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Hammer Throw, Women

Date	18 – 20 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Beijing Guojia Tiyuchang, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing
Participants	50 from 30 countries

The favorite was Cuba’s Yipsi Moreno. She had been the silver medalist at the 2005 and 2007 World Championships, the 2004 Olympics, and had the best record of the year for 2008. She led the qualifying, getting the best mark on her third attempt. The lead in the final was taken in round one by Oksana Menkova (BLR) who tossed 74.40 (244-1). That held up thru the fourth round. The early rounds saw the elimination of 2007 World Champion Betty Heidler (GER) and 2000 gold medalist Kamila Skolimowska (POL). In round five, Moreno briefly took the lead with 74.70 (245-1), but Menkova answered with 76.34 (250-5). That held up for the gold medal although Moreno improved her silver medal standing in the final round with 75.20 (246-9).

That was how the event and the results seemed to have ended. In 2015, however, the IOC began re-testing samples from the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Olympics, using newer, more advanced testing techniques, in an effort to find those who had used performance enhancing drugs (PEDs), but in whom it could not be detected at the time of those Olympics. This was one of the many events affected.

In November 2016 the gold medalist, Oksana Menkova of Belarus, was announced to have a positive re-test for turinabol (dehydrochloromethyltestosterone) and oxandrolone, for which she was disqualified. The medals were completely re-assigned as follows: Gold – Yipsi Moreno (CUB); Silver – Zhang Wenxiu (CHN); and Bronze – Manuéla Montebrun (FRA). The original fourth-place finisher Darya Pchelnik, was also disqualified for a positive doping re-test.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	1472	Yipsi Moreno	CUB	73.92 (1)	75.20 (1)	Gold
2	1375	Zhang Wenxiu	CHN	73.36 (2)	74.32 (2)	Silver
3	1753	Manuèla Montebrun	FRA	72.81 (4)	72.54 (3)	Bronze
4	2619	Anita Włodarczyk	POL	71.76 (6)	71.56 (4)
5	2071	Clarissa Claretti	ITA	71.82 (5)	71.33 (5)
6	2935	Martina Danišová	SVK	72.87 (3)	71.00 (6)
7	1889	Betty Heidler	GER	71.51 (7)	70.06 (7)
8	3326	Yelena Priyma	RUS	70.69 (8)	69.72 (8)
9	1941	Stella Papadopoulou	GRE	69.36 (10)	64.97 (9)
AC r2/2	2611	Kamila Skolimowska	POL	69.79 (9)	– (NM)
11 r1/2	1178	Maryia Smaliachkova	BLR	69.22 (11)	–
12 r1/2	1737	Stéphanie Falzon	FRA	68.93 (12)	–
13 r1/2	1481	Arasay Thondike	CUB	68.74 (13)	–
14 r1/2	1437	Ivana Brkljačić	CRO	68.38 (14)	–
15 r1/2	3035	Svetlana Sudak-Torun	TUR	68.22 (15)	–
16 r1/2	2710	Bianca Perie	ROU	68.21 (16)	–
17 r1/2	3106	Iryna Novozhylova	UKR	68.11 (17)	–
18 r1/2	2813	Anna Bulgakova	RUS	68.04 (18)	–
19 r1/2	3145	Amber Campbell	USA	67.86 (19)	–
20 r1/2	2811	Yelena Konevtseva	RUS	67.83 (20)	–
21 r1/2	2048	Eileen O'Keeffe	IRL	67.66 (21)	–
22 r1/2	1888	Kathrin Klaas	GER	67.54 (22)	–
23 r1/2	3085	Iryna Sekachova	UKR	67.47 (23)	–
24 r1/2	1520	Lenka Ledvinová	CZE	67.17 (24)	–
25 r1/2	3118	Inna Saienko	UKR	66.92 (25)	–
26 r1/2	1942	Alexandra Papageorgiou	GRE	66.72 (26)	–
27 r1/2	1032	Jenny Dahlgren	ARG	66.35 (27)	–
28 r1/2	1701	Merja Korpela	FIN	66.29 (28)	–
29 r1/2	1476	Yunaika Crawford	CUB	66.16 (29)	–
30 r1/2	1330	Wang Zheng	CHN	65.64 (30)	–
31 r1/2	1290	Sultana Frizell	CAN	65.44 (31)	–
32 r1/2	2007	Éva Orbán	HUN	65.41 (32)	–
33 r1/2	1796	Zoe Derham	GBR	64.74 (33)	–
34 r1/2	1422	Eli Johana Moreno	COL	64.66 (34)	–
35 r1/2	2423	Zalina Marghieva	MDA	64.20 (35)	–
36 r1/2	2627	Małgorzata Zadura	POL	64.13 (36)	–
37 r1/2	3234	Loree Smith	USA	63.60 (37)	–
38 r1/2	3027	Candice Scott	TTO	63.03 (38)	–
39 r1/2	1601	Berta Castells	ESP	62.44 (39)	–
40 r1/2	2081	Silvia Salis	ITA	62.28 (40)	–
41 r1/2	2422	Marina Marghiev	MDA	62.12 (41)	–
42 r1/2	1502	Paraskevi Theodorou	CYP	61.00 (42)	–
43 r1/2	1441	Sanja Gavrilović	CRO	60.55 (43)	–
44 r1/2	2651	Vânia Silva	POR	59.42 (44)	–
45 r1/2	2994	Galina Mityaeva	TJK	51.38 (45)	–
AC r1/2	3151	Jessica Cosby	USA	– (NM)	–		NM
AC r1/2	1760	Amélie Perrin	FRA	– (NM)	–		NM
AC r1/2	1409	Georgina Tóth	CMR	– (NM)	–		NM
DQ	1177	Aksana Miankova	BLR	[69.77] (DQ)	[76.34] (DQ)			1
DQ	1182	Daria Pchelnik	BLR	[71.30] (DQ)	[73.65] (DQ)			2

