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.^[1] 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

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	A	Mihaela Melinte	Romania	68.26	Q^[2]
2	A	Olga Kuzenkova	Russia	64.86	Q^[2]
3	?	Deborah Sosimenko	Australia	60.44	Q^[2]
4	?	Lyudmila Gubkina	Belarus	59.74	Q
4	?	Nataliya Kunytska	Ukraine	59.74	Q^[2]
6	?	Inga Beyer	Germany	59.46	Q^[2]
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	^[3]
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