2012 Summer Olympics Results - Athletics
| Women's Hammer Throw | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 8 - Final | |||
 |  RUSRussia | Tatyana Lysenko | 78.18 |
 |  POLPoland | Anita Wlodarczyk | 77.60 |
 |  GERGermany | Betty Heidler | 77.12 |
| 4 |  CHNChina | Zhang Wenxiu | 76.34 |
| 5 | GERGermany | Kathrin Klaas | 76.05 |
| 6 |  CUBCuba | Yipsi Moreno | 74.60 |
| 7 |  BLRBelarus | Aksana Miankova | 74.40 |
| 8 |  MDAMoldova | Zalina Marghieva | 74.06 |
| 9 |  FRAFrance | Stéphanie Falzon | 73.06 |
| 10 | POLPoland | Joanna Fiodorow | 72.37 |
| 11 | RUSRussia | Mariya Bespalova | 71.13 |
| 12 |  GBRGreat Britain | Sophie Hitchon | 69.33 |
| 13 |  USAUnited States | Amber Campbell | 69.93 |
| 14 | USAUnited States | Jessica Cosby | 69.65 |
| 15 |  TURTurkey | Kivilcim Kaya Salman | 69.50 |
| 16 | RUSRussia | Gulfiya Khanafeyeva | 69.43 |
| 17 |  HUNHungary | Éva Orbán | 68.64 |
| 18 |  COLColombia | Johana Moreno | 68.53 |
| 19 |  UKRUkraine | Hanna Skydan | 68.50 |
| 20 |  SVKSlovakia | Martina Hrasnová | 68.41 |
| 21 |  ESPSpain | Berta Castells | 68.41 |
| 22 |  ROURomania | Bianca Perie | 68.34 |
| 23 | CUBCuba | Arasay Thondike | 67.93 |
| 24 | TURTurkey | Tugce Sahutoglu | 67.58 |
| 25 | CUBCuba | Ariannis Vichy | 67.48 |
| 26 |  CANCanada | Sultana Frizell | 67.45 |
| 27 |  VENVenezuela | Rosa Rodríguez | 67.34 |
| 28 | USAUnited States | Amanda Bingson | 67.29 |
| 29 |  SLOSlovenia | Barbara Spiler | 67.21 |
| 30 | BLRBelarus | Alena Matoshka | 67.03 |
| 31 |  CZECzechia | Katerina Safránková | 66.16 |
| 32 |  SENSenegal | Amy Séné | 65.49 |
| 33 | UKRUkraine | Iryna Novozhylova | 65.35 |
| 34 | CANCanada | Heather Steacy | 63.40 |
| 35 |  PORPortugal | Vânia Silva | 62.81 |
| 36 |  ITAItaly | Silvia Salis | 10.84 |
| 37 |  ARGArgentina | Jennifer Dahlgren | NoM |
| Women's Hammer Throw, Qualification, Group A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 8 - Final | |||
| 1 | POLPoland | Anita Wlodarczyk | 75.68 |
| 2 | GERGermany | Betty Heidler | 74.44 |
| 3 | RUSRussia | Tatyana Lysenko | 74.43 |
| 4 | CUBCuba | Yipsi Moreno | 73.95 |
| 5 | GBRGreat Britain | Sophie Hitchon | 71.98 |
| 6 | USAUnited States | Amber Campbell | 69.93 |
| 7 | USAUnited States | Jessica Cosby | 69.65 |
| 8 | TURTurkey | Kivilcim Kaya Salman | 69.50 |
| 9 | COLColombia | Johana Moreno | 68.53 |
| 10 | UKRUkraine | Hanna Skydan | 68.50 |
| 11 | SVKSlovakia | Martina Hrasnová | 68.41 |
| 12 | ROURomania | Bianca Perie | 68.34 |
| 13 | CUBCuba | Ariannis Vichy | 67.48 |
| 14 | CANCanada | Sultana Frizell | 67.45 |
| 15 | VENVenezuela | Rosa Rodríguez | 67.34 |
| 16 | BLRBelarus | Alena Matoshka | 67.03 |
| 17 | SENSenegal | Amy Séné | 65.49 |
| 18 | ITAItaly | Silvia Salis | 10.84 |
| Women's Hammer Throw, Qualification | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 8 - Final | |||
| 1 | POLPoland | Anita Wlodarczyk | 75.68 |
| 2 | CHNChina | Zhang Wenxiu | 74.53 |
| 3 | GERGermany | Betty Heidler | 74.44 |
| 4 | RUSRussia | Tatyana Lysenko | 74.43 |
| 5 | GERGermany | Kathrin Klaas | 74.14 |
| 6 | CUBCuba | Yipsi Moreno | 73.95 |
| 7 | RUSRussia | Mariya Bespalova | 73.56 |
| 8 | BLRBelarus | Aksana Miankova | 73.10 |
| 9 | MDAMoldova | Zalina Marghieva | 72.19 |
| 10 | GBRGreat Britain | Sophie Hitchon | 71.98 |
| 11 | FRAFrance | Stéphanie Falzon | 71.67 |
