Women Hammer Throw Athletics XXX Olympic Games London 2012 - Friday 10.08 Gold Medal Anita Wlodarczyk, Poland
Final 19:35
Dist.
bib
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
1. Anita Wlodarczyk
POL
77.60m
SB
2703
75.01
76.02
75.72
X
77.10
77.60
2. Betty Heidler
GER
77.12m
1939
73.90
71.52
72.77
X
77.12
72.77
3. Wenxiu Zhang
CHN
76.34m
1396
72.96
76.34
73.81
68.20
75.56
X
4. Kathrin Klaas
GER
76.05m
PB
1940
X
72.79
76.05
74.66
72.88
X
5. Yipsi Moreno
CUB
74.60m
1499
74.60
X
X
X
71.97
X
6. Aksana Miankova
BLR
74.40m
1189
69.50
X
74.40
72.06
X
X
eliminated after 3 attempts.
7. Stephanie Falzon
FRA
73.06m
SB
1777
73.06
69.29
71.10
8. Joanna Fiodorow
POL
72.37m
2683
62.34
72.37
X
9. Mariya Bespalova
RUS
71.13m
2847
71.13
X
68.15
10.Sophie Hitchon
GBR
69.33m
1859
69.33
65.75
X
DQ.Zalina Marghieva
MDA
74.06m
2490
73.77
74.06
72.32
72.91
72.34
70.72
disqualification Tatyana Lysenko finnished 1st.
DQ.Tatyana Lysenko
RUS
78.18m
OR
2877
77.56
75.86
74.39
77.12
78.18
77.28
The original gold medalist, Tatyana Lysenko of Russia, was stripped of her gold medal after failing drugs tests. Medals were reallocated.
The lead changed twice in the first round of the final before World
Champion Lysenko threw an Olympic record of 77.56. Włodarczyk
and Zhang reached 76.02 and 76.34 respectively in round two, and the
fast-spinning Klaas moved into third in round three with 76.05. Round
five proved to be eventful. Heidler apparently reached 77.12, but
because Lysenko had thrown the same distance with the preceding
throw, the German’s mark was wrongly perceived to be an error of
duplication. The German was initially wrongly credited with a mark of
72.34, which in fact was that of the following thrower of Marghieva.
The German protested and was given an extra attempt, which she
unfortunately fouled. With her own fifth effort, Lysenko produced the
winning mark of 78.18, while Włodarczyk moved into second place
with her final throw of 77.60. Two throws later Zhang fouled, but at
that point felt her 76.34 was good enough for the bronze. She, with
Lysenko and Włodarczyk, embarked on a victory lap.
Meanwhile Heidler calmly continued her remonstrations. Finally it
was confirmed that her fifth effort was legitimate, meaning that she
was not eighth as originally listed, but third with Zhang fourth. The
Chinese appealed unsuccessfully on the grounds that Zhang had been
disadvantaged by wrongly thinking she was in a medal position before
her final effort.
“They were all very nice and tried very hard,” said the gracious
Heidler of the infield judges who dealt with her protestations. Less
happy was Moldova’s Zalina Margheiva. Originally eighth at 74.06,
she was disqualified in 2013 following the re-analysis of an in-compe-
tition doping sample of hers from 2009.
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