2016 Summer Olympics Results - Athletics
| Women's Hammer Throw | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 12 - Final | |||
 |  POLPoland | Anita Wlodarczyk | 82.29 OR/WR |
 |  CHNChina | Zhang Wenxiu | 76.75 |
 |  GBRGreat Britain | Sophie Hitchon | 74.54 |
| 4 |  GERGermany | Betty Heidler | 73.71 |
| 5 |  MDAMoldova | Zalina Marghieva | 73.50 |
| 6 |  USAUnited States | Amber Campbell | 72.74 |
| 7 |  BLRBelarus | Hanna Malyshik | 71.90 |
| 8 | USAUnited States | Deanna Price | 70.95 |
| 9 | POLPoland | Joanna Fiodorow | 69.87 |
| 10 |  VENVenezuela | Rosa Rodríguez | 69.26 |
| 11 |  FRAFrance | Alexandra Tavernier | 65.18 |
| 12 | CHNChina | Wang Zheng | NoM |
| 13 |  AZEAzerbaijan | Hanna Skydan | 70.09 |
| 14 | USAUnited States | Gwen Berry | 69.90 |
| 15 | POLPoland | Malwina Kopron | 69.69 |
| 16 | CHNChina | Liu Tingting | 69.14 |
| 17 |  CZECzechia | Katerina Safránková | 68.33 |
| 18 | GERGermany | Kathrin Klaas | 67.92 |
| 19 |  SVKSlovakia | Martina Hrasnová | 67.63 |
| 20 | BLRBelarus | Alena Sobaleva | 67.06 |
| 21 |  TURTürkiye | Tugce Sahutoglu | 67.05 |
| 22 |  UKRUkraine | Iryna Novozhylova | 66.70 |
| 23 |  CANCanada | Heather Steacy | 66.01 |
| 24 | MDAMoldova | Marina Marghieva-Nikisenko | 65.19 |
| 25 |  SENSenegal | Amy Séné | 64.83 |
| 26 | TURTürkiye | Kivilcim Kaya Salman | 64.79 |
| 27 |  ARGArgentina | Jennifer Dahlgren | 63.03 |
| 28 | UKRUkraine | Iryna Klymets | 62.75 |
| 29 | GERGermany | Charleene Woitha | 62.50 |
| 30 |  JAMJamaica | Daina Levy | 60.35 |
| 31 | UKRUkraine | Nataliya Zolotukhina | 56.96 |
| 32 |  CUBCuba | Yirisleydi Ford | 10.91 |
| Women's Hammer Throw, Qualification, Group A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 12 - Final | |||
| 1 | POLPoland | Anita Wlodarczyk | 76.93 Q |
| 2 | VENVenezuela | Rosa Rodríguez | 72.41 Q |
| 3 | MDAMoldova | Zalina Marghieva | 71.72 |
| 4 | USAUnited States | Deanna Price | 70.79 |
| 5 | CHNChina | Wang Zheng | 70.60 |
| 6 | FRAFrance | Alexandra Tavernier | 70.30 |
| 7 | USAUnited States | Gwen Berry | 69.90 |
| 8 | CHNChina | Liu Tingting | 69.14 |
| 9 | CZECzechia | Katerina Safránková | 68.33 |
| 10 | SVKSlovakia | Martina Hrasnová | 67.63 |
| 11 | BLRBelarus | Alena Sobaleva | 67.06 |
| 12 | UKRUkraine | Iryna Novozhylova | 66.70 |
| 13 | CANCanada | Heather Steacy | 66.01 |
| 14 | TURTürkiye | Kivilcim Kaya Salman | 64.79 |
| 15 | GERGermany | Charleene Woitha | 62.50 |
| 16 | JAMJamaica | Daina Levy | 60.35 |
| Women's Hammer Throw, Qualification | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 12 - Final | |||
| 1 | POLPoland | Anita Wlodarczyk | 76.93 Q |
| 2 | CHNChina | Zhang Wenxiu | 73.58 Q |
| 3 | VENVenezuela | Rosa Rodríguez | 72.41 Q |
| 4 | POLPoland | Joanna Fiodorow | 71.77 q |
| 5 | MDAMoldova | Zalina Marghieva | 71.72 q |
| 6 | GERGermany | Betty Heidler | 71.17 q |
| 7 | BLRBelarus | Hanna Malyshik | 71.12 q |
| 8 | USAUnited States | Amber Campbell | 71.09 q |
| 9 | USAUnited States | Deanna Price | 70.79 q |