Qualifying Round (18 August 2008)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 71.50 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance
1	Yipsi Moreno	CUB	73.92
2	Zhang Wenxiu	CHN	73.36
3	Martina Danišová	SVK	72.87
4	Manuèla Montebrun	FRA	72.81
5	Clarissa Claretti	ITA	71.82
6	Anita Włodarczyk	POL	71.76
7	Betty Heidler	GER	71.51
8	Yelena Priyma	RUS	70.69
9	Kamila Skolimowska	POL	69.79
10	Stella Papadopoulou	GRE	69.36
11	Maryia Smaliachkova	BLR	69.22
12	Stéphanie Falzon	FRA	68.93
13	Arasay Thondike	CUB	68.74
14	Ivana Brkljačić	CRO	68.38
15	Svetlana Sudak-Torun	TUR	68.22
16	Bianca Perie	ROU	68.21
17	Iryna Novozhylova	UKR	68.11
18	Anna Bulgakova	RUS	68.04
19	Amber Campbell	USA	67.86
20	Yelena Konevtseva	RUS	67.83
21	Eileen O'Keeffe	IRL	67.66
22	Kathrin Klaas	GER	67.54
23	Iryna Sekachova	UKR	67.47
24	Lenka Ledvinová	CZE	67.17
25	Inna Saienko	UKR	66.92
26	Alexandra Papageorgiou	GRE	66.72
27	Jenny Dahlgren	ARG	66.35
28	Merja Korpela	FIN	66.29
29	Yunaika Crawford	CUB	66.16
30	Wang Zheng	CHN	65.64
31	Sultana Frizell	CAN	65.44
32	Éva Orbán	HUN	65.41
33	Zoe Derham	GBR	64.74
34	Eli Johana Moreno	COL	64.66
35	Zalina Marghieva	MDA	64.20
36	Małgorzata Zadura	POL	64.13
37	Loree Smith	USA	63.60
38	Candice Scott	TTO	63.03
39	Berta Castells	ESP	62.44
40	Silvia Salis	ITA	62.28
41	Marina Marghiev	MDA	62.12
42	Paraskevi Theodorou	CYP	61.00
43	Sanja Gavrilović	CRO	60.55
44	Vânia Silva	POR	59.42
45	Galina Mityaeva	TJK	51.38
NM	Jessica Cosby	USA	–
NM	Amélie Perrin	FRA	–
NM	Georgina Tóth	CMR	–
DQ	Aksana Miankova	BLR	[69.77]	3
DQ	Daria Pchelnik	BLR	[71.30]	4