| 12 | POLPoland | Joanna Fiodorow | 70.48 |
| 13 | USAUnited States | Amber Campbell | 69.93 |
| 14 | USAUnited States | Jessica Cosby | 69.65 |
| 15 | TURTurkey | Kivilcim Kaya Salman | 69.50 |
| 16 | RUSRussia | Gulfiya Khanafeyeva | 69.43 |
| 17 | HUNHungary | Éva Orbán | 68.64 |
| 18 | COLColombia | Johana Moreno | 68.53 |
| 19 | UKRUkraine | Hanna Skydan | 68.50 |
| 20 | SVKSlovakia | Martina Hrasnová | 68.41 |
| 21 | ESPSpain | Berta Castells | 68.41 |
| 22 | ROURomania | Bianca Perie | 68.34 |
| 23 | CUBCuba | Arasay Thondike | 67.93 |
| 24 | TURTurkey | Tugce Sahutoglu | 67.58 |
| 25 | CUBCuba | Ariannis Vichy | 67.48 |
| 26 | CANCanada | Sultana Frizell | 67.45 |
| 27 | VENVenezuela | Rosa Rodríguez | 67.34 |
| 28 | USAUnited States | Amanda Bingson | 67.29 |
| 29 | SLOSlovenia | Barbara Spiler | 67.21 |
| 30 | BLRBelarus | Alena Matoshka | 67.03 |
| 31 | CZECzechia | Katerina Safránková | 66.16 |
| 32 | SENSenegal | Amy Séné | 65.49 |
| 33 | UKRUkraine | Iryna Novozhylova | 65.35 |
| 34 | CANCanada | Heather Steacy | 63.40 |
| 35 | PORPortugal | Vânia Silva | 62.81 |
| 36 | ITAItaly | Silvia Salis | 10.84 |
| 99 | ARGArgentina | Jennifer Dahlgren | NoM |
| Women's Hammer Throw, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 10 - Final | |||
| 1 | RUSRussia | Tatyana Lysenko | 78.18 OR |
| 2 | POLPoland | Anita Wlodarczyk | 77.60 |
| 3 | GERGermany | Betty Heidler | 77.12 |
| 4 | CHNChina | Zhang Wenxiu | 76.34 |
| 5 | GERGermany | Kathrin Klaas | 76.05 |
| 6 | CUBCuba | Yipsi Moreno | 74.60 |
| 7 | BLRBelarus | Aksana Miankova | 74.40 |
| 8 | MDAMoldova | Zalina Marghieva | 74.06 |
| 9 | FRAFrance | Stéphanie Falzon | 73.06 |
| 10 | POLPoland | Joanna Fiodorow | 72.37 |
| 11 | RUSRussia | Mariya Bespalova | 71.13 |
| 12 | GBRGreat Britain | Sophie Hitchon | 69.33 |
| Women's Hammer Throw, Qualification, Group B | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 8 - Final | |||
| 1 | CHNChina | Zhang Wenxiu | 74.53 |
| 2 | GERGermany | Kathrin Klaas | 74.14 |
| 3 | RUSRussia | Mariya Bespalova | 73.56 |
| 4 | BLRBelarus | Aksana Miankova | 73.10 |
| 5 | MDAMoldova | Zalina Marghieva | 72.19 |
| 6 | FRAFrance | Stéphanie Falzon | 71.67 |
| 7 | POLPoland | Joanna Fiodorow | 70.48 |
| 8 | RUSRussia | Gulfiya Khanafeyeva | 69.43 |
| 9 | HUNHungary | Éva Orbán | 68.64 |
| 10 | ESPSpain | Berta Castells | 68.41 |
| 11 | CUBCuba | Arasay Thondike | 67.93 |
| 12 | TURTurkey | Tugce Sahutoglu | 67.58 |
| 13 | USAUnited States | Amanda Bingson | 67.29 |
| 14 | SLOSlovenia | Barbara Spiler | 67.21 |
| 15 | CZECzechia | Katerina Safránková | 66.16 |
| 16 | UKRUkraine | Iryna Novozhylova | 65.35 |
| 17 | CANCanada | Heather Steacy | 63.40 |
| 18 | PORPortugal | Vânia Silva | 62.81 |
| 99 | ARGArgentina | Jennifer Dahlgren | NoM |
Medal Tracker
Overall Medal Leaders
- 126
USA - 91
CHN - 65
GBR
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
 USA | 40 |
 CHN | 40 |
 JPN | 20 |
Silver
| USA | 44 |
| CHN | 27 |
 FRA | 26 |
Bronze
| USA | 42 |
 GBR | 29 |
| CHN | 24 |
Overall Medal Leaders
- 6Yufei
- 5
Marchand - 5Huske
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
| Marchand | 4 |
| Huske | 3 |
 O'Callaghan | 3 |
Silver
| Smith | 3 |
| Huske | 2 |
| Walsh | 2 |
Bronze
| Yufei | 5 |
| Junxuan | 3 |
| McKeown | 2 |
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