Women Hammer Throw Athletics XVII Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 2000 - Friday, 29th September

Women Hammer Throw Athletics XVII Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 2000 - Friday, 29th September - Gold Medal: Kamila Skolimowska, Poland

Final 18:00		Distance	1.	2.	3.	4.	5	6.
1. Kamila Skolimowska	POL	71.16m	X	66.33	71.16	66.06	69.91	-
2. Olga Kuzenkova	RUS	69.77m	X	67.18	69.64	69.77	X	X
3. Kirsten Munchow	GER	69.28m	66.42	X	67.81	66.03	69.28	67.96
4. Yipsi Moreno	CUB	68.33m	65.79	67.16	67.04	64.88	68.33	67.43
5. Deborah Sosimenko	AUS	67.95m	67.95	64.24	65.49	66.39	X	X
6. Lyudmila Gubkina	BLR	67.08m	66.04	66.16	X	67.08	66.77	66.95
7. Dawn Ellerbe	USA	66.80m	62.50	64.51	66.80	64.40	66.16	64.71
8. Amy Christiansen-Palmer	USA	66.15m	X	60.21	66.15	59.42	X	X
9. Lorraine Shaw	GBR	64.27m	64.27	56.96	63.65
10.Svetlana Sudak	BLR	64.21m	X	64.21	X
11.Ivana Brkljacic	CRO	63.20m	61.25	63.20	X
12.Sini Poyry	FIN	62.49m	62.49	X	62.21

Qualifiying A Standard: 65.00s

Qualifiying B Standard: 63.50s

The first shock came when Mihaela Melinte, the world record holder, and co-favourite, was marched off the field before the qualifying competition because of a doping violation. The other favourite, Kuzenkova led the qualifying by almost 3m with 70.60. Sosimenko led the final with her opening 67.95 until the third round. Skolimowska then broke her world junior record (70.66) with 71.16. Kuzenkova responded with 69.64 and 69.77, but could never get on terms with the 17 year-old Pole. Both Münchow (69.28) and Moreno (68.33) went ahead of Sosimenko in the 5th round. The athletics world was shocked when, in February 2009, Skolimowska died suddenly from a pulmonary embolism at the age of 26.

Qualification - Wednesday, 27th September

Mark 65.50m 4+8 Athletes

Group A 9:00	Team	Distance	1.	2.	3.
1. Olga Kuzenkova	RUS	70.60m	70.60	-	-
2. Kamila Skolimowska	POL	66.30m	66.30	-	-
3. Yipsi Moreno	CUB	65.74m	65.74	-	-
4. Dawn Ellerbe	USA	64.91m	64.91	63.27	57.99
5. Svetlana Sudak	BLR	63.83m	X	X	63.83
6. Lorraine Shaw	GBR	63.21m	63.21	62.60	57.09
7. Amy Christiansen-Palmer	USA	62.78m	61.96	62.49	62.78
8. Irina Sekachova	UKR	61.44m	61.44	60.62	X
9. Tasha Williams	NZL	61.18m	50.96	54.14	61.18
10.Alla Fyodorova-Davydova	RUS	60.86m	60.86	X	X
11.Karyne Perkins	AUS	59.49m	55.18	59.49	55.22
12.Mia Strommer	FIN	59.43m	57.33	X	59.43
13.Michelle Fournier	CAN	59.15m	X	55.72	59.15
14.Caroline Fournier	MRI	56.18m	X	53.60	56.18
-. Ester Balassini	ITA	NM	X	X	X

Group B 11:00	Team	Distance	1.	2.	3.
1. Kirsten Munchow	GER	67.64m	59.09	67.64	-
2. Ivana Brkljacic	CRO	65.01m	65.01	62.59	X
3. Deborah Sosimenko	AUS	64.01m	64.01	61.18	59.53
4. Sini Poyry	FIN	63.80m	63.80	60.12	61.81
5. Lyudmila Gubkina	BLR	63.29m	62.40	63.13	63.29
6. Katalin Divos	HUN	62.74m	61.88	X	62.74
7. Lisa Misipeka	AMS	61.74m	61.74	58.74	X
8. Tatyana Konstantinova	RUS	61.48m	57.24	61.14	61.48
9. Jesseca Cross	USA	60.85m	56.98	60.85	60.51
10.Wei Zhao	CHN	59.54m	59.54	57.44	55.98
11.Manuela Montebrun	FRA	57.77m	57.60	X	57.77
12.Anelia Yordanova	BUL	54.92m	X	54.92	54.69
-. Olga Tsander	BLR	NM	X	X	X

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Men 200m	Women 200m
Men 400m	Women 400m
Men 800m	Women 800m
Men 1500m	Women 1500m
Men 5000m	Women 5000m
Men 10000m	Women 10000m
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Men High Jump	Women High Jump
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Men Shot Put	Women Shot Put
Men Discus Throw	Women Discus Throw
Men Hammer Throw	Women Hammer Throw
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