Women's Hammer throw - Athletics |
Women's Hammer throw 2008 |
* Aksana Miankova BLR disqualified for an anti-doping rule violation according to IOC Disciplinary Commissions desicion of November 22 2016. ** Darya Pchelnik BLR disqualified for an anti-doping rule violation according to IOC Disciplinary Commissions desicion of January 10 2017.
Event Format: Athletes competed in a qualifying round followed by the final. Top twelve and ties in the qualifying round and all those reaching the announced qualification limit advanced to the final. In the final all finalists were given three tries. The top eight were then given three more. Event facts: Women's Hammer throw competition was held at the Beijing National Stadium and 50 athletes participated in the event. |