2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw

Events at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
10,000 m walk		men		women
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 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 9 July.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Bianca Perie  Romania
Silver	Kateřina Šafránková  Czech Republic
Bronze	Jenny Ozorai  Hungary

Results

Final

9 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Bianca Perie	Romania	64.66	67.95	63.53	65.51	x	66.65	67.95
	Kateřina Šafránková	Czech Republic	x	62.78	x	59.86	63.13	60.01	63.13
	Jenny Ozorai	Hungary	x	58.82	54.07	59.54	60.80	x	60.80
4	Barbara Špiler	Slovenia	51.03	55.70	58.03	60.18	x	59.77	60.18
5	Arianni Vichy	Cuba	58.78	x	57.17	x	57.34	54.87	58.78
6	Gabi Wolfarth	Germany	54.11	58.69	53.02	55.90	x	57.74	58.69
7	Sophie Hitchon	United Kingdom	56.01	58.45	56.88	x	56.42	x	58.45
8	Alina Kastrova	Belarus	58.03	57.41	56.71	57.27	x	x	58.03
9	Natallia Shayunova	Belarus	57.50	58.00	57.16				58.00
10	Andriana Papadopoúlou-Fatala	Greece	57.98	57.37	56.25				57.98
11	Carolin Paesler	Germany	x	52.88	57.29				57.29
12	Tereza Králová	Czech Republic	55.90	53.42	x				55.90

Qualifications

8 July

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Arianni Vichy	Cuba	59.70	62.23	-	62.23	Q
2	Sophie Hitchon	United Kingdom	59.57	59.07	55.24	59.57	q
3	Barbara Špiler	Slovenia	56.47	x	59.48	59.48	q
4	Andriana Papadopoúlou-Fatala	Greece	59.42	x	56.32	59.42	q
5	Carolin Paesler	Germany	57.44	x	58.46	58.46	q
6	Alina Kastrova	Belarus	x	58.32	x	58.32	q
7	Kateřina Šafránková	Czech Republic	58.07	x	57.57	58.07	q
8	Eszter Németh	Hungary	55.69	57.21	57.79	57.79
9	Trude Raad	Norway	57.67	56.24	57.41	57.67
10	Karina Frolova	Russia	53.49	53.91	56.80	56.80
11	Dagmara Stala	Poland	51.16	53.58	54.45	54.45
12	D'Ana McCarty	United States	51.47	53.97	51.98	53.97
13	Tatiana Massamba	France	x	52.76	x	52.76
14	Erica Ekholm	Finland	x	52.06	50.86	52.06

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Bianca Perie	Romania	61.10	-	-	61.10	Q
2	Natallia Shayunova	Belarus	56.32	58.64	x	58.64	q
3	Gabi Wolfarth	Germany	55.19	58.50	57.03	58.50	q
4	Jenny Ozorai	Hungary	x	57.95	53.10	57.95	q
5	Tereza Králová	Czech Republic	54.96	x	57.82	57.82	q
6	Jessika Guehaseim	France	56.07	57.53	x	57.53
7	Jonna Miettinen	Finland	54.23	53.22	54.68	54.68
8	Joanna Fiodorow	Poland	48.52	54.36	x	54.36
9	Pasa Sehic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	52.79	x	54.29	54.29
10	Lee Jae-Young	South Korea	53.26	x	52.14	53.26
11	Rana Taha	Egypt	51.26	53.02	52.59	53.02
12	Galina Mityaeva	Tajikistan	x	49.47	52.57	52.57
13	Halyna Kaplun	Ukraine	x	52.22	x	52.22
14	Lauren Chambers	United States	x	x	x	NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

•  Belarus (2)
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
•  Cuba (1)
•  Czech Republic (2)
•  Egypt (1)
•  Finland (2)
•  France (2)
•  Germany (2)
•  Greece (1)
•  Hungary (2)
•  Norway (1)
•  Poland (2)
•  Romania (1)
•  Russia (1)
•  Slovenia (1)
•  South Korea (1)
•  Tajikistan (1)
•  Ukraine (1)
•  United Kingdom (1)
•  United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015