2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's hammer throw
The women's hammer throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 27 to 28 September 2019.
Summary
In the absence of world record holder Anita Włodarczyk, who has dominated hammer throwing since 2012, this was the first major championship opportunity for someone else. With the defending champion recovering from knee surgery, world leader DeAnna Price seized the opportunity on the second throw of the competition with a 76.87m that nobody would beat all day, except Price, who threw her best of in the third round. The next thrower into the ring was Włodarczyk's Polish teammate Joanna Fiodorow, who tried to pick up the slack, throwing her personal best 76.35m which dominated everybody else. Zalina Petrivskaya's first throw of the competition was dropped to third place after the first three throwers. She maintained that position until the middle of the fifth round when Wang Zheng's 74.76m grabbed bronze.Records
Before the competition records were as follows:| World record | 82.98 m | Warsaw, Poland | 28 August 2016 | |
| Championship record | 80.85 m | Beijing, China | 27 August 2015 | |
| World Leading | 78.24 m | Des Moines, United States | 27 July 2019 | |
| African Record | 69.70 m | Forbach, France | 25 May 2014 | |
| Asian Record | 77.68 m | Chengdu, China | 29 March 2014 | |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | 78.24 m | Des Moines, United States | 27 July 2019 | |
| South American Record | 73.74 m | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 10 April 2010 | |
| European Record | 82.98 m | Warsaw, Poland | 28 August 2016 | |
| Oceanian record | 71.39 m | Townsville, Australia | 28 June 2019 |
[|Qualification] standard
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 71.00 m.Schedule
The event schedule, in local time, was as follows:| Date | Time | Round |
| 27 September | 16:40 | Qualification |
| 28 September | 19:25 | Final |