Heidler had been the only woman to have set a world record in a world championship event in 2011, with her 79.42 in May. Three other marks ahead of her nearest rival made her a big favourite. Zhang was the early leader with 75.03, until Lysenko produced a seasonal best of 76.80 to start her campaign. This was followed by efforts of 77.09 and 77.13, all three efforts being championship records. Heidler was stuck in bronze medal position with efforts of 73.96 and 74.70, before reaching 76.06 in the fifth, but the day belonged to the tall (1.80m) Lysenko. “I thought 77 metres would for sure be enough for a medal,” she reflected, “but not enough for the win.”
Qualification - Friday 02.09 - mark 71.00m - 8+4 Athletes.
Group A 10:05
Team
Dist
Rk.
1.
2.
3.
bib
1. Wenxiu Zhang
CHN
74.17m
1.
74.17
-
-
246
2. Tatyana Lysenko
RUS
71.94m
4.
71.94
-
-
772
3. Kathrin Klaas
GER
71.69m
5.
69.26
69.57
71.69
424
4. Jessica Cosby
USA
71.06m
8.
71.06
-
-
928
5. Zalina Marghieva
MDA
70.09m
9.
X
70.09
69.85
650
6. Bianca Perie
ROU
69.66m
11.
68.12
69.66
69.01
733
7. Stephanie Falzon
FRA
68.92m
12.
X
68.92
67.37
364
8. Amber Campbell
USA
68.87m
14.
68.26
68.87
X
923
9. Joanna Fiodorow
POL
66.88m
21.
X
66.88
X
702
10.Alexandra Papayeoryiou
GRE
66.77m
22.
64.38
65.58
66.77
456
11.Amy Sene
SEN
66.15m
23.
66.15
X
61.31
794
12.Merja Korpela
FIN
65.64m
24.
63.93
X
65.64
357
13.Vania Silva
POR
65.40m
25.
64.46
65.40
64.18
727
14.Heather Steacy
CAN
63.39m
28.
63.39
X
X
211
15.Na-ru Kang
KOR
61.05m
30.
61.05
X
X
605
Group B 11:35
Team
Dist
Rk.
1.
2.
3.
bib
1. Yipsi Moreno
CUB
73.29m
2.
73.29
-
-
285
2. Jennifer Dahlgren
ARG
72.70m
SB
3.
67.81
X
72.70
105
3. Betty Heidler
GER
71.48m
6.
71.48
-
-
420
4. Anita Wlodarczyk
POL
71.09m
7.
71.09
-
-
715
5. Silvia Salis
ITA
69.82m
10.
69.82
66.58
X
506
6. Eva Orban
HUN
68.89m
13.
68.89
68.28
X
467
7. Jeneva McCall
USA
68.26m
15.
68.26
65.22
65.45
958
8. Alena Matoshka
BLR
68.23m
16.
X
68.23
67.88
150
9. Marina Marghieva
MDA
67.95m
17.
X
67.95
X
649
10.Berta Castells
ESP
67.74m
18.
67.74
65.22
67.02
313
11.Nataliya Zolotukhina
UKR
67.57m
19.
67.44
67.57
65.93
913
12.Mona Christine Holm
NOR
67.16m
20.
67.16
66.97
X
686
13.Sophie Hitchon
GBR
64.93m
26.
61.91
X
64.93
391
14.Masumi Aya
JPN
64.09m
27.
60.14
64.09
X
535
15.Tingting Liu
CHN
63.12m
29.
61.45
62.17
63.12
232
Dahlgren, Cosby and Falzon had better thwrows in qualification than in final.
