Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's hammer throw

The women's hammer throw event at the 2014 Asian Games was held at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium, Incheon, South Korea on 28 September. The competition was won by Zhang Wenxiu of China. Zhang was disqualified after testing positive for the prohibited substance zeranol, but the Court of Arbitration for Sport reinstated her on appeal after ruling that the zeranol came from contaminated food.^[1]

Women's hammer throw at the 2014 Asian Games
Venue	Incheon Asiad Main Stadium
Dates	28 September
Competitors	8 from 7 nations
Medalists
Zhang Wenxiu    China   Wang Zheng    China   Manju Bala    India
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Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Date	Time	Event
Sunday, 28 September 2014	18:40	Final

Records

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

World Record	Anita Włodarczyk (POL)	79.58	Berlin, Germany	31 August 2014
Asian Record	Wang Zheng (CHN)	77.68	Chengdu, China	29 March 2014
Games Record	Zhang Wenxiu (CHN)	74.15	Doha, Qatar	8 December 2006

Results

Rank	Athlete	Attempt						Result	Notes
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Zhang Wenxiu (CHN)	74.14	72.56	74.27	75.96	76.20	77.33	77.33	GR
	Wang Zheng (CHN)	56.35	72.58	74.16	74.00	71.31	X	74.16
	Manju Bala (IND)	60.47	X	60.28	57.80	57.19	60.34	60.47
4	Masumi Aya (JPN)	57.14	X	58.48	59.72	X	59.84	59.84
5	Kang Na-ru (KOR)	56.59	X	56.97	58.70	58.80	58.35	58.80
6	Anastasiya Aslanidu (UZB)	55.21	X	54.29	50.01	53.87	53.86	55.21
7	Panwat Gimsrang (THA)	51.31	52.69	49.60	50.33	X	51.92	52.69
8	Bashayer Al-Quraishi (QAT)	X	X	X	38.36	X	37.25	38.36

References

1. AFP (May 6, 2015). "China hammer thrower's gold medal reinstated". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved August 14, 2015.

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