2000 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
10,000 m walk	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 event at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Santiago, Chile, at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos on 17 and 18 October.^[1][2]

Gold	Ivana Brkljačić  Croatia
Silver	Virginia Balut  Romania
Bronze	Yunaika Crawford  Cuba

18 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ivana Brkljačić	Croatia	62.22	60.12	61.65	60.84	61.79	x	62.22
	Virginia Balut	Romania	x	58.28	60.23	x	x	x	60.23
	Yunaika Crawford	Cuba	59.98	59.44	59.88	57.09	56.02	57.96	59.98
4	Merja Korpela	Finland	56.92	x	59.59	x	56.15	x	59.59
5	Martina Danisová	Slovakia	56.74	55.09	x	57.75	x	x	57.75
6	Natalya Kravchenko	Ukraine	56.51	54.87	53.88	54.68	x	55.29	56.51
7	Yuliya Denisova	Russia	x	x	55.56	x	x	55.10	55.56
8	Debby van der Schilt	Netherlands	49.48	x	55.15	x	x	x	55.15
9	Silke Grundmann	Germany	53.08	55.08	52.46				55.08
10	Yelena Tauryanina	Russia	53.01	54.86	x				54.86
11	Carrie Soong	United States	x	x	54.44				54.44
12	Eva Danielsen	Norway	x	x	47.28				47.28

17 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Martina Danisová	Slovakia	59.60	-	-	59.60	Q
2	Merja Korpela	Finland	58.29	-	-	58.29	Q
3	Yuliya Denisova	Russia	55.55	51.48	54.44	55.55	q
4	Natalya Kravchenko	Ukraine	54.34	51.57	53.64	54.34	q
5	Deborah Lovely	Australia	53.11	x	52.99	53.11
6	Katherine Johnston	United States	52.81	x	52.38	52.81
7	Yang Meiping	China	52.58	x	51.92	52.58
8	Nathalie Thénor	Canada	52.20	x	x	52.20
9	Betty Heidler	Germany	x	x	52.18	52.18
10	Kamila Skolimowska	Poland	x	x	51.84	51.84
11	Jennifer Dahlgren	Argentina	50.49	x	x	50.49
12	Eileen O'Keeffe	Ireland	x	50.13	49.59	50.13
13	Sarah Luyimi-Mbala	Belgium	49.03	x	49.81	49.81
14	Mhairi Walters	United Kingdom	39.33	47.62	48.77	48.77
15	Maria Mercedes Melogno	Uruguay	x	x	45.63	45.63
16	Odette Palma	Chile	x	x	43.91	43.91

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Ivana Brkljačić	Croatia	62.05	-	-	62.05	Q
2	Yunaika Crawford	Cuba	59.53	-	-	59.53	Q
3	Carrie Soong	United States	58.22	-	-	58.22	Q
4	Virginia Balut	Romania	53.48	x	56.16	56.16	q
5	Yelena Tauryanina	Russia	52.40	x	55.96	55.96	q
6	Debby van der Schilt	Netherlands	55.06	55.90	x	55.90	q
7	Eva Danielsen	Norway	53.55	x	54.32	54.32	q
8	Silke Grundmann	Germany	x	54.15	53.32	54.15	q
9	Dubraska Rodríguez	Venezuela	53.82	50.97	50.80	53.82
10	Carys Parry	United Kingdom	51.99	53.80	52.69	53.80
11	Nicole Robertson	Australia	x	51.69	x	51.69
12	Erin Riste	Canada	x	47.08	51.13	51.13
13	Andrea Kéri	Hungary	50.45	47.18	50.21	50.45
14	Monika Královenská	Slovakia	x	x	50.26	50.26
15	Stéphanie Falzon	France	x	49.77	x	49.77
16	Mariana La Nasa	Argentina	45.34	47.17	45.44	47.17

According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.