Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Women's hammer throw

The final of the Women's Hammer Throw competition at the 1997 Summer Universiade took place on August 29, 1997 in Catania, Italy. The event was contested for the first time at the Summer Universiade.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mihaela Melinte  Romania	Olga Kuzenkova  Russia	Deborah Sosimenko  Australia

Results

Qualification

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	A	Mihaela Melinte	Romania	68.26	Q[1]
2	A	Olga Kuzenkova	Russia	64.86	Q[1]
?	?	Deborah Sosimenko	Australia	60.44	Q[1]
?	?	Lyudmila Gubkina	Belarus	59.74	Q
?	?	Nataliya Kunytska	Ukraine	59.74	Q[1]
?	?	Inga Beyer	Germany	59.46	Q[1]
?	?	Renetta Seiler	United States	59.20	Q
?	?	Dawn Ellerbe	United States	58.58	Q
?	?	Caroline Fournier	Mauritius	56.34	Q
?	?	Brenda MacNaughton	Australia	53.38	[2]
?	?	Helena Engman	Sweden	44.10

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Mihaela Melinte (ROM)							69.84 m
	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)							65.96 m
	Deborah Sosimenko (AUS)							65.02 m
4	Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR)							63.48 m
5	Svetlana Sudak (BLR)							61.70 m
6	Dawn Ellerbe (USA)							61.52 m
7	Caroline Fournier (MRI)							59.84 m
8	Nataliya Kunytska (UKR)							57.52 m
9	Renetta Seiler (USA)							57.42 m
	???							??? m
11	Inga Beyer (GER)							55.52 m
	???							??? m

See also

• 1997 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

References

• hammerthrow.wz.cz
• FISU

1. IAAF 1997 ranking
2. Australian 1997 Almanac