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Athletics — Hammer Throw, Women

Times held 6
Total participants 134
Total countries 44

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
2000 Hammer Throw, Women Olympic 28 20
2004 Hammer Throw, Women Olympic 48 27
2008 Hammer Throw, Women Olympic 50 30
2012 Hammer Throw, Women Olympic 37 25
2016 Hammer Throw, Women Olympic 32 19
2020 Hammer Throw, Women Olympic 31 21

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2000 Kamila SkolimowskaPOL Olga KuzenkovaRUS Kirsten MünchowGER
2004 Olga KuzenkovaRUS Yipsi MorenoCUB Yunaika CrawfordCUB
2008 Yipsi MorenoCUB Zhang WenxiuCHN Manuèla MontebrunFRA
2012 Anita WłodarczykPOL Betty HeidlerGER Zhang WenxiuCHN
2016 Anita WłodarczykPOL Zhang WenxiuCHN Sophie HitchonGBR
2020 Anita WłodarczykPOL Wang ZhengCHN Malwina KopronPOL

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Poland POL 4 0 1 5
Cuba CUB 1 1 1 3
Russian Federation RUS 1 1 0 2
People's Republic of China CHN 0 3 1 4
Germany GER 0 1 1 2
France FRA 0 0 1 1
Great Britain GBR 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Anita Włodarczyk POL 3 0 0 3
Yipsi Moreno CUB 1 1 0 2
Olga Kuzenkova RUS 1 1 0 2
Kamila Skolimowska POL 1 0 0 1
Zhang Wenxiu CHN 0 2 1 3