1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw

Events at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men
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
5000 m walk				women
10,000 m 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

The women's hammer throw event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 28 and 29 July.

Medalists

Gold	Bianca Achilles Germany
Silver	Sini Pöyry Finland
Bronze	Maureen Griffin United States

Results

Final

29 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Bianca Achilles	Germany	60.07	56.73	61.42	61.79	61.47	x	61.79
	Sini Pöyry	Finland	61.76	57.37	60.66	60.64	61.15	x	61.76
	Maureen Griffin	United States	x	60.14	x	57.38	x	54.84	60.14
4	Yipsi Moreno	Cuba	59.05	x	59.85	x	x	59.81	59.85
5	Manuela Montebrun	France	53.20	56.17	54.30	58.28	58.15	54.97	58.28
6	Júlia Tudja	Hungary	56.67	56.11	56.27	56.81	57.73	x	57.73
7	Céline Vandeville	France	54.24	57.36	x	56.02	55.44	56.19	57.36
8	Bronwyn Eagles	Australia	54.38	56.77	53.92	53.47	55.99	x	56.77
9	Yunaika Crawford	Cuba	55.93	50.13	56.01				56.01
10	Natalya Samusenkova	Russia	53.55	53.08	x				53.55
11	Janna Wren	United States	49.06	x	52.17				52.17
	Cecilia Nilsson	Sweden	x	x	x				NM

Qualifications

28 Jul

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Bianca Achilles	Germany	60.13	-	-	60.13	Q
2	Yipsi Moreno	Cuba	x	56.87	58.41	58.41	Q
3	Céline Vandeville	France	54.29	55.33	57.95	57.95	Q
4	Júlia Tudja	Hungary	56.45	57.41	-	57.41	Q
5	Maureen Griffin	United States	x	57.37	-	57.37	Q
6	Natalya Samusenkova	Russia	54.94	54.44	55.51	55.51	q
7	Bronwyn Eagles	Australia	54.77	52.31	x	54.77	q
8	Ivana Brkljačić	Croatia	51.64	x	53.81	53.81
9	Ainhoa Cabré	Spain	53.44	x	53.80	53.80
10	Sónia Alves	Portugal	48.27	x	50.37	50.37
11	Jennifer Joyce	Canada	x	50.07	x	50.07
12	Evaggelía Dervéni	Greece	46.35	x	49.78	49.78
13	Jessica Ponce	Mexico	49.67	47.12	47.28	49.67
14	Merja Korpela	Finland	x	x	49.34	49.34
15	Anabelle Gómez	Venezuela	46.73	x	48.38	48.38
16	Albana Panga	Albania	x	43.40	43.38	43.40

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Sini Pöyry	Finland	59.35	-	-	59.35	Q
2	Yunaika Crawford	Cuba	57.03	-	-	57.03	Q
3	Manuela Montebrun	France	55.35	54.58	56.38	56.38	q
4	Janna Wren	United States	50.89	53.02	55.39	55.39	q
5	Cecilia Nilsson	Sweden	53.77	x	55.29	55.29	q
6	Rachael Beverley	United Kingdom	54.64	53.97	x	54.64
7	Nesrin Kaya	Turkey	53.77	53.86	54.29	54.29
8	Olga Markevich	Belarus	51.24	52.98	53.70	53.70
9	Madlen Döhring	Germany	49.73	52.59	52.15	52.59
10	Brooke Krueger	Australia	x	52.15	x	52.15
11	Vânia Silva	Portugal	x	51.83	x	51.83
12	Barbara Németh	Hungary	51.33	51.16	x	51.33
13	Lucie Krouzová	Czech Republic	x	43.30	46.17	46.17
14	Dubraska Rodríguez	Venezuela	x	44.85	x	44.85

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.

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