Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's hammer throw

Women's hammer throw
at the 2014 Asian Games
Venue Incheon Asiad Main Stadium
Dates September 28, 2014 (2014-09-28)
Competitors 8 from 7 nations
Medalists
    China
    China
    India

The women's hammer throw event at the 2014 Asian Games was held at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium, Incheon, South Korea on 28 September. The competition was won by Zhang Wenxiu of China. Zhang was disqualified after testing positive for the prohibited substance zeranol, but the Court of Arbitration for Sport reinstated her on appeal after ruling that the zeranol came from contaminated food.[1]

Schedule

All times are South Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Date Time Event
Sunday, 28 September 201418:50Final

Records

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

World Record Anita Włodarczyk (POL)79.58 mBerlin, Germany31 August 2014
Asian Record Wang Zheng (CHN)77.68 mChengdu, China29 March 2014
Games Record Zhang Wenxiu (CHN)74.15 mDoha, Qatar8 December 2006

Results

Legend
  • X — Failure
Rank Athlete Attempts Result Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st, gold medalist(s) Zhang Wenxiu (CHN)74.1472.5674.2775.9676.2077.3377.33GR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Wang Zheng (CHN)56.3572.5874.1674.0071.31X74.16
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Manju Bala (IND)60.47X60.2857.8057.1960.3460.47
4 Masumi Aya (JPN)57.14X58.4859.72X59.8459.84
5 Kang Na-ru (KOR)56.59X56.9758.7058.8058.3558.80
6 Anastasiya Aslanidu (UZB)55.21X54.2950.0153.8753.8655.21PB
7 Panwat Gimsrang (THA)51.3152.6949.6050.33X51.9252.69
8 Bashayer Al-Quraishi (QAT)XXX38.36X37.2538.36

References

  1. AFP (May 6, 2015). "China hammer thrower's gold medal reinstated". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
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