The Pole threw 79.58 metres, 16 centimetres further than German Betty Heidler's benchmark, set in 2011.

Like Heidler, Włodarczyk also set the world record on German soil, at the Internationales Stadionfest meeting at the Olympiastadion in the capital Berlin.

Włodarczyk, runner-up behind Russian Tatyana Lysenko at London 2012, has twice before held the world record.

In August 2009 she threw 77.96m, also in Berlin, and she furthered that mark in June 2010 in her home country with 78.30m, before Heidler broke that mark by more than a metre.



The 2009 world champion, who won silver in Moscow last year, said afterwards: "I had a really good feeling that I could break the record.

"This stadium brings me luck.

"But I must stay grounded because I have a flight to catch and no time to celebrate in Berlin."

The 29-year-old, who defended her European Championship crown in Zurich earlier this month, set the world record on her second attempt.