Anita Wlodarczyk throwing in the final of the European Championships in Amsterdam
when all of her last four throws would have won the competition. It was her last throw
that was the farthest. A month later in Rio at the 2016 Olympic Games she improved her
own World Record from 80.85m to 82.29m. Full results below the Europeans.
2016 European Championships Amsterdam.
Women's hammer final.
1.
|
Anita Włodarczyk |
Poland |
78.14
|
|
2.
|
Betty Heidler |
Germany
|
75.77
|
SB
|
| 3. |
Hanna Skydan |
Azerbaijan
|
73.83 |
|
| 4. |
Sophie Hitchon |
Great Britain
|
71.74 |
|
| 5. |
Zalina Marghieva |
Moldova
|
71.73
|
|
| 6. |
Malwina Kopron |
Poland
|
70.91 |
|
2016 Olympic Games women's hammer final.
1.
|
Anita Włodarczyk |
Poland |
82.29 |
World Record
|
| 2. |
Zhang Wenxiu |
China
|
76.75 |
SB |
3.
|
Sophie Hitchon |
Great Britain
|
74.54 |
National record.
|
| 4. |
Betty Heidler |
Germany |
73.71 |
|
| 5. |
Zalina Marghieva |
Moldova |
73.50 |
|
| 6. |
Amber Campbell |
United States |
72.74
|
|
| 7. |
Hanna Malyshik |
Belarus |
71.90 |
|
| 8. |
DeAnna Price |
United States |
70.95 |
|
Anita Włodarczyk improved her World Record to 82.98m at the 7th
Kamila Skolimowska Memorial in Warsaw in August 2016.