Hammer Throw
Athletics
on August 20, 2008 in Beijing
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Olympic Medals in this event
3 Medals
Medals
Athletics
Hammer Throw
on August 20, 2008
in Peking
Result
75.20Belarusian Aksana Michnewitsch became Olympic champion with an Olympic record of 76.34. The doping agent Turinabol and Oxandroion was detected in post-tests of the doping samples from 2008. In 2016 she was subsequently disqualified and her gold medal was revoked. The originally fourth-placed Belarusian Darya Pelenik was also doped. The following athletes moved up.