Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Women's hammer throw

Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The women's hammer throw event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held on 16 September in Kuala Lumpur.

This was the first time that this event was contested at the Commonwealth Games.

Results

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Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Deborah Sosimenko	Australia	x	64.85	66.56	64.49	61.89	x	66.56
	Lorraine Shaw	England	x	x	61.81	x	62.66	x	62.66
	Caroline Wittrin	Canada	58.16	61.67	60.61	58.10	59.03	58.37	61.67	PB
4	Karyne Perkins	Australia	60.65	x	59.96	59.42	58.39	x	60.65
5	Denise Passmore	Australia	57.33	x	59.10	x	57.76	55.88	59.10
6	Caroline Fournier	Mauritius	56.01	x	58.42	59.02	x	57.39	59.02
7	Lyn Sprules	England	58.32	x	x	57.83	59.01	57.75	59.01
8	Michelle Fournier	Canada	57.78	x	56.59	56.88	56.43	x	57.78
9	Patti Pilsner-Steinke	Canada	52.59	56.14	56.23				56.23
10	Tasha Williams	New Zealand	56.21	x	56.05				56.21
11	Rachael Beverley	England	55.34	54.58	54.64				55.34
12	Sarah Louise Moore	Wales	x	47.79	x				47.79

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