| Venue: Estádio Olímpico João Havelange (Estádio Nilton Santos-Botafogo), Capacity: 46,931. |   
| Final 10:40 Morning | dist. |   | SO | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | Bib |  | 1. Anita Wlodarczyk |  POL | 82.29m | WR | 10 | 76.35 | 80.40 | 82.29 | X | 81.74 | 79.60 | 1120 |  | 2. Wenxiu Zhang |  CHN | 76.75m | SB | 3 | 75.06 | 74.04 | 76.19 | 74.65 | 76.75 | 70.93 | 535 |  | 3. Sophie Hitchon |  GBR | 74.54m |   | 9 | X | 73.29 | 71.73 | 72.28 | 72.89 | 74.54 | 704 |  | 4. Betty Heidler |  GER | 73.71m |   | 7 | 71.38 | 69.24 | 69.84 | 72.71 | 73.71 | X | 750 |  | 5. Zalina Marghieva |  MDA | 73.50m |   | 4 | 69.01 | X | 72.38 | 73.50 | 72.96 | 70.24 | 1002 |  | 6. Amber Campbell |  USA | 72.74m |   | 12 | 68.18 | 68.85 | 70.20 | 70.57 | 72.74 | 71.09 | 1327 |  | 7. Hanna Malyshik |  BLR | 71.90m |   | 1 | 66.58 | X | 70.38 | 70.60 | 69.68 | 71.90 | 396 |  | 8. Deanna Price |  USA | 70.95m |   | 2 | 68.12 | X | 70.95 | X | 61.95 | 69.18 | 1366 |  | 9. Joanna Fiodorow |  POL | 69.87m |   | 6 | 69.87 | X | 68.63 |   | 1096 |  | 10.Rosa Rodriguez |  VEN | 69.26m |   | 5 | 67.94 | 66.87 | 69.26 |   | 1398 |  | 11.Alexandra Tavernier |  FRA | 65.18m |   | 11 | X | 65.18 | X |   | 686 |  | -. Zheng Wang |  CHN | NM |   | 8 | X | X | X |   | 530 |   
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  Qualification - Friday 12.08 Night 20:40 |  | Qualification Standard: 72.00m. 3 athletes passed and next 9 qualified to the Final. |   
| Athlete | Distance | Gr | 1. | 2. | 3. |  | 1. Anita Włodarczyk |   Poland | 76.93m | A | 76.93 |   |   |  | 2. Zhang Wenxiu |   China | 73.58m | B | X | 70.72 | 73.58 |  | 3. Rosa Rodriguez |   Venezuela | 72.41m | A | X | 69.34 | 72.41 |  | 4. Joanna Fiodorow |   Poland | 71.77m | B | 71.77 | 71.59 | 69.29 |  | 5. Zalina Marghieva |   Moldova | 71.72m | A | 68.80 | 71.72 | 70.90 |  | 6. Betty Heidler |   Germany | 71.17m | B | 71.17 | 66.62 | 68.60 |  | 7. Hanna Malyshchyk |   Belarus | 71.12m | B | X | 64.69 | 71.12 |  | 8. Amber Campbell |   United States | 71.09m | B | 71.09 | X | X |  | 9. DeAnna Price |   United States | 70.79m | A | 69.25 | 69.52 | 70.79 |  | 10.Wang Zheng |   China | 70.60m | A | 68.91 | 70.60 | X |  | 11.Sophie Hitchon |   Great Britain | 70.37m | B | X | 70.37 | 68.68 |  | 12.Alexandra Tavernier |   France | 70.30m | A | X | 68.42 | 70.30 |  |  eliminated |  | 13.Hanna Skydan |   Azerbaijan | 70.09m | B | 67.05 | 68.98 | 70.09 |  | 14.Gwen Berry |   United States | 69.90m | A | 68.07 | X | 69.90 |  | 15.Malwina Kopron |   Poland | 69.69m | B | 69.31 | 69.69 | X |  | 16.Liu Tingting |   China | 69.14m | A | 67.40 | 69.14 | 63.35 |  | 17.Katerina Safrankova |   Czechia | 68.33m | A | 66.52 | 68.33 | 65.30 |  | 18.Kathrin Klaas |   Germany | 67.92m | B | 67.92 | 64.89 | 67.01 |  | 19.Martina Hrasnova |   Slovakia | 67.63m | A | 67.63 | 66.10 | 64.32 |  | 20.Alena Sobaleva |   Belarus | 67.06m | A | X | 66.71 | 67.06 |  | 21.Tuğçe Şahutoğlu |   Turkey | 67.05m | B | 65.47 | 67.05 | 61.92 |  | 22.Iryna Novozhylova |   Ukraine | 66.70m | A | 66.70 | X | 65.15 |  | 23.Heather Steacy |   Canada | 66.01m | A | 66.01 | X | 63.78 |  | 24.Marina Marghieva-Nikisenko |   Moldova | 65.19m | B | 65.19 | 63.82 | 65.10 |  | 25.Amy Sene |   Senegal | 64.83m | B | 64.83 | X | 60.91 |  | 26.Kaya Salman Kıvılcım |   Turkey | 64.79m | A | X | X | 64.79 |  | 27.Jennifer Dahlgren |   Argentina | 63.03m | B | 63.03 | X | X |  | 28.Iryna Klymets |   Ukraine | 62.75m | B | 62.00 | X | 62.75 |  | 29.Charlene Woitha |   Germany | 62.50m | A | X | X | 62.50 |  | 30.Daina Levy |   Jamaica | 60.35m | A | X | 60.35 | X |  | 31.Nataliya Zolotukhina |   Ukraine | 56.96m | B | 56.60 | X | 56.96 |  | 32.Yirisleydi Ford |   Cuba | 10.91m | B | 10.91 | X | X |   
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| Entry Standard 71.00m to be obtained from May 1, 2015 to July 11, 2016. |  | A National Olympic Comitee may enter up to 3 qualified athletes. |  | NOCs may enter athletes regardless of time (1 athlete per sex) if they have no athletes meeting the entry standard. |   
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| No | NOC | 1. | 2. | 3. |  | 3 | China | Liu Tingting | Wang Zheng | Zhang Wenxiu |  | 3 | Poland | Joanna Fiodorow | Malwina Kopron | Anita Włodarczyk |  | 3 | United States |   |  | 2 | Belarus | Aksana Miankova | Alena Sobaleva |  | 2 | Germany | Betty Heidler | Kathrin Klaas |  | 2 | Moldova | Marina Marghieva | Zalina Marghieva |  | 2 | Russia | Mariya Bespalova | Oksana Kondratyeva |  | 1 | Argentina | Jennifer Dahlgren |  | 1 | Azerbaijan | Hanna Skydan |  | 1 | Canada | Sultana Frizell |  | 1 | Cuba | Yirisleydi Ford |  | 1 | Czech Republic | Kateřina Šafránková |  | 1 | France | Alexandra Tavernier |  | 1 | Great Britain |   |  | 1 | Slovakia | Martina Hrašnová |  | 1 | Turkey | Kıvılcım Kaya |  | 1 | Ukraine | Iryna Novozhylova |  | 1 | Venezuela | Rosa Rodríguez |  |   | Invitational places |   |   |   |  |   | Universality places |   |   |   |  | 28 | Total |   |   
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