Qualifying Round, Group A (18 August 2008 — 9:10)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Group A Round One	Group A Round Two	Group A Round Three
1	14	Yipsi Moreno	CUB	73.92	71.31	×	73.92
2	6	Martina Danišová	SVK	72.87	70.03	×	72.87
3	11	Anita Włodarczyk	POL	71.76	71.76	–	–
4	5	Betty Heidler	GER	71.51	66.28	71.51	–
5	18	Stella Papadopoulou	GRE	69.36	66.68	69.36	69.29
6	15	Maryia Smaliachkova	BLR	69.22	×	69.22	×
7	4	Stéphanie Falzon	FRA	68.93	×	68.93	×
8	12	Ivana Brkljačić	CRO	68.38	66.54	×	68.38
9	7	Bianca Perie	ROU	68.21	68.21	66.29	×
10	1	Iryna Novozhylova	UKR	68.11	67.36	×	68.11
11	24	Anna Bulgakova	RUS	68.04	×	68.04	×
12	21	Yelena Konevtseva	RUS	67.83	66.81	67.83	×
13	2	Inna Saienko	UKR	66.92	×	66.92	×
14	10	Merja Korpela	FIN	66.29	62.70	65.76	66.29
15	17	Wang Zheng	CHN	65.64	65.64	61.36	×
16	19	Sultana Frizell	CAN	65.44	×	60.43	65.44
17	20	Éva Orbán	HUN	65.41	65.12	×	65.41
18	9	Zoe Derham	GBR	64.74	64.74	64.61	64.57
19	25	Zalina Marghieva	MDA	64.20	×	64.20	×
20	3	Loree Smith	USA	63.60	62.25	62.33	63.60
21	23	Silvia Salis	ITA	62.28	×	×	62.28
22	22	Vânia Silva	POR	59.42	×	58.10	59.42
23	13	Galina Mityaeva	TJK	51.38	×	48.59	51.38
NM	8	Jessica Cosby	USA	–	×	×	×
DQ	16	Daria Pchelnik	BLR	[71.30]	[69.43]	[71.30]	[69.24]	5

Qualifying Round, Group B (18 August 2008 — 10:50)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Group B Round One	Group B Round Two	Group B Round Three
1	11	Zhang Wenxiu	CHN	73.36	73.36	–	–
2	7	Manuèla Montebrun	FRA	72.81	69.80	69.86	72.81
3	10	Clarissa Claretti	ITA	71.82	67.15	71.82	–
4	4	Yelena Priyma	RUS	70.69	70.69	69.79	65.64
5	2	Kamila Skolimowska	POL	69.79	65.97	69.79	67.01
6	9	Arasay Thondike	CUB	68.74	×	66.68	68.74
7	1	Svetlana Sudak-Torun	TUR	68.22	68.22	67.36	67.18
8	20	Amber Campbell	USA	67.86	67.86	×	×
9	8	Eileen O'Keeffe	IRL	67.66	62.53	62.05	67.66
10	19	Kathrin Klaas	GER	67.54	66.39	67.54	66.95
11	23	Iryna Sekachova	UKR	67.47	62.83	×	67.47
12	16	Lenka Ledvinová	CZE	67.17	65.98	65.23	67.17
13	24	Alexandra Papageorgiou	GRE	66.72	66.72	65.73	×
14	17	Jenny Dahlgren	ARG	66.35	58.60	×	66.35
15	13	Yunaika Crawford	CUB	66.16	66.16	65.00	64.08
16	12	Eli Johana Moreno	COL	64.66	×	64.31	64.66
17	18	Małgorzata Zadura	POL	64.13	63.35	64.13	×
18	6	Candice Scott	TTO	63.03	63.03	62.53	×
19	21	Berta Castells	ESP	62.44	62.44	61.76	×
20	25	Marina Marghiev	MDA	62.12	61.03	×	62.12
21	22	Paraskevi Theodorou	CYP	61.00	×	61.00	×
22	5	Sanja Gavrilović	CRO	60.55	60.55	60.37	60.36
NM	3	Amélie Perrin	FRA	–	×	×	×
NM	14	Georgina Tóth	CMR	–	×	×	×
DQ	15	Aksana Miankova	BLR	[69.77]	[62.95]	[65.55]	[69.77]	6

Final Round (20 August 2008 — 19:20)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	7/6/7	Yipsi Moreno	CUB	75.20	×	73.95	72.61	×	74.70	75.20
2	8/7/6	Zhang Wenxiu	CHN	74.32	74.00	74.32	73.40	73.50	70.75	73.53
3	9/1/4	Manuèla Montebrun	FRA	72.54	67.63	70.55	70.01	72.54	71.92	70.63
4	11/4/3	Anita Włodarczyk	POL	71.56	69.39	×	71.56	70.86	×	×
5	6/3/2	Clarissa Claretti	ITA	71.33	×	71.33	×	×	×	×
6	3/2/1	Martina Danišová	SVK	71.00	68.28	×	71.00	×	70.19	×
7	10	Betty Heidler	GER	70.06	×	×	70.06	–	–	–
8	12	Yelena Priyma	RUS	69.72	68.19	69.72	67.33	–	–	–
9	1	Stella Papadopoulou	GRE	64.97	×	×	64.97	–	–	–
NM	5	Kamila Skolimowska	POL	–	×	×	×	–	–	–
DQ	4/8/8	Aksana Miankova	BLR	[76.34]	[74.40]	[x]	[72.23]	[x]	[76.34]	[51.72]	OR	7
DQ	2/5/5	Daria Pchelnik	BLR	[73.65]	[69.10]	[72.46]	[72.82]	[71.00]	[72.83]	[73.65]		8