Wahlin (DEN) 50.62 m
 Ivana Brkljačić (CRO) X X X NM
 Olivia Kelleher (IRL) X X X NM

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st  Mihaela Melinte (ROM) 68.41 66.19 69.02 X 70.63 71.17 71.17 m CR
2nd  Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) 69.23 69.28 63.72 X X X 69.28 m
3rd  Kirsten Münchow (GER) X 61.28 X 61.03 X 65.61 65.61 m
4  Simone Mathes (GER) 56.29 63.60 X X 62.96 64.05 64.05 m
5  Katalin Divós (HUN) 63.74 58.90 X 60.04 61.93 X 63.74 m NR
6  Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR) 62.15 X X X X 63.03 63.03 m
7  Kamila Skolimowska (POL) X 61.50 62.68 X 59.63 X 62.68 m
8  Alla Davydova (RUS) 60.47 60.88 60.91 62.36 61.92 61.62 62.36 m
9  Svetlana Sudak (BLR) 60.14 X 60.12 60.14 m
10  Manuela Priemer (GER) 58.07 59.47 X 59.47 m
11  Lorraine Shaw (GBR) X 54.55 58.19 58.19 m
12  Lyn Sprules (GBR) X 52.98 X 57.68 m

Notes

  1. Not ratified as a world record by the IAAF

See also

References



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