1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's hammer throw

1997 European Athletics  U23 Championships
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
10 km walk		women
20 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
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The women's hammer throw event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 10 and 12 July 1997.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Mihaela Melinte  Romania
Silver	Simone Mathes  Germany
Bronze	Lyn Sprules  Great Britain

Results

Final

12 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Mihaela Melinte	Romania	64.32	70.26	69.94	68.56	67.68	69.70	70.26
	Simone Mathes	Germany	58.90	64.38	60.72	60.40	x	63.18	64.38
	Lyn Sprules	Great Britain	x	61.70	61.30	x	60.48	60.36	61.70
4	Cristina Fechita	Romania	58.84	59.06	60.50	x	59.18	60.88	60.88
5	Kirsten Münchow	Germany	x	58.86	x	58.00	x	58.10	58.86
6	Veronika Ushakova	Russia	54.82	54.82	58.64	56.22	53.90	53.74	58.64
7	Marina Savitskaya	Belarus	x	56.92	53.56	57.38	x	55.64	57.38
8	Irina Kuznetsova	Russia	55.26	56.22	56.98	x	54.68	55.66	56.98
9	Angélique Rondel	France	55.36	52.80	55.18				55.36
10	Ester Balassini	Italy	55.12	54.94	54.44				55.12
11	Irina Martynenko	Ukraine	54.28	54.70	54.30				54.70
12	Agnieszka Pogroszewska	Poland	54.12	x	x				54.12

Qualifications

10 July
Qualify: first to 12 to the Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Mihaela Melinte	Romania	64.84	Q
2	Lyn Sprules	Great Britain	60.04	Q
3	Simone Mathes	Germany	59.74	Q
4	Marina Savitskaya	Belarus	59.04	Q
5	Kirsten Münchow	Germany	56.64	Q
6	Irina Martynenko	Ukraine	56.18	Q
7	Veronika Ushakova	Russia	55.78	Q
8	Irina Kuznetsova	Russia	55.78	Q
9	Cristina Fechita	Romania	55.18	Q
10	Ester Balassini	Italy	54.72	Q
11	Agnieszka Pogroszewska	Poland	53.66	Q
12	Angélique Rondel	France	52.90	Q
13	Silvia Lazzari	Italy	52.72
14	Dina Holden	Great Britain	52.56
15	Jolanta Borawska	Poland	50.40
16	Nicola Coffey	Ireland	49.84
17	Birsen Elma	Turkey	49.22
18	Olivia Kelleher	Ireland	48.86

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References

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