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Hammer Throw, Women

Date	27 – 29 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	28 from 20 countries

The dominant thrower was Romania’s Mihaela Melinte. She had set four world records in 1999, won the 1998 European Championships, and the 1999 World Championships. During the warm-up for qualifying she was informed that she had a doping positive from a few days earlier, and she was out of the competition. That left the event wide-open but Olga Kuzenkova had finished second to Melinte at both of the major meets in 1998-1999. Poland’s Kamila Skolimowska was the world junior record holder but had no major international experience, and she was only 17-years-old. In the third round she threw 71.16 (233-6) to break her world junior record and that cemented the gold. Kuzenkova threw over 69 metres in rounds three and four to move into second but fouled her final two throws.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	2741	Kamila Skolimowska	POL	66.30 (3)	71.16 (1)	Gold	OR
2	2953	Olga Kuzenkova	RUS	70.60 (1)	69.77 (2)	Silver
3	1917	Kirsten Münchow	GER	67.64 (2)	69.28 (3)	Bronze
4	1496	Yipsi Moreno	CUB	65.74 (4)	68.33 (4)
5	1137	Debbie Sosimenko	AUS	64.01 (7)	67.95 (5)
6	1237	Liudmila Hubkina	BLR	63.29 (10)	67.08 (6)
7	3347	Dawn Ellerbe	USA	64.91 (6)	66.80 (7)
8	3367	Amy Palmer	USA	62.78 (12)	66.15 (8)
9	1844	Lorraine Shaw	GBR	63.21 (11)	64.27 (9)
10	1246	Sviatlana Sudak	BLR	63.83 (8)	64.21 (10)
11	1459	Ivana Brkljačić	CRO	65.01 (5)	63.20 (11)
12	1703	Sini Pöyry	FIN	63.80 (9)	62.49 (12)
13 QR	2068	Katalin Divós	HUN	62.74 (13)	–
14 QR	1050	Lisa Misipeka	ASA	61.74 (14)	–
15 QR	2945	Tatyana Konstantinova	RUS	61.48 (15)	–
16 QR	3243	Iryna Sekachova	UKR	61.44 (16)	–
17 QR	2683	Tasha Williams	NZL	61.18 (17)	–
18 QR	2928	Alla Davydova	RUS	60.86 (18)	–
19 QR	3339	Jesseca Cross	USA	60.85 (19)	–
20 QR	1393	Zhao Wei	CHN	59.54 (20)	–
21 QR	1127	Karyne Perkins	AUS	59.49 (21)	–
22 QR	1706	Mia Strömmer	FIN	59.43 (22)	–
23 QR	1339	Michelle Fournier	CAN	59.15 (23)	–
24 QR	1759	Manuèla Montebrun	FRA	57.77 (24)	–
25 QR	2598	Caroline Fournier	MRI	56.18 (25)	–
26 QR	1295	Aneliya Yordanova	BUL	54.92 (26)	–
AC QR	1247	Volha Tsandar	BLR	– (NM)	–
AC QR	2225	Ester Balassini	ITA	– (NM)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	27 September 2000
Format	Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 65.60 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	2953	Olga Kuzenkova	RUS	70.60	QOR
2	1917	Kirsten Münchow	GER	67.64	Q
3	2741	Kamila Skolimowska	POL	66.30	Q
4	1496	Yipsi Moreno	CUB	65.74	Q
5	1459	Ivana Brkljačić	CRO	65.01	q
6	3347	Dawn Ellerbe	USA	64.91	qOR
7	1137	Debbie Sosimenko	AUS	64.01	q
8	1246	Sviatlana Sudak	BLR	63.83	q
9	1703	Sini Pöyry	FIN	63.80	q
10	1237	Liudmila Hubkina	BLR	63.29	q
11	1844	Lorraine Shaw	GBR	63.21	q
12	3367	Amy Palmer	USA	62.78	q
13	2068	Katalin Divós	HUN	62.74
14	1050	Lisa Misipeka	ASA	61.74
15	2945	Tatyana Konstantinova	RUS	61.48
16	3243	Iryna Sekachova	UKR	61.44	OR
17	2683	Tasha Williams	NZL	61.18
18	2928	Alla Davydova	RUS	60.86
19	3339	Jesseca Cross	USA	60.85
20	1393	Zhao Wei	CHN	59.54
21	1127	Karyne Perkins	AUS	59.49
22	1706	Mia Strömmer	FIN	59.43
23	1339	Michelle Fournier	CAN	59.15
24	1759	Manuèla Montebrun	FRA	57.77
25	2598	Caroline Fournier	MRI	56.18
26	1295	Aneliya Yordanova	BUL	54.92
NM	2225	Ester Balassini	ITA	–
NM	1247	Volha Tsandar	BLR	–

