2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

Women's javelin throw
at the 2017 World Championships
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates6 August (qualification)
8 August (final)
Competitors31 from 22 nations
Winning distance66.76
Medalists
gold medal Barbora Špotáková   Czech Republic
silver medal Li Lingwei   China
bronze medal Lü Huihui   China
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The women's javelin throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 6 and 8 August.[1]

Summary

Olympic gold medalist Sara Kolak's second throw took the lead at 64.95 metres. Her lead lasted only two throws before world record holder, at age 36, Barbora Špotáková threw 66.76 m (219 ft 0 in), which turned out to be the winner. These were two of six throwers who achieved their best distance in the second round. Li Lingwei's personal best 66.25 metres near the end of the third round put her in second place. After improving her own Asian record by almost a metre and a half to 67.59 m (221 ft 9 in), to move to #11 of all time, in her only throw of the qualifying round, Lü Huihui barely qualified into the final round in seventh place. With the benefit of those three extra throws, Lü threw a 65.26m in the fifth round to take the bronze medal from Kolak. She was the only competitor to improve her position in the final three throws.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record Dist. Athlete Nat. Date Location
World 72.28 Barbora Špotáková CZE 13 Sep 2008 Stuttgart, Germany
Championship 71.99 Maria Abakumova RUS 2 Sep 2011 Daegu, South Korea
World leading 68.43 Sara Kolak CRO 6 Jul 2017 Lausanne, Switzerland
African 69.35 Sunette Viljoen RSA 9 Jun 2012 New York City, United States
Asian 66.13 Lü Huihui CHN 30 Aug 2015 Beijing, China
NACAC 71.70 Olisdeilys Menéndez CUB 14 Aug 2005 Helsinki, Finland
South American 63.84 Flor Ruiz COL 25 Jun 2016 Cali, Colombia
European 72.28 Barbora Špotáková CZE 13 Sep 2008 Stuttgart, Germany
Oceanian 66.83 Kimberley Mickle AUS 22 Mar 2014 Melbourne, Australia

The following records were set at the competition:[3]

Record Dist. Athlete Nat. Date
Asian 67.59 Lü Huihui CHN 6 Aug 2017
Chinese

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 61.40 metres.[4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:[5]

Date Time Round
6 August 19:05 Qualification
8 August 19:20 Final

Results

Qualification

The qualification round took place on 6 August, in two groups, with Group A starting at 19:05 and Group B starting at 20:29. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 63.50 metres( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.[6] The overall results were as follows:[7]

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3
1 B Lü Huihui  China 67.59 67.59 Q, AR
2 B Martina Ratej  Slovenia 65.64 65.64 Q, SB
3 A Katharina Molitor  Germany 61.76 65.37 65.37 Q, SB
4 A Liu Shiying  China x 58.89 64.72 64.72 Q
5 B Barbora Špotáková  Czech Republic 59.04 64.32 64.32 Q
6 B Eda Tuğsuz  Turkey 62.13 61.51 63.87 63.87 Q
7 A Kelsey-Lee Roberts  Australia 61.12 63.70 63.70 Q
8 A Sara Kolak  Croatia 63.03 x 63.24 63.24 q
9 B Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir  Iceland 59.53 57.28 63.06 63.06 q
10 A Elizabeth Gleadle  Canada 61.39 62.97 x 62.97 q
11 A Tatsiana Khaladovich  Belarus 62.58 61.07 59.73 62.58 q
12 B Li Lingwei  China 62.26 62.29 60.78 62.29 q
13 B Anete Kociņa  Latvia x 62.26 58.75 62.26
14 A Marharyta Dorozhon  Israel 56.02 61.33 x 61.33
15 A Kara Winger  United States 61.27 58.24 59.63 61.27
16 A Marina Saito  Japan 59.21 57.29 60.86 60.86
17 B Christin Hussong  Germany 57.53 56.92 60.86 60.86
18 B Laila Domingos  Brazil 60.54 56.44 60.10 60.54
19 A Nikola Ogrodníková  Czech Republic 59.99 x 55.89 59.99
20 B Annu Rani  India 57.34 59.93 57.16 59.93
21 A Madara Palameika  Latvia x 59.54 x 59.54
22 B Marcelina Witek  Poland 59.00 x x 59.00
23 A Flor Ruiz  Colombia 57.93 57.94 x 57.94
24 A Yuki Ebihara  Japan 55.36 57.51 x 57.51
25 B Kathryn Mitchell  Australia 57.42 x x 57.42
26 A Liveta Jasiūnaitė  Lithuania 50.51 55.05 55.80 55.80
27 A Sigrid Borge  Norway 54.94 55.08 x 55.08
28 B Ariana Ince  United States x 54.52 x 54.52
29 B Risa Miyashita  Japan 51.57 53.43 53.83 53.83
30 A Hanna Hatsko-Fedusova  Ukraine x 51.90 x 51.90
B Vera Rebrik  Authorised Neutral Athletes x x r NM

Final

The final took place on 8 August at 19:20. The results were as follows:[8]

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s) Barbora Špotáková  Czech Republic 58.48 66.76 x 65.64 62.57 63.75 66.76
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Li Lingwei  China 61.81 63.01 66.25 65.38 x x 66.25 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lü Huihui  China 62.71 62.44 61.95 60.87 65.26 58.30 65.26
4 Sara Kolak  Croatia x 64.95 x 57.38 63.50 x 64.95
5 Eda Tuğsuz  Turkey 61.81 64.52 x 63.68 64.47 62.77 64.52
6 Tatsiana Khaladovich  Belarus 63.04 64.05 x x 62.62 x 64.05
7 Katharina Molitor  Germany 59.81 63.75 59.67 59.67 59.80 58.30 63.75
8 Liu Shiying  China x x 62.28 62.84 61.31 61.39 62.84
9 Martina Ratej  Slovenia 61.05 x 59.11 61.05
10 Kelsey-Lee Roberts  Australia 60.76 58.39 59.76 60.76
11 Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir  Iceland 57.38 60.16 x 60.16
12 Elizabeth Gleadle  Canada 60.12 58.87 58.36 60.12

References

  1. ^ Start list
  2. ^ "Javelin Throw Women – Records". IAAF. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Javelin Throw Women − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Javelin Throw Women − Qualification − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Javelin Throw Women − Qualification − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Javelin Throw Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
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