| 10 | CHNChina | Wang Zheng | 70.60 q |
| 11 | GBRGreat Britain | Sophie Hitchon | 70.37 q |
| 12 | FRAFrance | Alexandra Tavernier | 70.30 q |
| 13 | AZEAzerbaijan | Hanna Skydan | 70.09 |
| 14 | USAUnited States | Gwen Berry | 69.90 |
| 15 | POLPoland | Malwina Kopron | 69.69 |
| 16 | CHNChina | Liu Tingting | 69.14 |
| 17 | CZECzechia | Katerina Safránková | 68.33 |
| 18 | GERGermany | Kathrin Klaas | 67.92 |
| 19 | SVKSlovakia | Martina Hrasnová | 67.63 |
| 20 | BLRBelarus | Alena Sobaleva | 67.06 |
| 21 | TURTürkiye | Tugce Sahutoglu | 67.05 |
| 22 | UKRUkraine | Iryna Novozhylova | 66.70 |
| 23 | CANCanada | Heather Steacy | 66.01 |
| 24 | MDAMoldova | Marina Marghieva-Nikisenko | 65.19 |
| 25 | SENSenegal | Amy Séné | 64.83 |
| 26 | TURTürkiye | Kivilcim Kaya Salman | 64.79 |
| 27 | ARGArgentina | Jennifer Dahlgren | 63.03 |
| 28 | UKRUkraine | Iryna Klymets | 62.75 |
| 29 | GERGermany | Charleene Woitha | 62.50 |
| 30 | JAMJamaica | Daina Levy | 60.35 |
| 31 | UKRUkraine | Nataliya Zolotukhina | 56.96 |
| 32 | CUBCuba | Yirisleydi Ford | 10.91 |
| Women's Hammer Throw, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 15 - Final | |||
| 1 | POLPoland | Anita Wlodarczyk | 82.29 OR/WR |
| 2 | CHNChina | Zhang Wenxiu | 76.75 |
| 3 | GBRGreat Britain | Sophie Hitchon | 74.54 |
| 4 | GERGermany | Betty Heidler | 73.71 |
| 5 | MDAMoldova | Zalina Marghieva | 73.50 |
| 6 | USAUnited States | Amber Campbell | 72.74 |
| 7 | BLRBelarus | Hanna Malyshik | 71.90 |
| 8 | USAUnited States | Deanna Price | 70.95 |
| 9 | POLPoland | Joanna Fiodorow | 69.87 |
| 10 | VENVenezuela | Rosa Rodríguez | 69.26 |
| 11 | FRAFrance | Alexandra Tavernier | 65.18 |
| CHNChina | Wang Zheng | NoM | |
| Women's Hammer Throw, Qualification, Group B | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 13 - Final | |||
| 1 | CHNChina | Zhang Wenxiu | 73.58 Q |
| 2 | POLPoland | Joanna Fiodorow | 71.77 |
| 3 | GERGermany | Betty Heidler | 71.17 |
| 4 | BLRBelarus | Hanna Malyshik | 71.12 |
| 5 | USAUnited States | Amber Campbell | 71.09 |
| 6 | GBRGreat Britain | Sophie Hitchon | 70.37 |
| 7 | AZEAzerbaijan | Hanna Skydan | 70.09 |
| 8 | POLPoland | Malwina Kopron | 69.69 |
| 9 | GERGermany | Kathrin Klaas | 67.92 |
| 10 | TURTürkiye | Tugce Sahutoglu | 67.05 |
| 11 | MDAMoldova | Marina Marghieva-Nikisenko | 65.19 |
| 12 | SENSenegal | Amy Séné | 64.83 |
| 13 | ARGArgentina | Jennifer Dahlgren | 63.03 |
| 14 | UKRUkraine | Iryna Klymets | 62.75 |
| 15 | UKRUkraine | Nataliya Zolotukhina | 56.96 |
| 16 | CUBCuba | Yirisleydi Ford | 10.91 |
Medal Tracker
Medal Leaders
- 126
USA - 91
CHN - 45
JPN
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
 USA | 40 |
 CHN | 40 |
 JPN | 20 |
Silver
| USA | 44 |
| CHN | 27 |
 FRA | 26 |
Bronze
| USA | 42 |
 GBR | 29 |
| CHN | 24 |
Medal Leaders
- 5
Marchand - 5Huske
- 5
O'Callaghan
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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