Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's hammer throw

Women's hammer throw at the 2006 Asian Games
Venue	Khalifa International Stadium
Date	December 8, 2006 (2006-12-08)
Competitors	8 from 6 nations
Medalists
Zhang Wenxiu    China   Gu Yuan    China   Masumi Aya    Japan

Athletics at the 2006 Asian 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
10000 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
20 km walk	men	women
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	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 competition at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar was held on 8 December 2006 at the Khalifa International Stadium.

Schedule

All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record	Tatyana Lysenko (RUS)	77.80	Tallinn, Estonia	15 August 2006
Asian Record	Zhang Wenxiu (CHN)	73.24	Changsha, China	24 June 2005
Games Record	Gu Yuan (CHN)	70.49	Busan, South Korea	12 October 2002

Results

Legend

• X — Failure

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Result	Notes
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Zhang Wenxiu (CHN)	69.06	68.18	68.03	72.50	74.15	71.86	74.15	AR
	Gu Yuan (CHN)	X	62.95	65.13	X	60.90	63.37	65.13
	Masumi Aya (JPN)	60.82	61.81	62.67	X	61.17	60.95	62.67
4	Yuka Murofushi (JPN)	58.18	59.66	59.74	X	X	58.08	59.74
5	Chang Bok-shim (KOR)	X	55.75	56.73	X	X	X	56.73
6	Hardeep Kaur (IND)	55.19	56.22	55.87	55.30	56.41	53.21	56.41
7	Galina Mityaeva (TJK)	47.16	X	43.36	43.67	X	44.29	47.16
8	Sarah Al-Shatti (KUW)	X	X	X	X	23.92	X	23.92

References

• Results