The women's hammer throw at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 12 and 14 July.^[1][2][3]

Prior to the competition^[update], the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

More information Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics ...

World Junior Record	Zhang Wenxiu (CHN)	73.24 m	Changsha, China	24 June 2005
Championship Record	Bianca Perie (ROU)	67.95 m	Bydgoszcz, Poland	9 July 2008
World Junior Leading	Alexandra Tavernier (FRA)	68.44 m	Forbach, France	27 May 2012
Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Championship Record & World Junior Leading	Alexandra Tavernier (FRA)	70.62	Barcelona, Spain	14 July 2012

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Qualification

Qual. rule: qualification standard 62.00 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)

More information Rank, Group ...

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Note
1	B	Alexandra Tavernier	France	66.22			66.22	Q
2	B	Alena Navahrodskaya	Belarus	59.44	65.61		65.61	Q
3	A	Alexia Sedykh	France	65.54			65.54	Q
4	A	Julia Ratcliffe	New Zealand	X	63.22		63.22	Q
5	B	Na Luo	China	61.54	X	59.45	61.54	q
6	A	Iliána Korosídou	Greece	60.09	X	61.01	61.01	q
7	B	Bianca Lazar Fazecas	Romania	X	51.01	60.92	60.92	q, PB
8	B	Abbi Carter	Great Britain	60.75	58.70	55.87	60.75	q, PB
9	A	Shelby Ashe	United States	X	60.19	X	60.19	q
10	A	Réka Gyurátz	Hungary	X	56.22	60.01	60.01	q
11	A	Elizabeta Tsareva	Russia	59.93	54.34	53.34	59.93	q
12	B	Eva Reinders	Netherlands	59.32	X	57.57	59.32	q
13	A	Danielle McConnell	Australia	53.67	58.87	58.94	58.94
14	B	Viktoriya Sadova	Russia	57.46	58.78	X	58.78
15	B	Heli Rinnekari	Finland	X	57.99	58.01	58.01
16	B	Jennifer Nevado	Spain	X	53.49	57.93	57.93
17	B	Mikayla Genge	Australia	57.87	X	X	57.87	PB
18	B	DeAnna Price	United States	55.03	56.34	57.82	57.82
19	B	Valeriia Semenkova	Ukraine	57.45	X	X	57.45	SB
20	B	Petra Jakeljic	Croatia	56.11	56.03	56.65	56.65
21	A	Roxana Perie	Romania	50.13	56.18	54.84	56.18
22	A	Yolanda González	Mexico	49.35	55.66	55.19	55.66
23	A	Claudia Štravs	Slovenia	54.19	54.45	53.86	54.45
24	B	Veronika Kanuchová	Slovakia	X	54.30	X	54.30
25	A	Génesis Olivera	Venezuela	51.11	X	54.23	54.23
26	B	Paola Miranda	Paraguay	X	53.14	X	53.14
27	A	Catherine Beatty	Cyprus	X	52.42	52.19	52.42
28	A	Marinda Petersson	Sweden	50.25	49.61	X	50.25
29	B	Agápi Proskinitopoúlou	Greece	X	49.16	X	49.16
30	B	Sandra Malinowska	Poland	X	45.19	X	45.19
–	A	Al'ona Shamotina	Ukraine	X	X	X	NM
–	A	Daniela Gómez	Argentina	X	X	X	NM
–	B	Ecem Akçakara	Turkey	X	X	X	NM
–	B	Eleni Larsson	Sweden	X	X	X	NM
–	B	Fruzsina Fertig	Hungary	X	X	X	NM
–	A	Hanna Zinchuk	Belarus	X	X	X	NM
–	A	Malwina Kopron	Poland	X	X	X	NM
–	A	Mikaela Gerkman	Finland	X	X	X	NM
–	A	Sara Savatovic	Serbia	X	X	X	NM

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Final

More information Rank, Name ...

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Note
	Alexandra Tavernier	France	66.14	X	X	70.62	69.12	X	70.62	CR
	Alexia Sedykh	France	65.29	67.34	64.99	66.76	63.74	65.64	67.34
	Alena Navahrodskaya	Belarus	62.96	67.13	X	63.26	X	60.89	67.13	PB
4	Julia Ratcliffe	New Zealand	60.62	67.00	65.90	X	66.63	65.33	67.00	AJ
5	Iliána Korosídou	Greece	61.00	60.36	63.32	58.90	59.62	X	63.32	PB
6	Na Luo	China	X	60.28	63.19	59.77	59.89	X	63.19
7	Eva Reinders	Netherlands	61.63	59.40	X	X	59.08	56.27	61.63
8	Réka Gyurátz	Hungary	57.25	60.88	59.46	X	58.38	60.09	60.88
9	Elizabeta Tsareva	Russia	58.70	55.85	60.72				60.72
10	Shelby Ashe	United States	X	58.62	X				58.62
11	Bianca Lazar Fazecas	Romania	57.67	X	58.09				58.09
12	Abbi Carter	Great Britain	56.46	56.49	X				56.49

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According to an unofficial count, 39 athletes from 27 countries participated in the event.