Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Women's hammer throw
# Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Women's hammer throw

Women's hammer throw competition at the 1997 Summer Universiade took place on August 29, 1997 in Catania, Italy. The event was contested for the first time at the Summer Universiade.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Mihaela Melinte Romania | Olga Kuzenkova Russia | Deborah Sosimenko Australia |

## Results

### Qualification

| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | A | Mihaela Melinte | Romania | 68.26 | Q |
| 2 | A | Olga Kuzenkova | Russia | 64.86 | Q |
| 3 | ? | Deborah Sosimenko | Australia | 60.44 | Q |
| 4 | ? | Lyudmila Gubkina | Belarus | 59.74 | Q |
| 4 | ? | Nataliya Kunytska | Ukraine | 59.74 | Q |
| 6 | ? | Inga Beyer | Germany | 59.46 | Q |
| 7 | ? | Renetta Seiler | United States | 59.20 | Q |
| 8 | ? | Dawn Ellerbe | United States | 58.58 | Q |
| 9 | ? | Caroline Fournier | Mauritius | 56.34 | Q |
| 10 | ? | Norbi Balantén | Cuba | 55.86 | |
| 11 | ? | Svetlana Sudak | Belarus | 55.74 | |
| 12 | ? | Diana Holden | Great Britain | 53.86 | |
| 13 | ? | Brenda MacNaughton | Australia | 53.38 | |
| 14 | ? | Renate Beunder | Netherlands | 52.84 | |
| 15 | ? | Olivia Kelleher | Ireland | 52.12 | |
| 16 | ? | Chiao Man | Chinese Taipei | 50.50 | |
| 17 | ? | Claudia Becerril | Mexico | 50.40 | |
| 18 | ? | Violeta Guzmán | Mexico | 49.64 | |
| 19 | ? | Dragana Simić | Croatia | 49.38 | |
| 20 | ? | Simona Kozmus | Slovenia | 46.90 | |
| 21 | ? | Helena Engman | Sweden | 44.10 | |
| 22 | ? | Loreta Zengjinazi | Albania | 42.84 | |
| 23 | ? | Ana Lucía Espinoza | Guatemala | 40.78 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | | | | | | | 69.84 m | |
| | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | | | | | | | 65.96 m | |
| | Deborah Sosimenko (AUS) | | | | | | | 65.02 m | |
| 4 | Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR) | | | | | | | 63.48 m | |
| 5 | Svetlana Sudak (BLR) | | | | | | | 61.70 m | |
| 6 | Dawn Ellerbe (USA) | | | | | | | 61.52 m | |
| 7 | Caroline Fournier (MRI) | | | | | | | 59.84 m | |
| 8 | Nataliya Kunytska (UKR) | | | | | | | 57.52 m | |
| 9 | Renetta Seiler (USA) | | | | | | | 57.42 m | |
| 10 | Norbi Balantén (CUB) | | | | | | | 56.18 m | |
| 11 | Inga Beyer (GER) | | | | | | | 55.52 m | |
| 12 | Diana Holden (GBR) | | | | | | | 52.54 m | |
