1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw

Events at the 1999 World 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
20 km walk		men		women
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

These are the official results of the Women's Hammer Throw event at the 1999 IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 21 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday 24 August 1999 at 18:00h.

Medalists

Gold	Mihaela Melinte Romania (ROM)
Silver	Olga Kuzenkova Russia (RUS)
Bronze	Lisa Misipeka American Samoa (ASA)

Schedule

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Final Round
24.08.1999 – 18:00h

Startlist

Order	№	Athlete	Season Best	Personal Best
1	42	Deborah Sosimenko (AUS)	66.78	67.16
2	431	Kirsten Münchow (GER)	66.08	66.82
3	217	Yipsi Moreno (CUB)	66.34	66.34
4	338	Florence Ezeh (FRA)	66.12	66.12
5	1000	Amy Palmer (USA)	67.24	67.24
6	793	Mihaela Melinte (ROM)	75.97	75.97
7	433	Manuela Priemer (GER)	66.30	66.30
8	348	Cécile Lignot-Maubert (FRA)	65.39	65.39
9	838	Tatyana Konstantinova (RUS)	72.09	72.09
10	96	Svetlana Sudak (BLR)	68.21	68.21
11	8	Lisa Misipeka (ASA)	67.00	67.00
12	844	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	74.30	74.30
13	85	Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR)	68.27	68.27
14	352	Manuela Montebrun (FRA)	68.11	68.11
15	1012	Dawn Ellerbe (USA)	70.16	70.16
16	120	Anelia Yordanova (BUL)	65.10	65.10
17	426	Simone Mathes (GER)	67.13	67.13
18	490	Katalin Divós (HUN)	67.20	67.20
19	275	Dolores Pedrares (ESP)	61.28	61.28
20	754	Kamila Skolimowska (POL)	66.62	66.62
21	385	Lorraine Shaw (GBR)	67.21	66.75

Records

Standing records prior to the 1999 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Mihaela Melinte (ROM)	75.97 m	May 13, 1999	Clermont-Ferrand, France
Event Record	New Event
Season Best	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	74.30 m	June 4, 1999	Moscow, Russia
Broken records during the 1999 World Athletics Championships
Event Record	Mihaela Melinte (ROM)	75.20 m	August 24, 1999	Seville, Spain

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Mihaela Melinte (ROM)	71.57	73.23	74.21	70.58	X	75.20	75.20 m
	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	X	68.18	71.79	69.23	X	72.56	72.56 m
	Lisa Misipeka (ASA)	65.02	65.02	X	64.44	66.06	65.85	66.06 m
4	Katalin Divós (HUN)	64.63	X	65.86	X	X	X	65.86 m
5	Deborah Sosimenko (AUS)	65.52	X	61.56	62.92	63.79	63.85	65.52 m
6	Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR)	64.12	X	62.99	65.33	65.44	65.44	65.44 m
7	Simone Mathes (GER)	64.93	X	63.08	64.66	63.08	62.36	64.93 m
8	Kirsten Münchow (GER)	X	X	64.03	59.91	63.58	63.05	64.03 m
9	Svetlana Sudak (BLR)	62.81	62.88	63.99				63.99 m
10	Dawn Ellerbe (USA)	X	59.73	63.55				63.55 m
11	Tatyana Konstantinova (RUS)	59.39	62.52	62.16				62.52 m
12	Manuela Montebrun (FRA)	62.44	X	X				62.44 m
13	Cécile Lignot-Maubert (FRA)	X	X	62.14				62.14 m
14	Lorraine Shaw (GBR)	62.09	61.54	X				62.09 m
15	Manuela Priemer (GER)	61.99	60.44	59.16				61.99 m
16	Florence Ezeh (FRA)	57.58	58.82	60.74				60.74 m
17	Amy Palmer (USA)	59.24	58.76	59.80				59.80 m
18	Yipsi Moreno (CUB)	X	X	58.68				58.68 m
19	Dolores Pedrares (ESP)	X	57.66	54.84				57.66 m
20	Anelia Yordanova (BUL)	X	53.20	X				53.20 m
21	Kamila Skolimowska (POL)	50.38	X	X				50.38 m

See also

• Athletics at the 1999 Pan American Games - Women's hammer throw
• 1999 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

References

• IAAF
• todor66
• hammerthrow.wz
• trackandfieldnews