Women's hammer throw
at the 2014 Asian Games
VenueIncheon Asiad Main Stadium
Dates28 September
Competitors8 from 7 nations
Medalists
gold medal    China
silver medal    China
bronze medal    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 Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Date Time Event
Sunday, 28 September 201418:40Final

Records

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

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

Results

Rank Athlete Attempt Result Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s) Zhang Wenxiu (CHN)74.1472.5674.2775.9676.2077.3377.33GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wang Zheng (CHN)56.3572.5874.1674.0071.31X74.16
3rd place, 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)55.21X54.2950.0153.8753.8655.21
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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