Group A

Date	27 September 2000 — 9:00

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	5	Olga Kuzenkova	RUS	70.60	70.60	p	p	OR
2	6	Kamila Skolimowska	POL	66.30	66.30	p	p
3	7	Yipsi Moreno	CUB	65.74	65.74	p	p
4	4	Dawn Ellerbe	USA	64.91	64.91	63.27	57.99	OR
5	8	Sviatlana Sudak	BLR	63.83	x	x	63.83
6	9	Lorraine Shaw	GBR	63.21	63.21	62.60	57.09
7	15	Amy Palmer	USA	62.78	61.96	62.49	62.78
8	1	Iryna Sekachova	UKR	61.44	61.44	60.62	x	OR
9	12	Tasha Williams	NZL	61.18	50.96	54.14	61.18
10	3	Alla Davydova	RUS	60.86	60.86	x	x
11	13	Karyne Perkins	AUS	59.49	55.18	59.49	55.22
12	11	Mia Strömmer	FIN	59.43	57.33	x	59.43
13	10	Michelle Fournier	CAN	59.15	x	55.72	59.15
14	14	Caroline Fournier	MRI	56.18	x	53.60	56.18
NM	2	Ester Balassini	ITA	–	x	x	x

Group B

Date	27 September 2000 — 11:00

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	2	Kirsten Münchow	GER	67.64	59.09	67.64	p
2	1	Ivana Brkljačić	CRO	65.01	65.01	62.59	x
3	8	Debbie Sosimenko	AUS	64.01	64.01	61.18	59.53
4	7	Sini Pöyry	FIN	63.80	63.80	60.12	61.81
5	4	Liudmila Hubkina	BLR	63.29	62.40	63.13	63.29
6	10	Katalin Divós	HUN	62.74	61.88	x	62.74
7	5	Lisa Misipeka	ASA	61.74	61.74	58.74	x
8	12	Tatyana Konstantinova	RUS	61.48	57.24	61.14	61.48
9	9	Jesseca Cross	USA	60.85	56.98	60.85	60.51
10	11	Zhao Wei	CHN	59.54	59.54	57.44	55.98
11	6	Manuèla Montebrun	FRA	57.77	57.60	x	57.77
12	3	Aneliya Yordanova	BUL	54.92	x	54.92	54.69
NM	13	Volha Tsandar	BLR	–	x	x	x

Final Round

Date	29 September 2000 — 18:00

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance	Round #4 Distance	Round #5 Distance	Round #6 Distance
1	8	Kamila Skolimowska	POL	71.16	x	66.33	71.16	66.06	69.91	p	OR
2	12	Olga Kuzenkova	RUS	69.77	x	67.18	69.64	69.77	x	x
3	5	Kirsten Münchow	GER	69.28	66.42	x	67.81	66.03	69.28	67.96
4	7	Yipsi Moreno	CUB	68.33	65.79	67.16	67.04	64.88	68.33	67.43
5	1	Debbie Sosimenko	AUS	67.95	67.95	64.24	65.49	66.39	x	x
6	11	Liudmila Hubkina	BLR	67.08	66.04	66.16	x	67.08	66.77	66.95
7	3	Dawn Ellerbe	USA	66.80	62.50	64.51	66.80	64.40	66.16	64.71
8	9	Amy Palmer	USA	66.15	x	60.21	66.15	59.42	x	x
9	10	Lorraine Shaw	GBR	64.27	64.27	56.96	63.65	–	–	–
10	2	Sviatlana Sudak	BLR	64.21	x	64.21	x	–	–	–
11	4	Ivana Brkljačić	CRO	63.20	61.25	63.20	x	–	–	–
12	6	Sini Pöyry	FIN	62.49	62.49	x	62.21	–	–	–