Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's hammer throw

The women's hammer throw competition at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar was held on 8 December 2006 at the Khalifa International Stadium.

Women's hammer throw at the 2006 Asian Games
Venue	Khalifa International Stadium
Date	8 December
Competitors	8 from 6 nations
Medalists
Zhang Wenxiu    China   Gu Yuan    China   Masumi Aya    Japan

Main article: Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games

Schedule

All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)

Date	Time	Event
Friday, 8 December 2006	15:00	Final

Records

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

World Record	Tatyana Lysenko (RUS)	77.80	Tallinn, Estonia	15 August 2006
Asian Record	Zhang Wenxiu (CHN)	73.24	Changsha, China	24 June 2005
Games Record	Gu Yuan (CHN)	70.49	Busan, South Korea	12 October 2002

Results

Rank	Athlete	Attempt						Result	Notes
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Zhang Wenxiu (CHN)	69.06	68.18	68.03	72.50	74.15	71.86	74.15	AR
	Gu Yuan (CHN)	X	62.95	65.13	X	60.90	63.37	65.13
	Masumi Aya (JPN)	60.82	61.81	62.67	X	61.17	60.95	62.67
4	Yuka Murofushi (JPN)	58.18	59.66	59.74	X	X	58.08	59.74
5	Chang Bok-shim (KOR)	X	55.75	56.73	X	X	X	56.73
6	Hardeep Kaur (IND)	55.19	56.22	55.87	55.30	56.41	53.21	56.41
7	Galina Mityaeva (TJK)	47.16	X	43.36	43.67	X	44.29	47.16
8	Sarah Al-Shatti (KUW)	X	X	X	X	23.92	X	23.92

External links

• Results