Women's hammer throw at the European Athletics Championships
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Location	Amsterdam
Dates	6 July (qualification) 8 July (final)
Competitors	30 from 16 nations
Winning mark	78.14 m
Medalists
Anita Włodarczyk    Poland   Betty Heidler    Germany   Hanna Skydan    Azerbaijan
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2016 European Athletics 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	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Half marathon	men	women
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 at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 6 and 8 July.^[1]

Standing records prior to the 2016 European Athletics Championships
World record	Anita Włodarczyk (POL)	81.08 m[2][3]	Władysławowo, Poland	1 August 2015
European record
Championship record		78.76 m	Zürich, Switzerland	15 August 2014
World Leading		79.61 m[4][5]	Szczecin, Poland	18 June 2016
European Leading

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Qualification: 70.00 m (Q) or best 12 (q)^[6]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Note
1	B	Anita Włodarczyk	Poland	65.79	73.94		73.94	Q
2	A	Betty Heidler	Germany	71.46			71.46	Q
3	B	Hanna Skydan	Azerbaijan	70.41			70.41	Q
4	A	Kateřina Šafránková	Czech Republic	63.61	70.04		70.04	Q
5	A	Zalina Marghieva	Moldova	x	70.04		70.04	Q
6	A	Sophie Hitchon	Great Britain	67.46	68.73	69.48	69.48	q
7	B	Iryna Novozhylova	Ukraine	65.33	69.42	66.80	69.42	q
8	B	Joanna Fiodorow	Poland	69.35	x	68.99	69.35	q
9	A	Malwina Kopron	Poland	68.21	68.64	69.23	69.23	q
10	B	Martina Hrašnová	Slovakia	68.37	x	65.00	68.37	q
11	B	Tracey Andersson	Sweden	62.76	65.89	68.08	68.08	q
12	B	Berta Castells	Spain	68.07	66.96	63.53	68.07	q
13	B	Merja Korpela	Finland	67.78	67.33	64.72	67.78
14	B	Marina Nichișenco	Moldova	66.89	67.76	x	67.76
15	A	Alena Sobaleva	Belarus	66.78	65.37	x	66.78
16	A	Inga Linna	Finland	64.91	66.01	66.53	66.53
17	B	Kıvılcım Salman	Turkey	x	65.97	62.23	65.97
18	A	Éva Orbán	Hungary	x	65.86	65.40	65.86
19	A	Alyona Shamotina	Ukraine	x	65.69	65.29	65.69
20	B	Barbara Špiler	Slovenia	65.56	x	61.82	65.56
21	A	Laura Redondo	Spain	65.23	63.82	x	65.23
22	B	Charlene Woitha	Germany	62.72	63.82	64.90	64.90
23	A	Marinda Petersson	Sweden	64.65	x	62.33	64.65
24	A	Alena Krechyk	Belarus	64.42	61.30	x	64.42
25	B	Kathrin Klaas	Germany	60.61	64.39	x	64.39
26	B	Hanna Malyshchyk	Belarus	63.16	x	x	63.16
27	A	Veronika Kaňuchová	Slovakia	62.86	x	x	62.86
28	A	Tuğçe Şahutoğlu	Turkey	62.37	61.91	61.30	62.37
	A	Alexandra Tavernier	France	x	x	x	NM
	B	Fruzsina Fertig	Hungary	x	x	x	NM

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Anita Włodarczyk	Poland	72.82	75.73	77.11	77.65	78.12	78.14	78.14
	Betty Heidler	Germany	71.27	73.19	75.77	71.31	73.64	74.35	75.77	SB
	Hanna Skydan	Azerbaijan	x	71.07	73.83	72.20	73.69	69.89	73.83
4	Sophie Hitchon	Great Britain	70.91	71.74	71.33	70.03	71.59	71.41	71.74
5	Zalina Marghieva	Moldova	70.26	68.25	71.04	70.49	68.77	71.73	71.73
6	Malwina Kopron	Poland	70.91	68.32	67.66	x	x	69.41	70.91
7	Martina Hrašnová	Slovakia	70.62	67.95	70.02	69.75	x	69.82	70.62
8	Iryna Novozhylova	Ukraine	70.18	68.34	64.69	66.85	68.74	x	70.18
9	Kateřina Šafránková	Czech Republic	69.55	68.37	x				69.55
10	Joanna Fiodorow	Poland	68.80	69.35	69.48				69.48
11	Tracey Andersson	Sweden	67.08	65.03	x				67.08
12	Berta Castells	Spain	x	x	63.27				63.27

• amsterdam2016.org, official championship site